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- Quaid, Anna Ferris, Lorraine’s unnamed father, the cabin man and Cardellini are nominees.
- Quaid wins with agreement.
Categories & segments
The Rick Dalton Award for the Greatest Fucking Acting I’ve Ever Seen
Ledger’s distinct performances in10 Things, A Knight’s Tale, Brokeback and Dark Knight make the actor disappear.
Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck
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- Ledger’s distinct performances in10 Things, A Knight’s Tale, Brokeback and Dark Knight make the actor disappear.
- Comparisons with Pattinson, Chalamet, DiCaprio and others emphasize unusually wide range at a young age; the point is accepted.
Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot
Williams reportedly asked the leads to kiss in front of her to find Alma’s emotional state and pushed them beyond halfhearted attempts.
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- Williams reportedly asked the leads to kiss in front of her to find Alma’s emotional state and pushed them beyond halfhearted attempts.
Half-Assed Internet Research
The tent scene reportedly took13 takes and used the13th.
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- The tent scene reportedly took13 takes and used the13th.
- Ledger’s horse experience and accent study, Alberta filming and multiple actor injuries are reported.
- A Utah theater owner reportedly removed the film over family-values objections; Focus responded, and simultaneous DVD/download release is called a first.
- International titles are discussed, with Beyond Friendship especially liked.
- Proulx reportedly regretted fan pressure to rewrite the ending; the story is praised for concision and description.
- Day-Lewis’s tribute, a rejected three-day hippie-river sequence and Proulx addressing an autograph to Ennis are recounted.
Apex Mountain
Ledger’s living-career peak and Lee’s creative freedom: yes
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- Ledger’s living-career apex and Lee’s creative freedom are placed here; Gyllenhaal’s comes later around End of Watch and Prisoners.
- Williams and Hathaway are rejected; traumatized Williams wives peak in Manchester, and a sheep-film counterexample is favored.
- Gay Westerns qualify, while Power of the Dog does not work for either participant.
Cruise or Hanks?
Tom Cruise as Jack, though he likely would not accept
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- Cruise could be an excellent Jack, though he is thought unlikely to accept it in any era; Pacino and Cazale are earlier hypothetical possibilities.
Scorsese or Spielberg?
Spielberg, though a Scorsese romance is intriguing
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- Spielberg is the obvious choice, but Scorsese attempting this kind of romance is intriguing, with Age of Innocence as a precedent.
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- Quaid’s character is the agreed role.
Picking Nits
Months of beans and a supposedly newborn baby looking four months old
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- Months of beans and a supposedly newborn baby looking four months old are criticized.
- Alma Jr and the parents’ invitation are recalled; never opening the fishing equipment is foolish, though it reveals absorption and disregard for Alma.
- What filled weeklong trips without fishing is debated; walks, Jack’s equipment, cards and board games are possibilities.
Is This Movie Better With…?
Sam Jackson as the cabin man or a fisherman; Doris Burke narrating the sheep work
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- Sam Jackson is imagined as the cabin man or a nearby fisherman; Doris Burke could narrate the sheep work.
Just One Oscar
Best Picture
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- Best Picture is chosen to honor everyone, with Ledger, Lee and the already-winning score considered.
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Jack’s possible new relationship raises jealousy questions, but Ennis alone visits the parents and offers to take the ashes.
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- Jack’s possible new relationship raises jealousy questions, but Ennis alone visits the parents and offers to take the ashes.
- Hathaway reportedly filmed knowing and unknowing versions of the death call; combining them preserves whether Lorraine knows the truth.
- Jack, I swear is deliberately unresolved; the story describes an answer to a question Jack never asked.
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