Two Towers Oscars

[Endur]

The Two Towers won two Oscars this year.

Can anyone remember any fantasy (or sci-fi) sequel that has ever won an Oscar? This might be a first.

Tom

 

[Hand of Evil]

Sure Star Wars has BUT I really don't know for sure.

 

[takyris]

Depends on what kind of Oscars you're talking about. Star Trek sequels have, as I recall, done fairly well in the effects, costuming, and makeup categories.

-Tacky

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Depends on what kind of Oscars you're talking about. Star Trek sequels have, as I recall, done fairly well in the effects, costuming, and makeup categories.

-Tacky

Star Trek I ("the Motion Picture'), IV ("Voyage Home"), and VI ("the Undiscovered Country") were nominated for a few Oscars (3, 4, and 2 Oscar nominations, respectively), but none of them won any.

I stopped looking after "ST: Generations" (no nominations).

As opposed to Star Wars, with 10 nominations & 6 win (plus 1 special technical award); "SW: Empire Strikes Back" with 3 noms and 1 win (plus 1 special technical award); and "SW: RotJ" with 4 noms and 0 wins (plus 1 special technical award).

So, if LotR:tRotK wins something next year, it will be the only 2nd trilogy in Oscar history to all win competitive Oscars. The films of the "Indiana Jones" trilogy each won at least one competitive Oscar.

"The Godfathter, part III" had 7 nominations, but no wins.

 

[Merlion]

Which two did TTT win?

 

[WayneLigon]

The Two Towers won two Oscars this year.

Can anyone remember any fantasy (or sci-fi) sequel that has ever won an Oscar? This might be a first.

Tom

The better question is 'any fantasy or sci-fi film, period'. The answer is 'no', as far as the significant awards go. The closest you get is some actor awards, which really don't speak to the film itself. Those are...

Best Actor
Cliff Robertson - CHARLY - 1968 (Charly is the film version of 'Flowers for Algernon', one of the most influential SF stories/novels ever written)
Fredric March - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE - 1932 (shared)

Best Supporting
Don Ameche - COCOON - 1985

Best Actress
Julie Andrews - MARY POPPINS - 1964

best Supporting
Whoopi Goldberg - GHOST - 1990
Ruth Gordon - ROSEMARY'S BABY - 1968

And you can see I'm stretching.

No Best Director, no Best Picture.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Which two did TTT win?

Visual Effects and uh, one of the sound ones. Sound Editing?

 

[Corinth]

Yep, Sound Editing.

IOW, technical awards and not any of the important ones. The technical awards matter only to fellow professionals; they never put asses in seats. "Best Picture" and the like do put asses in seats, which is why winning any of them--Picture, Director, Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress, Score, Original/Adapted Screenplay--is a Big Deal.

Assuming that ROTK doesn't suck raw donkey balls, the Academy will award Oscars next year to Jackson and company. The idea being that the LOTR trilogy is believed to be one movie in three parts, not three movies, and so awarding Oscars for ROTK will actually be awarding the entire body of work. The nominations for FOTR and TTT are there as placemarkers for the Oscars that are certain to come next year with ROTK.

 

[Enchantress]

I think the Oscars kinda treated TTT like the middle child (which, in a way, it is) and didn't give it the full credit is deserved.
As for Chicago, I'm very excited to see it when it comes out, but as for now, and last night, I spit in its general direction.

 

[Chun-tzu]

Assuming that ROTK doesn't suck raw donkey balls, the Academy will award Oscars next year to Jackson and company. The idea being that the LOTR trilogy is believed to be one movie in three parts, not three movies, and so awarding Oscars for ROTK will actually be awarding the entire body of work. The nominations for FOTR and TTT are there as placemarkers for the Oscars that are certain to come next year with ROTK.

Maybe it's the cynic in me, but I don't think Return of the King will win any of the big awards, either. It will be nominated for Best Picture, and maybe a supporting actor. But I don't think it will win. Lord of the Rings has achieved a great deal, on many levels, but, as you were saying, fantasy and sci-fi movies are rarely even considered for nomination.

Granted, Braveheart and Gladiator both won for best picture, and Lord of the Rings is hardly a lesser film to either of these (especially Gladiator). But Oscar voters tend to like tear-jerking, life changing dramas that are done here in the U.S., and by big names or up-and-coming talents. And there's SO much politics involved.

Take Gladiator, for example. Just about NO film critic thought it was worthy of Best Picture, and many (like Roger Ebert) didn't even rank it on their Top Ten of the year. The #1 pick by film critics was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Gladiator won due to politics, nothing more. And those politics, I'm guessing, will work against Lord of the Rings.

I would love to see Lord of the Rings get something significant (and technical awards are not). But the cynic in me seriously doubts it will happen.

By the way, Steve Martin is, IMHO, by far the best Oscars host of the past, I don't know, 10 years or so (I wouldn't remember any before then).