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In a New York Times profile of Duvall that appeared six years after Tender Mercies release, Nan C. Robertson wrote that despite four previous Academy Award nominations, "it was not until he won as Best Actor in 1983... that moviegoers woke up in droves to this great natural resource.
But something happened along the way to its Oscar climb... somewhere between its Golden Globe win for Best Drama and the Academy Awards nominations, it lost its mojo.
Despite its seven Oscar nominations, it failed to win any, perhaps because the director may have tilted it somewhat toward its star.
With Quentin Tarantino's brilliant and provocative Django Unchained (five nominations) it is the charge that its handling of the slavery issue is disrepectful and offensive.
While "Moonrise Kingdom," Wes Anderson's whimsical feature about young romantics in a small island community, didn't make the cut for best picture at last week's Oscar nominations, it did receive a nod for its screenplay and was recognized by the Producers Guild of America, while also making several critics' top 10 lists.
The seven Oscar nominations it got were a suitable recognition of its envelope-pushing status.
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QUESTION FROM TOGA: I'd have liked to see Mission: Impossible get a best picture nomination; it excelled within its genre.
Hathaway on her own lack of a nomination: "It used to be, you get naked, you get nominated".
It originally opened in the US on 18 October in 19 cinemas, before expanding in November; then, post-nominations, it was given another push, and this weekend is playing in 1,231 cinemas.
If Mr. Obama gets the nomination, it just won't happen.
Scoring Gerwig a Golden Globe nomination, it sent Baumbach on a roll.
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