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Celebrating the Anniversary of an Oscar Snub
Celebrating the Anniversary of an Oscar Snub
By Steve Pond It’s been 15 years since what might be the biggest Oscar snub in history, a decade-and-a-half since the injustice that changed Academy rules and helped lead to the creation of a new branch within AMPAS. “Hoop Dreams” came out in 1994. It celebrated its 15th anniversary Wednesday night at a theater in Chicago named after Gene Siskel, one of two critics whose support of the documentary was crucial to its success. The colleague who championed the film alongside ...
I Need To Rewatch This Film
I Need To Rewatch This Film
mynewplaidpants.blogspot.com — . I haven't watched Hoop Dreams in a decade at least, but this passage from Roger Ebert's... article commemorating the astonishing documentary's 15 year anniversary this week brought me to tears anew: "''Do you all wonder sometimes how I am ... I Need To Rewatch This Film
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MovingPictureBlogSteve Pond of The Wrap gets the story behind the story of an infamous Oscar snub.

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