With today’s overblown, overrunning, dramatics-filled awards shows, we forget what it was like when people knew how to accept an industry award with grace and brevity. To wit, check out John Wayne accepting his Oscar for his performance in True Grit in 1970. (And get a load of that nominee lineup.)
Speaking of True Grit, by the way, here’s a recently released trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen’s remake of the classic:
Can’t wait.
(Hat tip to John Gruber for the awards clip)
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