quote:Originally posted by Jim Jackson: Clearly this is true. It's rather well-accepted that Kate Hepburn's Oscar for GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER was in part a nod toward her loss of Spencer Tracy right after filming. Similarly, Henry Fonda was awarded his lone Oscar for ON GOLDEN POND while he was terminally ill. And I have heard it rumored that Paul Newman was awarded an Oscar for THE COLOR OF MONEY as a tribute to his body of work.
And then there's the "makeup Oscar". Brando winning best actor for The Godfather to make up for not being given the award for On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire like he should have. Most recently, Denzel Washington winning for "Training Days" to make up for not being given the award for "Malcolm X" or "The Hurricane". You could even make an argument for Randy Newman being given the award for best song in 2002 as a makeup for the dozen times he was nominated before and didn't win(definitely should have won for composing the score for The Natural).
