'Holly Hunter' gave one of the best performances in cinematic history. A very WELL-DESERVED win! Except for the narrating part, she played her character only with facial expressions; without a single word. Utterly unforgettable!
+Sami Brady It's just my opinion. Of course, you can argue with that. And I respect your opinion too. In my opinion, acting without dialogues can be pretty difficult for the artists. Like 'Marlee Matlin' in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD, 'Rinko Kikuchi' in BABEL, and some scenes in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by 'Eddie Redmayne', they all did all the emotions without the help of any great dialogue. It's amazing, you know. They did so good that their emotions were even diffusing to the hearts of audiences (and it's also my opinion), and definitely unforgettable. And I'm so glad that 'Holly' won not only OSCAR® for her beautiful portrayal of 'Ada McGrath', also Golden Globes, BAFTA, National Board of Review for 'Best Actress'.
Saw The Piano yesterday for the very first time. When The Piano came out I was three so watching it in 2016 was special. Holly Hunter was haunting, exhilarating and heartshattering. Silent roles seems so difficult to play and Hunter delivered a memorable rendition, she slayed me.
Totally. I was completely blown away by that hell of a film. One of my favorite movies of all time and Holly Hunter's performance is one of the best in the history of cinema.
I am so glad to have found these comments. The piano was one of the most impactful movies in my life, and holly hunter's performance left me completely transfixed
I know she gave me pride in my accent although mine doesnt hold a candle to hers! Hearing her made be able to take compliments on my country accent !:))
Absolutely! I believe whole-heartedly that she should have won that year. I've seen both The Piano and WLGtDWI. Holly was very good but other actresses could have played that role. I can't fathom an actress at that time who could've played Tina Turner.
I completely agree. That performance was breathtaking. I actually believe it should have been a tie between Holly and Angela. But if I had to choose from both, it would indeed be Holly. Why?? In my opinion cause Holly in Piano gave the best female performance of 90s decade followed closely by Jodie Foster in 1992 and Angela Basset What's Love Gotta Give. Sucks both of these were nominated in same year.
I think Holly sitting with Anna is absolutely adorable. Anna was so proud. It almost seemed like a mother-daughter moment Congrats to them both -Celtic Mudkip-
The most lyrical film I have seen - The Piano. I could write a thesis on it. The blue scenes of the subconscious, the recurring peeping and hand leitmotifs, the four central characters as if on a stage, and the music, oh the music! Holly's performance was an out of body experience. Ada McGrath came alive for me, so intense it almost hurt. Thank you Jane Campion, Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin, and Sam Neill for a memorable film. Holly deserved every cubic inch of that Oscar statue!
The greatest thing, that night, was to see genuine joy in Hunter when Paquin won Supporting - she was also nominated - and how she also was more enthusiastic about her "daughter" win, than her own. Checking Paquin's win, it was clear even their fellow nominees were happy for her... I don't recall if Perez or Ryder even went on record previous to the ceremony, that if they didn't win herselves, they'd love to see Paquin win. I don't recall any other occasion in Oscar history, the ceremony started with so much love for an underdog dominee, which foreshadowed the final outcome.
no other actress EVER deserved the oscar so much as holly hunter for "the piano". not only that she is perfect in the silent language in the film, she even plays the piano pieces by herself! after all: look at her eyes, her facial expression in the movie. she mad every scene a masterpiece!
what is less clear is why her character needed to be deaf and mute in the first place. Since it's a fictitious piece, not a biography, how does that improve the overall work?
@@wylier (1) I don’t know what film you watched when she’s not even deaf in the film 🤣🤣🤣 Are you just hating on a film and a performance you never even saw???
@@wylier (2) There isn’t just one way to tell a story. The best films in film history feature characters whose stories can be elusive and defy categorization and expectation. The power of suggestion can be infinitely more powerful than the power of exposition.
Holly Hunter and Emma Thompson were both double nominees that year for supporting and best actress. So they were up against each other twice! And Holly was actually up against Anna Paquin in supporting! Cool Oscar trivia.
Emma Thompson lost to two actresses for The Piano. Holly Hunter also lost an oscar to an actress who won an Oscar for a movie she herself won an Oscar for.
I'm surprised they didn't even nominate Michelle Pfeiffer ("The Age of Innocence") and Jodie Foster ("Sommersby") that year. Both ladies did a great job but yes, Holly would win in any case. Now you can hate on me but i'd nominate Madonna too. She did a phenomenal job in "Dangerous Game". Even better than in "Evita"
I agree that Madonna is wonderful in DANGEROUS GAME, better than in any other of her screen roles, EVITA included. Pity that Miss Ciccone doesn't have a great opinion of the movie and the working experience with Ferrara, even if, of course, she could have her good reasons
Holly Hunter is such a brilliant actress. Her best movies include Broadcast News, The Piano, Thirteen, Copycat, Living out loud, Home for the holidays.
