John Gielgud winning Best Supporting Actor for "Arthur"

[judas210]

"Steal something casual"

[pretzelberg]

I just KNEW Nicholson would give a jink of the eyebrows and a cheeky grin.

[mcmraw]

This was the year that the winners of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor were not in attendence to accept the award.

[kpreston69]

Jeeze.... These were the moments that we waited for. Watching TV, it was this...The Olympics, The Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie Brown Halloween Special and hell, even the NBC Mystery Movie with Columbo. These days I can't even stand television.

500 Channels and my kids watch only one and I don't even bother. If I do and fall asleep I wake up to paid programing for Penis Pumps and Exercising DVD's. Every Morning Paid Programing infomercials and I'm actually paying them to show me this!

[vandergraaf78]

I love 1:44

[Bobaklives]

Oh man, he wasn't there? I was hoping to hear him... ah well. Among the greatest actors of all time.

[thefletchishere]

the reason for not going he said later was because the oscars were 'too common'

[beefy69]

im sure some people just press the dislike button because there really sad losers

[chinahands100]

arthur such a crap film..and gielgud gets an oscar for that? after a lifetime of stunning work

[AccioHHr]

@chinahands100 CRAP? Arthur is a highly respected film and Gielgud was brilliant in it.

[harrietamidala1691]

@chinahands100 The Remake was crap! Not the original.

[henrysinaga]

Arthur was a funny, charming film, but also awkward and I got errrrrrrr feeling watching it.

[seavoyagerful]

@LickMyCuntMoFo dudley and nicholson should have gone drinking at the bar together that night after the Oscars, since they both lost the statuette. just do not know if at any bar in NY or at Overlook Hotel ~ ~

[92af]

John Gielgud was much better than Laurence Olivier was

[schrire39]

Is this the single most boring clip on youtube?

[fishandfestival]

Sir John was brilliant as the butler in "Arthur", one of the few roles that I've watched him play, unfortunately for me...I am sorry that Peter O'Toole, one of Britain's and the world's greatest actors, at least in my book, never won an Oscar for one of the many roles he played, though he was nominated a number of times...However, I was happy when he was recognized and honoured by the Academy with an honorary Oscar a few years ago...One day Tom Cruise will be honored with an honorary Oscar.

[ALE280290]

John Gielgud and Ian Holm were both amazing (they both missed, sadly).

[TulseLuper]

@ALE280290 Ian Holm is alive and well.

[cinefi]

THANKS FOR POSTING ALL THIS BEAUTFUL MEMORIES

[Oscars]

@cinefi you're welcome...thanks for watching ;)

[LouReedsBooks]

Is it possible to find an old video that is actually in sync?

[dinasztie]

One of the greatest wins in this category. Brilliant, hilarious performance.

[RedRun56]

It's not only this video but EVERY video I watch on You Tube. Here's my question: Why the HELL is it stop-start-stop-start-stop-sta­rt while trying to watch these videos..It's MADDENING! Why does it do this and how do I fix it?

[spikemoe1]

@RedRun56 Does the button thingymabobmajigger routinely bump into the right end of the running red bar? Because you can fix that by pausing the video for a while until it has buffered enough.

[kaejae24]

@casadegolfas He really wasn't publicly gay. He pretty much kept it hidden

[TulseLuper]

@kaejae24 Not really. In the 1950s, he was arrested for trying to pick a man up in a public bathroom, which nearly ruined his career. He also famously remarked on the set of Caligula, with delight, "I've never seen so much c*ck in all my life!"

[wattever333]

maybe there should be a series in this channel called "absent winners" so we can choose to avoid them.

[MaureenStapletonFan]

The only acting winner present to accept their award was Maureen Stapleton. And you post this ?! What about Maureen ? What about Jane Fonda accepting on her father's behalf?

What was the reasoning for posting this vid from 1982 ?

A missed opportunity.

[wattever333]

I agree. There was no point to this post.

[92af]

John Gielgud was a awesome actor

[themoonspinner]

Everyone was nominated that year from "Only When I Laugh" (Coco, Mason, Hackett) except Kristy McNichol, whom they unceremoniously snubbed. The surprise nomination in the Supp. Actress category was McGovern, who was probably as good as McNichol but not better.

[JimmyCooper99]

why didn't Gielgud send anyone to accept the award on his behalf? does it mean that he didn't give a shit about the Oscar? can somebody tell me?

[hotamerican69]

I love Arthur, but it makes me wonder if Rollins would have not ended up dead had he won.

[wattever333]

I don't think that's what they mean when they say "the curse of the oscars".

[zim83]

1981 was a very weak year for supporting performances, both male and female. John Gielgud easily beat them all. Oh, and James Coco was nominated for the Razzie Award for that very same performance.

[MDSCFALNM]

Weak male and female performances? Maureen Stapleton's definitive Emma Goldman, Melinda Dillon's heartbreaking suicidal schoolteacher, Maureen McGovern's Evelyn Nesbitt, and Joan Hackett's greatest performance? The only undeserving nominee was Fonda! And Jack Nicholson gave one of his greatest performances as O'Neill. That scene where Keaton tells him off is one of the best of his career. And Razzie's are populist crap anyway. They swat at easy targets and sometimes dishonor good work.

[zim83]

@MDSCFALNM It's Elizabeth McGovern, Maureen was the one that sang the themes from "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" ;-) And of all the performances you mention, none of them has stood the test of time as particularly worth of being remembered, with the possible exception of Stapleton.

[MDSCFALNM]

"Maureen McGovern"

Gah, I do that all the time. And don't even bring up Maureen McCormick.

And I don't agree that those performances "haven't stood the test of time," especially Nicholson's. Nicholson's work in Reds is only overlooked becuase unlike the majority of films that he has been in, his performance is not the center of the film. His "louder" work tends to be remembered first.

And I'm curious, who would you have nominated that year?

[SexyStudChris]

Great !!

[barnabinobarnabone]

I'm speechless, thanks so much!!

[TwisterVision5]

Yay Hobson!