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Looking back at the awards season of 1998-99, it's hard not to feel some chagrin. That was the year Roberto Benigni did his clown's leap to the stage to pick up his Best Actor Oscar, but in retrospect, the issue isn't that Benigni beat out Nick Nolte, Edward Norton, Ian McKellen and Tom Hanks for the award; it's that Jeff Bridges wasn't even nominated. His deft, hilarious, thrillingly perfect performance as Jeffrey Lebowski, a.k.a. the Dude, in the Coen brothers' genius film The Big Lebowski should have been showered with prizes. Instead, the only...
...remains a very tantalizing lost film. Comedian Harry Shearer - whose report on the 1976 Telethon is one of the finest pieces written on Lewis, and who may have seen the movie - described it as "the Holocaust on black velvet." In what must be another painful twist for Lewis, Roberto Benigni did the same shtick in 1998, starring in and directing Life Is Beautiful and won a Best Actor Oscar...
...brother read off the sign we’d approached, articulating every syllable like our own little Roberto Benigni in the back seat. My dad’s brow had grown increasingly furrowed as his high hopes for finding Iacurso gradually plummeted—our quest seemed dead, having found its final resting place at this seemingly private cemetery just off the arid dirt road...
...might get." With its medieval architecture and steep cobblestone streets, the city of 97,000 is in fact a midsize cultural gem that sometimes gets lost in the shadow of Florence to the north and Siena to the west. It was the hometown of the Roberto Benigni character in the Oscar-winning Life is Beautiful, while Guido d'Arezzo, credited with inventing modern musical notation, was born here in the year 991. Also, the Basilica of San Domenico features an important painted crucifix by 13th century artist Cimabue...
...Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2005). Christian Clavier co-wrote and starred in The Visitors, Josiane Balasko's many triumphs include 1989's Too Beautiful For You, comic star Thierry Lhermitte appeared in Le Divorce and Michel Blanc has been in films by Robert Altman and Roberto Benigni. They have all returned for the third time, and the cast's work as an ensemble is what makes Les Bronzés exceptional, says Jugnot: "Despite all the achievements of our independent careers, being part of this group and forging together as Les Bronzés has always been...