I've seen this movie countless times and each viewing continues to amaze me (for many reasons of course) for one thing in particular: how Mia Farrow wasn't nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Her performance is just incredibly nuanced and just plain stunning.
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Even though Ruth Gordon was nominated, and won an Oscar for this film, it still seems Mia was snubbed. The Academy always seemed to have a genre bias against horror films. Anthony Perkins wasn't nominated either for Psycho. Plenty more examples.
shareThe Farrow snub is considered one of the biggest in Oscar history. Some say that it was due to her recent divorce from Sinatra. At that time, most of the voters were from the old guard and held a grudge against Farrow. She was never nominated for any of the Woody Allen films, either. She deserved nominations for Broadway Danny Rose, The Purple Rose of Cairo and probably a few more.
shareYeah that was a definite snub. Maybe it was because she overdoes it a bit at the end, but everything about her performance up until then was near-perfect. I really think she should have been nominated.
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"She overdoes it a a bit".... you snide *beep* English twit.... I'm gonna overdo you, *beep* *beep* piece of *beep* *beep* If I ever find you, I'll beat the living *beep* out of you. Prick.
shareAs a media-obsessed kid living in Los Angeles in 1968 (with school friends whose parents were Academy members), I can only tell you Mia Farrow was considered a lock for a Best Actress nomination throughout most of the year; it was practically a foregone conclusion she'd get one. So more than a few eyebrows were raised when the nominations were announced in 1969 and she came away empty-handed.
There was never any doubt Joanne Woodward ("Rachel, Rachel") would also be nominated, and the same was true of both Barbra Streisand ("Funny Girl") and Katharine Hepburn ("Lion in Winter"). I can only say that things got muddy toward the end of the year with "Subject Was Roses" and "Isadora" going into release; there was a huge wave of sympathy for Patricia Neal in the former, and Vanessa Redgrave was a real wild card in the latter (her politics were unpopular even then, but buzz about her performance was strong). When the nominations were announced, Farrow found herself edged out.
Of course, theories have abounded: Farrow was either done in by the film's comparatively early release date (and the Oscar voters' short memories) or the Academy's lack of respect for the horror genre - though neither of these prevented AMPAS from honoring Ruth Gordon. Some even blamed the residual effects of her high-profile marital meltdown with Frank Sinatra.
But it's the Oscars, and there's a controversy associated with them practically every year; taking them seriously is always a mistake.
I didn't see anything particularly special about Mia Farrow's performance here.
It was decent & pretty straightforward.
But then, I didn't see why Ruth Gordon won anything. She was fun but again, nothing especially award-worthy.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.
Mia was very good, but somewhat out of her league with the final confrontation; she was almost at the acting peak she should have been, but not quite. But, then, it was very difficult scene.
shareA crime.
shareA crime?
Who would you had omitted from that category to include Farrow? I did not quite believe her at the climax. If Patty Duke had the role (instead of RB Part II), I think it would had been more intense. Did the film being a big success sway us to believe she was snubbed?
I also mention Duke since she WON a golden globe in 69, but was not Oscar nominated; I read that has happened only a certain number of times. So, was that a snub or because her film was not a $$ success?
Farrow asks "whats in (the tea) herbs"?, like she's reading a line. When she exclaims "you manics!", it didn't seem completely at it's peak. There needs to be more at stake; to be unhinged.
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WINNERS
The Lion in Winter: Katharine Hepburn
Tied with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl.
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Tied with Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter.
NOMINEES
The Subject Was Roses: Patricia Neal
Isadora: Vanessa Redgrave
Rachel, Rachel: Joanne Woodward
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I agree with you OP. She deserved an Oscar nomination.
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She was nominated for her role at the Golden Globes but I agree with you, she should have been nominated at the Oscars too.
shareI, too, agree that she should have been nominated for an OSCAR... I also feel that it was one of the biggest omissions in OSCAR history... Another glaring omission that comes to mind on that list is Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne... In fact, Bates should have been nominated for Dolores Claiborne instead of Misery
shareand who would you had omitted from that category to include Farrow? I did not quite believe her at the climax. If Patty Duke had the role (instead of RB Part II), I think it would had been more intense. Did the film being a big success sway us to believe she was snubbed?
I also mention Duke since she WON a golden globe in 69, but was not Oscar nominated; I read that has happened only a certain number of times. So, was that a snub for or because Duke's film was not a success?
Farrow asks "whats in (the tea) herbs"?, like she's reading a line. When she exclaims "you manics!", it didn't seem completely at it's peak. There needs to be more at stake.
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WINNERS
The Lion in Winter: Katharine Hepburn
Tied with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl.
NOMINEES
The Subject Was Roses: Patricia Neal
Isadora: Vanessa Redgrave
Rachel, Rachel: Joanne Woodward
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shareThat is your own post you are responding too IY for an answer???
I would have liked to have seen Tuesday Weld in the role, as she was Polanski's first choice I believe and he also wanted Robert Redford as Guy. I don't know what you mean though by saying you didn't believe Farrow in the end. This was a very difficult scene to pull off, since we also had to imagine Farrow's disbelief at what she saw in the crib. She was a sickly, fearful and paranoid lady by that time and Farrow enacted this perfectly to my eyes and I have seen the film many times over. Not once I have I questioned her motives about her performance here, or in the whole of the film for that matter. Farrow made her Rosemary very believable and I understood the person she was, due to the kind of upbringing she would have had. She was also a very strong determined lady, if a little naive; but again, that was due to her upbringing of being a good and proper young lady.
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Rosemary's Baby aired recently for Mother's Day . . Mia Farrow deserved an Oscar nomination, maybe even a win. I know that Ruth Gordon, who played the overly helpful neighbor who is secretly a witch, won for supporting actress.
shareYes, Gordon is priceless—Minnie is one of my favorite screen characters—and I think the lack of lead nomination for Farrow, could have been due to the fact that the film was also a horror film. I think during that time, only support players got recognized for starring in horror\thriller films. I have only seen 1 of the nominated performances and since I haven't seen the others, it would be unfair for me to say who could have been removed to replace Farrow with. Regardless, she was still deserving.
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Ruth Gordon is priceless in this movie. I could watch her all day long. She is thoroughly engaging.
I think Mia Farrow was extremely good. Besides everything else, she was inspired casting. They couldn't have gotten a better actress to play the ultra-vulnerable Rosemary Woodhouse. Why she wasn't even nominated is baffling. The fact that she has never been nominated at all is actually pretty suspicious.
I thought Barbra Streisand was very good in Funny Girl, and Katharine Hepburn was just doing her same old schtick in TLIW. I liked Tuesday Weld in Pretty Poison very much (I love it when when she slaps Beverly Garland!), but I'm not sure if a whole lot of people saw that at the time.
In my opinion, Mia deserved the Oscar. And even though I like patty duke just fine, she didn't project the same kind of presence as Mia did. It's hard to say who deserves the most credit for Rosemary's Baby. Roman Polanski? Ira Levin? But I think it's fair to say that it would not have become the classic it is if ANYBODY besides Farrow had played the title role.