I was a 15 year old when Trip to Bountiful came out and I knew practically nothing about love. But after that scene I knew not to settle until I found it.
I actually remember most a "no Oscar scene". I really thought that Brenda Blethyn deserved the award for Secrets & Lies. The scene when she realizes that that girl was actually her daughter was magnificent.
I really love that scene where Miss Brodie stood up against Miss Mackay, I even used this scene as the script for my monologue performing competition (0- Maggie Smith is just spectacular!
@@oscarman42 Indeed, I have determined to become a teacher, so it is easy for me to "be" Miss Brodie in this case, and I felt so good when saying those lines (the language is so toxic haha)
AH! Your videos are so addictive and so *satisfying* You must work very hard on them but you must have so much emotional fun, too. How on earth have I not subscribed yet?! *subscribes*
Thank you so much! I've never received a comment in bold (lol)! I began the channel because of my lifelong love of all things Oscar, and it has given me much pleasure in hearing from so many others who share the same passion. Looking forward to your future input!
add this viewer to the list of Maggie Smith admirers. Saw this performance when it was released at 15 years old and knew then this was anh all time great performance. Not just that scene however, there is one later on where she breaks down in the classroom, so subtle, so devastating. Long live Dame Maggie
I've been so (pleasantly) surprised at how many have singled her out in their comments. So nice to know that she is not only remembered, but that the legacy of her work has resonated with so many. An actor can't ask for more!
@@oscarman42 OMG yes, so so missed. Her 12 minute scene in The Pope of Greenwich Village showcases her greatness, we talk about Straight & Dench 11-12 minute scenes because they won Oscars for them, but Page was brilliant in her few scenes as well.
@@RobertPagano226 Here's your twin! Geraldine Page was a chameleon when it came to acting. From Sweet Bird of Youth, Interiors, The Trip to Bountiful and I think she was only in The Pope of Greenwich Village for about 7 minutes but so memorable. MY SON WALTER WAS AS TOUGH AS A BAR OF IRON, AND HE DIDNT GET THAT FROM HIS FATHER. She is, and always will be, my favourite actress.
@@RobertPagano226 she was indeed. Peggy Ashcroft should have been nominated (and won) Best Actress for A Passage to India. I am biased but Geraldine Page should have won about 5 Oscars!
It always brings tears to my eyes when I watch Geraldine Page FINALLY win the Oscar! In every performance of hers you watch a matchless and brilliant combination of instinct and craft. She is undoubtedly one of our best actors. Other peak performances, Sweet Bird of Youth, Summer and Smoke, the twoTV specials of Capote's A Christmas and A Thanksgiving Memory, and of course A Trip to Bountiful. Let us celebrate the remarkable career of the inimitable Miss Page. Huge kudos to Fonda and Foster and Smith for extraordinary work.
And let's not forget her incredible performances in interiors and what ever happened to Aunt Alice? The lady was a force of nature and the best of the best.
I think Fletcher had that in her gaze to Jack but I saw a 'you did this' stare more. That's what I read. She wasn't as evil as they say, she was simply by the book, these are the rules and black and white only. I don't make a good boss, BTW.
Hmmm....I think purposely and knowingly destroying an emotionally fragile mental patient comes under the heading of "evil" and "cruel"....not to mention (at the very least), unprofessional. No doubt my background in Psychology and as a boss play a role in my feelings on this one.
Renée Zellweger won Oscar for her role in "Judy"... the first time I saw the trailer, when she whispered "Promise you won't", I just knew at that time she'd gonna win Oscar..
Absolutely love having Louise Fletcher’s chilling and iconic big bad wolf scene towards the end of Cuckoo’s Nest as one of these scenes. Especially glad to also see her on the thumbnail. I was about 14 years old when I first saw the film - on VHS! - and while I knew nothing about acting or movies, Fletcher’s Nurse Ratched was something that left a huge impression on me and got me fascinated by what excellent acting was. For a young kid seeing what just one quick facial expression could produce in a movie’s narrative and mood was electrifying. Thank you so much for this.
Thank you! When I was creating this video, Fletcher's scene with Billy was one of the first that came to mind. It's a pivotal moment in the story, and her absolute cruelty was something rarely seen before in a lead character.
@@oscarman42 Absolutely! And it’s a rare moment of raw cruelty seen in ANY character, period. We usually talk about villains, all the great villains. But why are they really so “great”? We’re not supposed to like the villain at all, yet we typically do. When do we legitimately super hate the villain and openly hope for their destruction? Almost never. I can really only think of the Wicked Witch of the West in TWOO as an example, but other than that, not too much else. Fletcher absolutely killed it in her performance, and it’s one for the ages. God bless her and her win - and yes, her iconic acceptance speech!