I consider Holly Hunter's performance in "The Piano" to be on par with Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot." She gave one of the greatest performances I've ever seen. P.S. Little Anna Paquin! So adorable!
I play piano, but learned it on my own. Playing now 41 years. I was in agony too with Holly Hunter's character when leaving the piano on the beach and later giving it up to Harvey's character. I think anyone who loves a musical instrument; when you play it is the closest your soul can get to god without leaving your body. To be separated from it is like losing a part of yourself. Hunter made that feeling so real. Yes, an Oscar was deserved for that alone. You just cannot fake such a desire and make it appear authentic. I didn't know until her speech the reason was that she really understood her character's deepest desires. No one but her was meant for that role.
I said it then, and I'll say it now: It was a field packed with great actresses, but Holly Hunter gave THE performance of the year. No one else could have won that year. No one else.
People who say that Basset was snubbed by the Academy should know that Holly Hunter won almost every award an actress could win that time. And I doubt that most people who say that Holly Hunter doesn't deserve that award have actually seen The Piano. Holly Hunter was amazing. Every expression in her face, every movement of her body was so gorgeous. Emma Thompson was also wonderful in The Remains of the Day. But this belongs to Hunter
Sami Brady That's pathetic. People like you should learn that it doesn't have anything to do with racism when a person prefers a performance by a white actor/actress.
Not nominating Juliette Binoche for Three Colours : Blue was a hate crime. Neverthless Hunter's win is very deserving in a category filled with strong performances.
oo, I love the way the orchestra played the piano theme! I wish I could get a recording of that! :) thanks for posting! Such an amazing movie and actress!
With respect to everyone who thinks HH deserved the win. Angela Bassett's portrayal of Tina Turner, was nothing short of captivating. If you didn't cry when she left Ike and ran, you really have no idea what emotive acting is. She deserved the Oscar much more.
cast on same movie who won oscar for best supportng actress and best actress here are the list anna bancroft and patty duke -the miracle worker holly hunter and anna paquin -the piano vivien leigh hattie mcdaniel -gwtw bette davis, faye bainter -jezebel gree garson theresa wright- mrs miniver vivien leigh kim hunter- scnd liz taylor, sandy dennis waovw cher, olympia dukakis- moonstruck gweneth paltrow, judy dench shakespear in love
After seeing The Piano, I immediately wanted to know what she sounded like. NOW. I. KNOW. She's the voice of Elastigirl/ Helen Par!(from The Incredibles)!!! My mind was blown when I found that out=)...
It was an inspired casting indeed. Holly Hunter at the time was a critically acclaimed Oscar-nominated actress but I don't think many believed she (An cutesy American actress with a strong Southern Accent would be the ideal choice for a film like The Piano. She proved everybody wrong
It wasn't that they weren't ready for a black lead actress, and it wasn't as if Basset didn't give a smoking performance. Even if Basset had somehow had Tina Turner herself controlling her every move, even if she had delivered to most true to the part performance that one could, She still wouldn't deserve the Oscar over Hunter because of the constraints of 'What's Love Got To Do With IT'. Even if it were the best biopic in the world, it still followed the tips and bows of a formula movie. Granted, less so than most, significantly so, and it's a great movie. But it's not groundbreaking, Basset was given a character and a story that sat so comfortably into the confines of what we want to see in a hero, her trials and tribulations, while heart wrenching, are still following that linear scale. There isn't really any social statements to be made from WLGTDWI (damn, they did not want that to work in an acronym) other than the traditional about victim-ship and abusive relationships, the pearls of stardom. It's not new ground, and Basset knew that when she took the part. Hunters performance is shaped by the utter perfection of 'The Piano', it's not just the sublimity that echos as she exists, but the facets of the film, which allow her character to radiate so much context and feeling. What you have here are two very talented Actresses, one decent director, and the director who just crafted the most innovating piece of cinema since 'The Godfather'... That's not fair, and that's why she never stood a chance. You don't have to like 'The Piano', hell I don't even think I did... but it's not it's likability that made it a brilliant film, it's really just the opposite. Nothing in 'The Piano' is designed for a test market audience, WLGTDWI was probably butchered to shit in the screening rooms, that's the nature of a high profile studio film. Unless you had a variable god, with all the powers and influences, such as Spielberg did as he swept through the Oscars with his mighty paw of 'I can do whatever I want now, and I have virtually unlimited budget so suck it.' The piano is from start to finish quite possible one of maybe a handful of as close to perfect as you could get in all of cinema. Holly Hunter's performance, as powerful and incredible (yhea I went there) as it was, had the boost of every other component in the structuring of 'The Piano', this created a complete character that a multi-decade biopic compressed to 2 hours would never reach. Man I would have felt like hammered shit when I found out a movie like 'The Piano' was coming out, after I had just given the performance of my career and made so many sacrifices. It's not Basset's fault, it's The Piano's fault. Getting cast in a major biopic that was willing to go to far more lengths than your average to portray a classic American Icon, is a great way to get an Oscar... And these films were at the 2015 