Why Reese Witherspoon was SNUBBED at the Oscars for Election

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22 күн бұрын

Although comedies are frequently ignored at the Oscars, Alexander Payne's Election did manage a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, but where was Reese Witherspoon in Best Actress? In this video, Cody Dericks joins me for a discussion of the 1999 comedy masterpiece Election on its 25th anniversary and why Witherspoon was snubbed at the Oscars. #oscars #academyawards #election #reesewitherspoon #theawardscontender
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@leotodeschini8212 20 күн бұрын

I think it's important to say how perfectly casted Matthew Broderick was in this movie. He's one of those actors that has a very convoluted carrer, but he has given us some amazing contributions.

@TB-om4dd 20 күн бұрын

Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks were chosen for the role, which went to Matthew

@zman1982 Күн бұрын

Matthew Broderick was in a low point after road to Wellville, The Cable Guy, Addicted to Love and Godzilla 98 being disasters for Broderick but Election resurrected his career at that time.

@jeffsanders3453 20 күн бұрын

1999 was such a good year for Reese. Outside of Election, she was also in Cruel Intentions. Talk about two movies that are so influential!

@singstreetcar5881 20 күн бұрын

The hype people give legally blonde, should be given to election. Election is a more exciting, well written and well acted movie

@BryanCostner 20 күн бұрын

Fun Fact : The author of Election, Tom Perrota just two years ago released a sequel novel to Election titled "Tracy Flick Can't Win". It's now in development for a film adaptation with Alexander Payne returning to write and direct with Reese Witherspoon set to reprise her role and produced it. It's planning for a Paramount+ release

@mst3kanita 20 күн бұрын

That book was really good!

@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 20 күн бұрын

😃 yay

@timrussell2480 20 күн бұрын

He is my favorite author. I didn't know he'd published that!!! Thank you

@BryanCostner 20 күн бұрын

@@timrussell2480 Yeah, he's great. I didn't realize he was the author for The Leftovers. I've always loved the series but I didn't know that Perrora was the creator behind it and wrote the damn book

@timrussell2480 20 күн бұрын

And he wrote Little Children too. I think he was Oscar nominated??

@fallenhero3130 20 күн бұрын

This is definitely Matthew Broderick's best performance as an adult.

@mst3kanita 20 күн бұрын

YAS he got snubbed too.

@VeeLondon1449 20 күн бұрын

Election is such a brilliant film. Really underrated. My favourite performances from both actors, Reese and Mathew.

@timrussell2480 20 күн бұрын

This snub reminds me a lot of the Amy Adams snub for Enchanted. There was room in the category. It just wasn't the right genre

@samuelbarber6177 20 күн бұрын

I don’t usually like Matthew Broderick but he’s honestly pretty good in this movie. I watched this one more recently and I really liked it.

@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 20 күн бұрын

Wonderful discussion! I agree with Cody that her lack of a nomination for this film is the type of miss the Academy notices and later rewards an actor. Being once a competitive overachiever in High School I can relate to this film in many ways. 🙃 Can't wait for the sequel!

@davidbockoven161 20 күн бұрын

I love Election! Another Reese Witherspoon movie from this period that I liked (and that dramatically underperformed with both audiences and the Oscars) was Pleasantville although it would be tough to say whether she's the lead actress or Joan Allen is. (How about a Joan Allen and the elusive Oscar video?)

@meropale 20 күн бұрын

Love Joan Allen. Great work in Pleasantville.

@alpe1987 20 күн бұрын

Let’s hope for the sequel so maybe she can be nominated for that character

@pophector 20 күн бұрын

LOVED this video. Brian, your chemistry with Cody is always so effortless & natural. I loved Election, it's so funny and Reese in 1999, I loved her in both this and Cruel Intentions. I'm so happy Election is going to get a sequel on Paramount+ which I hope doesn't disappoint. I do agree she could have replaced Julianne Moore (who should have been nominated in Magnolia for Best Supporting Actress instead) & Meryl Streep (who I like in Music Of The Heart, though could have missed). Both made SAG (& Julianne BAFTA) though so their nominations are not surprising in the end. Another cool video, Brian! Speaking of Reese, a video on Cruel Intentions would be fun celebrating its' 25th anniversary as well.

