Altman's Honorary Oscar

The Academy (you know very well which one) has announced that Robert Altman will be receiving an honorary Oscar® to "be presented at the 78th Academy Awards® Presentation on March 5, 2006." As Cinematical's Martha Fischer puts it, "It's about damn time."

Edward Copeland agrees and follows up with a list of other potential honorees. Update: Edward Copeland's "Quick takes on Altman works." Nifty reminders.

Ray Pride presents convincing evidence that Altman's definitely the right choice.

The BBC notes that "Altman is one of four film-makers who have been nominated on five occasions but never picked up an award. The others are Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, Clarence Brown and King Vidor."

The Carpetbagger recently visited the set of Prairie Home Companion, which see its North American premiere at SXSW in March: "As soon as a scene was set up and the actors were somewhere near their marks, Mr Altman would shout, 'Let's boogie,' and the film would roll."

Posted by dwhudson at January 12, 2006 9:32 AM