The Departed

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Defamer posted an Oscar telecast death-montage questionaire earlier today. Here are my comments/answers for now:

(1) Will They Make It? (Choose One) -- Arthur C. Clarke and Bernie Brillstein, for certain!; (2) Will Open the Montage -- who cares but if they don't put in Charles H. Joffe, Stan Winston, Harold Pinter and Isaac Hayes the montage guys will be guilty of dereliction; (3) Will End the Montage -- a tie between Paul Newman and the team of Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella; (4) Will Get Montage's First Video Clip -- Newman (the picnic scene from The Hustler) or Roy Scheider ("You're gonna need a bigger boat"); (5) Will Get Montage's First Sound Clip -- Paul Scofield (something from A Man For All Seasons); (6) First Actor/Actress Named -- no comment, don't care; (7) First Director Named -- could be Jules Dassin, Minghella or Pollack...or they could be the last (who gives a shit about this stuff?); (8) First International Auteur Named -- nobody cares; (9) Oldest Selection -- Dassin; (10) Will Get His Own Montage Elsewhere in Oscarcast -- either Newman or Pollack. (Not Charlton Heston because of his NRA support).

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM

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Renfield says ...

All I know is... Rudy Ray Moore better be on that damn thing.

Posted by Renfield at February 18, 2009 5:29 PM

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Josh Massey says ...

Newman ending the montage is the safest bet of the night.

Posted by Josh Massey at February 18, 2009 5:31 PM

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

This is all a bit ridiculous, isn't it? When you bemoan the state of Hollywood and how much importance/hoopla is placed on the Oscars, then devote an entire post trying to predict the sequence of their death montage this Sunday, well, you are sort of reaping what you sow, eh?

Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum at February 18, 2009 5:49 PM

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eoguy says ...

I can't even think about the death part of the show -- one of the Best Pic noms is still on my "to see" list. But by the end of the night I'm hoping to scratch Ben's Buttons off that list. Then I'll be ready for Sunday and we can start talking about who's dead.

Posted by eoguy at February 19, 2009 6:59 AM

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