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If you’re like Corey Feldman — or Movieline’s own Mike Ryan — the chances are good that you were fairly outraged when ’80s icon Corey Haim was not included in the Academy Awards’ In Memoriam segment on Sunday night. While rumors circulated that the snub occurred because of the circumstances surrounding Haim’s death — which was ruled as pneumonia, and not drug-related — the Academy stated that it was actually a time issue: “Whatever the length of the sequence, there will always be fans and family members of those not included who will be disappointed by their omission. The Academy extends its understanding and its apologies to those who missed seeing a favorite face in this year’s feature.” Is that cool with you, Feldz?
Not at all. “I am gravely disappointed that the public outcry of the voices of Corey’s supporters and fans on his omission from the SAG memorial was not heard by the Academy,” Haim’s long-time friend and cohort said in a statement on Tuesday. “Corey dedicated his life to the film industry…The same industry that failed to dedicate even 30 seconds to his memory.”
Deep burn. Though to be fair, it’s not like this is a total surprise. As Academy executive director Bruce Davis said last year, “[M]ore people die each year than can possibly be included in that segment. It gets close to agonizing by the end. You are dropping people who the public knows. It’s just not comfortable.”
With that in mind: Maybe they should do away with the In Memoriam montage altogether? I’m actually asking. It doesn’t really bring much to the table as a home viewer — beyond “Who will they leave out?” and “I forgot that he/she died!” — and it’s probably super awkward for the audience members. After all, how much clapping is appropriate, and who do you clap for the loudest? Anyway, it’s there and it isn’t going away, but maybe it should. If you can’t please everyone, maybe it’s best to please no one. Just a thought.
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From stolidog | Reply Posted 01 Mar 2011, 5:58 PM
So what if it was drugs (which it wasn't)? If Nicole Kidman overdosed on heroine next year, do you think they'd exclude her from the montage? Besides, that montage could have gone on for another twenty minutes with Celine there to hold the last note.
From Christopher Rosen | Reply Posted 01 Mar 2011, 6:03 PM
That was just the rumor, which I think started because Brad Renfro was excluded the year he OD'd. I am pretty sure it's total BS (Ledger OD'd and he made it, obvs).
From Quirky- | Reply Posted 02 Mar 2011, 6:05 AM
Wellll, Ledger's was accidental overdose by prescription pills. The other two?...well, meth-face don't lie.
And there's a reason one of the three was nominated for an Oscar.
From Mykey716 | Reply Posted 02 Mar 2011, 10:43 AM
let's face it....the Oscars may be there to honor the industry but the broadcast is for the public. I believe every actor who passes should be included in the montage. If that means you need to edit that list, than cut the agents and producers. The viewers want to/need to see their 'stars' honored. And based on the 'outrage' from the public (2010 - Corey Haim/2009 - Bea Arthur, Farrah Fawcett) on these snubs, it's obvious the viewers aren't aware of/concerned with producer, agents and even directors, cinematographers.
If there can be no happy meeting of the minds, then yes, maybe it would be best to discontinue the In Memoriam montage.
BTW - kudos to ABC & the Academy this year for muting the applause (which I always felt was in poor taste...you're clapping for the dead???)
From Martini Shark | Reply Posted 02 Mar 2011, 12:53 PM
Didn't River Phoenix make the grade after he was found with a Walgreens inventory in his system? The Academy is full of it because they saw fit to exclude Haim, yet they included Ronni Chasen - a publicist - in this year's final list. You might think he would make it in if only because of their attempt at courting the younger crowd this year.
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And here’s the official synopsis:
Thankfully, we arrived on set around 9:30 in the morning and for almost the entire day we were interviewing key production people, watching filming, getting shown early footage from the movie, or speaking with the cast. While we were on set for ten hours, I don’t think we stood around waiting for more than a few minutes at any given point. This isn’t the norm and everyone working on Sucker Punch made our visit one hell of an experience.
When we first got to the soundstages, we put our stuff down in a specially prepared interview room that’s loaded with early artwork. The walls are filled with preproduction images and we get to see what the girls look like in costume. The room is near Zack Snyder’s office and it’s also near all the production rooms that are filled with images and info on the movie. If you wanted to know the secrets of Sucker Punch, this one hallway reveals it all.
But before I go explaining what the girls are looking for, let’s talk about who and where they’ll be fighting.
After learning about the various things they will fight, we were given a tour of some of the stages. The first thing we learned was Sucker Punch is using four soundstages and as soon as they wrap on something, the stage is ripped apart for the next set. This is done to save money as the more stages you rent, the more expensive it is.
After this, we walked over to where first unit was filming and finally ran into Zack Snyder sitting behind the monitors. The scene he was shooting was part of the German trench battle during the WWI fantasy and sitting near Snyder was Emily Browning. When we first arrived, Snyder talked to us about what they were going for and we got to watch a few takes of the girls trying to break into a bunker. The scene showed Abbie Cornish, Jamie Chung, and Jena Malone taking on a few German soldiers. On take after take we saw the girls firing machine guns and kicking ass. I immediately thought this is a girl’s version of 300 and men and women are both going to love this.
Musical Numbers
After getting to see the rehearsal, we got to speak with production designer Rick Carter and costume designer Michael Wilkinson, and then we went to a locked room to check out all the handmade props.
The Screening Room
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