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Oscar winner Haing S. Ngor was #botd in 1940
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Oscar Nominee of All Time: Round 1, Group A
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HAING S NGOR (1940-1996)
WINS:
Supporting- 1984 for The Killing Fields
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DAN DAILEY (1915-1978)
NOMINATIONS:
Lead- 1948 for When My Baby Smiles At Me
#oscars#academy awards#oscar nominees#actors#film#haing s ngor#dan dailey#dan dailey actor#the killing fields#the killing fields 1984#when my baby smiles at me 1948#nominees group a#nominees group a polls
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The Killing Fields (1984). A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
There's a lot to like in this harrowing film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, from the friendship between Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran's to the sublime cinematography. I particularly appreciate the way the film used the American journalism angle as an entry point but stayed with Dith's journey in Cambodia afterwards. It felt almost like a way to trojan horse a broader audience into the story, and it's particularly compelling given that act is by far the strongest of the film. Pretty solid, albeit also pretty flawed. 7/10.
#the killing fields#1984#Oscars 57#Nom: Picture#Nom: Director#Nom: Actor#Nom: Supporting Actor#Won: Supporting Actor#Nom: Adapted Screenplay#Nom: Cinematography#Won: Cinematography#Nom: Editing#Won: Editing#Roland Joffé#bruce robinson#sam waterston#haing s ngor#john malkovich#american#cambodia#journalism#war#7/10
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Haing S. Ngor
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2022 Oscars Trivia (Post-Ceremony)
Everything Everywhere All at Once, with 7 wins, received the most awards since Gravity (2013, 7 wins) and the most awards for a Best Picture winner since Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 8 wins).
EEAAO is the third film to win 3 acting awards, after A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Network (1976), each of which only won 4 Oscars and neither of which won Best Picture. Like Streetcar, EEAAO only missed Best Actor. Unlike either film, EEAAO did not lose in its missing category, as it wasn't nominated for Best Actor and indeed had no one to nominate.
Michelle Yeoh is the second woman of color and the first Asian woman to win Best Actress. The first woman of color, Halle Berry (Monster's Ball, 2001), handed her the award -- not by accident, I'm sure!
Ke Huy Quan is the second Asian man to win Best Supporting Actor, after Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields, 1984).
This is the first time multiple actors of East Asian descent have won.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are the third pair to win Best Director, after Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise (West Side Story, 1961) and Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men, 2007).
Thanks to Daniel Kwan's win, the non-white-man Best Director streak continues. Of the past 11 years, only one had a sole win by a white male director: Damien Chazelle (La La Land, 2016), whose film Babylon was shut out this year.
Michelle Yeoh is the 8th woman to win Best Actress at age 60+, and this is the 11th such Best Actress win.
At age 64, Jamie Lee Curtis is the 9th-oldest woman to win Best Supporting Actress.
Sarah Polley is the second consecutive woman to win Best Adapted Screenplay (after Sian Heder for CODA). After a long drought, three consecutive years have included female screenplay winners (including Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman).
Daniels are the 7th/8th people to win Best Director at age 35 or younger, and this is the 8th such win.
Guillermo del Toro is the first Latin America-born Best Animated Feature winner (previous Latino/a winners Phil Lord and Yvett Merino were born and raised in the US).
Diane Warren continues to hold the record for most Original Song nominations without a win (14) and continues to be the woman with the most Oscar nominations without a win.
This is the second consecutive year that every winner in the Big 8 won their first award in the category, and the first time since 2014 that each of them was a first-time winner overall.
Five Best Picture nominees went home empty-handed: The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, and Triangle of Sadness. That's the most since 2013 (American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Nebraska, Philomena, The Wolf of Wall Street), i.e., the last time a movie won 7 Oscars.
This is the first time since 2017 (The Shape of Water) that the most-nominated film a) won Best Picture and b) won the most awards of the night.
"Naatu Naatu" is the first song from an Indian film to win.
All Quiet on the Western Front is the fourth Best Picture nominee in five years to win Best International Feature. It is Germany's first win since The Lives of Others (2006) and third overall (Nowhere in Africa, 2002).
Brendan Fraser is the first man to win an acting Oscar for a film directed by Darren Aronofsky, who previously directed Natalie Portman to a Best Actress win for Black Swan in 2010.
Dan Sudick continues to hold the record for most Visual Effects nominations without a win (13).
All Quiet on the Western Front is the fourth non-English-language film to win four Oscars (Fanny and Alexander, 1982; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000; Parasite, 2019).
EEAAO is the first science fiction film to win Best Picture.
