Chum's Decade Awards: The 90's

Submitted by grandpa_chum on Sun, 05/29/2005 - 08:30
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  • Best Picture

  • Unforgiven(1992)
  • Fargo(1996)
  • Sydney(1996)
  • Eyes Wide Shut(1999)
  • Pulp Fiction(1994)

  • Best Director

  • (TIE) Clint Eastwood- Unforgiven(1992)
  • (TIE) Paul Thomas Anderson- Sydney(1996)
  • Stanley Kubrick- Eyes Wide Shut(1999)
  • The Coen Brothers- Barton Fink(1991)
  • Brian Helgeland- Payback(1999)

  • Best Actor

  • William H. Macy- Fargo(1996)
  • Phillip Baker Hall- Sydney(1996)
  • John C. Reilly- Sydney(1996)
  • Clint Eastwood- Unforgiven(1992)
  • George C. Scott- Legion(1990)

  • Best Actress

  • Frances McDormand- Fargo(1996)
  • Natasha Lyonne- Slums Of Beverly Hills(1998)
  • Wynona Rider- Reality Bites(1994)
  • Jennifer Lopez- Out Of Site(1998)
  • Andie MacDowell- Groundhog Day(1993)

  • Best Supporting Actor

  • Tom Cruise- Magnolia(1999)
  • Sydney Pollack- Eyes Wide Shut(1999)
  • Gene Hackman- Unforgiven(1992)
  • Bruce Willis- Pulp Fiction(1994)
  • Morgan Freeman- Unforgiven(1992)
  • Michael Rappaport- Kicked In The Head(1997)

  • Best Supporting Actress

  • Olivia Williams- Rushmore(1998)
  • Melora Walters- Magnolia(1999)
  • Judy Davis- Husbands And Wives(1992)
  • Dianne Wiest- Edward Scissorhands(1990)
  • Julianne Moore- Boogie Nights(1997)

  • Best Screenplay

  • David Webb Peoples- Unforgiven(1992)
  • Quentin Tarantino- Pulp Fiction(1994)
  • The Coen Brothers- Fargo(1996)
  • Dan Rubin- Groundhog Day(1993)
  • Paul Thomas Anderson- Magnolia(1999)

  • Best Cinematography

  • Jack Green- Unforgiven(1992)
  • Roger Deakins- Fargo(1996)
  • Robert Yeoman- Bottle Rocket(1996)
  • Andrzej Sekula- Pulp Fiction(1994)
  • Roger Deakins- Shawshank Redemption(1994)

  • Best Original Score/Music

  • Jerry Goldsmith- Rudy(1993)
  • Randy Newman- Toy Story(1995)
  • Clint Eastwood & Lennie Niehaus- Unforgiven(1992)
  • Randy Newman- Pleasantville(1998)
  • Ennio Morricone- Hamlet(1990)
Author Comments: 

Winners In Bold.

AJDaGreat05/30/2005

So if Eyes Wide Shut doesn't have the best directing, acting, screenplay, cinematography, or music of the 90s, what do you like so much about it? Or does it just have a good balance of all the elements?

grandpa_chum05/30/2005

balance has something to do with it... besides having amazing directing it really is a film which baffles me, everything fits together so perfectly without much standing out on its own... if you can see what i mean.

grandpa_chum05/30/2005

also the direction one could easily change, they are so close, probably even, i only really gave the edge to sydney because eyes won best picture, for balance

AJDaGreat05/30/2005

I can. That makes sense. Thanks!

bertie08/21/2005

Good to see you recognise what a great script David Webb Peoples' "Unforgiven" is. But we must also thank Clint Eastwood for recognising its quality after lots of other producers failed to. No doubt they thought the western was dead.

grandpa_chum08/21/2005

actually my understanding was that eastwood held on to it since the late 70's or early 80's until he was old enough for the part, back when the western wasn't quite dead... but still, your right, he did still make it even though at the time he actually did make it, the western was dead.