@@brickellrich1 Well stated! And Margaret Hamilton's character was actually comical at times ("I'll Auntie Em YOU!"), while Nurse Ratched was a dark figure indeed. (Look for Fletcher again in next week's video 😉)
They were all great, but Geraldine Page was brilliant above it all. She should have won for Interiors a few years earlier. To this day, the ice that runs through her characters viens ,Eve , gives me chills. The pursuit of unobtainable perfection is sad and stunning. JANE Fonda is incredible in Klute. I watched her it many times and find something different each time
Like Ginger Rogers's role in Kitty Foyle (1940) playing an ambitious blue collared worker working her way up to a higher social status. This one scene in Kitty Foyle mirrored or reflected the mainstream popularity of the time for women in the 1930s to the 1940s. Joan Fontaine won her Best Actress Oscar the following year.
Maggie Smith (R.I.P) is my favorite actress of all time, and my god, she was riveting as Jean Brodie. I also recall seeing The Accused at the cinema after Jodie Foster had won the Oscar, with her win having been labeled a "dark horse" win. I was spellbound by her raw, gritty, powerhouse performance--definitely a well-deserved Oscar! For me, the other scene that stands out is Kathy Bates' character Annie Wilkes telling James Caan's Paul Sheldon the story of seeing the Rocket Man chapter play at the cinema when she was a child, with her becoming more and more unhinged every second, climaxing with "He didn't get out of the cockadoodie car!!!"
Great picks. I completely agree that the picks for Sophia Loren and Geraldine won them the Oscar, especially the latter which made me go "Woah". Also, don't forget that famous Halle Berry scene that was shown everywhere that won her the Oscar!
The scene near the end of The Trip to Bountiful where Miss Page hugs the actress who plays her daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn) brings tears to my eyes every single time. 😢 I read somewhere that the hug was improvised. Geraldine did it without telling Miss Glynn.
I would also add Anne Hathaway on Les Miserables. Her rendition of I Dreamed A Dream is one of the most heartbreaking scenes O've ever seen and It got stuck in my head
@@oscarman42 As we learn from you too! I am obsessed with the Oscars and you always keep them coming, I always look forward to your offerings and the chance to add my views, comments and opinions!
@@RobertPagano226 I love doing it. And some of my ideas have come from viewer comments, including yours! Next week is a special Oscar "tribute" of sorts.
Maggie Smith can do no wrong. Geraldine Page is one of the finest actors ever. Louise Fletcher expressed so much with her face and her eyes. Anyone would be intimidated. Jodie Foster is always a contender every time she's nominated Jane Fonda has one of the best deliveries. Very powerful indeed.
The scene that capped the Oscar for Ingrid Bergman in 1945 for Gaslight, is at the end she speaks to her husband alone, as he is tied up. I called these kinds of scenes the big speech. In movies I look for the actor or actress to have their big speech, and sometimes that big speech wins them the Oscar if they do it right. Sometimes there is a little speech and after Ingrid Bergman has her big speech, Charles Boyer has his little speech in which he tells the audience why - why he did what he did - and it’s enough of an explanation for us the audience- and Boyer does it well. But Ingrid Bergman does her big speech and it’s written so well and Bergman acts it so well that it rests on its own laurels and I think that scene - her “big speech” - captured the Oscar for her.
I love the notion of the "big speech," and in this instance, it perfectly fits. While I don't remember a lot of the film, I absolutely know the scene you reference, and it's perfection.
My pick is Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Her cold, demoniac stares and evil intimidations👿 as Nurse Ratched were the iconic attributes that made her the most despised character and drove Randel to take her out permanently. It was gracious of her to acknowledge the audience amusingly that their hatred for her in playing the villainess nurse in the movie was the reason she won Best Actress in 1976😂.
@@oscarman42 Quite right, Oscarman42. But it hurts even more😞 to find RP McMurphy was hopelessly lobotomized to the point he was consciously dead. It's one of the saddest moments in cinema history next to Midnight Cowboy, where Ratso died next to his bereaved buddy Joe Buck in a bus and didn't get to see the skyline view of Miami Beach as they slowly approached their destination😢.
Geraldine Page as Carrie Watts was absolutely brilliant and her performance was heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time even though I wished that Whoopi Goldberg would had won the Oscar for The Color Purple but anyway if it wasn't Whoopi I am glad that it was Geraldine Page that won the Oscar.
I've just rewatched this and totally forgot to mention Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld. That telephone scene won her that Oscar (and MGM campaigning).
Sophia’s performance still astounds me. That scene is one but I also love the final scene it’s much quieter than this one. Jessica Chastain approaching the people mocking her but disarmed them with grace and dignity. I think that coupled with her clip scene probably won it for her. Brie Larson as Ma . I mean what do you choose it could be one of several but confessing to Jack she thinks she’s not good enough for him breaks my heart. Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn reaches out to her daughter . It’s has so many good moments like that but it’s the moment she makes a sincere effort and connection to her daughter. Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker she finally gets through to Helen . Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. It could be several but I tend to think of the scene where she tells Tommy to make a list of his problems . They are both scared and funny at the same time. It feels very real.