Ruth Carter is the first black woman to win multiple competitive Oscars. She was the only black winner this year, the fewest since 2015, which had no black winners.
Matthew Freud, co-winner of Best Animated Short, is Sigmund Freud's great-grandson, is divorced from Rupert Murdoch's daughter, and just generally has an interesting Wikipedia page.
The Elephant Whisperers is the first Indian film to win Best Documentary Short.
As Jamie Lee Curtis noted in her speech, both of her parents were nominated for Oscars but did not win: Tony Curtis for The Defiant Ones in 1958 and Janet Leigh for Psycho in 1960.
This is the second time all four acting winners have been over 50, following 1981: Henry Fonda (76), Katharine Hepburn (74), John Gielgud (77), Maureen Stapleton (56). With an average age of 57.25, this is the third-oldest acting quartet, after 1981 (avg. 70.75) and 2020 (avg. 62.75).
This is the second consecutive year that all four acting winners have been first-time winners, and the first time since 2005 that all four acting winners have been first-time nominees (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney, Rachel Weisz).
This is the first time since 1955 that all acting and directing winners have been first-time nominees (Delbert Mann, Ernest Borgnine, Anna Magnani, Jack Lemmon, Jo Van Fleet).
This is the second consecutive year that only three films have won multiple awards.
The Black Panther movies are the first movie + sequel to win Best Costume Design, with both awards going to Ruth Carter.
EEAAO is the first film to win 6 of the Big 8 awards. A film can win a maximum of 7, since it can't be eligible in both screenplay categories, and EEAAO's only below-the-line win was Film Editing.
Navalny is the first CNN film to win an Oscar.
#oscars project 2022#oscars trivia#really this post is just for me but it doesn't hurt to put it here
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Emilio Aguinaldo, Angelo Badalamenti, Wally Badarou, the 1963 UK release of The Beatles’s first album PLEASE PLEASE ME, George Benson, Wolf Blitzer, May Britt, Jay Dee Daugherty, the ERA (1972), Euronymous, the first movie screening (Paris 1895), Paul Gradishar (Thrift Store Halo), John Hassell, Cole Hauser, Heart’s 1986 “These Dreams” single, Randy Hobbs, Chuck Jackson, Werner Klemperer, Yayoi Kusama, Louis L’Amour, the laser (patented 1960), Karl Malden, Marcel Marceau, Ross Martin, Hamish MacCunn, Jēkabs Mediņš, Robin Le Mesurier (Wombles), Stephanie Mills, the 1956 musical “Mr. Wonderful,” Haing S. Ngor, Aaron North, Lena Olin, Patrick Olive (Hot Chocolate), Elvis Presley’s 1957 single “All Shook Up,” Danny Ray (“cape man” for James Brown), Howard Reitzes (Iron Butterfly), William Shatner, Stephen Sondheim, Chris Stainton, Suzanne Sulley (Human League), keyboardist Paul Taylor, Harry Vanda (Easybeats), M. Emmett Walsh, Andrew Lloyd Webber, blues-gospel singer-songwriter Bud Welch, Roger Whittaker, Reese Witherspoon, George Wyle (“The Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle”), and—from Chad & Jeremy—the great actor/singer-songwriter Jeremy Clyde. Beyond music, Jeremy has a long and impressive resume acting in musicals, TV shows, and films. He still cranking out music and currently touring with Peter Asher. Here's an article I wrote about C&J’s touchstone ARK album https://www.culturesonar.com/rescuing-chad-jeremys-the-ark-half-a-century-later/ Meanwhile, HB JC. Thank you for your years of creativity.
#chadandjeremy #jeremyclyde #chadstuart #britishinvasion #singersongwriter #peter asher
#Chad & Jeremy#Jeremy Clyde#Chad Stuart#british invasion#singer songwriter#Peter Asher#Johnny J Blair
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Haing S. Ngor, who played Dith Pran, was also a survivor of the Khmer Rouge. I wonder if it was cathartic for him to act out what he went through. Though The Killing Fields was his first role, he went on to have an acting career and used his success to found a charitable organization for other Cambodians. Sadly, he was murdered, and some suggest his killers may have been hired by remnants of the regime.
#Khmer Rouge: created and supported by both communist China and capitalist America#wow really brought people together during the Cold War ❤️
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The tear...
