Long-time subscribers know of my disapproval of the decision of the Academy in 1980. This is a reprint of a newsletter I wrote years ago for all my newer subscribers. No, that is not the title of the new film starring Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street. Instead I am using my newsletter to unload about my personal disdain for the 1980 Academy Award for Best Picture. The 1980 award goes to the "Best Picture" released in 1979. '79 was a fabulous year for American cinema. Over a dozen great films came out that year. And none of them won the Oscar! Below is a list of just some of the films that came out in 1979. The list is of films that
I still have problems with many of the Academy's choices. Oh well. Not everyone can have the same good taste I have.