The Oscar (1966)

Director:

Russell Rouse

Writers:

Richard Sale (novel)
Harlan Ellison (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

8 July 1966 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

This is the story of...The Dreamers and The Schemers...The Hustlers and The Hopefuls...The Free-loaders and The Phonies...The Fakers and The Famous...All Fighting for the Highest Possible Award!!

Plot:

Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for Best actor at the Academy Awards.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Award | Hollywood | Oscar | Academy Award

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Cast

Stephen Boyd	...	Frank Fane
Elke Sommer	...	Kay Bergdahl
Milton Berle	...	Kappy Kapstetter
Eleanor Parker	...	Sophie Cantaro
Joseph Cotten	...	Kenneth Regan
Jill St. John	...	Laurel Scott
Tony Bennett	...	Hymie Kelly
Edie Adams	...	Trina Yale
Ernest Borgnine	...	Barney Yale
Ed Begley	...	Grobard
Walter Brennan	...	Orrin C. Quentin
Broderick Crawford	...	Sheriff
James Dunn	...	Network Executive
Edith Head	...	Herself
Hedda Hopper	...	Herself

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:16 | UK:X | USA:Approved | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-16

Company:

Greene-Rouse Productions

Trivia:

Merle Oberon, seen presenting Best Actor in this film's Academy Awards sequence, would, according to Oscar tradition, never have been asked to do so at an actual 1960s Oscar ceremony. Although she was nominated as Best Actress of 1935, she never won an Oscar - and tradition holds that Best Actor and Best Actress are presented each year by the previous year's winner in the category honoring the opposite sex...

Goofs:

Continuity: The scene of Frankie getting hit in the head by Cheryl Barker doesn't match with the photo the newspapers later run. (It's possible that she hit him twice (she was angry enough to), and the photographers caught the second hit.)

Quotes:

Kay Bergdahl: Hymie, deep thinker, explain to me the ethical structure of the universe.

Movie Connections:

References Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Soundtrack:

Carmen Carmela

"The Oscar"

When oh WHEN, will whom ever owns the rights to this classic HOOT, ever release it on video (VHS/DVD)? I'd buy it in a NANU SECOND! It's got to be the funniest "Drama" ever! The fact that NOBODY involved in this movie noticed, at the time it was being filmed, how DREADFULLY BAD it was turning out is ASTOUNDING! I haven't even seen it on broadcast, cable or satellite TV lately. I wish I'd have taped it when it was running. Other MUST release films are, "Crack in the World", "The Great Bank Robbery" (Zero Mostel). Still waiting.....P.S. Maybe IMDb can have a page set up just for movie fans to LIST films that we think should be available to buy, then maybe studios could check it out and see how popular those films are and hasten their release!