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Oscar winning actors/actresses and some of the CRAPPY movies they were in...

Started by retrorussell, October 27, 2009, 03:28:11 AM

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retrorussell

October 27, 2009, 03:28:11 AM
Don't ya just love it when an actor/actress picks up an Oscar or two (or more), but somehow gets suckered into a REALLY bad flick (sometimes because they need the money)?

One example:
Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for MARTY in 1955, went on to star in some really, really suck-o flicks in the 70s and 80s.. Super Fuzz was one of the dumbest I remember going to the theater to see.  He basically mailed in his performance, as a bumbling police sergeant dealing with a super-powered rookie cop.  I was about 10 when I saw it for the first time, and even then I thought it was pretty stupid.

Well, later on he appeared in Deadly Blessing, which was Deadly Dull.  How the mighty have fallen...
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Cthulhu

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October 27, 2009, 05:14:11 AM Last Edit: October 27, 2009, 05:29:39 AM by Cthulhu
Oh, come one, Super fuzz is awesome. :teddyr:

Anyway, there is Jürgen Prochnow. He was in Das boot (which he didn't win any awards for, but whatever) and then DNA and House of the dead.
UPDATE: Just noticed that the thread's title was OSCAR winning actors/actresses. Jürgen didn't win an oscar.

Trevor

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October 27, 2009, 05:45:45 AM
Hilary Swank in The Next Karate Kid  :buggedout:

George Kennedy in Death Ship  :buggedout:

We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

meQal

#3
October 27, 2009, 06:14:53 AM
Louise Fletcher in Mama Dracula   :question:

Marlon Brando in The Island of Dr. Moreau  :question:

Both were were rather bad.
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Justin

#4
October 27, 2009, 10:17:27 AM
Halle Berry in GOTHIKA, CATWOMAN
Charlize Theron in AEON FLUX


That's Hollywood for ya.  :lookingup:

The Burgomaster

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October 27, 2009, 10:28:17 AM
* Joan Crawford won for MILDRED PIERCE, and later starred in TROG

* Jon Voight won for COMING HOME, and later appeared in ANACONDA with a ridiculous accent

* James Stewart won for THE PHILADELPHIA STORY and later appeared in AIRPORT 1977

* Joe Pesci won for GOODFELLAS and later appeared in 8 HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG
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Andrew

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October 27, 2009, 10:35:23 AM
Quote from: retrorussell on October 27, 2009, 03:28:11 AM
One example:
Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for MARTY in 1955, went on to star in some really, really suck-o flicks in the 70s and 80s.. Super Fuzz was one of the dumbest I remember going to the theater to see.  He basically mailed in his performance, as a bumbling police sergeant dealing with a super-powered rookie cop.  I was about 10 when I saw it for the first time, and even then I thought it was pretty stupid.

Speaking of Borgnine, I recently watched "The Neptune Factor."  The cover art is extremely exciting, but the movie is a boring undersea adventure with lots of shots of real fish and eels (in an aquarium) made to look like they're giant monsters.  Remember the MST3K episode of "The Lost Continent" and ROCK CLIMBING?  I felt the same away about watching these people motoring around in a mini-submersible for an hour.

By the end of the film I was begging, begging for something interesting to happen.  Anything.  And I don't mean a "giant lobster" walking at the camera.

They were going for a realistic science fiction adventure in the vein of "Fantastic Voyage."  They completely fouled it up.
Andrew Borntreger
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zombie no.one

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October 27, 2009, 12:04:47 PM
Quote from: The Burgomaster on October 27, 2009, 10:28:17 AM

* James Stewart won for THE PHILADELPHIA STORY and later appeared in AIRPORT 1977

AIRPORT is CRAPPY? surely not...

The Burgomaster

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October 27, 2009, 01:04:26 PM Last Edit: October 27, 2009, 01:08:44 PM by The Burgomaster
Quote from: DCA on October 27, 2009, 12:04:47 PM
Quote from: The Burgomaster on October 27, 2009, 10:28:17 AM

* James Stewart won for THE PHILADELPHIA STORY and later appeared in AIRPORT 1977

AIRPORT is CRAPPY? surely not...

AIRPORT is excellent, but James Stewart isn't in it.  However, he is in AIRPORT 1977 (actually AIRPORT '77) , which is crappy.
"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."

zombie no.one

#9
October 27, 2009, 03:54:55 PM
^ sorry, my mistake... I was thinking of AIRPLANE the comedy anyway. (which was made in 1977 I believe).

Allhallowsday

#10
October 27, 2009, 11:31:17 PM
MICHAEL CAINE won the best supporting actor for HANNAH AND HER SISTERS but was unable to accept the award in person as he was on location filming JAWS: THE REVENGE...  :lookingup: 

He also won for THE CIDER HOUSE RULES.  20 years earlier he starred in BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE...  :lookingup:   

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retrorussell

#11
October 28, 2009, 12:02:49 AM
Quote from: DCA on October 27, 2009, 03:54:55 PM
^ sorry, my mistake... I was thinking of AIRPLANE the comedy anyway. (which was made in 1977 I believe).
1980.
I'm sure some of the AIRPORTS could be construed as unintenitional comedies.
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

Trevor

#12
October 28, 2009, 03:33:54 AM
Lawrence Olivier: from Hamlet to Inchon and The Betsy?  :buggedout:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

retrorussell

#13
October 28, 2009, 03:49:15 AM
Ray Milland, of THE LOST WEEKEND fame, slumming in FROGS.

And Cthulhu, yes.  Super Fuzz is bad.  But the song "Super Snooper" kicks much @$$!!!
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

meQal

#14
October 28, 2009, 06:05:41 AM
Dustin Hoffman wins for Kramer Vs. Kramer then is in Istar, then wins again for Rainman, then is in Dick Tracy, Hook, Hero, and Sphere.
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