(réédition du 25 janvier 2019)
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LA DECHIRURE…
La déchirure ? Non, ce n’est pas cet excellent film des années 80 avec les acteurs Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor et John Malkovich dans le rôle de reporters témoins de la prise de Phnom Penh par les Khmers rouges et de la répression meurtrière que ces derniers mirent…
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New story on NPR: Ke Huy Quan wins Oscar for best supporting actor for 'Everything Everywhere' https://ift.tt/VY82XO6
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Dallas Hosts Anti-Communist League (1985)
By Charles R. Babcock
The Washington Post
September 17, 1985
There were "freedom fighters" representing several armed insurgencies, wealthy Texans, representatives of Soldier of Fortune magazine and the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, and ultra-right politicians from Guatemala and Paraguay -- all rubbing shoulders in a new luxury hotel in north Dallas.
The occasion was last week's 18th annual conference of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL), which was founded by the governments of Taiwan and South Korea and has tried in recent years to rid itself of members who espoused anti-Semitic and fascist views.
The four-day conference ended with an "International Freedom Fighters Dinner" featuring greetings from President Reagan, "Freedom Fighter of the Year" medals for insurgents from Nicaragua and Afghanistan, a special citation for a Dallas woman who gave $65,000 toward a helicopter for the Nicaraguan contras, and the unveiling of a bust of Reagan made by a Cambodian who dreamed that "he would meet an old white man [Reagan] who would help" his country's resistance movement.
“I commend you all for your part in this noble cause," the Reagan letter read. "Our combined efforts are moving the tide of history toward world freedom."
Representatives of eight anti-Marxist resistance movements attended, but most of the attention was focused on the Nicaraguans, led by political leader Adolfo Calero and military commander Enrique Bermudez.
Also in the spotlight was the WACL chairman, retired Army major general John Singlaub, cashiered by President Jimmy Carter for criticizing the proposed withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea in the late 1970s.
During the past year, Singlaub has been active in raising private funds to help the Nicaraguan opposition to the leftist Sandinista government. Ellen Garwood, who helped pay for the helicopter, said: "God in his mysterious way has put Gen. Singlaub in communism's way, and the general is saying, 'They shall not pass.'“
Participants at the conference could buy WACL "Freedom Fighter" T-shirts and FDN (Nicaraguan Democratic Force) shoulder patches, and pick up literature describing a planned Captive Nations Park in San Antonio, which is to fly flags at half staff and include a replica of the Statue of Liberty gagged, with a tear in her eye and her torch at her feet.
Bert Hurlbut, a key WACL financial supporter, said that his minister from Austin was on hand broadcasting the proceedings over "Straight Talk Radio." And participants were abuzz at the arrival of two other media personalities: Mike Wallace of CBS' "60 Minutes," and producer George Crile, both of Westmoreland libel trial fame.
The gathering featured moments of genuine emotion and impassioned rhetoric. A woman representing resistance forces in Mozambique said she was upset that Reagan is scheduled to meet and "shake the bloody hand" of Marxist Mozambican leader Samora Machel.
An Afghan fighter, who had lost a hand to a Soviet mine, and the Nicaraguan, who had lost a leg and was awarded the medal at the dinner, told their stories many times.
Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who played the Cambodian reporter in the movie "The Killing Fields," said that the genocide of his people by the communists was too grisly to be portrayed on film "because no one could stand to watch it."
Assembled resistance leaders had many opportunities to make public relations points. Calero, for instance, said several times that his award winner, Hubert R. Rodriguez, known as Sierra Three, lost a leg only after a flesh wound became infected because the FDN had no medical-evacuation helicopters.
Congress has approved $27 million in humanitarian aid for the contras, but none is to be used for helicopters. So Singlaub said that he has agreed to try raising new private aid for trucks and helicopters for the Nicaraguan.
There were undercurrents of controversy, as well, at the meeting. The representative of Angolan resistance leader Jonas Savimbi walked out, one participant said, because of the presence of Holden Roberto, head of a now-inactive Angolan opposition group.
Tom Posey, of Civilian Military Assistance, who said he was at the convention as an "observer," said that too many groups were trying to take credit for aiding the contras."We don't have to preach to the choir," he said of his Alabama group that has worked in jungle hospitals in Central America. "We're the infantry troops. We're the doers."
Dr. Woo Jae Seung, the WACL secretary general from South Korea, and Singlaub said they did not know that Mario Sandoval Alarcon of Guatemala had been invited to the conference. Sandoval is a presidential candidate of the National Liberation Movement, which has described itself as the "party of organized violence.”
The South American chapter in which Sandoval was active was expelled a few years ago because its members made anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi statements. Singlaub said he assumed the new chapter had cleared Sandoval to attend.
