Aside from a 2002 honorary Oscar, the Academy seems to have felt that once was enough for Poitier. Poitier wasn’t even nominated for Best Supporting Actor, either. Poitier got billing over Steiger in the film’s advertising, and certainly got the most memorable quote: “They call me Mister Tibbs!” The Academy liked the film enough to give it seven nominations and five wins – including Best Actor, which went to Steiger, not Poitier. In The Heat of the Night featured police chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) working with a black veteran homicide detective, Virgil Tibbs (Sydney Poitier). Poitier had won Best Actor in 1964 for Lilies in the Field, but in 1967 he starred in three race-conscious critical darlings: To Sir, with Love, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and this hard-boiled police procedural set in racist smalltown Mississippi. 8 Sidney Poitier, In The Heat of the Night (1967) The Academy finally gave them an honorary Oscar in 1973, but only Groucho lived to accept it, and at his age, he wasn’t exactly dancing to the podium. Only A Day at the Races was even nominated in a single category – for its dance direction. They’re now recognized as some of the most important architects of film comedy, but none of the brothers, nor any of the films they starred in, ever won an Oscar during their careers. But Oscar was already tending to favor dramas: the only straight-up comedy on the nominees list was Mae West’s She Done Him Wrong. This adventure, probably the Marx Brothers’ finest, features Groucho Marx in fine form as the dictator of Freedonia. When it comes to the language of laughter, the Oscars’ ignorance is less excusable. The movie, and Grier in particular, racked up nominations from many other awards ceremonies, but the only nomination it got from the academy was for Robert Forster, one of Grier’s costars… and a blaxploitation fixture in his own right, but come on, the film isn’t called Jack Brown. Tarantino, whose fondness for old film genres and unapologetic violence has few peers, made his third film into a comeback vehicle for Grier, adapting an Elmore Leonard novel, Rum Punch.Īs in the book, a flight attendant who dabbles in smuggling gets mixed up in some dangerous business, though Leonard’s flight attendant was originally white and male. But she was the first African-American to headline an action film, and that was no accident of history. 10 Pam Grier, Jackie Brown (1997)ĭespite Pam Grier’s powerful presence, the Academy can be excused for not paying too much attention to the “blaxploitation” films that made her name. It redefined Jeff Bridges’ whole career (many of his later roles seemed to be variations of The Dude) and is now considered a classic, but neither critics nor audiences, nor apparently the Academy, knew quite what to make of the Dude as the 20th century came to a close. The Big Lebowski, the story of The Dude, a slacker bowler commissioned by a millionaire who shares his name to ransom the millionaire’s wife. Quirky comedy still isn’t the Academy’s strong suit after all these years, and the Coen Brothers’ genre-bending approach has often left it saying “What even is this?” While their No Country for Old Men scored four wins and Fargo two, with several other films nominated, their lighter fare – including, most likely, the upcoming Hail, Caesar – tends to fall under the radar. Here are the 12 Worst Oscar Snubs of All Time. Meaning that they Academy didn’t miss the mark by an inch, but by a mile. At this juncture, we should mention that our choices weren’t even nominated for an Oscar. As a new Oscar season gets under way and the outcry over what the Academy has ignored is especially strong (hint: #OscarsSoWhite), we take a look at the notable Oscar misses that have stood the test of time a lot better than their contemporaries. In the worst of worst cases, great films, actors or directors don’t even get nominated. Which is why it likewise matters when the Oscars fail, fail to recognize the talent or work that history has vindicated. Predicting the choices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences when it comes to the annual Academy Awards is generally more guesswork than science or art, but recognition matters, and when it comes to recognizing movies that the market might otherwise overlook, nothing carries more weight than that tiny gold statuette. You Are Reading : 12 Worst Oscar Snubs of All Time The movies didn’t even get nominated for an Oscar, yet they’re some of the most memorable films ever made. Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson, The Shining (1980) 8 Sidney Poitier, In The Heat of the Night (1967).
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