Oscars, this would be a very different outcome, as innovation is no longer rewarded. But the early 1990's were different. You had the explosion return of the indi-film and new technology that was afforded to smaller production crews. When you say to yourself, fuck it, this is my Oscar performance, and really, that's another difference between HH and AB, HH had no idea that any one was even going to see the movie, AB was gearing for an Oscar when she read the script the first time. Anyhow, when you say, ok, I'm pulling out all the stops, this is the queen maker, just don't do it when a work of art floats up from god knows where. Now I am sure for a lot people, WLGTDWI was a much more entertaining and inspirational film, that didn't matter. I am sure when these people watch 'The Piano' they thought it was a sad, disconnected, even boring film. I feel sorry for these people, as they can't see what I and so many others can, and experience that brilliance, but the truth is that HH's character, under Campion's Direction, worked as an sociopolitical commentary of such depth and tragedy, it's astonishing. There are other points to be made, and WLGTDWI made quite a few, but it never even came close to the approach and pervasive nature that 'The Piano' did, and again, I know this has been said, but Holly Hunter... managed to do that without even talking... Just bad timing for Basset that year. But a brilliant thing for film... to bad it didn't take... and now we get to look forward to another star trek rape, or fuckin faggot man (or is it iron man, I always get them mixed up cause I just don't give a shit) The more I think about 'The Piano's utter perfection the more I get depressed, that was over 20 years ago and we still haven't managed to do something as sublime. There have been good movies, but there's just not the genius that you had in the early 90's with Spielberg, Steven Soderbergh, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Phillip Kaufman, Alexander Payne, Atom Egoyan, Coen brothers were coming into their own at this time... fuckin non-linear editing systems come out and suddenly you can cut you shots every other second... story died when production became so cheap that the true innovators just didn't know what to do with themselves. There is some hope, Alfonso Cuiron may not hold it steady, but at least he knows how to hold a shot... for a long time. The innovation of the long shot over the years is really the greatest thing to come out of the digital age. Still, 'The Piano' was too good, it was like getting injected with pure heroin after a lifetime of chewing up vikidin, then never, ever, seeing it again.
I absolutely agree...I watched the two movies for what Angela and Holly were competing and, well...Holly was right, was correct, was fine to be in a mute leading role part. But Angela was astonishing, amazing, fabulous...you just gotta see her in the "Proud Mary" scene and it's really worth the Oscar.
@@Xaviea0 Nonsense. "The Piano" has become an adored classic, praised by critiques and audience, and the majority of people (as in this comment section) agrees that Hunter's win was completely justified. "What's love got to do it" is a nice, shallow little biopic and the emotions of "Tina" basically go from happy to sad to brave. Buhuuu. "The Piano" is beyond more complex.
These were glorious times for films. I was a teenager then and these were the movies we saw in the theater on dates and would rent on rainy weekends. I feel so sorry for my son's generation that they don't have quality stories in the movies these days. Their options are so limited when it comes to truly great films like these. Not to mention these talented and CLASSY actresses.
Exactly. This year was especially great. Piano, Philadelphia, The Remains of the Day, The Age of Innocence, The Fugitive, Schindler's List... My God, so many. Just in one year.
You can see how good a year 1993 was for movies by the lineups in almost every Oscar category, including this one. Wish they'd been able to find a spot for Juliette Binoche in Blue, but as that's a French-language movie that got a very small release it was pretty unlikely she'd get into the final five. Had she been nominated, she'd easily be my choice to win. Had What's Love Got to Do With It come out nearer the end of the year, instead of in the summer, Angela Bassett would probably have won as it's the kind of role - and film - that tends to get a lot of Oscar recognition. Think of Malek as Mercury, Cotillard as Piaf, Phoenix & Witherspoon as Cash & Carter, Foxx as Charles, Spacek as Lynn, Streisand as Brice, even Cagney as Cohan. A character who was a real person, lots of musical numbers, plenty of 'big moments' and so on; you could almost call this film a musical Raging Bull. A chance to make a statement in favor of 'strong women' and against abusive men would also have gotten a lot of votes too; had this film come out in the last two or three years it would probably have done very well. Having said all that, I do think Holly Hunter was the right choice here (although it's close). That mute character - and the film as a whole - could easily have come off as a contrived stunt, being offbeat and strange purely for its own sake. It would also probably have been tempting to go overboard with the physical side of the role in compensation for not speaking. I don't think the film completely escaped those pitfalls, but Hunter herself did, in a role (both silent & in a period picture) that was very different from what you'd usually think of her playing. That the movie was generally taken as a feminist piece - made by a woman director, no less - undoubtedly gained votes too, especially for Jane Campion herself in the writing category.
Just to split hairs a bit - Joaquin Phoenix didnt win the Oscar for his turn as Johnny Cash. Likewise, merely playing a famous singer isn't necessarily a route to winning. Cate Blanchett didnt win for her gender-bending turn as Bob Dylan in "Im not there", and Kevin Spacey wasnt even nominated for his portrayal of Bobby Darin.
