on November 20, 2014 in World News
Getting Liberal Voters to Love ‘American Sniper’
Clint Eastwood’s Oscars Challenge: Getting Liberal Voters to Love ‘American Sniper’ Deep into 2004, as the Oscar race was coalescing around just a few pictures, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator looked like the film to beat. It was classy, it was a period piece, it had a roster of top-notch performances, it was directed by America’s most acclaimed filmmaker and its subject matter was near and dear to Hollywood’s heart: Howard Hughes. Sure, Alexander Payne’s Sideways and the biopic Ray looked like they might give it a run for its money. But both were small in scale, unlikely to appeal… View Article
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