Peter Sellers should have won Best Actor
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Being There
hnt_dnl — 11 years ago(October 24, 2014 08:33 PM)
And this is from a HUGE Dustin Hoffman fan! But I thought Hoffman should have won his first Oscar years before
Kramer v Kramer
for either
The Graduate
,
Straw Dogs
, or even
Straight Time
. I think the Academy tends to give the Oscars to the right actors, but at the wrong time. Sellers was phenomenal in this. -
IkuharaKunihiko — 11 years ago(October 26, 2014 07:49 AM)
I agree. Sellers was unbeatable in this role, at least to me. So genuine, so far away from today's awards' cliches. Hoffman is a great actor, of course, but I don't consider Kramer vs. Kramer a superior film to Being There: he should have won earlier, for Lenny or The Graduate.
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johndworkin65 — 10 years ago(August 19, 2015 05:02 PM)
Generally agreed w/ everyone here. I would just add that in addition, the film should've been nominated for best picture that year. Easily over Breaking Away (and I loved Breaking Away). That being said, Apocalypse Now should've taken the oscar that year for picture. I mean, come on
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Aticusfinch — 10 years ago(February 05, 2016 10:01 AM)
He certainly deserved it; however it was a tough call that year. The other contestants were Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Roy Scheider and Dustin Hoffman.
However I find it more outrageous that "Being there " wasnt even nominated for the Best Picture Award.