Saltzman Sees...Glory (1989)

Glory won my Best Supporting Actor (Denzel Washington) and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Edward Zwick) and Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman) in 1989.

Saltzman Sees...The Last Samurai (2003)

The Last Samurai won my Best Director (Edward Zwick) and was nominated for my Best Actor (Tom Cruise) and Best Supporting Actor (Ken Watanabe) for 2003.

Saltzman Sees...2003 Oscars

2003 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

The Last Samurai
Old School
Radio
Seabiscuit


• Best Director

Clint Eastwood (Mystic River)
Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill Vol. 1)
Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean. The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai)


• Best Family Picture

Brother Bear
Elf
Finding Nemo
Holes


• Best Screenplay

Brian Helgeland (Mystic River)
Todd Phillips & Court Crandall (Old School)
Gary Ross (Seabiscuit)
James Vanderbilt (Basic)


• Best Actor

Tom Cruise (The Last Samurai)
Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean. The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Cuba Gooding Jr. (Radio)
Sean Penn (Mystic River)


• Best Actress

Ellen DeGeneres (Finding Nemo)
Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean. The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 1)
Rachel Weisz (Runaway Jury)


• Best Supporting Actor

Will Ferrell (Old School)
Eugene Levy (A Mighty Wind)
Vince Vaughn (Old School)
Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai)


• Best Supporting Actress

Chiaki Kuriyama (Kill Bill Vol. 1)
Connie Nielsen (Basic)
Michelle Rodriguez (S.W.A.T.)
Charlize Theron (The Italian Job)

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Saltzman Sees...Defiance (2008)

Defiance is the true story of three brothers who tried to survive despite Nazi Germany's takeover during World War II.  Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell are all masterful as they bring to life a story that very few people knew about the survival stories of a thousand Jews.   In one of the darkest times in history, these men and women fought to protect themselves and survive despite brutal winter, little food and less hope.

Despite the tremendous acting, incredible screenplay and amazing direction by Edward Zwick, only James Newton Howard was nominated for any major award for his score of the film.

For one of the strongest years in movie history, with movies like Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Gran Torino, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler and Frost/Nixon, Defiance was clearly forgotten by the critics.  Like Crash is 2004, who won the Best Picture award the following year, Defiance's lone nomination came in 2009.  For that reason alone, it is certainly worthy of my vote for Most Underrated Movie of 2008.