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I think you got it backwards. Of the three examples mentioned, only Annie Hall continues to hold up well. I'd prefer that Star Wars had won, but even though I don't usually like Woody Allen, Hall is a damned fine film that remains very effective. It's one of the Oscar winners about which I don't...

Yup, that's my take. No one ever said it had to be faithful - it just has to come from another source. Technically you could take the title and the names of characters but change everything else and it'd still fit this category. Faithfulness is irrelevant - it's an award for the best screenplay...

No one said that a screenplay has to be perfectly true to a novel to deserve an award. It was a huge accomplishment to take the book and translate it into these three films, deviations or not. I think the screenplay should be viewed on its own merits, not whether it duplicated the book...

THUMBS up? ;) All I know is that between that ad and the earlier one with the dude in the elevator, I'm quitting my job and going to work at JC Penney!

I don't get it - what are we supposed to discuss about these? Or are they just some of your favorites? (I do know that at least three of those four weren't at the ceremony - is that why you mentioned them? Dunno about O'Toole, the only non-winner in the bunch...)

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Right on! His appearance has gained this veneer of shame over the years, but I thought he was good...

This goes slightly off-topic, but maybe not, given Bill Murray's nomination. What other Saturday Night Live alumni have earned Oscar nods for acting? I know Dan Aykroyd was up for Best Supp. Actor for Driving Miss Daisy, and Robert Downey Jr. for Chaplin - other than Murray, am I missing anybody?

Perhaps - I've not seen it. My point was that the post to which I referred implied that it'd be bad if Penn didn't get the award since he actually bothered to show up this once - kinda like he should get special recognition just because he came to the ceremony, or else we'll never see him there...

The dude deserves an award just because he deigns to show up at the ceremony???

Popular book doesn't equal popular movie. Stephen King's sold skillions of books but not many flicks based on them have done well. Horse Whisperer was an enormously successful novel, but the movie did so-so business; $75 million ain't bad for that sort of flick, but given the book's popularity...

I also have to strongly disagree with this. The original Matrix earned an audience because people loved its story and its action - the effects were part of its appeal, but not the overriding one. The first sequel made a lot of money because so many people loved the original. The third flick...

Actually, I think there's a lot of seriousness in the Hanks part from Big. The kid he plays really matures and is a different person by the end. The scenes where he makes the transformation and last sees the Elizabeth Perkins character are quite moving and offer a great example of the depth...