| re: How did Richard Burton not win the Oscar for "Virginia Woolf?" | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 06:58 pm EDT 03/24/21 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:51 pm EDT 03/24/21 | |
| In reply to: re: How did Richard Burton not win the Oscar for "Virginia Woolf?" - ryhog 05:04 pm EDT 03/24/21 | |
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| I was a senior in high school when the film of Virginia Woolf opened. I used to follow the Academy Awards pretty rabidly back then. It was Burton's 5th Oscar nomination in a span of 15 years so he could have won for that fact alone. He was easily one of Hollywood's greatest film actors in 1966. However, both Paul Scofield and A Man for All Seasons were heavily favored to win -- both actor and play had won the top Tony in '63. I do remember Burton being strongly criticized in the press for doing a lot of crap films (The Bramble Bush, Ice Palace, The Sandpiper) in between the excellent ones (Look Back in Anger, Becket, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold). In fact in response to the criticism, he actually admitted that some of the movies he made were "shitty films" while pointing out that they made a lot of money. He also stated that he made them because he wanted "to get rich". There's no question he was refreshingly honest. Of course, at some time during that period ('52 through '69), he should have taken home the Oscar but just like John Barrymore, Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Peter O'Toole, and others, it just didn't happen. At least Grant and O'Toole were given an honorary one. If Burton hadn't died at such an early age, he too most likely would have received that type of award. |
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