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We\u2019re going all the way back to 1991 for this week\u2019s episode on Gary Marshall\u2019s take on the Terrence McNally two-hander Frankie and Johnny<\/i>. Here is a film that was a convergence of several Oscar narratives: Al Pacino\u2019s lengthy overdue status, Michelle Pfeiffer\u2019s prestige ascent, and Marshall\u2019s follow-up to the success of Pretty Woman<\/i>. The film works overtime to open up the play\u2019s text, and results in a film about two lonely New Yorkers that we kind of actually like.<\/p>\n
But despite the pedigree and an Academy willing to even nominate Pacino for Dick Tracy<\/i> the previous year, Oscar looked elsewhere. Pfeiffer was also criticized for being too glamorous for the character, and notably turned down the role that would win Best Actress this year: The Silence of the Lambs<\/i>\u2019 Clarice Starling. And the film has further hooks on the fringes of the \u201891 Oscar year: Kate Nelligan shared a few notable critics prizes with this and The Prince of Tides<\/i>, the film she would ultimately be nominated for.<\/p>\n
This week, we also discuss the last days of Johnny Carson, Pfeiffer and Pacino\u2019s lack of nominations past the early 90s, and Terence Trent D\u2019Arby.<\/p>\n
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