“Mary Poppins” was the top-grossing film of 1964 and reaped a lucky 13 Oscar bids, winning five. Besides the Best Actress trophy for film newcomer Julie Andrews, it took home film editing, score, song (“Chim Chim Cher-ee”) and visual effects. It lost the races for picture, director, adapted screenplay, color art direction, color cinematography, color costume design and sound.
The screen version of the 1956 Broadway musical “My Fair Lady,” which had launched Andrews won all of those awards save for adapted screenplay which went to “Becket.” Jack Warner had spurned casting Andrews in the role of Eliza Doolittle, opting for Oscar winner Audrey Hepburn instead who ended up being snubbed by the actors branch of the academy.
Sequels rarely do as well as their original, particularly if the film is as iconic as “Mary Poppins.” Rob Marshall’s long-awaited sequel “Mary Poppins Returns” has earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Marshall’s Mary,...
The screen version of the 1956 Broadway musical “My Fair Lady,” which had launched Andrews won all of those awards save for adapted screenplay which went to “Becket.” Jack Warner had spurned casting Andrews in the role of Eliza Doolittle, opting for Oscar winner Audrey Hepburn instead who ended up being snubbed by the actors branch of the academy.
Sequels rarely do as well as their original, particularly if the film is as iconic as “Mary Poppins.” Rob Marshall’s long-awaited sequel “Mary Poppins Returns” has earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Marshall’s Mary,...
- 1/19/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
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