@gios7409 20 күн бұрын

Watched it numerous times... it's a satirical film and never gets old...imho...& btw Reese totally deserve an Oscar for her performance

@CineRam 20 күн бұрын

Definitely in my Top 3 Reese performances, alongside "Wild" and "Walk The Line". Been a fan of hers since 1993, when I was binging Patricia Arquette movies and found her co-starring with Reese in "Wildflower". She also did incredible work in the first season of "Big Little Lies".

@junogeronimo9422 20 күн бұрын

This!!! Been wondering for a while now. She was really good in that film.

@maxfieldfulton 20 күн бұрын

I’ve always been amazed by how YOUNG Reese looks in that movie, much younger than she does in Cruel Intentions which must have been made around the same time. It’s a testament to her performance, but also to the fantastic costuming and hairstyling-all of those conservative tops, with their collars and turtle necks, and those babydoll curls. In light of Cody’s remarks, it throws into relief her adultification (read: abuse) by the teachers in the film. Great talk! Always nice to see Cody back.

@bryanalstoncoxing 20 күн бұрын

Election was filmed in summer/fall 1997, Cruel Intentions was filmed in spring 1998

@maxfieldfulton 20 күн бұрын

@@bryanalstoncoxing Wow, good to know!

@fruitcellarcinema 20 күн бұрын

you can't leave Streep out for Music of the Heart! she learned to play the violin in just a few weeks for the part! if anybody gets the boot it should be Moore! lol

@k.s.nichols4060 20 күн бұрын

Payne and Taylor do great work here, obviously, but let's show love to Tom Perrotta, who wrote the novel.

@topogigio2879 16 күн бұрын

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. Almost every scene has at least one glorious line of dialogue. One of my favorites: Chris Klein to his sister Jessica Campbell "No matter who wins, you or me, there's no hard feelings. We're still brother and sister, even though you're adopted."

@BryanCostner 20 күн бұрын

Election is way ahead of its time. It's one of my favourite movies from the 90s, it's one of my favourite movies ever made, it's one of my top 5 Reese Witherspoon performances and it's still my favourite Alexander Payne movie (although i'm still debating with myself about this or The Holdovers being his best). I do agree that she should've been Oscar nominated. I mean come on man, Payne and Jim Taylor's script was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

@jeanetteking434 14 күн бұрын

You hit the nail on the head. I don’t see Reese I see Tracy Flick.

@Jamal3.87 20 күн бұрын

Am I the only one who thinks Reese’s career and script choices were better before she won the Oscar for Walk the Line than after? Before 2005, there was Election, Legally Blonde, Freeway, Man in the Moon, and Cruel Intentions. After there was Hot Pursuit, This Means War, and Water For Elephants. Sometimes I think an Oscar win sullies her reputation for choosing good scripts. Election was not a big budget movie like Hot Pursuit was. And now she’s on that Apple TV shoe with Jennifer Aniston. Anyway, she should been nominated for Best Actress that year. This performance is better than both Walk the Line and Wild combined imho.

@ericryanyawl9401 20 күн бұрын

And on top of that, she didn't deserve an Oscar for Walk the Line, period. So glad you mentioned Freeway. I adore that movie.

@rebeccag8589 20 күн бұрын

That's a good call! Also, before "Walk the Line" were "A Far Off Place", one of my favorite films to rewatch when I was younger, "Pleasantville", and "American Psycho"!

@dustymuniz 20 күн бұрын

Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted and Reese Witherspoon in Election should have been nominated in place of Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@davedavis8786 18 күн бұрын

I'd say they were definitely more deserving than Streep that year.

@mst3kanita 20 күн бұрын

I really wish broderick and Reese had gotten nominated. This is still one of my top ten movies. I think the movie was seriously mis marketed. I think they were trying really hard to make it look like a teen sex film and it’s totally not. 😹 Oh! And the rare time where the movie is better than the book!

