<![CDATA[Justly Deserved Oscar]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Beatrice Straight

mmrealtyleague — 18 years ago(October 27, 2007 11:30 PM)

What she did in those 5 minutes with William Holden, going through a range of emotions and CONVEYING that to the audience was worth tons more than 1 hour of gray matter, than most actors have won their scenes for.
She had to squeeze everything into that short part, and be convincing and this was impressive and I was glued to the screen.
THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT.

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Beatrice indeed turned her 5 minutes into something more than special. And while im ok with her win, i must say that Piper Laurie gave one of the greatest works ever in horror genre. Its such an iconic, disturbing, frightening and haunting work for ages. She succeeded not to be overshadowed by Sissy Spaceks PHENOMENAL(now thats one of the greatest acting ever on screen) performance.

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She beat some great actresses too!:
All the President's Men: Jane Alexander
Taxi Driver: Jodie Foster
Voyage of the Damned: Lee Grant
Carrie: Piper Laurie

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Piper Laurie deserved it. Straight was very good in 5 minutes but Laurie was phenomenal.

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actually, Straight didn't win any of the other awards from film 1ebcsocieties, so whose to say who the 'best' was that year.
RE: time, it's not fair that supporting performances win in a lead category and the reverse

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Network is in my top 3 movies of all time, however, I couldnt disagree more with the sentiments of this post There is nothing wrong with her performace, and it is quite good, but she should have not won the Oscar for thisYes, some will argue quality over quantity, but to me, it does not fit the bill with the rest of the nominees.

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She made the most of her small part, but I don't think she deserved to win an Oscar for it.

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They will be showing that performance in acting schools for decades to come.

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Agreed. Great acting

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Piper Laurie had the best part, and she was amazing, nobody could've done Margaret White better than her. But it was a very "acted" performance. Beatrice Straight was the better actress, not just that year, but in general.

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she was in the scene with holden in the living room when howard does his mad as hell routine

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She is not in the movie several scenes, her scene with Holden was it.
I'm happiestin the saddle.

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totally agree hers is one of my fav performances,,she is in the movie several scenes but the one with Mr. Holden was the clincher,,Grand Lady and even Grander actress

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When I watched her scene I was blown away - I was thinking how many incredible performances does this movie have?! Probably the best acted movie I've ever seen. A true inspiration.

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