I was torn that year. Really liked both Angela and Holly's performances. Also, Emma and Holly were nominated in the Supporting and Best Categories. Talk about a crazy year.
So Holly Hunter and Emma Thompson were both nominated for BOTH best leading actress and best supporting actress, in the same year? Wow.
I think it wasn't categorized like it is today back in the day.
Both have annoying accents
Silat1981 At last! An intelligent comment.
Then don't listen to them?
Kyaputen Marvel amazing isnt it proves how good of actresses they were in those performances that year.
Baby Anna Paquin is like "Go, get yours so we can play with both"
I laughed at this 😂😂
😭
Perfect comment 😭👌🏾
'Holly Hunter' gave one of the best performances in cinematic history. A very WELL-DESERVED win! Except for the narrating part, she played her character only with facial expressions; without a single word. Utterly unforgettable!
Just because you play a character with only facial expressions doesn't mean you gave one of the best performances in cinematic history.
+Sami Brady It's just my opinion. Of course, you can argue with that. And I respect your opinion too. In my opinion, acting without dialogues can be pretty difficult for the artists. Like 'Marlee Matlin' in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD, 'Rinko Kikuchi' in BABEL, and some scenes in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by 'Eddie Redmayne', they all did all the emotions without the help of any great dialogue. It's amazing, you know. They did so good that their emotions were even diffusing to the hearts of audiences (and it's also my opinion), and definitely unforgettable. And I'm so glad that 'Holly' won not only OSCAR® for her beautiful portrayal of 'Ada McGrath', also Golden Globes, BAFTA, National Board of Review for 'Best Actress'.
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Sami Brady Yeap. The fact is that she did.
Saw The Piano yesterday for the very first time. When The Piano came out I was three so watching it in 2016 was special.
Holly Hunter was haunting, exhilarating and heartshattering. Silent roles seems so difficult to play and Hunter delivered a memorable rendition, she slayed me.
Moise Mensah When the piano came out I was 0
Tenos Bonacci I was -4
Ryan Perez because she was better dumbass The piano is one of the best movies ever
F that.... Angela bassist got robbed
@@leosurname6993 I was 3
Whoever says Holly Hunter didn't deserve this should just watch The Piano and admire one of the most mesmerizing performances of the 90's.
Totally. I was completely blown away by that hell of a film. One of my favorite movies of all time and Holly Hunter's performance is one of the best in the history of cinema.
gain al totally agree 100%…my favorite movie of all time and Holly Hunter is SUPERB!
I am so glad to have found these comments. The piano was one of the most impactful movies in my life, and holly hunter's performance left me completely transfixed
+Paesito “Martin Paez” Paez Thank you.
Roberto Ruggio you got that right!!!!
Holly Hunter rocked the shit out of The Piano
Ryan Perez Who asked you?
@@scifinerd17 and who asked you either?
@@reworkfpv7359 Who asked you to ask me?
@@scifinerd17 who asked you to reply to him?
@@youreauglyfuglydisgustingh2521 What you gettin’ involved for? No one asked you lol
Her arms are amazing.
Yes and also her shoulders . She look like make of air
those hair too
I absolutely love her voice.
landondonovanify me too
I absolutely hate it.
Yuck
It’s so cool and sexy
ikr it's so unique
Her accent is the best.
Hailey Niskanen De La Puente it’s awful.
sliat1981 youre awful
sliat1981 no u
MrFFerigS no you no you are awful no you no you !
I know she gave me pride in my accent although mine doesnt hold a candle to hers! Hearing her made be able to take compliments on my country accent !:))
Angela Bassett was absolutely amazing in "What's Love Got to Do With it".
Absolutely! I believe whole-heartedly that she should have won that year. I've seen both The Piano and WLGtDWI. Holly was very good but other actresses could have played that role. I can't fathom an actress at that time who could've played Tina Turner.
She was totally robbed
I completely agree. That performance was breathtaking. I actually believe it should have been a tie between Holly and Angela. But if I had to choose from both, it would indeed be Holly. Why?? In my opinion cause Holly in Piano gave the best female performance of 90s decade followed closely by Jodie Foster in 1992 and Angela Basset What's Love Gotta Give. Sucks both of these were nominated in same year.
@@xxcharmed1xx nah
@@xxcharmed1xx SHE SURE WAS
I think Holly sitting with Anna is absolutely adorable. Anna was so proud. It almost seemed like a mother-daughter moment
Congrats to them both
-Celtic Mudkip-
The most haunting movie ever; bewitching, soul destroying, transformative, gut wrenching, liberating. Beautiful movie.
Mrs. Hunter has given us one of the best performances ever.
So agree!
Omg i still in schock...20 years Blatter.
Ryan Perez um okay we all know this isn’t true
that was actually one of the most deserved wins of all time.
