THE OSCAR (1966) ¢
D: Russell Rouse
Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Tony Bennett,
Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten,
Ernest Borgnine, Edie Adams, Jill St. John,
Walter Brennan, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley,
Jean Hale, Jack Soo, Peter Lawford,
Bob Hope, Merle Oberon, Frank Sinatra,
James Dunn, Nancy Sinatra, Edith Head
Two hours of stupefying melodrama about a psychotic, slimeball movie star who steps all over everybody on his way to what he hopes will be an Academy Award. Stephen Boyd plays the lead with a bizarrely accented performance that's way off the map, and Tony Bennett, in a rare dramatic appearance, shows why he was smart to stick with music as a primary career choice. As a tawdry monument to godawfulness, "The Oscar" could give "Showgirls" a run for its money. Try watching it on a couple of bong hits and see if that helps.
Tony Bennett
(1926-2023)
