Siskel Tribute At the Oscars Not Enough!!
Mul211
a longtime film critic and Oscar supporter. It would have been more appropriate
if Roger had been asked to come out and say a few words and maybe have Gene's
picture up on a screen. I don't think however that Roger was at the Oscars.
Monica Peper
I AGREE!!! I was very disappointed. That was lame.
-monica
*{Michael}*
an after-thought. I believe that they had plenty of time
to dig out a small clip that could have been included in the
montage!
Michael
Elisa Field
Monica Peper <mp...@tdnNOSPAM.com> wrote in article
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> On 22 Mar 1999 20:06:17 GMT, mul...@aol.com (Mul211) wrote:
>
> >I thought Whoopee's quick tribute to Gene was really not enough to do
homage to
> >a longtime film critic and Oscar supporter.
Well...it's all relative: that is: Whoopee is absurd...and this silly award
show is nothing,so in the scheme of things it was about right...maybe even
surprising they remembered him...will not beat that to death but you must
have heard the *film* academy get most worked up over Phil Hartman's
passing than anyone else's...
Roger did open the Independent Film awards (sorry did not see it all) this
week...and of course Bravo will be replaying it (to say the least).
ef
> >
dhmac
>On 22 Mar 1999 20:06:17 GMT, mul...@aol.com (Mul211) wrote:
>
>>I thought Whoopee's quick tribute to Gene was really not enough to do homage
to
appropriate
>>if Roger had been asked to come out and say a few words and maybe have Gene's
>>picture up on a screen. I don't think however that Roger was at the Oscars.
>
>
planned. And as her only thing, I thought it was great and arguably the best
thing she did all night.
KT
*{Michael}* <vn10...@netcom.ca> writes:
: It appreared as though he was nothing more than
: an after-thought. I believe that they had plenty of time
: to dig out a small clip that could have been included in the
: montage!
Gene Siskel was not an actor, director, producer, screenwriter,
or anything else being honored on Oscar night - he didn't
BELONG in the montage. Not only was he an outsider, not of
Hollywood, he criticized the Academy year after year after
year for the biased way the nominations are made and how the
votes are bought. He was not a fan of the Academy and I
wouldn't be surprised if any tribute was deliberately squelched.
I view Whoopie's very nicely done comments as strictly personal,
as though the Academy probably said "You wanna remember him on
stage? Leave us out of it."
I think film festivals are the place to remember and honor
Gene, not the Oscars.
Erasmus Brown
> I thought Whoopee's quick tribute to Gene was really not enough to do homage to
> a longtime film critic and Oscar supporter. It would have been more appropriate
> if Roger had been asked to come out and say a few words and maybe have Gene's
> picture up on a screen. I don't think however that Roger was at the Oscars.
Then again, she didn't have to say jack shit. Roger was on TV afterwards and said
he was very moved by her tribute.
Erasmus Brown
> I thought Whoopee's quick tribute to Gene was really not enough to do homage to
> a longtime film critic and Oscar supporter. It would have been more appropriate
> if Roger had been asked to come out and say a few words and maybe have Gene's
> picture up on a screen. I don't think however that Roger was at the Oscars.
Then again, she didn't have to say jack shit, but she did. Roger was on TV
Bradchevy
OSCAR NIGHT SALUTE TO SISKEL WAS ALL WHOOPI
Ellen Warren & Teresa Wiltz.
LOS ANGELES
Whoopi Goldberg's touching thumbs-up tribute to Gene Siskel Sunday
night--"Gene, honey, wherever you are, here's to you"--was a last-minute
ad-lib, Inc. has learned.
The Oscars' emcee felt strongly that Siskel's passing should be acknowledged
as part of the Academy Awards' memorial segment, the video tribute to film
greats who had died over the past year.
But, academy officials felt differently, sources involved with the
production told Inc.
However, an academy official said late Monday that the memorial segment had
been completed when Siskel died, and that Goldberg's tribute was actually
planned.
The academy, the source said, didn't want to set a precedent by honoring
someone who didn't work in the film industry so there were no clips of Siskel
in the video.
Joshua Deacon
recall hearing or reading ANYthing about Ebert being disappointed that
Siskel wasn't included in the Academy's tribute? I could have SWORN that I
read something he wrote to this effect on the morning after the ceremonies,
in the temporary "Oscar coverage" section of his web page, but this section
is now gone and his final article only mentions Whoopi's tribute.
Erasmus Brown wrote in message <36F853A9...@monmouth.com>...
Joshua Deacon
_disappointed_ that that the powers that be opted for the non-inclusion of
Siskel in the _official_ tribute?
Mark wrote in message <3706B2C8...@nospam.com>...
>I read somewhere in one of the gossip type columns that the entire tribute
was
>Whoopi's doing. The powers that be didn't want him in the montage because
he
>was not a film-maker and it would set a bad precedent.
JDG
if I remember correctly, he said he would like to have seem more. But
he understood and wasn't surprised, because Gene wasn't a member of
the academy. He was appreciative of Whoopi's gesture,however. I say
screw the academy anyway. As much as I hate MTV, their annual
movie awards show is infinitely better, tighter, and more entertaining,
than any other award show out there.
JDG
Mark
Whoopi's doing. The powers that be didn't want him in the montage because he
was not a film-maker and it would set a bad precedent.
Bradchevy
>> Pants on fire
Officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences lied. And they
didn't even do it artfully. They told Inc. that the reason the late Gene Siskel
was not included in the "In Memoriam" video segment during the Academy Awards
was because he died after the film tribute was compiled. That is untrue. Actor
Richard Kiley, who was included in the segment, died on March 5--nearly two
weeks after Siskel. Privately, and a lot more truthfully, sources involved with
the production told Inc. that the Academy did not want to set a precedent by
honoring someone who didn't work in the film industry. We agree with Whoopi
Goldberg's tribute to Siskel. He was indeed a "lover of film" and, because of
him, the film industry was made richer.<<