I never tire of watching Loren's performance, it's so powerful. Though I wasn't a fan of "Tammy Faye" (the film), Chastain did what she could with a poor script. Yeoh probably sealed her win with that scene (you'd think Stephanie Hsu would have won for that too). Burstyn was both funny and poignant as Alice.
Even though it was controversial tie, Streisand singing "My Man" at the end of Funny Girl is what got her that many votes plus her own to tie Katharine Hepburn that year.
Thank you♥♥♥ Who actross and actross win oscar without any wining in ( awards seasion )? Who win oscar in same time lose ( golden globe and bafta and critics choice and sag)? We need to know in video???
@@oscarman42 thank you very much oscar man for answer😍😍😍😍becase i was asking if that happend to know chance of sandra huller to win oscar as suprise this year Thank you❤😍❤
@@marrmart7690 You are most welcome! I don't think she will win because the race is between Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone. But there can always be an upset!
@@oscarman42 i agree with you❤👏✔ she also has not great story just invastgation with good acting..lilly has good real story and emma has fantsy new story Thank yooooou😍
I like the scene in "The Heiress" where Olivia deHavilland matter of factly tells her aunt that she has become cold and unfeeling because she "has been taught by masters" to be that way.
I was not a fan of Jodie's performance in The Accused (nor of the movie) and still believe Glenn should've won for Dangerous Liaisons. The others on your list I would agree that sometimes it comes down to a scene. Except for Page: Fabulous performance but I do think her Oscar was a "legacy" win and all those nominations!
I can understand why there is the belief that Page's win was for her career, as the timing (8 nominations) could have played a part in voting for sentimental reasons. But as it wasn't an "OK" performance (like some other career wins) for me, the Oscar was justified (sorry, Whoopi).
How could you not mention Kate Hepburn in Guess Whose Coming to Dinner. 95% of the movie she does her normal good job. Always a good actress but not an Oscar worthy performance. BUT the scene, as she holds back tears and Spencer Tracy tells others of his love for her…Phenomenal! She won her second of four Oscars based on that one reaction scene, she didn’t even say a word.
While touching because of it's real-life significance, that moment did not enter my thoughts when creating this video, because I felt, as you stated, that the performance was not Oscar-worthy.
Geraldine Page's performance in The Trip to Bountiful is exquisite - it annoys me when people say it was a career Oscar. Her featured scene here only really resonates if you have had a great love and lost it.
I agree (with both thoughts). I know many wanted Whoopi to win that year, but it's not as if Page gave a so-so performance and merely won because she was overdue (which she was). And as you know, she sadly passed away the following year.
@@oscarman42 She should have won a Tony before her passing; she died 6 days after losing her 4th (and final) nomination. And as you know, I adore her performance in Interiors.
“Two Women” is the only one I haven’t seen here, Sophia Loren appears to be giving 110%. Definitely see Anna Magnani in “The Rose Tattoo”, I think she rends her clothing at one point. These hyper emotional Italian women light up my life.
It's been a long time since I saw "Blue Sky," but I remember a scene where Tommy Lee Jones is trying to get Jessica Lange to calm down, I think she's having a manic episode. She makes a claim that she can see radiation coming off him. It seemed like the ultimate Oscar clip, a great acting scene from an otherwise forgettable movie.
Your comment is so ironic, because I have an upcoming video about performances that I didn't think deserved the Oscar...and I used that clip! (Forgive me...)
Also, there's a scene in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" where the lead character is speaking with a gay pastor who is suffering from AIDS. That scene won the Oscar for Jessican Chastain, not just for her performance, but because it showed that Tammy Faye had a compassionate and somewhat courageous side that her husband lacked. Chastain talked about that aspect during awards season and it paid off.
@@oscarman42 Ha, no need to ask for forgiveness, we're just sharing opinions. I haven't seen that clip in a few decades so I might not agree with my own comment if I saw it again. But it seems that we agree that it was a scene that stood out in a movie with very few memorable moments.
Vivien Leigh's "kindness of strangers" scene. Liza Minelli's rendition of Cabaret Katherine Hepburn: "I wonder if you wonder if I slept with your father."
Potential great video, but all the interruptions with the text as the scene progressed ruined my experience. So much so , I got out of bed to comment. 😢
Sorry you didn't enjoy the video nor understand the reasons why text was used (there are also copyright issues with certain clips used in their entirety). Hopefully viewers of your cancer videos are more kind in their comments.
It wasn’t trying to be mean. My apologies. It was meant to be constructive, but letting me know about the copyright helped me get understand the structure of your videos. Most people are kind with my cancer videos, but I’ve had some hateful comments as well. I could have used a nice word than ruined, sorry.
