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In reply to the discussion: Favorite movies about real people? [View all]Auggie
(31,167 posts)76. Great film shunned by the Academy Awards
Was nominated for best actor and best costume design only (lost both). Spike Lee deserved better.
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I will honestly admit it ... it took me probably 20 years to get many of Andy's bits ...
zbdent
Apr 2012
#3
Excellente! Sid and Nancy. I forgot they were actors. What sad lives the real
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#50
The Pianist....marvelous. The Right Stuff...couldn't take my eyes off the screen.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#52
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia--one favorite. Love Julia Child's passion for cooking. She was a Hoot.
crunch60
Apr 2012
#42
I don't know how the movie would have went down if her early life had shown her married at 13.
alphafemale
Apr 2012
#69