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Originally Posted by Dominic
Guess Who’s Cominig To Dinner is an entertaining movie, but I always though they stacked the deck. Not even David Duke would object to his daughter marrying Sidney Freakin’ Poitier.
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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl
He's good looking and a doctor!
And not just any doctor, but an internationally-renowned doctor working for the United Nations!
And speaking of Sidney Poitier....
It still amazes me that he was in three iconic films that were all released within a six-month period in 1967: Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, In The Heat Of The Night, and To Sir With Love. And you'd think that he could or should have been nominated for any one of those three roles, yet he wasn't nominated for any of them because 1967 was just a phenomenal year for movies. Here were the nominees that year:
Best Actor
Rod Steiger - In The Heat Of The Night (winner)
Warren Beatty - Bonnie & Clyde
Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate
Paul Neuman - Cool Hand Luke
Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Best Supporting Actor
George Kennedy - Cool Hand Luke (winner)
John Cassavetes - The Dirty Dozen
Gene Hackman - Bonnie & Clyde
Cecil Kellaway - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Michael J. Pollard - Bonnie & Clyde
Has any other actor ever had a six-month period, or even a full calendar year, similar to the one Sidney Poitier had in 1967? And is 1967 the best year ever for great movies? I've always thought it was 1939, but 1967 has to be a close second.