Lol, I was thinking but didn't want to put it, but now I must. Shame of Page win which was soooo deserved; I feel it's a legacy win on Top of a finally deserved win; Shame was it'll, it has, gone down in history as Whoopis loss, snub, Not Pages win. Oh well. It always, often happens. Guess what? Whoopi did it to another actress after that. No Way did she deserve it for Ghost. Academy gave it to her because she was so good in TCP; Bracco sooo deserved that statue. But, again, whatever.
The best performances that won are the following: Michelle Yeoh- EEAAO Vivian Leigh- Gone With The Wind Julie Andrews- Mary Poppins Jennifer Lawrence- Silver Linings Playbook Emma Stone- La La Land Julia Roberts- Erin Brockovich Louise Fletcher- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Sandra Bullock- The Blind Side Meryl Streep- Sophie's Choice Jodie Foster- Silence Of The Lambs Kathy Bates- Misery Frances McDormand- Fargo Reese Witherspoon- Walk The Line Natalie Portman- Black Swan 3/9/24 update: Charlize Theron- Monster
I like Shirley MacLaine's reaction to her daughter's death in "Terms of Endearment" and of course, "GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!"
Yes!! I should have included that scene.
I was a 15 year old when Trip to Bountiful came out and I knew practically nothing about love. But after that scene I knew not to settle until I found it.
That's wonderful to learn how that scene impacted your life.
The Trip to Bountiful really won me over. Not what I usually watch but with Geraldine Pages' performance it's one of my favorites.
I'm just so glad she finally won before she passed away.
The choice in Sophie´s Choice.
Great concept, fantastic editing, enlightening comments... Well done, Oscarman !
Wow, thank you!
Make part 2
I did! th-cam.com/video/AviKyTBVJvE/w-d-xo.html
I actually remember most a "no Oscar scene". I really thought that Brenda Blethyn deserved the award for Secrets & Lies. The scene when she realizes that that girl was actually her daughter was magnificent.
Stay tuned for an upcoming video...😉
I really love that scene where Miss Brodie stood up against Miss Mackay, I even used this scene as the script for my monologue performing competition (0- Maggie Smith is just spectacular!
Wow - that's a great one to use. I'm sure you do very well with it!
@@oscarman42 Indeed, I have determined to become a teacher, so it is easy for me to "be" Miss Brodie in this case, and I felt so good when saying those lines (the language is so toxic haha)
@@py.5831 As a former educator, I completely understand!
I didn’t know it was unexpected but she’s incredible in this role.
AH! Your videos are so addictive and so *satisfying* You must work very hard on them but you must have so much emotional fun, too. How on earth have I not subscribed yet?! *subscribes*
Thank you so much! I've never received a comment in bold (lol)! I began the channel because of my lifelong love of all things Oscar, and it has given me much pleasure in hearing from so many others who share the same passion. Looking forward to your future input!
@@oscarman42 I like to stress adjectives and verbs lol. Which was the first Oscars ceremony you watched?
@@samsong24 I plead the 5th lol (it was DECADES ago, when I was not yet a teen).
Your best one yet!!! Loved it.
You are too kind! Thank you for your support!
add this viewer to the list of Maggie Smith admirers. Saw this performance when it was released at 15 years old and knew then this was anh all time great performance. Not just that scene however, there is one later on where she breaks down in the classroom, so subtle, so devastating. Long live Dame Maggie
As usual, Smith delivered throughout the entire movie, and it speaks well of the Academy that they honored her for this performance.
You included my favorite actress of all time, GERALDINE PAGE. Thank You! A legend that was truly unforgettable in everything she did!
I've been so (pleasantly) surprised at how many have singled her out in their comments. So nice to know that she is not only remembered, but that the legacy of her work has resonated with so many. An actor can't ask for more!
@@oscarman42 OMG yes, so so missed. Her 12 minute scene in The Pope of Greenwich Village showcases her greatness, we talk about Straight & Dench 11-12 minute scenes because they won Oscars for them, but Page was brilliant in her few scenes as well.
@@RobertPagano226 Here's your twin! Geraldine Page was a chameleon when it came to acting. From Sweet Bird of Youth, Interiors, The Trip to Bountiful and I think she was only in The Pope of Greenwich Village for about 7 minutes but so memorable. MY SON WALTER WAS AS TOUGH AS A BAR OF IRON, AND HE DIDNT GET THAT FROM HIS FATHER.
She is, and always will be, my favourite actress.
@@pablofrank2466 Great Minds think alike! She was Oscar nominated for SA for TPOGV
@@RobertPagano226 she was indeed. Peggy Ashcroft should have been nominated (and won) Best Actress for A Passage to India.
I am biased but Geraldine Page should have won about 5 Oscars!
Claudette Colbert in the hitchhiking scene in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT. Priceless.
Definitely an iconic moment in film history.
