Sigourney Weaver blasts Academy Awards voters
April 14th, 2010 - 3:01 am ICT by Aishwarya BhattLos Angeles, Apr 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actress Sigourney Weaver has blasted the voters of the Academy Awards. She said that they were trying to be ‘fashionable’ when they awarded Kathryn Bigelow the award for the Best Director. She was hoping that her movie Avatar would win the Best Director award, but instead the winner was the movie ‘The Hurt Locker’.
She said that if Avatar was made in the past then it would definitely have won the award, but these days it is fashionable to award small movies, which have a very niche audience. She said that, “Jim didn’t have breasts, and I think that was the reason. He should have taken home that Oscar. In the past, ‘Avatar’ would have won because the Oscar voters loved to hand out awards to big productions like ‘Ben Hur’. Today it’s fashionable to give the Oscar to a small movie that nobody saw.”
The biggest grossing movie of all times - Avatar might have a re-release in the summers too. Speculations are rife that the movie might have minted some more dough, if it hadn’t have to vacant the digital and the IMAX screens in March, for the 3D version of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland. So the producers are planning another release in the summers, to make up for the losses, and notch some more box-office records in the process.
- Sigourney Weaver: James Cameron Lost Oscar For Being A Man - Apr 14, 2010
- Cameron didn't win Oscar because he "didn't have breasts", says Weaver - Apr 13, 2010
- Avatar to have a summer re-release with some extra scenes? - Mar 15, 2010
- James Cameron: Titanic 3D to be released in 2012 - Mar 16, 2010
- 'Avatar' to be 're-released this summer' - Mar 13, 2010
- Tom Hanks may star in Kathryn Bigeow's 'Sleeping Dogs' - Oct 08, 2010
- Osama's death may impact Bigelow's 'Kill Bin Laden' - May 02, 2011
- Hollywood plans movie on US hunt for Osama bin Laden - May 03, 2011
- "Avatar" All Set For A Summer Re-Release - Mar 15, 2010
- James Cameron says it'd be cool to lose Oscar to ex wife - Mar 07, 2010
- James Cameron to compete against ex-wife at Oscars - Feb 02, 2010
- Kathryn Bigelow win makes history at Oscars - Mar 08, 2010
- James Cameron wins Golden Globe for best director - Jan 18, 2010
- Oscar 2010: The 82nd Annual Academy Award Winners - Mar 08, 2010
- Avatar And The Hurt Locker To Fight It Out At The Oscars - Feb 03, 2010
Tags: academy awards, academy awards voters, actress sigourney, alice in wonderland, avatar, ben hur, best director, blasts, box office records, breasts, director award, disney, kathryn bigelow, losses, niche audience, oscar voters, producers, screens, sigourney weaver, speculations