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...Radio (2003)

Radio was my Best Picture and Best Actor (Cuba Gooding Jr.)

Saltzman Sees...Top 10 Football Movies of All-TIme

With the Super Bowl yesterday, and my new movie blog launched (http://saltzmansees.blogspot.com) no better time than now to present my top ten Football movies of All-Time:

1. Rudy

2. Remember the Titans

3. Brian's Song (1971)

4. Radio

5. The Blind Side

6. We Are Marshall

7. Invincible

8. The Express

9. The Longest Yard (1974)

10. Jerry Maguire




Honorable Mentioned: All the Right Moves, Any Given Sunday, Brian's Song (2002), Everybody's All-American, Facing the Giants, Friday Night Lights, Heaven Can Wait, Jim Thorpe: All-American, Little Giants, Lucas, Necessary Roughness, North Dallas Forty, Possums, Semi-Tough, The Best of Times, The Game Plan, The Last Boy Scout, The Last Game, The Longest Yard (2005), The Program, The Replacements, The Waterboy, They Call Me Sirr, Triumph of the Heart. The Ricky Bell Story, Varsity Blues, Wildcats, and Year of the Bull

Saltzman Sees...2003 Top Ten List

2003

1. Radio
2. Seabiscuit
3. Old School
4. The Last Samurai
5. Secondhand Lions
6. Finding Nemo
7. Mystic River
8. Elf
9. Pirates of the Caribbean. The Curse of the Black Pearl
10. Big Fish

For all of the movies I have seen in 2003, Go to: http://saltinuts40.tripod.com/movies2003.html

Saltzman Sees...Top 10 Sports Movies of All-Time

Moneyball doesn't make my top 10, despite being a top 10 movie in 2011.  Here is my top 10 sports movies of all-time

1. Field of Dreams: A love story between a father and son and their love for the game of baseball.  One of the most beautiful stories ever on screen.

2. Hoosiers: The greatest underdog story in movie history, with incredible performances by Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, and the small town of "Hickory."

3. Rudy: Underdog stories are a common theme in sports, and Rudy is as inspirational as they come of a young boy living his life long dream.

4. Remember the Titans: The hard truths of racism in America during the 1960's is documented brilliantly through the eyes of two men coaching football in Virginia. Denzel Washington is coach Herman Boone.

5. Rocky: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young and Carl Weathers are magnificent in a true tale of opportunity in America. A beautiful love story that proves the American Dream is still possible.

6. Miracle: One of the greatest upsets ever, documented beautifully by Disney. A true David and Goliath. Kurt Russell is tremendous.

7. Brian's Song: One of the most unlikely but truly great friendships ever immortalized on film.  James Caan and Billie Dee Williams are terrific as Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers.

8. Million Dollar Baby: A story of determination and love that captures the human spirit. Clint Eastwood's heartfelt story of a woman's dedication to make something of herself.

9. Radio: The true story of a young man who brought out the best in everyone he ever touched. Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard and Debra Winger are masterful telling the tale of 'Radio."

10. Seabiscuit: Jeff Bridges, Tobey Maguire and Chris Cooper learn about hope during one of the darkest times in our nation's history. During the depression, America fell in love with an undersized, overweight horse.

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