It’s that time again: as the last, feverish wallow in all things Oscar really heats up, we have our friends at Turner Classic Movies to remind us why we care. The annual 31 Days of Oscar is underway with wall-to-wall screenings of the Academy’s winners and nominees. Late Saturday night I re-watched part of David Lean’s last great epic, A Passage To India. Doesn’t really hold up like some of his other true masterworks but it’s worth the trip just to see Peggy Ashcroft's wonderful, career-capping performance as Mrs. Moore. In addition to her Oscar, she nabbed a few other Best Supporting Actress honors that year, and the NY Film Critics and NBR went to far as to elevate her to Best Actress. Good for them. And good for Dame Peggy. She deserved it.Monday, February 5, 2007
Mrs. Moore! Mrs. Moore!
It’s that time again: as the last, feverish wallow in all things Oscar really heats up, we have our friends at Turner Classic Movies to remind us why we care. The annual 31 Days of Oscar is underway with wall-to-wall screenings of the Academy’s winners and nominees. Late Saturday night I re-watched part of David Lean’s last great epic, A Passage To India. Doesn’t really hold up like some of his other true masterworks but it’s worth the trip just to see Peggy Ashcroft's wonderful, career-capping performance as Mrs. Moore. In addition to her Oscar, she nabbed a few other Best Supporting Actress honors that year, and the NY Film Critics and NBR went to far as to elevate her to Best Actress. Good for them. And good for Dame Peggy. She deserved it.
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