The Oscar

1966
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1h 59m

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Ernest Borgnine, Stephen Boyd, Joseph Cotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett, Edie Adams, Eleanor Parker, and Elke Sommer in The Oscar (1966)

Arrogant Hollywood actor Frankie Fane is nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award. His friend Hymie Kelly recalls their life together, Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top, and the peopl... Read allArrogant Hollywood actor Frankie Fane is nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award. His friend Hymie Kelly recalls their life together, Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top, and the people Frankie has used and abused to get there.Arrogant Hollywood actor Frankie Fane is nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award. His friend Hymie Kelly recalls their life together, Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top, and the people Frankie has used and abused to get there.

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5.2/10

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
This was the only film in which Tony Bennett played a fictional character. In his autobiography, "The Good Life," he states that it was a terrible experience and he never sought future roles. This picture marked his screen debut.

Goofs
The newspaper photos of Cheryl Barker hitting Frankie don't match the scene when it happens. She could have hit him twice (she was angry enough), and the photographers might have caught the second hit.

Quotes
Hymie Kelly: [narrating] Frankie wanted the town to be aware he was alive and he knew how to do it. Man, he wanted to swallow Hollywood like a cat with a canary. And he did it. The parts got bigger, and Frankie was hooked. Like a junkie shooting pure quicksilver into his veins. Frankie got turned on the wildest narcotic known to mortal man: Success. And he needed larger and larger doses. As the years went by, it became part of his life like air. The attention, the recognition. Now he was somebody. He was always too hungry. Too much and too far ahead of himself. He bought a Rolls before he could afford it. He bought the mansion in Bel Air. He went the route. The interiors were from the best shops on decorators row. Even Sam the houseboy was imported. Frankie played the part for real, the whole image. He had arrived.

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Edited from The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965)

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Thanks for the Memory
by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger

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3/10

Ruthless young actor will stop at nothing for that Oscar nomination

I also love this movie. I first saw it about 12-15 years ago on a short-lived series on TNT called "Bad movies we love" or something like that. For many years I traditionally watched it right before the Oscar broadcast. The "Airplane" of bad movies, the hilarious dialogue just keeps coming. I taped it from a pay TV source many years ago, but would also buy a pristine VHS or DVD copy. Jill St. John's finest hour. Struggling young actor,impatient for stardom, steps on everyone he meets on his way to an Oscar nomination. Terrible overacting by nearly everyone involved, and ridiculous,riotous dialogue make this a classic guilty pleasure. Made at a time when Hollywood was not yet consciously making "bad" movies. Great fun.