It always brings tears to my eyes when I watch Geraldine Page FINALLY win the Oscar! In every performance of hers you watch a matchless and brilliant combination of instinct and craft. She is undoubtedly one of our best actors. Other peak performances, Sweet Bird of Youth, Summer and Smoke, the twoTV specials of Capote's A Christmas and A Thanksgiving Memory, and of course A Trip to Bountiful. Let us celebrate the remarkable career of the inimitable Miss Page. Huge kudos to Fonda and Foster and Smith for extraordinary work.
I really loved her performances as Miss Sooke (both Emmy winners) in the Truman Capote teleplays.
@@oscarman42 Oh yes, me too. Kind of a foretaste of what she'd do with Carrie Watts, similar but of course different as well.
@@williamreed2558 I can definitely see the "resemblance."
And let's not forget her incredible performances in interiors and what ever happened to Aunt Alice? The lady was a force of nature and the best of the best.
@@dylanbonnar Amen !!!
I think Fletcher had that in her gaze to Jack but I saw a 'you did this' stare more. That's what I read. She wasn't as evil as they say, she was simply by the book, these are the rules and black and white only. I don't make a good boss, BTW.
Hmmm....I think purposely and knowingly destroying an emotionally fragile mental patient comes under the heading of "evil" and "cruel"....not to mention (at the very least), unprofessional. No doubt my background in Psychology and as a boss play a role in my feelings on this one.
Renée Zellweger won Oscar for her role in "Judy"... the first time I saw the trailer, when she whispered "Promise you won't", I just knew at that time she'd gonna win Oscar..
That was such a memorable and touching scene.
Luise Rainer in her telephone scene in THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936),
That definitely was her "Oscar scene." But do you think it holds up today or has it not aged well?
@@oscarman42 As I remember, it holds up well. I am glad that the above poster remembered the telephone scene
Oh yeah. She was wonderful in that
Olivia de Haviland at the end of "The Heiress" and Sally Field holding up the union sign in "Norma Rae."
I actually had Field's scene on my short list! And de Havilland's transition in character definitely was her Oscar scene.
Maggie Smith's performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is one of the best ever.
Agreed!
Absolutely love having Louise Fletcher’s chilling and iconic big bad wolf scene towards the end of Cuckoo’s Nest as one of these scenes.
Especially glad to also see her on the thumbnail.
I was about 14 years old when I first saw the film - on VHS! - and while I knew nothing about acting or movies, Fletcher’s Nurse Ratched was something that left a huge impression on me and got me fascinated by what excellent acting was.
For a young kid seeing what just one quick facial expression could produce in a movie’s narrative and mood was electrifying. Thank you so much for this.
Thank you! When I was creating this video, Fletcher's scene with Billy was one of the first that came to mind. It's a pivotal moment in the story, and her absolute cruelty was something rarely seen before in a lead character.
@@oscarman42 Absolutely! And it’s a rare moment of raw cruelty seen in ANY character, period. We usually talk about villains, all the great villains. But why are they really so “great”? We’re not supposed to like the villain at all, yet we typically do. When do we legitimately super hate the villain and openly hope for their destruction? Almost never. I can really only think of the Wicked Witch of the West in TWOO as an example, but other than that, not too much else. Fletcher absolutely killed it in her performance, and it’s one for the ages. God bless her and her win - and yes, her iconic acceptance speech!
@@brickellrich1 Well stated! And Margaret Hamilton's character was actually comical at times ("I'll Auntie Em YOU!"), while Nurse Ratched was a dark figure indeed. (Look for Fletcher again in next week's video 😉)
@@oscarman42I truly can’t wait for that Fletcher video! Notifications have been set!
They were all great, but Geraldine Page was brilliant above it all. She should have won for Interiors a few years earlier. To this day, the ice that runs through her characters viens ,Eve , gives me chills. The pursuit of unobtainable perfection is sad and stunning.
JANE Fonda is incredible in Klute. I watched her it many times and find something different each time
I loved Interiors - Page and Stapleton in the same film!
Like Ginger Rogers's role in Kitty Foyle (1940) playing an ambitious blue collared worker working her way up to a higher social status. This one scene in Kitty Foyle mirrored or reflected the mainstream popularity of the time for women in the 1930s to the 1940s.
Joan Fontaine won her Best Actress Oscar the following year.
Maggie Smith (R.I.P) is my favorite actress of all time, and my god, she was riveting as Jean Brodie. I also recall seeing The Accused at the cinema after Jodie Foster had won the Oscar, with her win having been labeled a "dark horse" win. I was spellbound by her raw, gritty, powerhouse performance--definitely a well-deserved Oscar! For me, the other scene that stands out is Kathy Bates' character Annie Wilkes telling James Caan's Paul Sheldon the story of seeing the Rocket Man chapter play at the cinema when she was a child, with her becoming more and more unhinged every second, climaxing with "He didn't get out of the cockadoodie car!!!"
