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- Pacino was insulted by the ‘Supporting Actor’ tag he had received. After all, Pacino’s total screen time in The Godfather as Michael Corleone was larger than Brando’s – who played his on-screen father. As such, Pacino was infuriated and opted not even to attend the Academy Awards ceremony of 1973.
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Feb 20, 2019 · According to Lawrence Grobel, who conducted interviews with Pacino for decades, he decided to boycott the ’73 Academy Awards because he believed he should have been nominated for Best Actor....
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Dec 17, 2022 · Pacino was insulted by the ‘Supporting Actor’ tag he had received. After all, Pacino’s total screen time in The Godfather as Michael Corleone was larger than Brando’s – who played his on-screen father. As such, Pacino was infuriated and opted not even to attend the Academy Awards ceremony of 1973.
Dec 8, 2023 · Al Pacino was apparently so insulted that he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor instead of Best Actor for The Godfather, he decided not to go to the Oscars. Later, Pacino would say that...
Mar 12, 2024 · Al Pacino has addressed the controversial moment that occurred while he was presenting the award for Best Picture at the Oscars. The Scarface star didn’t seem to follow the traditional process...
- Emma Wilkes
I've been wondering... why the fuck was Al Pacino nominated in the supporting actor category in The Godfather instead of Lead Actor? Marlon Brando got the nom, and win, for lead actor but he had much less screen time than Pacino and spoilers. I heard Pacino was pretty pissed about this and boycott the ceremony.
6 days ago · For a long time, the Hollywood rumor mill has claimed Pacino snubbed the ceremony because he believed he should have received a Best Actor nomination like his co-star Marlon Brando.
Jan 3, 2020 · It was a blatant manipulation and Pacino was furious, so furious in fact that he refused to attend the ceremony. Who could blame him? To add insult to insult, both James Caan and Robert Duvall, two of his co-stars in the film, were also nominated in the Supporting Actor category.