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Guaranteed ways to win an Oscar!

posted 10 years ago by d_henderson1810
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Here is a list of ways to almost guarantee that a star, movie etc will win the golden statue, or at least an Oscar nomination.

Feel free to add to this list....

-If you make a war film which is anti-war
-If you play a gay character
-If you play a gay character dressed in drag.
-If you make a film dealing with an "issue".
-If you are in a superhero film, you will not win one, unless you die soon after, and the Academy try to make up for not giving it to you for gay kissing a cowboy.
-If you are mates with George Clooney
-If you are a young star who has recently appeared in a franchise film (Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper)but it won't be for that franchise film.
-If you play an old fart on screen.
-If you are an old fart off screen.
-If you are the elite of Hollywood, you will get at least one Oscar in your career, often not for your best film, but because you are due.
-If you "old Hollywood", unless your name is Peter O'Toole.
-You will score an Oscar nomination, no matter how bad the movie is, if your name is Meryl Streep.
-If your name is Daniel Day-Lewis.
-If you play a character with an affliction of any type. Hell, even James Coburn won an Oscar simply for appearing in a film called "Affliction".
-If you are Daniel Day-Lewis and play a character with an affliction.
-You will win Best Song every time if your name is Randy Newman, and your song is from a Disney or Pixar film.
-If you are Steven Spielberg, you will get a nomination for a movie which is a historic film, and not based on aliens, sharks, gremlins, goonies, or adventurous archeologists (in other words, if you are a sell-out).
-If you are in the Screen Actors Guild (which is why Gary Oldman never wins, because he isn't).
-If your name is Leonardo DiCaprio, you are guaranteed NOT to win one.
-If you are a young star under 15, and either go around the bend (Tatum O'Neal), or continue your career appearing in a TV show about vampires (Anna Paquin).

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[–] WaffleTaff 10 years ago

-If you make a slavery film.
-If you're in a film about slavery.

This is a signature. Just wanted to point that out.

[–] SapphEyeR 10 years ago

- Make a holocaust film or act in one. There's no doubting that tragic subjects like the holocaust and slavery are great material for films. But who else has a chance against these subjects?
- Play a deaf character. Be a deaf actor playing a deaf character.

[–] mousavi461 10 years ago

How one sided a person can be?you think that Meryl Streep and Daniel day Lewis or whoever are only nominated because of their names?! Oh God

[–] d_henderson1810 9 years ago

Well, tell me the last film Meryl Streep was NOT nominated for.

Come on, she often gets Oscar noms for films which don't have one other nom in any other catergory (e.g. Into The Woods).

[–] mousavi461 9 years ago

Hope Springs, she was not nominated for that movie. And just reminding, into the woods was nominated for best production design and best costume design so she was not the only one nominated for that movie.

[–] d_henderson1810 9 years ago

Pardon me, I didn't know that you wanted so badly to stick your dick into Meryl Streep.

[–] Roy_Munson2014 9 years ago

You're so dumb

"Bltch, what you DON'T know about me -- I can just about squeeze into the Grand xxxxing Canyon!"