Memorable, indeed!
Great picks. I completely agree that the picks for Sophia Loren and Geraldine won them the Oscar, especially the latter which made me go "Woah". Also, don't forget that famous Halle Berry scene that was shown everywhere that won her the Oscar!
Oh yes, we all remember Berry's scene in the hospital. Watch for her in next week's video ;-)
The scene near the end of The Trip to Bountiful where Miss Page hugs the actress who plays her daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn) brings tears to my eyes every single time. 😢 I read somewhere that the hug was improvised. Geraldine did it without telling Miss Glynn.
Being a true method actress, I'm sure Page reacted to Glynn as Carrie Watts would have in that moment, making the scene so moving.
The scene before that where she talks to her son and says she expected her father to come walking out of the house affects me the same way.
I would also add Anne Hathaway on Les Miserables. Her rendition of I Dreamed A Dream is one of the most heartbreaking scenes O've ever seen and It got stuck in my head
That was a great scene that will be featured in an upcoming video. (She won for Supporting Actress, btw.)
@@oscarman42 oh, it's true. Anne won the supporting actress not the lead actress. Her performance was so great that I forgot that.
I have always said to give Maggie Smith the Oscar again, again, again… and it’s been 57 years. A performance that lives forever.
It's a Master Class in acting to be sure.
I love all these,one that sticks out for me though she didn't win was Sissy Spacek smashing plates from 2001.
That was definitely Spacek's "Oscar Scene"!
Hey OM42: are you going to do a video on Oscar picks? I’ve got mine ret to go.
No...but stay tuned, because every day next week is a poll of the top categories. Can't wait to hear your picks!
Another montage of great scenes and categories for us to comment on.
Your kind, supportive words are always appreciated. And you know I enjoy learning from the viewers of my channel - it makes it all worthwhile.
@@oscarman42 As we learn from you too!
I am obsessed with the Oscars and you always keep them coming, I always look forward to your offerings and the chance to add my views, comments and opinions!
@@RobertPagano226 I love doing it. And some of my ideas have come from viewer comments, including yours! Next week is a special Oscar "tribute" of sorts.
@@oscarman42 Thank you for saying this, I'll be there as I always am, can't wait!
Maggie Smith can do no wrong.
Geraldine Page is one of the finest actors ever.
Louise Fletcher expressed so much with her face and her eyes. Anyone would be intimidated.
Jodie Foster is always a contender every time she's nominated
Jane Fonda has one of the best deliveries. Very powerful indeed.
All gave strong performances. Only Fletcher had a limited career, so perhaps this was her peak.
The scene that capped the Oscar for Ingrid Bergman in 1945 for Gaslight, is at the end she speaks to her husband alone, as he is tied up.
I called these kinds of scenes the big speech. In movies I look for the actor or actress to have their big speech, and sometimes that big speech wins them the Oscar if they do it right.
Sometimes there is a little speech and after Ingrid Bergman has her big speech, Charles Boyer has his little speech in which he tells the audience why - why he did what he did - and it’s enough of an explanation for us the audience- and Boyer does it well. But Ingrid Bergman does her big speech and it’s written so well and Bergman acts it so well that it rests on its own laurels and I think that scene - her “big speech” - captured the Oscar for her.
I love the notion of the "big speech," and in this instance, it perfectly fits. While I don't remember a lot of the film, I absolutely know the scene you reference, and it's perfection.
My pick is Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Her cold, demoniac stares and evil intimidations👿 as Nurse Ratched were the iconic attributes that made her the most despised character and drove Randel to take her out permanently. It was gracious of her to acknowledge the audience amusingly that their hatred for her in playing the villainess nurse in the movie was the reason she won Best Actress in 1976😂.
I imagine the ensemble had quite the time playing together, especially in an environment like a mental institution!
@@oscarman42 Quite right, Oscarman42. But it hurts even more😞 to find RP McMurphy was hopelessly lobotomized to the point he was consciously dead. It's one of the saddest moments in cinema history next to Midnight Cowboy, where Ratso died next to his bereaved buddy Joe Buck in a bus and didn't get to see the skyline view of Miami Beach as they slowly approached their destination😢.
@@isabelbeckerman9226 Yes...both films ended on a sad note.
Geraldine Page as Carrie Watts was absolutely brilliant and her performance was heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time even though I wished that Whoopi Goldberg would had won the Oscar for The Color Purple but anyway if it wasn't Whoopi I am glad that it was Geraldine Page that won the Oscar.
That Bountiful was a lowkey, small film, I'm glad Page's performance was even (and happy she finally won).
There have been many excellent actresses but, Geraldine Page soared above them all. She was touched by the acting Gods.
She was good even when the film's weren't.
I've just rewatched this and totally forgot to mention Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld. That telephone scene won her that Oscar (and MGM campaigning).
