iamtheju
iamtheju t1_jd7p5jb wrote
Reply to comment by hotpants86 in TIL that Al Pacino boycotted the 45th academy awards in 1973, because despite having more screen time than Marlon Brando, he was nominated for best supporting actor and not best actor. by VengefulMight
You nominate for the Oscar you think you can win. It happens all the time. It's understandable that he wanted the bigger nomination but the other poster is correct that he had no chance against Brando.
iamtheju t1_iwixros wrote
Reminds me of the game Proteus.
iamtheju t1_itnyj2a wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL One of the only pieces of Hitler's dream reconstruction of Berlin as Germania is an enormous concrete cylinder in the Tiergarten neighborhood. It's called the Schwerbelastungskörper which translates as "heavy load-bearing body." It was to test the load-bearing capability of the ground. by muttmutt2112
I tend to think that Hitler spending more energy on his architectural dream and less elsewhere would have been the better direction.
iamtheju t1_jdba01k wrote
Reply to comment by hotpants86 in TIL that Al Pacino boycotted the 45th academy awards in 1973, because despite having more screen time than Marlon Brando, he was nominated for best supporting actor and not best actor. by VengefulMight
I would bet that most of the time if they are spending the large amount not of money it costs to campaign for an Oscar nomination they would want to win.
I'm not saying it's right to be nominated in the lower prestige category than the role you played, I'm just saying it's not uncommon.