The most lyrical film I have seen - The Piano. I could write a thesis on it. The blue scenes of the subconscious, the recurring peeping and hand leitmotifs, the four central characters as if on a stage, and the music, oh the music! Holly's performance was an out of body experience. Ada McGrath came alive for me, so intense it almost hurt. Thank you Jane Campion, Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin, and Sam Neill for a memorable film. Holly deserved every cubic inch of that Oscar statue!
The greatest thing, that night, was to see genuine joy in Hunter when Paquin won Supporting - she was also nominated - and how she also was more enthusiastic about her "daughter" win, than her own. Checking Paquin's win, it was clear even their fellow nominees were happy for her... I don't recall if Perez or Ryder even went on record previous to the ceremony, that if they didn't win herselves, they'd love to see Paquin win. I don't recall any other occasion in Oscar history, the ceremony started with so much love for an underdog dominee, which foreshadowed the final outcome.
When they cut to Ralph Fiennes I was like DAYUM! lol
same here
He's so finneeeeeee 😍
I was like HES BACK...HES BACK...LORD VOLDEMORT IS BACK!
Me too, beautiful human
She really deserved it. Her performance as Ada is priceless. I love this movie so much.
Amen! One of a very few movies that deserve the word perfect. Hunter was breathtaking.
Eh, I mean the erasure of the Maoris was problematic. Maybe Campion meant to say something about that, though.
Angela you had my vote for best actress in What's Love Got To Do With It as Tina Turner💜💜💜💜
Angela Bassett I see you !!!!! She hasnt age wtf lol
she looks even prettier now
She should've won. And not Holly hunter
@D Leo sorry you what shit for brains?
Never
did she just say, "it slays me" ?
She was living in the future.
Lol
Lmao
Oh no😂😂😂😂
Okay, so it wasn't just me then. Good to know. Whew.
no other actress EVER deserved the oscar so much as holly hunter for "the piano". not only that she is perfect in the silent language in the film, she even plays the piano pieces by herself! after all: look at her eyes, her facial expression in the movie. she mad every scene a masterpiece!
what is less clear is why her character needed to be deaf and mute in the first place. Since it's a fictitious piece, not a biography, how does that improve the overall work?
@@wylier. You clearly don’t get it. You never will. So why bother.
@@DAN-lo7fz ok then enlighten me. Why did her character need to be deaf and mute?
@@wylier
(1) I don’t know what film you watched when she’s not even deaf in the film 🤣🤣🤣 Are you just hating on a film and a performance you never even saw???
@@wylier
(2) There isn’t just one way to tell a story. The best films in film history feature characters whose stories can be elusive and defy categorization and expectation. The power of suggestion can be infinitely more powerful than the power of exposition.
Wow, any of them deserved it. But Holly really shined in The Piano.....it was such a dramatic, painful role......and she did it superbly!!!!
Holly and Anna were superb in The Piano
1:13 Dude Ralph Fiennes was so young , cany believe he is the same guy in The Menu!!
Holly Hunter is an awesome actress, and I love her accent. She's a beautiful person.
Holly Hunter was beyond good in this movie…she was amazing! She IS Ada!
Ryan Perez Your opinion is pure garbage and you belittling other people’s opinions with your petty comments is pure garbage too.
Holly was brilliant in The Piano....
Holly Hunter and Emma Thompson were both double nominees that year for supporting and best actress. So they were up against each other twice! And Holly was actually up against Anna Paquin in supporting! Cool Oscar trivia.
Emma Thompson lost to two actresses for The Piano. Holly Hunter also lost an oscar to an actress who won an Oscar for a movie she herself won an Oscar for.
lol all I hear is Elastigirl 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
i came here to hear her voice !!😂😂 to hear how much it differs from the animated version !
Same
*The mother we want but it didn't happen*
If there was an Oscar for voice work, Holly would definitely be considered.
What a great speech. Very sincere.
I'm surprised they didn't even nominate Michelle Pfeiffer ("The Age of Innocence") and Jodie Foster ("Sommersby") that year. Both ladies did a great job but yes, Holly would win in any case. Now you can hate on me but i'd nominate Madonna too. She did a phenomenal job in "Dangerous Game". Even better than in "Evita"
I agree that Madonna is wonderful in DANGEROUS GAME, better than in any other of her screen roles, EVITA included. Pity that Miss Ciccone doesn't have a great opinion of the movie and the working experience with Ferrara, even if, of course, she could have her good reasons
God, Holly Hunter is an absolute DOLL here.
She was unbelievable in The Piano, she totally deserved it !!! Good for her.
Holly Hunter is such a brilliant actress. Her best movies include Broadcast News, The Piano, Thirteen, Copycat, Living out loud, Home for the holidays.
And Elastigirl in the Incredibles!!
The Piano was a beautiful, legend film!! And Holly did an AMAZING job in it!!!
god i love her accent. that southern twang is real sexy. i love it
It satisfies me to see her finger still in tact
I watched The Piano several years ago with my mom and it blew me AWAY!! It’s such a fantastic film!
