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1993 Oscar Nominations: When Marisa Tomei and Clint Eastwood Were More Surprising Than ‘The Crying Game’

Every year, the Oscars nominate and award the best of each year’s given films. Looking back at past years’ Oscar nominees provides a time capsule of Hollywood in a given era, whether the films won or not. So, let’s take a look back at 1993’s Oscar nominations, just for fun. These reflect the year when Clint Eastwood became acclaimed, Marisa Tomei broke through, and more.
1993 Oscar nominee Clint Eastwood with two Oscars

Oscar nominations 1993: Clint Eastwood’s triumph

When Clint Eastwood directed and starred in 1992’s Unforgiven, its box office success and critical acclaim already represented a transition in his career. The film’s several nominations, including Best Picture and Eastwood for Best Director, only solidified this transition.

It’s hard to imagine, but before 1992, Eastwood was sort of a popcorn entertainment star. His Dirty Harry movies were subversive, but ultimately a Hollywood franchise, especially towards the end of the ’80s. He also had the crowd pleasers Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can with Clyde the orangutan.

Eastwood cut his teeth on westerns, with the TV series Rawhide and Sergio Leone’s Man with No Name trilogy. Eastwood continued with many American westerns. You should seek out Two Mules for Sister Sara. His chemistry with Shirley MacLaine is outstanding. But Unforgiven took a look at the legacy of those westerns and questioned the outlaw violence. It remains Eastwood’s last word on westerns.

He had directed many before Unforgiven too, but after his Oscar win, Eastwood directing a movie became a sign of pedigree. Mystic River, Letters from Iwo Jima and American Sniper also earned him directing and picture nominations, and Million Dollar Baby won him another pair.

Oscar nominations 1993: Marisa Tomei

In 1993, Maria Tomei won Best Supporting Actress for My Cousin Vinny. She had been working since 1984 and did a year on the soap opera As the World Turns and the sitcom A Different World. She played Stallone’s daughter in the comedy bomb Oscar, but My Cousin Vinny was her breakthrough.

1993 Oscar nominees Marisa Tomei and Gene Hackman holding Oscars

Tomei played Vinny (Joe Pesci)s girlfriend Mona Lisa, who plays a pivotal role in his case. Pesci probably should have been nominated too for the memorable comedy. However, on the heat of Vinny and the Oscar, Tomei did a string of romantic comedies and dramas. She became such an icon that Seinfeld devoted an episode to her. She continues to take interesting roles today, and she’s Tom Holland’s Spider-Man’s Aunt May.

The Crying Game was another 1992 phenom. It was nominated for Best Picture. Actors Stephen Rea and Jaye Davidson also earned nominations for Best Actor and Supporting Actor, the latter of which is a spoiler for the movie. However, Unforgiven overpowered them. Both great movies though.

Other 1993 nominees

Al Pacino won his only Oscar for Scent of a Woman in 1993. He’d secured prior nominations for The Godfather, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, …and Justice for All and Dick Tracy. He even had a supporting nomination the same year for Glengarry Glen Ross but it was the Hoo-ah that won.

Worth noting that Robert Downey, Jr. was nominated for playing Charlie Chaplin that year, one of his greatest roles. Denzel Washington also had a nomination for playing Malcolm X. Gene Hackman won Best Supporting Actor as part of Unforgiven’s sweep. Emma Thompson would win for Howard’s End.

The 1993 films nominated in 1994

The films released in 1993 would get Oscar nominations the following year. That was a big year for Schinder’s List, finally earning Spielberg’s first Oscar. It was also Tom Hanks first of two Oscar wins in a row, for Phildadelphia before Forrest Gump.

Steven Spielberg holding 2 Oscars

Leonardo DiCaprio earned his first nomination for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, which he should have won, but Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive was more popular. It was a tough year for supporting actors, with John Malkovich for In the Line of Fire and Ralph Fiennes for Schindler’s List in the category.

Holly Hunter in The Piano would beat Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and last year’s winner Thompson for The Remains of the Day. Anna Paquin became the youngest Oscar winner for The Piano.

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Clint Eastwood promises to watch Indian movie ‘Jigarthanda Double X’

The team of Tamil movie Jigarthanda Double X can’t keep calm as legendary actor-director Clint Eastwood promised to watch their film.
Karthik Subbaraj’s directorial Jigarthanda Double X, starring Raghava Lawrence and SJ Suryah, is a tribute to Clint Eastwood and Satyajit Ray.
Surprisingly, Eastwood’s team that maintains his X profile recently reacted to a fan’s tweet and confirmed that the actor is aware of the Tamil film and will watch it once he wraps up his upcoming film Juror No. 2.
“Dear @RealTheClint We are Indians We made a Tamil movie called Jigarthanda Double X. Its available in Netflix. We have given u a great tribute in the whole movie. We made some animated scenes like u in ur young age. Please watch it once u get some time,” read the tweet by a fan of the movie. Clint’s team replied: “Hi. Clint is aware of this movie and he states he will get to it upon Completion of his New Film. Juror 2. Thank You.”

