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Barry Fitzgerald!

posted 21 years ago by boardingroom
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Great man!

"I'm sleeping next to the astronaut!"
-Terms of Endearment

Hell yeah.

Indeed he was.

Interesting how he was nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for playing the same character in this film.

how cool is that

Come on Warner Bros, give us our Blade Runner Special Edition

[–] pensivewombat 19 years ago

Does anyone know if there is an interesting story behind that? It seems like an actor wouldn't be nominated in both categories for the same role without some kind of flub on the part of the academy.

[–] Travis_Bickle01 19 years ago

Yes I was wondering the same thing...

[–] sstavsky 10 years ago

I believe that he received enough points in the balloting for each individual category to be nominated in both categories. But this was considered something of a faux-pas, so after this incident, the Academy changed its rules. If someone gets points in both categories, the Academy totals the scores and put them into whichever category they had the most points in.

[–] hvickery 16 years ago

The thing that amazed me years ago when I looked it up is that Barry Fitzgerald was only 58 years old when he made the movie. He lived until 1961.

[–] lesg2 12 years ago

He invented the high voiced Irish Stereotype

Love The Oldies

[–] RichN36 12 years ago

He deserved all the awards he recived. One of my favorite actors of all time. The ending still gets me everytime I see it.

There is more Gravy about you then the Grave. Scrooge.

[–] Ken1260 10 years ago

Whenever I see him in this movie all I can think is he would've been a great Popeye.

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