I consider Holly Hunter's performance in "The Piano" to be on par with Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot." She gave one of the greatest performances I've ever seen.
P.S. Little Anna Paquin! So adorable!
I play piano, but learned it on my own. Playing now 41 years. I was in agony too with Holly Hunter's character when leaving the piano on the beach and later giving it up to Harvey's character. I think anyone who loves a musical instrument; when you play it is the closest your soul can get to god without leaving your body. To be separated from it is like losing a part of yourself. Hunter made that feeling so real. Yes, an Oscar was deserved for that alone. You just cannot fake such a desire and make it appear authentic. I didn't know until her speech the reason was that she really understood her character's deepest desires. No one but her was meant for that role.
I’m gonna have to go and watch the movie because Angela playing Tina turner was phenomenal and still being quoted till this day
I like how Holly Hunters hair is styled down and straight with volume instead of these elaborate hairstyles we see these days for award shows
I was 13 when the piano came out and I remember watching it with my family. I loved it. Great movie/memory.
i think a tie was in order that year....Holly and Angela Basset -her Tina was unforgetable
I said it then, and I'll say it now: It was a field packed with great actresses, but Holly Hunter gave THE performance of the year. No one else could have won that year. No one else.
That's a lie.
Sami Brady Your Mom is a lie.
How childish.
Sami Brady Your Mom is childish.
+Bob Schneider lol
Anna Paquin looks exactly like her now!
So beautiful, spectacular. Her performance was beyond amazing.
i've loved Holly Hunter since i saw her on 'Thirteen' and i'm still gonna say she deserved the oscar for that movie too. Amazing Actress!!!
I love when Meryl is not nominated...
it's not often hey
That’s sad
😂😂😂
Like fresh air.
Why is that?
The way she and Anna were acting was so precious, especially since Anna had already won Supporting Actress that night. So lovely.
People who say that Basset was snubbed by the Academy should know that Holly Hunter won almost every award an actress could win that time. And I doubt that most people who say that Holly Hunter doesn't deserve that award have actually seen The Piano. Holly Hunter was amazing. Every expression in her face, every movement of her body was so gorgeous. Emma Thompson was also wonderful in The Remains of the Day. But this belongs to Hunter
***** Yes!!!
Agreed. That bunch of ladies is superior, and some of them don't have Oscars yet. Angela wasn't snubbed, she is loved.
YES!!
If Angela Bassett was white you wouldn't have said this.
Sami Brady
That's pathetic. People like you should learn that it doesn't have anything to do with racism when a person prefers a performance by a white actor/actress.
Not nominating Juliette Binoche for Three Colours : Blue was a hate crime. Neverthless Hunter's win is very deserving in a category filled with strong performances.
Both Bassett and Hunter were phenomenal so I'm happy either way.
oo, I love the way the orchestra played the piano theme! I wish I could get a recording of that! :) thanks for posting! Such an amazing movie and actress!
They all look so young! What a great year for films!
Holly was the best!!!
One of the best performances in the history, Holly Hunter was AMAZING in "The Piano"
0:53 Emma Thompson already turned to Hunter before her win was announced. They all knew Holly would get it.
I can't get over her southern drawl and how she has never lost it no matter how far she's gone.
Very well deserved! One of my all time favorite films!
With respect to everyone who thinks HH deserved the win.
Angela Bassett's portrayal of Tina Turner, was nothing short of captivating. If you didn't cry when she left Ike and ran, you really have no idea what emotive acting is. She deserved the Oscar much more.
Great line-up, indeed! But I so totally agree with Hunter's win
I have it also...never tire of watching it.
A beautiful woman and an amazing actress
THE PIANO is absolutely one of the best films ever made! Holly and Ana deserved the Oscar!
cast on same movie who won oscar for best supportng actress and best actress here are the list
anna bancroft and patty duke -the miracle worker
holly hunter and anna paquin -the piano
vivien leigh hattie mcdaniel -gwtw
bette davis, faye bainter -jezebel
gree garson theresa wright- mrs miniver
vivien leigh kim hunter- scnd
liz taylor, sandy dennis waovw
cher, olympia dukakis- moonstruck
gweneth paltrow, judy dench shakespear in love
This is the only movie I have seen with Holly Hunter,, so this is the first time I hear her voice. Amazingly beautiful voice.
She actually "spoke" in the movie like a narrator, great movie :)
+Marie Baudino You should hear her as Elastigirl in "The Incredibles"! :)
After seeing The Piano, I immediately wanted to know what she sounded like. NOW. I. KNOW. She's the voice of Elastigirl/ Helen Par!(from The Incredibles)!!! My mind was blown when I found that out=)...
Same
I would be more shookt
It was an inspired casting indeed. Holly Hunter at the time was a critically acclaimed Oscar-nominated actress but I don't think many believed she (An cutesy American actress with a strong Southern Accent would be the ideal choice for a film like The Piano. She proved everybody wrong
Anna looks so happy for Holly, and so does Emma for that matter.
deserved! this performance is amazing.