@Weezing336 20 күн бұрын

I don't know if she needed an Oscar nomination, but the movie certainly should have been a Best Picture nominee.

@mst3kanita 20 күн бұрын

The very least I wish she had won a globe for it.

@ivanmendoza514 20 күн бұрын

Can you do a video on who makes up the academy and how they are selected ?

@Bluebox87 20 күн бұрын

Best Payne film. Best Witherspoon performance and the ONLY time she deserved an Oscar nomination.

@DrtyALGreen 14 күн бұрын

I loved Election when it came out and probably enjoy it even more now as I've gone from student age to teacher age.

@jamesinbaltimore5487 20 күн бұрын

I loved Election, in spite of the altered ending from the novel. But my favorite early Reese is Freeway, in part because of Brooke Shields (among many others) in a wonderful supporting role.

@duzztin31 19 күн бұрын

Mr. Alexander Payne really brings the dark humor in his midwest movies.

@ItsAutoMatixx 19 күн бұрын

new to this channel. i think it’s always fun to look into who is managing these actors because those are the teams that lobby for wins. maybe reese didn’t have a good team back then to advocate for her?

@TB-om4dd 20 күн бұрын

Where i can find theses behind the scenes have on video to me watch???

@butitsgoogleimages8303 20 күн бұрын

Election is in my top 5 of all time!!

@meropale 20 күн бұрын

Reese Witherspoon was just okay in this. Really enjoyed Matthew Broderick's performance. Also, one image that always stands out in my mind is that of the student who spits at Matthew Broderick's chracter. I never forget the look on his face.

@chrishowson3243 18 күн бұрын

No offense to your lovely collaborators Brian, but I much prefer the solo videos ❤️

@angelcastaneda529 20 күн бұрын

Can you rank Nicole Kidman’s nominations, as she was just honored by the AFI?

@TB-om4dd 20 күн бұрын

I love this movie!!! Reese was not nominated for an Oscar because it was a teen comedy.

@topogigio2879 15 күн бұрын

In 2006 Premiere Magazine published a list of the 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. Just for context, Peter O'Toole in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA came in at #1, followed by Marlon Brandon in ON THE WATERFRONT and Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE. Reese Witherspoon in ELECTION was voted #45. Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY was #83! Needless to say, Meryl Streep in MUSIC OF THE HEART and Julianne Moore in THE END OF THE AFFAIR didn't make the cut.

@bryanalstoncoxing 20 күн бұрын

Do you think if she had campaigned for Best Supporting Actress she would’ve gotten in?

@thankyoujodi 11 күн бұрын

Yes

@arontamas5639 19 күн бұрын

I've never been sure about her win for Walk the line but I'm glad she won.... Wild was her strongest performance in my opinion because it took her out of the annoying wanter type of roles she played through the years and gave her a chance to play such a complex and complicated but most of all very human, fragile character!!

@navidhudson7065 19 күн бұрын

I would have given adapted screenplay to The Green Mile, an all time tearjerking classic. I don't think Reese needed a nomination for this and I'm fine with that best actress lineup.

@singstreetcar5881 20 күн бұрын

Resse winterspoon is not a strong actress but she was amazing in thos film.

@thankyoujodi 11 күн бұрын

If she ran as supporting, i think she could've snagged a nom. Her best role. I genuinely prefer this matt performance over ferris bueller. Chris Klein is a hoot. Reese got snubbed. I'd argue matt as well.

@alexalex-ig4pk 20 күн бұрын

i think this movie could be so much better if it didn’t have a teacher-student sex story line.

@thetrison 20 күн бұрын

Great movie, but Jim's fantasy about Tracy and the scene where he cleans himself to get ready for an affair give me the ick.

@cooperwesley1536 20 күн бұрын

Okay, so I'm not a huge Reese fan, BUT THIS performance is one of my all-time faves. (I also her work in Pleasantville.) As for the '99 race, Meryl shouldn't have been nominated, and Annette should have been in (and won) the supporting category. Reese still would have lost, but that's only because Swank killed it and deserved her statuette. My theory is that Reese wasn't nominated because the character was too dark... and not a heroic figure. She was the bad guy!