Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Should’ve Won: Best Original Script
Who Actually Won That Year: The Producers
Okay, so Mel Brooks’ Producers script is genuinely one of the finest scripts of all time.
But did it manage to deliver incisive, rich, complex social commentary via a script featuring groans and murmurs as the sole method of expression for around 90% of the characters? No, no it did not.
What Romero Should have Done: Added more Nazi jokes.
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squirebrown
Feb 19th 2009, 15:38
erm...Ben Kingsley is Indian....
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sashurst
Feb 19th 2009, 16:56
He's British, with Indian heritage... but they still used make-up to darken his skin. No getting away from that, squire.
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squirebrown
Feb 19th 2009, 20:23
yeah but it's hardly tropic thunder...
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Mart15
Feb 23rd 2009, 20:17
Gandhi. Spelt Gandhi.
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