A fine group of actresses! Holly's performance was superb.
OMG Rogue and Voldemord in one tape xD
And River Song's hair, next to Voldemort.
Jesus, Rogue looks different.
It wasn't that they weren't ready for a black lead actress, and it wasn't as if Basset didn't give a smoking performance.
Even if Basset had somehow had Tina Turner herself controlling her every move, even if she had delivered to most true to the part performance that one could, She still wouldn't deserve the Oscar over Hunter because of the constraints of 'What's Love Got To Do With IT'.
Even if it were the best biopic in the world, it still followed the tips and bows of a formula movie. Granted, less so than most, significantly so, and it's a great movie.
But it's not groundbreaking, Basset was given a character and a story that sat so comfortably into the confines of what we want to see in a hero, her trials and tribulations, while heart wrenching, are still following that linear scale.
There isn't really any social statements to be made from WLGTDWI (damn, they did not want that to work in an acronym) other than the traditional about victim-ship and abusive relationships, the pearls of stardom. It's not new ground, and Basset knew that when she took the part.
Hunters performance is shaped by the utter perfection of 'The Piano', it's not just the sublimity that echos as she exists, but the facets of the film, which allow her character to radiate so much context and feeling.
What you have here are two very talented Actresses, one decent director, and the director who just crafted the most innovating piece of cinema since 'The Godfather'... That's not fair, and that's why she never stood a chance.
You don't have to like 'The Piano', hell I don't even think I did... but it's not it's likability that made it a brilliant film, it's really just the opposite. Nothing in 'The Piano' is designed for a test market audience, WLGTDWI was probably butchered to shit in the screening rooms, that's the nature of a high profile studio film.
Unless you had a variable god, with all the powers and influences, such as Spielberg did as he swept through the Oscars with his mighty paw of 'I can do whatever I want now, and I have virtually unlimited budget so suck it.'
The piano is from start to finish quite possible one of maybe a handful of as close to perfect as you could get in all of cinema. Holly Hunter's performance, as powerful and incredible (yhea I went there) as it was, had the boost of every other component in the structuring of 'The Piano', this created a complete character that a multi-decade biopic compressed to 2 hours would never reach.
Man I would have felt like hammered shit when I found out a movie like 'The Piano' was coming out, after I had just given the performance of my career and made so many sacrifices.
It's not Basset's fault, it's The Piano's fault. Getting cast in a major biopic that was willing to go to far more lengths than your average to portray a classic American Icon, is a great way to get an Oscar... And these films were at the 2015 Oscars, this would be a very different outcome, as innovation is no longer rewarded. But the early 1990's were different. You had the explosion return of the indi-film and new technology that was afforded to smaller production crews.
When you say to yourself, fuck it, this is my Oscar performance, and really, that's another difference between HH and AB, HH had no idea that any one was even going to see the movie, AB was gearing for an Oscar when she read the script the first time.
Anyhow, when you say, ok, I'm pulling out all the stops, this is the queen maker, just don't do it when a work of art floats up from god knows where.
Now I am sure for a lot people, WLGTDWI was a much more entertaining and inspirational film, that didn't matter. I am sure when these people watch 'The Piano' they thought it was a sad, disconnected, even boring film. I feel sorry for these people, as they can't see what I and so many others can, and experience that brilliance, but the truth is that HH's character, under Campion's Direction, worked as an sociopolitical commentary of such depth and tragedy, it's astonishing.
There are other points to be made, and WLGTDWI made quite a few, but it never even came close to the approach and pervasive nature that 'The Piano' did, and again, I know this has been said, but Holly Hunter... managed to do that without even talking... Just bad timing for Basset that year.
But a brilliant thing for film... to bad it didn't take... and now we get to look forward to another star trek rape, or fuckin faggot man (or is it iron man, I always get them mixed up cause I just don't give a shit)
The more I think about 'The Piano's utter perfection the more I get depressed, that was over 20 years ago and we still haven't managed to do something as sublime.
There have been good movies, but there's just not the genius that you had in the early 90's with Spielberg, Steven Soderbergh, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Phillip Kaufman, Alexander Payne, Atom Egoyan, Coen brothers were coming into their own at this time... fuckin non-linear editing systems come out and suddenly you can cut you shots every other second... story died when production became so cheap that the true innovators just didn't know what to do with themselves.
There is some hope, Alfonso Cuiron may not hold it steady, but at least he knows how to hold a shot... for a long time. The innovation of the long shot over the years is really the greatest thing to come out of the digital age.
Still, 'The Piano' was too good, it was like getting injected with pure heroin after a lifetime of chewing up vikidin, then never, ever, seeing it again.
MY GOD ,YOU SHOULD BE A FILM CRITIC.YOUR ANALYSIS IS TO SAY THE LEAST, DEEP
I agree. "The Piano" is pure perfection.
tl;dr
These are TH-cam comments, kind sir/miss.
