Oscars Playback: When 'Out of Africa' and 'The Color Purple' had a polar opposite night

[@DavidN369]

This may be the best, certainly rawest in emotional input, Oscars Playback yet. Could share many thoughts, yet, why bother? Every one's taste is their own tastes, and who, really, cares if Geraldine Page actually WAS the most deserving in her category, "Witness" in its, Raul RIP untenably overlooked, or indeed if Timeless Masterworks "Ran," "The Purple Rose of Cairo" and "Back to The Future" were snubbed? We do, that's who. As ever, youse twose are the berries. More, please, thank you.

[@richardt1346]

I love these! Keep them coming

[@JoshFriedman786]

Nothing that Robin Williams did in that opening was offensive! He just translated Chinese, Indian and French languages accurately cause he was bilingual, he also did many accents in his stand-up throughout his career and it's still hilarious. You guys have really screwed up ignorant opinions about what's offensive when it's really not.

[@kidwithaphonecamera]

One of the most astounding oscar races for best picture. Out of Africa missed Bafta nomination for Best Film. Didnt win WGA or DGA, only winning Golden Globe for best film. Nuts. The only categories that were somewhat predictable for it were Cinematography, Score and Sound

[@timgriffin3368]

The Color Purple year is the year I stumbled upon Siskel and Ebert raving about this film with clips being shown on a TV broadcast. Wtf, what a movie. Let's go see it, sissy, my sister. We walked through the long woods on a Saturday for a matinee performance. Changed my life; AMAZING!!! You need to remember at the time it was Spielbergs first drama but about, at the time stated, black culture. What does a middle aged Jew know about black culture. THAT'S the main reason it got the nods. Not the wins, minus Whoopi. Whoopi loss was Page deserved it And legacy win. Danny Glover miss astonished me and still does.

[@nathaniel4780]

I know it's not on the official KZbin page, but you mentioning Irene Cara had me wonder if this clip from the ceremony was up somewhere and it was! Truly a classic! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqGVn3Sujs6ImJY

[@TeamTasia418]

Fantasia should have atleast been nominated for best Actress

[@JoshFriedman786]

Uh, no! That musical adaptation was just the absolute worst, I'm so glad that it got shutout throughout awards season. Still can't believe they gave Danielle Brooks a nomination for a terrible movie that bombed.

[@TeamTasia418]

@@JoshFriedman786 it was amazing Fantasia had to sing im here in the cold and rain over 160 singing times, she deserves an oscar

[@JoshFriedman786]

@@TeamTasia418 Yeah that's why the musical was the worst. You can't fit so many songs and musical numbers in a film and take away all the substance of the story away by just dancing over it. Her performance is fine but it's empty and barely Oscar-worthy.

[@rymhrnblkc]

you guys should've talked about spike lee's smear campaign against the color purple

[@davedavis8786]

The Best Actress category was filled with great, famous actresses, and Geraldine Page absolutely deserved to win for her performance in The Trip to Bountiful. I hate it when people assume it was a career win, just watch the movie and you'll see how incredible she was. I do agree that there were so many other performances that year that missed but might have been nominated in other years: Cher in Mask, Mia Farrow in Purple Rose of Cairo, and Kathleen Turner in Prizzi's Honor.

[@timgriffin3368]

Though I'm one of the few that Loves Out of Africa; I thought this should've been Spielbergs first Best Picture Oscar. For me, take out Kiss of the... and Witness and replace with Ran and The Purple Rose...and you got a list. Gandhi worst, then Out of Africa. The Last Emperor is Phenomenal!! OOA won for all of the reasons you said plus, honestly, the airplane scene montage; music, cinematography, acting in the clouds. IMHO That's why it won.

[@drdavid1963]

One of the worst years in Oscar history. Smack in the middle of 80s mediocrity, the likes of After Hours, Desperately Seeking Susan and Pee Wee's Big Adventure were ignored in favour of movies that were all at least 10 years out of date. Only Ran and Brazil would be a deserving winner but they weren't even nominated.

[@nikitaaverin]

A friend of mine saw "The Butterfly Effect" (2004) in the cinema. Highly recommended it, so sure, I went to there. I was shocked by the ending. And while texting her after seeing it, she was like "Are you high or drunk or did you slip into a different screening???" The latter was correct. I saw the Director's Cut. And if you would pitch the concept, it would sound like a fever dream. Same movie but with snips and bits altered, which made the Theatrical Cut less sinister. Obviously I bought the Special Edition DVD with both versions. Still prefer the Director's Cut.

[@chrisjrosen]

Cool.

[@nikitaaverin]

@@chrisjrosen HEAVY SPOILERS So the Director's Cut has Ashton Kutcher's character hang himself with his umbilical cord in his mother's belly. Since he realized that the world would be better for everyone had he never been born. An insane twist. The Theatrical Cut has him only distance himself from Amy Short's character, so that she could live a happy life without him. There are also scenes with Melissa Walters omitted that cater to the original ending. So no wonder that my friend thought I had lost my mind, since the concept is batsh*t crazy. Both versions work, but IMHO, the original one is incredibly daring and had my jaw dropped. Too dark for preview screenings, though.

[@timgriffin3368]

This is the first time I notice (and honestly it's hard for you not to considering you were 2 at the time) you're looking at these awards with current eyes and hardly trying to look at it the way it was perceived then. Explain: Back to the Future got what it deserved. Has to be at that time SUPER Special for Special effects movies to get into top awards then. Also, this WHOLE DECADE, I think through the decade, Hollywood applauded itself fir even considering racy (meaning different, challenging, Not 'race') pictures for anything and patted itself on the back for big epics, pictures, minus Chariots of Fire (a symptom of the 70s) This is how it was in the 80s when one reflects. Never Brazil, never Blood Simple, NEVER Back to the Future!!!!

[@chrisjrosen]

To be fair, I don’t think we could possibly look at these ceremonies in any other way. But I do get what you’re saying!