She will be featured in an upcoming video (in a different context).
Sophia’s performance still astounds me. That scene is one but I also love the final scene it’s much quieter than this one.
Jessica Chastain approaching the people mocking her but disarmed them with grace and dignity. I think that coupled with her clip scene probably won it for her.
Brie Larson as Ma . I mean what do you choose it could be one of several but confessing to Jack she thinks she’s not good enough for him breaks my heart.
Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn reaches out to her daughter . It’s has so many good moments like that but it’s the moment she makes a sincere effort and connection to her daughter.
Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker she finally gets through to Helen .
Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. It could be several but I tend to think of the scene where she tells Tommy to make a list of his problems . They are both scared and funny at the same time. It feels very real.
I never tire of watching Loren's performance, it's so powerful. Though I wasn't a fan of "Tammy Faye" (the film), Chastain did what she could with a poor script. Yeoh probably sealed her win with that scene (you'd think Stephanie Hsu would have won for that too). Burstyn was both funny and poignant as Alice.
Brodie: I am a teacher… first … last … always!
For me, Maggie Smith's best scene in The Prime Miss Jean Brodie is her confrontation at the end with Sandy. It's like watching a great tennis match.
Yes, that was intense too.
Even though it was controversial tie, Streisand singing "My Man" at the end of Funny Girl is what got her that many votes plus her own to tie Katharine Hepburn that year.
No doubt (especially her own vote....)!
For me it’s Streisand’s My Man Finale! Singing the first half Live, to get the Emotion for the Ending! She should have won for The Way We Were, also!
You're right. That last scene probably sealed the Oscar for her.
Marion Cotillard in La vie en Rose ... When she come to know of Marcel's death and she searches for him. And the last rendition of non regrette
Her entire performance.
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Who actross and actross win oscar without any wining in ( awards seasion )?
Who win oscar in same time lose ( golden globe and bafta and critics choice and sag)?
We need to know in video???
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/2UdrztnIGvY/w-d-xo.html
@@oscarman42 thank you very much oscar man for answer😍😍😍😍becase i was asking if that happend to know chance of sandra huller to win oscar as suprise this year
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@@marrmart7690 You are most welcome! I don't think she will win because the race is between Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone. But there can always be an upset!
@@oscarman42 i agree with you❤👏✔ she also has not great story just invastgation with good acting..lilly has good real story and emma has fantsy new story
Thank yooooou😍
@@marrmart7690 Thanks for watching!
Marie Dressler in MIN AND BILL when she fights Wallace Beery. Great performance by Dressler.
I've yet to see it but read much about that scene.
I like the scene in "The Heiress" where Olivia deHavilland matter of factly tells her aunt that she has become cold and unfeeling because she "has been taught by masters" to be that way.
I just watched the movie again recently on TCM and thought that scene sealed the Oscar for Olivia.
Geraldine page was a great actress!!!!
She truly was, and fortunately she received her Oscar before she passed away.
I was not a fan of Jodie's performance in The Accused (nor of the movie) and still believe Glenn should've won for Dangerous Liaisons. The others on your list I would agree that sometimes it comes down to a scene. Except for Page: Fabulous performance but I do think her Oscar was a "legacy" win and all those nominations!
I can understand why there is the belief that Page's win was for her career, as the timing (8 nominations) could have played a part in voting for sentimental reasons. But as it wasn't an "OK" performance (like some other career wins) for me, the Oscar was justified (sorry, Whoopi).
Nice list! Personally, I would have gone with Janet Suzman over Fonda that year but you can't have everything.
Thank you! Suzman was the only other Best Actress nominee to attend the ceremony.
How could you not mention Kate Hepburn in Guess Whose Coming to Dinner. 95% of the movie she does her normal good job. Always a good actress but not an Oscar worthy performance. BUT the scene, as she holds back tears and Spencer Tracy tells others of his love for her…Phenomenal! She won her second of four Oscars based on that one reaction scene, she didn’t even say a word.
While touching because of it's real-life significance, that moment did not enter my thoughts when creating this video, because I felt, as you stated, that the performance was not Oscar-worthy.
Geraldine Page's performance in The Trip to Bountiful is exquisite - it annoys me when people say it was a career Oscar.
Her featured scene here only really resonates if you have had a great love and lost it.
I agree (with both thoughts). I know many wanted Whoopi to win that year, but it's not as if Page gave a so-so performance and merely won because she was overdue (which she was). And as you know, she sadly passed away the following year.
@@oscarman42 She should have won a Tony before her passing; she died 6 days after losing her 4th (and final) nomination.
And as you know, I adore her performance in Interiors.
As an EGOT winner, Whoopi has done all right for herself!
@@JimBobH13 Yes - she more than made up for that loss!
@@pablofrank2466 I didn't know that about the Tonys. Gone too soon...but she left behind a legacy of memorable work.
