Even after scoring 10 Oscar nominations, the most of any film this year, pundits still felt like David Fincher‘s “Mank” under-performed thanks to snubs in categories like Best Film Editing and Best Original Screenplay. But there’s an interesting aspect to the snubbing of the screenplay that hasn’t been talked about that much. It’s the fact that the brief scene that takes place during the 14th Academy Awards omits one of the craziest events in Oscar history.
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Towards the end of the movie, we see the Oscar ceremony honoring the films of 1941 taking place inside the Biltmore Hotel and the award for Best Original Screenplay is presented to Herman “Mank” Mankiewicz and Orson Welles for “Citizen Kane.” The audience reacts with applause as the president of Rko Pictures goes to the stage to accept the honor. Except, that...
SEEWhat are the Best Picture nominees? 2021 Oscars Best Picture predictions
Towards the end of the movie, we see the Oscar ceremony honoring the films of 1941 taking place inside the Biltmore Hotel and the award for Best Original Screenplay is presented to Herman “Mank” Mankiewicz and Orson Welles for “Citizen Kane.” The audience reacts with applause as the president of Rko Pictures goes to the stage to accept the honor. Except, that...
- 4/10/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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