Since #MississippiBurning is trending, I'll take the opportunity to remind people that not only Hackman and Dafoe nailed their roles, but Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif and the late Badja Djola hit it out of the park. 
If you couldn't hear a pin drop during that razor blade scene in the photo, you didn't pay attention to the film.
What is it with Brad Dourif that the Academy keeps getting wrong. He's one of the most underrated actors there are and his role in Cuckoo's Nest was one of the best there was, EVER.
there is*
Did you read how he studied for that role. He put his soul into it and lost to George Burns in The Sunshine Boys?! Pleasant enough film but really?!
Small Oscar rant you didn't ask for
- A. Huston gives her Prizzi's Honor Oscar to Oprah for Color Purple
- K Bates gives A. Huston her Misery Oscar for The Grifters
- Kathy Bates gets the Oscar for Dolores Claiborne, instead
- Paul Newman gets The Verdict Oscar
- A. Huston gives her Prizzi's Honor Oscar to Oprah for Color Purple
- K Bates gives A. Huston her Misery Oscar for The Grifters
- Kathy Bates gets the Oscar for Dolores Claiborne, instead
- Paul Newman gets The Verdict Oscar
Sorry, I did think Paul Newman's performance in The Verdict blew Gandhi's out of the water.
Also, I think Denzel Washington was better in Hurricane than Training Day and Sissy Spacek was better than Halle Berry.
Also, I think Denzel Washington was better in Hurricane than Training Day and Sissy Spacek was better than Halle Berry.
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