Odd that Raquel Welch was included but Stella Stevens wasn’t. They died just a couple of days apart last month.
I'm a big Anne Heche fan and missed seeing her name. Maybe because of the nature in which she passed away, where other people were in danger of her speeding. Or it was a simple oversight.
That’s a sizable omission, for sure. Did I just miss seeing Paul Sorvino on there or was he also not included?
I only knew six of the people who died, but thought the Lenny Kravitz performance was awesome. The Oscar's should hire him back.
I'm not sure they're the result of mistakes or (more likely, imo) arbitrary decisions, due in part to the restrictive time allotment for the In Memoriam portion of the show. Also, in light of the Academy's ongoing efforts at improving inclusivity, there's possibly a touch of editorial selectivity taken in order to build a more diversely represented roll call to air in the brief time allowed. AMPAS does refer viewers to their website for what they deem is a complete listing. Despite the Academy's online "catch-all" In Memoriam, many fans and surviving family members don't take such on-air omissions lightly.
A few of the omissions, like Tom Sizemore etc might have been because they died too close to the award ceremony, I remember some very notable omission from year or two ago when legendary actor died maybe two weeks before the ceremony, and they didn't have time to change the video. Not including Paul Sorvino and some others is just ridiculous.
I can understand possibly an actor/actress from early days of Hollywood not be very well known...some of these stars are well known in the last 20 years or less and in some great films...sad to see them not recognized on Oscar night... Paul Sorvino back in 1995, when Mira accepted her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 'Mighty Aphrodite'
Skipped them myself. The same way I skipped through "Everything, Everywhere All at Once." Since when does Best Picture include Lousy Direction?
Last group of winners Everything, Everywhere at Once - Stupid (the minute they break out the martial arts, I feel my IQ drop) Nomadland (2020) - Boring Parasite (2019) - Bad Green Book - Cheesy The Shape of Water - Horrible Moonlight - Okay Luckily the Oscars roll on toward their 100th year and these winners, like most, will be forgotten... except for the truly great films which find their own niche among film fans. How many threads are passionately devoted here to discussing Nomadland, Moonlight and Green Book and Parasite, whereas we can't stop talking about The Godfather? It's called memorable characters, performances, intelligent, stylish direction and rich storylines. What happened to "one of the greatest movies about filmmaking ever made"? aka "The Fablemans?" Truth will out. How many lists here on "Your Top 10 Sci Fi films" name "The Shape of Water?" B&W films from the 60s with zero budgets fare better.
They forget some people. Shouldn’t be that difficult though. Just go back and look through the obits online.
While I wouldn’t call “The Shape of Water” the pinnacle of great cinema, I think horrible is a bit of an over reaction.
The doubling up and fading one side then the other was a horrible idea. Also, cutting away for the wide shot was very distracting.
