7 Oscar -winning films that you can't watch anywhere
Despite their acclamation of the Oscars, these films are almost impossible to find.
THE Academy Award is the most prestigious honor in Hollywood, but winning one (or more) is not a guarantee that a film will remain in the memories. In addition, this does not even necessarily mean that a film will be kept for posterity. Due to rights problems or a simple indifference of societies that hold rights, even acclaimed films abandon time from time to time. Read the rest for seven Oscar -winning Films that you cannot easily watch on DVD or streaming, including two that have never been made available for home visualization.
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1 Rebecca (1940)
Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most venerated directors in the history of cinema, but you would not know how to watch his record for Oscar victories. Despite being nominated for the best director five times (to Rebecca ,, Rescue boat ,, Unleashed ,, Rear window , And Psycho ), he never won and had to be content to be honored by the Academy with the honor Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1968 . At least one of his films brought the best photo to the house - 1940 Rebecca , an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier novel. Unfortunately, this does not mean it's easy to see. The film is not available on any streaming service, which means that you will have to bring out the collector's edition DVD of the criteria collection If you want to check it.
2 Southern song (1946)
Disney Southern song is one of the most sadly famous films ever made, but you have probably never seen it - it has never been published in any home visualization format (VHS, DVD or streaming) on the basis of a 1881 collection from the 1881 collection of "Uncle Remus" stories With the buffoonery of Br'er Rabbit and his animal friends, the film is controversial since the day it opened its doors in theaters, when Civil rights defense groups in protest. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The problem was not only that the book of the stories test was written by Joel Chandler Harris , a white man who copied stolen tales with black folklore of the time, but apparent racism in the live-ups live from the film. In these sequences, black actor James Baskett depicts the good uncle Remus, which shares its particular mark of wisdom with white children living in a plantation in Georgia of the era of reconstruction; For many, the scenes suggest that the former slaves looked back on their enslavement with nostalgia . The outcry did not prevent the live action / the animated film from winning an Oscars for its signature piece, "Zip-A-dee-Doo-Dah", and an honorary Oscar in 1948 for Baskett, the First black male artist to be honored by the Academy.
3 Porgy and Bess (1959)
An adaptation of George Gershwin - Opera composed of the same name, this 1959 musical drama of the director Otto Preminger ( Laura ,, Anatomy of a murder ), was acclaimed to his release for bringing the story of an independent man ( Sidney Poitier ) efforts to save a woman ( Dorothy Dandridge ) an abusive stage of stadium on the screen. He won four Oscar nominations, for his cinematography, his costume conception, his sound and his score, winning for the latter. But the film has been almost impossible to see in the past 50 years. Producer Samuel Goldwyn Had only rights over history for 15 years, when producers had to renegotiate the terms of the exhibition with the Gershwin field - which refused to allow it to be shown. (George's older brother, Ira, who wrote the booklet for Porgy and Bess ,, would have hated the film .) It has not been shown on television since 1967 and has never been published for home viewing in any format.
4 Fucking the spider woman (1985)
This 1985 drama on unusual friendship between two detainees in a Brazilian prison ( William Hurt And Raul Julia ) taking place during the country's time during the reign of a military dictatorship, opened up to significant praise. Independently produced, Fucking the spider woman was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. There, Hurt won the best actor, a feat he repeated at the Academy Awards of this year, where the film was also ready for the best film, The best director and the best suitable scenario. Although previously available on a collector's editing DVD, the film is now out of traffic in the United States, and no streaming service is wearing it.
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5 Cocoon (1985)
This silly and sentimental science fiction on a bunch of elderly people played by actors of familiar characters - Ameche ,, Wilford Brimley ,, Brian Dennehy ,, Jessica Tandy , And GWEN VERDON Among them - who are again young by extraterre technology This year's largest money manufacturers . The criticisms were also good, and the film even collected two Oscar nominations, for special effects and for ameche as best support actor, which he won. However, it is currently not streaming and is no longer sold on DVD in the United States, would have been due to musical rights problems , according to UPROXX.
6 Il postino (1994)
One of the few non -English -speaking films to nominate for the best film at Academy Awards, this Italian production, based on the novel by Antonio Skármeta , tells the story of the fictitious friendship between the poet Pablo Neruda ( Philippe Noire ) and a factor ( Massimo third , which also co-written the film) in a small island village. International success, Il postino distinctions won across Europe and was also nominated for the best director for Michael Radford , Best scenario, and best actor (third), although he won a single trophy, for Luis Enríquez Bacalov music. These days, if you want to see it, you will have to ask your own factor to deliver a second-hand copy of the DVD, because it is no longer available in the United States, and you cannot find it on a service streaming.
7 Shine (1996)
At the 1997 Oscars, Geoffrey Rush to choke Tom Cruise , nominated for its main performance in Jerry Maguire , for the best actor for his performance in the independent hit Shine . While many more people watching that night had seen Cruise's film, the Australian biopic based on the life of the pianist David Helfgott did surprisingly robust business in the United States, Make more than $ 35 million Against a budget of $ 6 million. He was also nominated for the best film, best director for Scott Hicks , Best original script, and three other prizes, although Rush is his only victory. As for availability, Shine I obtained a rehabilitation of the 20th anniversary DVD in 2015, but you will have to go out in Australia to take a copy. It is not available on DVD in the United States and cannot be found on streaming services.