Saltzman Sees...Runaway Jury (2003)

Runaway Jury won my Best Actress (Rachel Weisz) in 2003.

Saltzman Sees...Rain Man (1988)

Rain Man won my Best Supporting Actor (Dustin Hoffman) and was nominated for Best Picture for 1988.

Saltzman Sees...1988 Oscars

1988 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

Coming To America
Die Hard
Rain Man
Stand and Deliver


• Best Director

Richard Donner (Scrooged)
John Landis (Coming To America)
Penny Marshall (Big)
Ramon Menendez (Stand and Deliver)


• Best Family Picture

The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Land Before Time
Oliver & Company
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?


• Best Screenplay

Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca (Stand and Deliver)
Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg (Big)
David Sheffield (Coming To America)
Jeb Stuart (Die Hard)


• Best Actor

Eddie Murphy (Coming To America)
Bill Murray (Scrooged)
Edward James Olmos (Stand and Deliver)
Bruce Willis (Die Hard)


• Best Actress

Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard)
Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda)
Elizabeth Perkins (Big)
Susan Sarandon (Bull Durham)


• Best Supporting Actor

Tom Berenger (Shoot to Kill)
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda)
Alan Rickman (Die Hard)


• Best Supporting Actress

Kirstie Alley (Shoot to Kill)
Jodie Foster (Stealing Home)
Glenne Headly (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Alfre Woodard (Scrooged)

To see all the movies I've seen in 1988, Click Here

Saltzman Sees...Stanger than Fiction (2006)

Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on TV. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late.


Will Ferrell is terrific, and he is supported by two legends of the silver screen: Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman.  Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal have a tremendous chemistry on screen that is odd considering they play opposites initially in the story.  It is a beautiful story and a unique look at one's mortality and one's purpose in life.  


It barely earned the money it took to make the movie, as it only grossed $40 million at the box office despite costing $38 million to make. It is in my Top Ten list for the year, and certainly deserving of the Most Underrated Movie of 2006.

 Emma Thompson won my Best Actress of 2006.

Will and Maggie fall in love