As the delegates wrapped up their work with a joint communique supporting anti-Marxist insurgencies worldwide, Singlaub said he hoped that individual chapters would work to raise money to help the insurgents. But he said he had not reviewed any regional "action plans."
Several representatives of the resistance groups said they appreciated the moral support, but need money to buy guns. As Mario Calero, an FDN official, told a French television team: "We need money without any strings attached, without any 'humanitarian' baloney.
#woo jae-sung#jae-sung woo#wacl#anti-semitism#fascism#racism#unification church#moonies#singlaub#john singlaub#ronald reagan#conservative politics#right-wing politics#counterinsurgency#world anti-communist league#nicaragua#sandinistas#tom posey#contras#imperialism
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Haing S. Ngor (March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996), pictured with his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for THE KILLING FIELDS (1984).
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oscar-winning performances i have not seen:
in old arizona (george baxter, best actor 1929)
come and get it (walter brennan, best supporting actor 1936)
kentucky (walter brennan, best supporting actor 1940)
for whom the bell tolls (katina paxinou, best supporting actress 1943)
the razor’s edge (anne baxter, best supporting actress 1946)
viva zapata! (anthony quinn, best supporting actor 1952)
the diary of anne frank (shelley winters, best supporting actress 1959)
zorba the greek (lila kedrova, best supporting actress 1964)
charly (cliff robertson, best actor 1968)
airport (helen hayes, best supporting actress 1970)
the killing fields (haing s. ngor, best supporting actor 1984)
the color of money (paul newman, best actor 1986)
wall street (michael douglas, best actor 1987)
the accidental tourist (geena davis, best supporting actress 1988)
scent of a woman (al pacino, best actor 1992)
shine (geoffrey rush, best actor 1996)
girl, interrupted (angelina jolie, best supporting actress 1999)
bohemian rhapsody (rami malek, best actor 2018)
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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7.5 / 10
Título Original: The Killing Fields
Año: 1984
Duración: 136 min
País: Reino Unido
Dirección: Roland Joffé
Guion: Bruce Robinson
Música: Mike Oldfield
Fotografía: Chris Menges
Reparto: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, Craig T. Nelson, John Malkovich, Athol Fugard, Julian Sands, Spalding Gray, Bill Paterson, Graham Kennedy, Katherine Krapum Chey, Oliver Pierpaoli, Edward Entero Chey, Tom Bird, Monirak Sisowath, Lambool Dtangpaibool, Ira Wheeler, David Henry, Patrick Malahide, Nell Campbell, Joan Harris, Joanna Merlin, Jay Barney, Mark Long, Sayo Inaba, Mow Leng, Chinsaure Sa, Hout Ming Tran, Thach Suon, Neevy Pal
Productora: Goldcrest Films, International Film Investors, Enigma Films. Productor: David Puttnam. Distribuidora: Warner Bros.
Género: Drama; Biography, History
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087553/
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Sunday, September 11, 2022
Twenty one years have passed since the dread event. The reading of the names at Ground Zero.
I pull myself together and head out to Queens. See Jean and the girls. A bit later Kenichi joins us.
Seeing the girls is rejuvenating. It’s good to be the grandpa.
Later: Kenichi drops me off at Continental Ave. This way, a shorter ride home. As always, glad to be back in my neighborhood. The hum of humanity.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing the Cowboys. Tom Brady is forty-five and still has a great arm. And a pleasant smile after the Bucs win.
Monday, September 12, 2022
Note: Six degrees of separation. Kenichi told me he was involved in a community project (during the pandemic) with the daughter of Haing S. Ngor. L
DJT flies into Washington D C. Lands at Dulles. In order to go to Walter Reed?He deplanes ably. He is in golfing attire. Heads out to golf course. This is only the second time he’s been back since losing the election. He did not (certainly not) attend Biden’s inauguration. Later...on his pet project called, uh, Truth Social, he tells his followers he’s “working.” In the meantime there is more talk about all of the boxes that got moved from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster, N J. Sneaky.
to be continued
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The Killing Fields (1984) is one of the New York Times 1,000 Best Films.
Critic Leslie Halliwelll gave the film three stars out of four and wrote “Brilliantly filmed, but probably too strong for a commercial audience to stomach, this true adventure tosses one into the horror of modern war and leaves one reeling despite its comparatively happy ending.”
My rating - middling, although Halliwell’s review makes me want to see it again. The film won three Oscars, for Haing S Ngor, the photography and the editing.
The film was directed by Roland Joffe, who was born in London and has 27 director credits, from four episodes on the telly 1973-74, to this, his first feature, through a 2018 American tv movie, and a project in pre-production.
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