The Oscars are this Sunday night (Feb. 27) and we’ll all be gathered around the big screen TV in the Home Fry-ed Diner to see who the winners are. I’m torn between True Grit and The King’s Speech, both very good and both very different. I’d be happy if either one took home Best Picture. However, I’m afraid it might be The Social Network, also a good movie, but not as good as those two, in my opinion.
The Home Fry-ed Movie for February/March is And Then There Were None, which didn’t get any Academy Award nominations back in 1945 but has a cast and crew full of Oscar nominees and winners. Barry Fitzgerald had one Oscar win and one additional nomination. Walter Huston had one win plus three nominations. Judith Anderson, Roland Young and Mischa Auer each had a nomination. Screenwriter Dudley Nichols had one win and three additional Academy Award nominations. Art director Ernst Fegte had a win plus three nominations and set decorator Edward Boyle had a staggering six nominations plus a win.
So which Home Fry-ed Movie was the most honored by the Academy? A Star is Born (1937), our Home Fry-ed Movie for August 2010. It received an Oscar for best original screenplay and an honorary award for its color photography, plus six additional nominations, including Best Picture. The only other Home Fry-ed Movie to get recognition was our September 2010 pick, The Stranger (1947), which received a nomination for best original screenplay. The rest of our Home Fry-ed Movies have been snubbed by the Academy. They’ll just have to settle for receiving the Honorary Fries (or is it Fry-es?) in our Home Fry-ed Diner.