The particular tweet by Eastwood’s team has left Jigarthanda Double X cast and crew extremely happy.
Taking to X, Karthik Subbaraj wrote: “Wowww….. Feeling So Surreal!! The Legend #ClintEastwood is AWARE of #JigarthandaDoubleX & gonna watch it soon… [?] This film is my heartfelt dedication to @RealTheClint on behalf of Millions of his Fans in India…Can’t wait to hear what he thinks of the film once he does…. Thanks a lot@Vijay70269050 and all #JigarthandaXX fans on twitter who reached out to the man himself & making this happen…. Feeling Blessed.”
SJ Suryah, who played the role of Ray Dasan in the film, thanked Clint Eastwood for the acknowledgement. He wrote: “Thx a lot sirrrrrrrrr we are very happy that this movie reached U. my self and @offl_Lawrence we r die hard fan of U sir & our director @karthiksubbaraj sir is maddest die hard fan of U sir (sic).”
Raghava Lawrence also reacted to the post.
“Thx a lot sirrrrrrrrr we are very happy that this movie reached U. My self and @iam_SJSuryah, we r die hard fans of U sir & our director @karthiksubbaraj sir is maddest die hard fan of U sir @RealTheClint,” he wrote.
Jigarthanda Double X pays tributes not just to Clint Eastwood and Satyajit Ray but also Tamil superstar Rajinikanth. The film is currently streaming on Netflix.

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Quentin Tarantino Wanted To Mimic 1 Iconic Clint Eastwood Trilogy Despite His Aversion To Sequels

Veteran director Quentin Tarantino has been an admirer of several other people for his own career. Getting inspired by the likes of Clint Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone, Tarantino directed the Kill Bill movies.
Talking about the movie, Tarantino stated that the Kill Bill franchise was supposed to be his The Dollars Trilogy, Quentin Tarantino stated that he already has a story in mind, the director revealed that the story will indeed continue.
Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman on the sets of Kill Bill

Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman on the sets of Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino Had His Own Clint Eastwood Trilogy!
Being a veteran actor and director, Clint Eastwood starred in The Dollars Trilogy with director Sergio Leone. Being years apart in the making, Quentin Tarantino had almost a similar style when he was making and directing the Kill Bill franchise.
Quentin Tarantino in Pulp FictionQuentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction
Consisting of Kill Bill Vol.1 and 2, the Uma Thurman starrer franchise has been recognized as one of the most iconic franchises of all time. Being known for his diverse work, Quentin Tarantino revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that the Kill Bill franchise was his own version of Clint Eastwood’s The Dollars Trilogy.
“Oh yeah, initially I was thinking this would be my “Dollars” trilogy. I was going to do a new one every 10 years. But I need at least 15 years before I do this again. Uma won’t be the star, though she’ll be in it.”
He further continued that he had already gotten the story down to the last detail and that a certain character would take revenge on the Bride. Stating that revenge is served to all, Tarantino might just make Kill Bill Vol. 3 if he wishes!
Quentin Tarantino Has The Story Ready For Kill Bill Vol. 3
Uma Thurman in a still from Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)Uma Thurman in a still from Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
As the interview continued, Tarantino revealed that he already has the story planned for Kill Bill Vol. 3. Talking about the details and storyline of the movie, Tarantino jokingly said that he could start shooting the movie now!
“Sofie Fatale [Julie Dreyfus] will get all of Bill’s money. She’ll raise Nikki, who’ll take on the Bride. Nikki deserves her revenge every bit as much as the Bride deserved hers. I might even shoot a couple of scenes for it now so I can get the actresses while they’re this age. It’s exciting to know that somewhere there’s a little girl who’ll grow up to be my leading lady.”
Having a high rating in the 80% range of Rotten Tomatoes, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 have been recognized as two of the iconic movies of Quentin Tarantino. With Tarantino allegedly working on his final film titled The Movie Critic, a third part in the Kill Bill franchise might never see the light of day (we hope not).

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Chris Messina Explains What It’s Really Like to Work With 93-Year-Old Clint Eastwood on Set

Clint Eastwood has been a respected figure in filmmaking for over half a century. While Eastwood rose to prominence as an actor, he branched into directing in the 1970s and has helmed dozens of movies in the decades since then.
The Mindy Project actor Chris Messina appears in the new Eastwood-directed thriller Juror No. 2. Getting to work under the guidance of a Hollywood veteran like Eastwood was a dream come true for him. He got to see just how Eastwood runs his sets for himself. It was also a surprising experience, as he expected Eastwood to be very different from how he was in person.
“You think you’re going to get some tough guy and he is completely gentle and calm and fun and cracking jokes,” he told People magazine of filming the movie. “A lot of the crew members—[for example], the craft services woman—has been with him for 22 years.”
“He was awesome. I really loved him,” he added. “Ninety-three years old and completely with it, great notes, up on his feet behind the camera—just a badass.” Messina admitted that seeing Eastwood so active on set and not slowing down in his old age was “super inspiring” to him.
Messina appears with stars like Toni Collette and Nicholas Hoult in Juror No. 2. He recently starred alongside industry-heavy hitters like Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, and Marlon Wayans in the Ben Affleck-directed movie Air. 
Wisdom coming with age doesn’t necessarily mean we have to become boring as we get older.

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