VHM Morgan Freeman in Glory.
I was just checking IMDb to see if he got a nomination for that role (remembering of course the Denzel won), but he didn't. It did win 2 other Oscars, Cinematography & Sound, and was nommed for 2 more.
Of course Mr Freeman got a Best Actor nom for Driving Miss Daisy instead. And lost to Daniel Day Lewis, iirc.
that's right. That was a year almost as weird as this past one, with lots of good movies knocking each other out of different categories, with Glory & Driving Miss Daisy & Born on the Fourth of July dividing up the major categories between them the way Crash & Brokeback did this year.
indeed, and DMD was that rare Best Picture winner without a Best Director nom. Poor Bruce Beresford. And thus did Oliver Stone win his 2nd Directing Oscar.
There were a bunch of interesting nominees that year (including first ones for Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Dan Aykroyd, Danny Aiello & Steven Soderbergh), snubs (nothing for
Do the Right Thing except Aiello's) & egregiously undeserving noms (Robin Williams for Best Actor when he wasn't even the lead in
Dead Poets Society, both that movie &
Field of Dreams for Best Picture instead of either
Crimes & Misdemeanors or
Do the Right Thing.
