With the exception of a few outliers, movies nominated for an Academy Awards usually don't bring in cash by the barrel. That's what Transformers and Fast and Furious are for. But if you look closely at the movies that have been nominated, you'll notice a couple things stand out harder than Asher Roth at Black Bike Week: most of them feature at least three heavy hitters and the subject matter being exploited is something super heavy like the Holocaust, slavery or the plight of a mentally challenged person. But it doesn't always work.
Take Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr's latest movie The Soloist. First scheduled to drop in theaters on November 21, 2008, just in time for Oscar consideration, the movie about a mentally troubled, homeless musician got the Joe Budden treatment and was pushed to March and then, finally, to this Friday. Weird, right? A movie with two award winning actors being pushed back twice? Well, not really. Keep reading and check out a couple other flicks that missed the Oscar mark...
Once Upon A Time in America
Released: June 1, 1984
Why It Didn't Work: Sergio in the '80s was like LL Cool J in the Aughts. Just going through the motions.