Halle Berry's hospital scene should have been included here.
I think her acceptance speech was even more memorable!
“Two Women” is the only one I haven’t seen here, Sophia Loren appears to be giving 110%. Definitely see Anna Magnani in “The Rose Tattoo”, I think she rends her clothing at one point. These hyper emotional Italian women light up my life.
Right? No one did it quite like the Italian divas! Loren surprised even director DeSica with her power.
Sophie's choice of Meryl Streep was remarkable
The "choose" scene was difficult to watch.
I prefer MacLaine's more underplayed moments, especially when Jack Nicholson meets her on the steps at the motel.
All of her moments in the film are good, including one of my favorites, the lunch scene with Nicholson.
all great performances.....
They truly were and very deserving of Oscar gold.
I think it's should be Whoopi Goldberg for The Color Purple.. Geraldine Page ia not a bad choice tho but Goldberg was more deserving
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don't you think this line of thought diminishes the actresses' work as a whole?
Or perhaps it is just a fun way to speculate and not to be taken so seriously?
Brilliant performances but…..Jodie Foster: wow.
It's been a long time since I saw "Blue Sky," but I remember a scene where Tommy Lee Jones is trying to get Jessica Lange to calm down, I think she's having a manic episode. She makes a claim that she can see radiation coming off him. It seemed like the ultimate Oscar clip, a great acting scene from an otherwise forgettable movie.
Your comment is so ironic, because I have an upcoming video about performances that I didn't think deserved the Oscar...and I used that clip! (Forgive me...)
Also, there's a scene in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" where the lead character is speaking with a gay pastor who is suffering from AIDS. That scene won the Oscar for Jessican Chastain, not just for her performance, but because it showed that Tammy Faye had a compassionate and somewhat courageous side that her husband lacked. Chastain talked about that aspect during awards season and it paid off.
@@oscarman42 Ha, no need to ask for forgiveness, we're just sharing opinions. I haven't seen that clip in a few decades so I might not agree with my own comment if I saw it again. But it seems that we agree that it was a scene that stood out in a movie with very few memorable moments.
@@davedavis8786 That is the clip they used when announcing her nomination at the Oscars! (Lange's too, if I recall.)
@@davedavis8786 We definitely are on the same page about Blue Sky! 😉
I never "got" Fletcher..I don't think she was very good in much...Is that a bad thing to say? She always seemed blank and empty in everything...
I do not disagree with you. Her post-"Cuckoo" work never lived up to her iconic role.
Vivien Leigh's "kindness of strangers" scene.
Liza Minelli's rendition of Cabaret
Katherine Hepburn: "I wonder if you wonder if I slept with your father."
Leigh had so many great scenes in Streetcar that I just couldn't pick one! I agree with Minnelli/Cabaret.
@@oscarman42absolutely leigh in streetcar is impossible to narrow down to one scene, magic from start to finish.
@@patburke5740 I have an upcoming video featuring her in that role!
Potential great video, but all the interruptions with the text as the scene progressed ruined my experience. So much so , I got out of bed to comment. 😢
Sorry you didn't enjoy the video nor understand the reasons why text was used (there are also copyright issues with certain clips used in their entirety). Hopefully viewers of your cancer videos are more kind in their comments.
It wasn’t trying to be mean. My apologies. It was meant to be constructive, but letting me know about the copyright helped me get understand the structure of your videos. Most people are kind with my cancer videos, but I’ve had some hateful comments as well. I could have used a nice word than ruined, sorry.
I still think Whoopi was robbed.
She wasn't - watch The Trip to Bountiful and you'll understand.
Lol, I was thinking but didn't want to put it, but now I must.
Shame of Page win which was soooo deserved; I feel it's a legacy win on Top of a finally deserved win; Shame was it'll, it has, gone down in history as Whoopis loss, snub, Not Pages win. Oh well.
It always, often happens. Guess what? Whoopi did it to another actress after that. No Way did she deserve it for Ghost. Academy gave it to her because she was so good in TCP; Bracco sooo deserved that statue. But, again, whatever.
The best performances that won are the following:
Michelle Yeoh- EEAAO
Vivian Leigh- Gone With The Wind
Julie Andrews- Mary Poppins
Jennifer Lawrence- Silver Linings Playbook
Emma Stone- La La Land
Julia Roberts- Erin Brockovich
Louise Fletcher- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Sandra Bullock- The Blind Side
Meryl Streep- Sophie's Choice
Jodie Foster- Silence Of The Lambs
Kathy Bates- Misery
Frances McDormand- Fargo
Reese Witherspoon- Walk The Line
Natalie Portman- Black Swan
3/9/24 update: Charlize Theron- Monster
A few of these will be featured in an upcoming video...but not in a context you may like...
A great absence: Bette Davis in Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938).
@@andreszaplanamarin9049 She'll appear in an upcoming video soon.