Tag: Pulp Fiction
10 Legendary Movies That Never Won Best Picture Oscar
Have you ever wondered how is it possible that names like Alfred Hitchcock, or Stanley Kubrick never won an Oscar? You might ask – but wait, are you sure about Kubrick?
Yeah, yeah, just for a record let me remind you that names like Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, and Charles Chaplin all won Oscars, none of them for directing. Welles won for screenplay, Kubrick for best visual effects and Chaplin picked up an award in the 1970s for a musical score he co-wrote 20 years earlier. It already sounds sad, but it’s just a beginning….
We don’t have to make some kind of list. It’s going to be enough just to mention those movies, because we’re sure you all remember the titles.
‘Pulp Fiction’ screenwriter Roger Avary arrested
Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary was arrested Sunday on suspicion of manslaughter and driving under the influence after a Ventura County car crash that killed a man and injured Avary’s wife, authorities said.
Avary, 42, was the driver in the single-car collision shortly after midnight in Ojai, said Captain Ross Bonfiglio of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
Killed in the accident was Andreas Zini, 34, a resident of Italy who was apparently visiting the couple. Firefighters cut Zini from the car with Jaws of Life and he died several hours later at Ventura County Medical Center.
Avary’s wife Gretchen, 40, was ejected from the car and found in the road by deputies, Bonfiglio said. She was hospitalized in stable condition.
Avary was booked but later released on $50,000 bail, Bonfiglio said. He did not know whether Avary has hired an attorney.
Avary won an Academy Award along with Quentin Tarantino for writing “Pulp Fiction,” and was also a co-writer of the recent epic “Beowulf.” He and his wife live in Ojai, a popular artists’ colony and tourist destination 14 miles north of Ventura.
