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In the Heat of the Night

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… certainly wouldn’t have taken away Best Picture at the 1968 Academy Awards {beating out such stiff competition as ‘The Graduate (1967),’ ‘Bonnie and Clyde (1967),’ ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)’ and even ‘Dr. Dolittle (1967)’ – the latter being the unlikely nominee that nonetheless remains a childhood favourite of mine}. As it were, however, ‘In …
Cool Hand Luke

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…Rod Steiger for ‘In the Heat of the Night (1967).’ Unthinkably, the film itself was denied a Best Picture nomination, presumably to make way for the epic musical ‘Dr. Dolittle (1967),’ a childhood favourite of mine that nonetheless should never have been nominated. The picture’s single award went to George Kennedy, who is marvellous as Dragline, a tough,…
In Cold Blood

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… Award voting are often difficult to explain. The omission of “In Cold Blood” in 1967 as one of the five Best Picture nominees is one of those inexplicable instances, especially when one of the nominations that year went to the wretched and unwatchable “Dr. Dolittle.” While only an insomniac or masochist would tune in to that Rex Harrison disaster, …
Doctor Dolittle

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…*** This review may contain spoilers *** I saw this before the 1967 original with Rex Harrison, and it is still a more likable and funny revamp. Basically when he was a child, Dr. John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) had the ability to talk to animals, and now in his adulthood, after hitting dog Lucky (Norm MacDonald),…