Mandy Shortchanged
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tiggerwill — 18 years ago(March 06, 2008 10:13 AM)
Has Mandy sung in a movie? Because for years I thought he had sung in Yentl. Just the other day I watched Yentl for the first time since I was a kid and at the end I said, "Hey, what happened to Mandy singing?" I guess I was remembering him from something else, but I can't recall what it was. It's funny because for years I've had this memory of beautiful Mandy Patinkin singing in this movie.
I must say even though he didn't sing I still love this movie. -
tpcorless — 17 years ago(January 24, 2009 07:03 PM)
In her directorial career, I think Barbra gets a bad wrap. If you look at the three films she directed, Yentl, Prince of Tides and Mirror Has Two Faces, Barbra elicited Oscar-nominated performances in ALL three films. So, obviously she was doing something right and was giving good material to her stars/co-stars.
The performances of Amy Irving, Nick Nolte, Kate Nelligan and Lauren Bacall are all excellent, in addition to the performances of Mandy Patinkin and even her son Jason Gould in POT. -
Isaac5855 — 16 years ago(October 08, 2009 11:06 AM)
In her directorial career, I think Barbra gets a bad wrap. If you look at the three films she directed, Yentl, Prince of Tides and Mirror Has Two Faces, Barbra elicited Oscar-nominated performances in ALL three films. So, obviously she was doing something right and was giving good material to her stars/co-stars.
The performances of Amy Irving, Nick Nolte, Kate Nelligan and Lauren Bacall are all excellent, in addition to the performances of Mandy Patinkin and even her son Jason Gould in POT.
I don't think it's so much a bad rap to her directial career, as it is a swipe to Barbra personallythe Academy and Hollywood in general has always had a strong love/hate relationship with Barbra. I think they resented the way she became an instant superstar after FUNNY GIRL and how she is now able to wield so much power in Hollywood, a town that has never been kind to women in power. Yes, all of those performances you mentioned were nominated, but how many won? None. They lost because they were in a Streisand film. PRINCE OF TIDES received SEVEN nominations including Best Picture, but in which category was the film ignored? Best Director. The film was good enough to earn seven other nominations, including the best movie of the year, but she didn't deserve a directing nomination? The film directed itself?