Great performance in the film "The piano"... She deserved the OSCAR
She's just beautiful!!! Love to hear her talk....
I absolutely agree...I watched the two movies for what Angela and Holly were competing and, well...Holly was right, was correct, was fine to be in a mute leading role part. But Angela was astonishing, amazing, fabulous...you just gotta see her in the "Proud Mary" scene and it's really worth the Oscar.
Holly Hunter looks so beautiful and pretty. 😊😊😊
She's just beautiful!!! Love her accent!
These were all incredible performances, one of the toughest ever years to choose only one.
Sorry, dear Bassett-Fans, but Holly Hunter gave the performance of a decade in "The Piano"!
@@Xaviea0 Nonsense. "The Piano" has become an adored classic, praised by critiques and audience, and the majority of people (as in this comment section) agrees that Hunter's win was completely justified. "What's love got to do it" is a nice, shallow little biopic and the emotions of "Tina" basically go from happy to sad to brave. Buhuuu. "The Piano" is beyond more complex.
Angela performance has well aged, ppl remember that she lost instead of Hunter being the winner that says a lot,
Angela Basset performance stood the test of time & is still talked about to this day.
@@wwb2081 you've seen it many times
Angela Bassett gave the performance of her life!
That was a great performance by Holly. Bravo! :-)
One of the best speeches ever!
I watched the Piano for the first time just minutes ago, and I was really impressed with Holly's performance in that movie.
Seeing as how this is Angela's first and only nomination to an actress of her caliber, does anyone feel she's underrated
OMG!!!!!!! LORD VOLDEMORT 1:10
Kkkkkkkkk
Patricio Gutiérrez OMG, I never knew he played that character until I read this! I had no idea!
+Dawn Little you didn't know that the incredible Ralph Fiennes played Lord Voldemort!?
No!! Silly me!
He has a nose!
I love her voice!
Such a powerful group of actresses!
Stockard Channing is a brilliant Actress!!
Beautiful movie and best actress ever!!!
These were glorious times for films. I was a teenager then and these were the movies we saw in the theater on dates and would rent on rainy weekends. I feel so sorry for my son's generation that they don't have quality stories in the movies these days. Their options are so limited when it comes to truly great films like these. Not to mention these talented and CLASSY actresses.
Exactly. This year was especially great. Piano, Philadelphia, The Remains of the Day, The Age of Innocence, The Fugitive, Schindler's List... My God, so many. Just in one year.
the current generation has plenty of options for movies, including streaming networks.
undeniably one of the most deserved Oscars
You can see how good a year 1993 was for movies by the lineups in almost every Oscar category, including this one. Wish they'd been able to find a spot for Juliette Binoche in Blue, but as that's a French-language movie that got a very small release it was pretty unlikely she'd get into the final five. Had she been nominated, she'd easily be my choice to win.
Had What's Love Got to Do With It come out nearer the end of the year, instead of in the summer, Angela Bassett would probably have won as it's the kind of role - and film - that tends to get a lot of Oscar recognition. Think of Malek as Mercury, Cotillard as Piaf, Phoenix & Witherspoon as Cash & Carter, Foxx as Charles, Spacek as Lynn, Streisand as Brice, even Cagney as Cohan. A character who was a real person, lots of musical numbers, plenty of 'big moments' and so on; you could almost call this film a musical Raging Bull. A chance to make a statement in favor of 'strong women' and against abusive men would also have gotten a lot of votes too; had this film come out in the last two or three years it would probably have done very well.
Having said all that, I do think Holly Hunter was the right choice here (although it's close). That mute character - and the film as a whole - could easily have come off as a contrived stunt, being offbeat and strange purely for its own sake. It would also probably have been tempting to go overboard with the physical side of the role in compensation for not speaking. I don't think the film completely escaped those pitfalls, but Hunter herself did, in a role (both silent & in a period picture) that was very different from what you'd usually think of her playing. That the movie was generally taken as a feminist piece - made by a woman director, no less - undoubtedly gained votes too, especially for Jane Campion herself in the writing category.
Just to split hairs a bit - Joaquin Phoenix didnt win the Oscar for his turn as Johnny Cash. Likewise, merely playing a famous singer isn't necessarily a route to winning. Cate Blanchett didnt win for her gender-bending turn as Bob Dylan in "Im not there", and Kevin Spacey wasnt even nominated for his portrayal of Bobby Darin.
Tom Riddle: Nice. Very Nice.
Holly Hunter is absolutely gorgeous and stunning. and love her voice too
I love Holly and The Piano was the finest performance in her legendary career.
A well-deserved win!
What I see: 00:42 Sibila Trelawney and 01:11 Lord Voldemort
One of the most breathtaking performances in film history. Holly Hunter is in a word--brilliant.
holly hunter is a great character actor, I like how she does roles
I was torn that year. Really liked both Angela and Holly's performances. Also, Emma and Holly were nominated in the Supporting and Best Categories. Talk about a crazy year.