Talk:79th Academy Awards/Archive 1

Archive 1

AFD

How is it crystal ball? We know it's going to happen. The 78th awards are over so why not have the next one up?

• If there's something worth saying about it, sure...but all the article has right now is to remind us that the oscars will be in the same place they are every year. Anyone linked here will be sorely disappointed. Christopher Parham (talk) 05:35, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Please read the following archived discussions:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/79th Academy Awards
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Super Bowl L
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006-07 NHL season

There are many other discussions that I cannot think of right now, but essentially they basically say this: If you have nothing else to add besides that one sentence you have on right now, this qualifies as "crystal ball" under WP:NOT. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:39, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok...but the last oscar article was created in January 2005 for a 2006 show and it wasn't deleted. Bremen 08:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

What if there was some information about potential winners for 2007??

keep 78th is over and we wil keep getting information about the next one from here on. Starting the venue, later along the line the progress, some scandal if any, still later name of host. Please vote for the decesion. Vivek 12:29, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

keep 205.206.21.14 22:50, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Keep. If we delete it, we'll just have to make it again in six to eight months. --David Youngberg 03:18, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

keep We're going to need it sooner than later for potential nominees and the like.VeiledAbyss 23:33, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

• Might I suggest you make your votes and comments concerning the deletion on the actual deletion discussion, or else they will definitely not be counted. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:01, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

AfD Notice

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/79th_Academy_Awards_(2nd_nomination)  (aeropagitica)  20:56, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Dreamgirls snub?

Right now, under the nominees for "Best Motion Picture of the Year", the article states, "Surprisingly, early Oscar-favorite Dreamgirls was snubbed out of a Best Picture nomination in the biggest snub since the awards began." Is this appropriate for this place in this article, and is it even the biggest snub ever? Araker 23:00, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

One news report I've seen stated that it was the first time the film with the most nominations was not among the Best Picture nominees; I haven't checked that, but if true it would be a suitable way of stating the situation without using the somewhat POV term "snub". On the other hand, it wasn't nominated for directing, writing, editing or either of the lead acting categories, so there have probably been various competitors for the claim of biggest snub. MisfitToys 02:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I just looked it up, it is the biggest snub. Two other movies got 9 nominations and no Best Picture nomination but other movies in their respective years had more nominations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.206.193 (talk) 03:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

Still, I'd avoid use of the POV word "snub"; in the absence of published evidence to the contrary, we shouldn't presume that voters deliberately avoided nominating any specific film. For all we know, Dreamgirls may have been mentioned on every ballot, but just not high enough to get into the five nominees. MisfitToys 03:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Editing, Cinematography, etc...

Should these nominations not be added? It really dumbs down the article to just have the celebrity catagories... Any thoughts? -cpblb

There are ten listed right now (out of 24); you're essentially suggesting merging the nomination list into this article, but it will end up getting separated later anyway. I think we can leave it as is. MisfitToys 23:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Voting Trends

The section listed as "voting trends" seems to have more to do with the box office results of nominated films than it does actual "voting trends", whatever that may be. You should consider revising or removing. It seems like a pointless discussion in an awards related article anyway.

No writers?

Any particular reasons the writers' names are not mentioned? Screenplays are not wikis (well, maybe), and even we sign our articles. Bruxism 11:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

did anyone notice the awkward moment between Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBkujAxCMs0 she bumped him and he looked like he was about to slap her

What network is carrying it?

Is it ABC again? Maybe adding a note which network carries it is in order, maybe? - Throw 12:13, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's ABC (as noted in the article intro); on the other hand, it's only on ABC in the U.S., so some editors might argue that we should list all the broadcasters to avoid charges of U.S.-centrism. (Although the TV director and pre-show hosts iare listed, and those likely vary by country.) MisfitToys 20:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

When is it?

When do the proceedings begin (PST)? -kslays 22:58, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

The Departed/Infernal Affairs mis-attribution

for best adapted screenplay, the woman announcer called infernal affairs a "japanese film". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.232.100.151 (talk) 02:57, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

Best foreign language film

The German flag sits there messily for me. Is it a Wikipedia policy to jam country flags in wherever country names are mentioned? Fine on pages where the main content is a list of countries, such as Olympic medal tallies, but I don't see the point on a page that's mostly about people and films, and just one entry happens to be a country name. Kvader 04:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

It follows the same format for the other Oscar pages. -- Scorpion 04:26, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Doesnt mean it looks good! Kvader 05:14, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

There might be another mistake. After the announcement for best foreign language film by the presenter the announcer claimed, it is the second win for Germany in this category after "The Tin Drum". Actually it is the second win after "Nowhere in Africa" in 2002, because "The Tin Drum" is officially credited to the Federal Republic of Germany (prior to the reunification). Can someone double check the annoncement error? -- User:Delvey 05:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

The united Germany is also called Federal Republic of Germany officially. --Kvasir 02:16, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Thats right, but I don't see how that's contradictory to my statement. Or do I have to explain it in more detail? Delvey 17:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Protection from vandalism

Can we semi-protect this page? Will 04:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Somebody please protect, the amount of vandalism is ridiculous. User: Hdt83 | Talk/Chat 04:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Some form of protection is needed. More than half of the edits are vandalism. --Mason 05:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

The Directing section tables looks messed up. Can somebody fix it? I keep getting an edit conflict from all these vandals. Never mind... User: Hdt83 | Talk/Chat 05:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

The page was fine until someone decided to add random comments on the page--Caty8697

The page has been semiprotected due to severe vandalism from anon IPs. -Loren 05:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

GAH.

I hate edit conflicts. There should be a checkbox to shove through edit conflicts, I was trying to fix a serious formatting bug and went through about five before giving up [yes, someone else has fixed it, but that's not the point] --Random832 05:16, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Presenters for Best Director

Didn't Steven Spielberg, Francis Copola, and another director present the Best Director Award? Their names aren't on the presenter list Small5th 05:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, George Lucas was with them. -- Delvey 06:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

It might be more interesting to present the presenters along with the awards they gave out, and optionally a funny line (if it's funny). Like that moment with Queen Latifah and John Travolta. Wahkeenah 06:18, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Barbara Streisand

The statistic that Jennifer Hudson is the only person to win for the one and only movie in which she has appeared is false. Barbara Streisand also won for her debut in Funny Girl. 24.128.86.243 06:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Likewise, Anna Paquin won an oscar for her debut performance in The Piano Shoehorn 08:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Also Harold Russell for Best Supporting Actor in The Best Years of Our Lives. He didn't appear in another for over 30 years.

Movies

What is the name of the dance group that were doing the shadow images for each of the best picture nominees?

• They're called Pilobolus, apparently named after a fungus. When Ellen said they were naked [1] apparently she wasn't kidding. Wahkeenah 12:56, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Trivia

After perusing through the list of past original song winners, I believe this was the first year that an original song from a documentary was given the award, perhaps even nominated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fashnable1 (talk • contribs) 09:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC). Fashnable1 09:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• It's probably also the first time that a female best-song recipient referred onstage to another woman as "my wife". You can figure that Rush Limbaugh will have a hissy fit over the entire thing. Wahkeenah 12:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• While it wasn't nominted for documentary, in 1963 the song More from the documentary Mondo Cane was nominated but lost for Music (Song). Chris 19:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC)