Being nominated for an Academy Award is the biggest honor an artist can achieve in the film industry.
Often, though, it happens that an Oscar-worthy performance doesn’t go on to win.
This included the depressed loan banker George Bailey fromIt’s a Wonderful Life, the quintessential Christmas classic.
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She portrayed Norma Desmond, a faded silent film star desperate to get back under the spotlight.
It was, quite stunningly,Orson Welles' film debut.
As a result,Gary Cooperwon his first Oscar instead.
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He has made plenty of great movies, and the three-and-a-half-hour-long biopic epicMalcolm Xis one of his best.
It’s one ofthe most essential biopics ever, boosted by a monumental once-in-a-lifetime performance byDenzel Washington.
With tremendous psychological depth, tons of poignancy and emotional impact, and a commanding intensity.
Without Burstyn’s masterful performance, it wouldn’t work half as well as it does.
It’s impossible to blame them.
This isthe performance of a lifetime, perhaps even the greatest acting ever seen in an American movie.
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