Oscars Stage ‘The Godfather’, ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ & ‘Juno’ Reunions – CB
Reuniting stars from traditional films has been an Oscar custom, creating memorable moments like Bonnie and Clyde‘s Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway saying the improper Finest Image winner on the 2018 ceremony. This 12 months’s producers took that to a different degree this 12 months with 4 huge reunions among the many presenters on the…
Reuniting stars from traditional films has been an Oscar custom, creating memorable moments like Bonnie and Clyde‘s Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway saying the improper Finest Image winner on the 2018 ceremony.
This 12 months’s producers took that to a different degree this 12 months with 4 huge reunions among the many presenters on the 2022 Academy Awards, for The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, White Males Can’t Leap and Juno. Whereas the primary two have been considerably overshadowed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock simply moments earlier, the reunions nonetheless delivered an emotional punch and a number of standing ovations.
“I believe I really feel moments like this ought to be honest and temporary,” The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola stated on stage, flaked by the movie’s Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, as they marked the movie’s fiftieth anniversary. He went on to thank Mario Puzo, on whose ebook the movie was primarily based, and Robert Evans, the Paramount govt who was liable for getting the film made.
“Viva Ukraine,” Coppola ended his speech with.
White Males Can’t Leap‘s Wesley Snipes, Rosy Perez and Woody Harrelson caught a lighter tone of their reunion.
“Oh my gosh, thanks a lot! It’s simply laborious to consider that it’s been 30 years since White Males Can’t Leap,” Perez stated.
“You imply 30 years since I proved they might,” Harrelson quipped.
“I don’t find out about that. You continue to appear to be a gradual, geeky chump to me,” Snipes replied.
After extra banter, Harrelson had another quip, “Nominated 3 times, however that is essentially the most phrases I’ve ever spoke right here,” he stated, referring to the truth that he’s but to win an Oscar. “Presenting is the place it’s at!”
Pulp Fiction‘s Uma Thurman and John Travolta recreated their signature dance from the film, flanking Samuel L. Jackson who was holding a black briefcase. There have been extra references from the favored movie, launched in 1994, together with “five-dollar milkshake” and “Royale with cheese.”
JK Simmons additionally quoted from Juno as he reunited together with his co-stars Elliot Web page and Jennifer Garner on the film’s fifteenth anniversary, mentioning memorable phrases like “your egg-o is preggo” and “pork swards.”
Whereas The Godfather franchise was celebrated by its director and two of its stars, the sixtieth anniversary of the James Bond franchise was solely marked with a video bundle. Not one of the actors who’ve performed the well-known spy made an look, with Tony Hawk, Kelly Slater and Shaun White as an alternative introducing the montage. You’ll be able to watch it under.
Rosie Perez: “It is simply laborious to consider that it has been 30 years since ‘White Males Cannot Leap.'”
Woody Harrelson: “You imply 30 years since I proved they might.”https://t.co/E3rcohFylv#oscars pic.twitter.com/FoN8ci4iII
— ABC Information (@ABC) March 28, 2022
