- Release Date: 1966
- Runtime: 119 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker ... see all
- Director: Russell Rouse
- Plot: Frankie Fane has clawed his way to the top of the Hollywood heap. Now, as he's preparing to win his Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly reminisces over their life together,... Read more
User Reviews
An Oscar for THE OSCAR
Jun 16, 2008
frankiefain - yahoo.com
Jun 16, 2008frankiefain - yahoo.com
Three renound screenwriters,including SCI-FI legened Harlan Ellison, have pooled their talents to bless us with the greatest unintentional comedy since SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER. Every single line of dialogue delivered in this gem is funnier than the last.The more dramatic the scene,... Full review
Ruthless young actor will stop at nothing for that Oscar nomination
Oct 20, 2005
shell46nopaddle - imdb.com
Oct 20, 2005shell46nopaddle - imdb.com
I also love this movie. I first saw it about 12-15 years ago on a short-lived series on TNT called "Bad movies we love" or something like that. For many years I traditionally watched it right before the Oscar broadcast.... Full review
Burt Lancaster in the Spanish Armada?
Aug 23, 2005
diamondgroup - imdb.com
Aug 23, 2005diamondgroup - imdb.com
I believe that this movie was a career killer for Stephen Boyd. He made a brief resurgence in Fantastic Voyage, but the die was cast after this epic.If you look at his career after making this film, you will definitely... Full review
"The Oscar"
Feb 12, 2005
abcpc - imdb.com
Feb 12, 2005abcpc - imdb.com
When oh WHEN, will whom ever owns the rights to this classic HOOT, ever release it on video (VHS/DVD)? I'd buy it in a NANU SECOND! It's got to be the funniest "Drama" ever! The fact that NOBODY involved in... Full review
"When You Lie Down With Dogs.....
Aug 15, 2003
John - imdb.com
Aug 15, 2003John - imdb.com
....you come up smelling like fleas". One of the lines actually spoken (by Tony Bennett)in "The Oscar". Words can not describe this film. It is so so bad...it is GREAT! Stephen Boyd's performance is way way way over the top... Full review
"What Makes Frankie Run?"
Jul 24, 2003
halmp-1 - imdb.com
Jul 24, 2003halmp-1 - imdb.com
Above and beyond all the semi-enjoyable camp and melodrama of "The Oscar" is this...and it doesn't surface until the final scene, and final bit of dialogue: Frank Sinatra is shown to be the "good guy"...the role model for Frank Fane... Full review
Gloriously bad
May 14, 2003
Brian W. Fairbanks - imdb.com
May 14, 2003Brian W. Fairbanks - imdb.com
Did Harlan Ellison really contribute to the screenplay of this film? Did he really script the scene at the end when Oscar nominations are read and we find that Richard Burton is a nominee for something called "Grapes In Winter"?... Full review
Grab your friends, this is a bad-great campy film!
Apr 20, 2003
lambiepie-2 - imdb.com
Apr 20, 2003lambiepie-2 - imdb.com
I just saw this film and I had to go out to buy it. Why? it's so bad its good!This film was supposed to show all the nasty side of how an Oscar nomination goes to the head of its... Full review
The Oscar for Best Over-Actor goes to...
Nov 13, 2002
Poseidon-3 - imdb.com
Nov 13, 2002Poseidon-3 - imdb.com
This obscure, sublimely over-heated film is a second cousin to "Valley of the Dolls" in terms of pure, unadulterated Hollywood camp. The film is like a massive wad of cotton candy for those who enjoy a two hour trip to... Full review
Don't miss Tony Bennett as Hymie Kelly!
Jul 21, 2002
moonspinner55 - imdb.com
Jul 21, 2002moonspinner55 - imdb.com
Absolutely atrocious film from producer Joseph Levine, here ripping the lid off the Hollywood can but getting nothing out of it except hot air. Ruthless Stephen Boyd scratches his way up from seamy strip joints (as manager for the non-blushing... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jan 29, 2008KQEK
Charlton Heston, for example, was smack in the middle of his historical figure fetish, having appeared in the Oscar-winning Ben-Hur (1959) and in a string of period films that included The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), The War Lord (1965), and Khartoum (1966), whereas director Anthony Mann had just been fired from Spartacus by producer/star Kirk Douglas, and was still feeling lousy after the failure of Cimarron (1960), a misstep to critics who felt Mann's prior small-scale, character-based westerns with Jam ... Full Review
News
Nicole Kidman Rues Gardening Grief
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2009-11-19
The Oscar winner was more than impressed with her 2008 efforts and really thought she was on her way to becoming a master gardener - but now she fears her previous successes were 'beginner's luck'. ... Full Article
Washington, Nov 9 (ANI): 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle has decided to withhold the trust fund set up for the movie's child stars after reports emerged that they are not attending school regularly. ... Full Article
Halle Berry Says No To Surgery
newkerala.com –
2009-11-19
The Oscar winner looks a decade younger than her 43 years, and she reveals it's all down to a meticulous skincare routine. Berry tells OK! magazine, 'I'm not one of those people who opts for plastic surgery, so my philosophy... ... Full Article
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz has refused to confirm or deny engagement to actor beau Javier Bardem. The Oscar winning star sparked engagement rumours, after she was spotted sporting a sapphire-and-diamond sparkler on her ring finger at... ... Full Article
Denzel Washington cheers on son
msn.com –
2009-11-16
Denzel Washington was spotted cheering on his son Malcolm's first university basketball game. The Oscar -winning actor's 18-year-old son attends the University of Pennsylvania. Proud dad Denzel sat three rows behind his son's team's bench during the Quakers' season opener... ... Full Article
The Oscar winner for ''Boys Don''t Cry'' and ''Million Dollar Baby'' believes that her success came from the opportunities, which came in the months after she was axed from the US teen drama series. ... Full Article

Tony Bennett's Meltdown in "The Oscar"
The Oscar - Highlights

