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Topic: Does everyone agree with the academy?
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Barron Dripp
Film Handler
Posts: 15
From: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-03-2000 08:52 AM
Ok, I know the awards were awhile ago, but I wasn't a member then, so I will ask now. Do people agree with the Academy's decision to make American Beauty the best film? I certainly do! I saw that movie 3 times, plus I...uh,umm, "borrowed" the poster. I think it is great. I don't know anyone who has seen it as many times as I have. I hope that they write a novel. (Yes, I know that this is off projec. subject, but hey, it's movies, ain't it!)
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John Wilson
Film God
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Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-05-2000 03:37 AM
American Beauty was the right choice. For an interesting read, go to http://www.script-o-rama.com/snazzy/dircut.html and scroll down to American Beauty. You'll find an early draft with many changes from the final script. It is, well, not a very good script. It goes to show, that anyone can write a script. It's the re-writes and the touch-ups that made this the fantastic film it turned out to be.
------------------ "I heard a voice behind me say...'Reach for it, Mister'... I spun around...found myself face to face...with a six year old kid! Well I just threw my guns down, walked away... LITTLE BASTARD SHOT ME IN THE ASS!" Gene Wilder - Blazing Saddles
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