‘The Shawshank Redemption’ tops poll of Oscar losers
‘The Shawshank Redemption’ has topped a poll of films that should have won an Academy Award but never did.
The movie, starring Morgan Freeman, was nominated for seven Oscars in 1995, including Best Picture, which was awarded to ‘Forrest Gump’.
Supernatural M Night Shyamalan thriller ‘The Sixth Sense’, which was nominated for Best Picture in 2000, took second place.
‘Fight Club’ (1999), starring Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter, was third in the poll for Pearl & Dean, followed by Ridley Scott sci-fi movie ‘Blade Runner’.
‘It's A Wonderful Life’ (1946), nominated for five Oscars including Best Actor for James Stewart, and ‘The Great Escape’ (1963) were joint fifth in the poll.
Martin Scorsese's ‘Taxi Driver’ (1976) and Alfred Hitchcock's ‘Psycho’ (1960) were joint seventh, followed by ‘Singin' in the Rain’ (1952) and four-times nominated ‘Dr Strangelove’ (1964).
Pearl & Dean spokeswoman Kathryn Jacob said: "Although ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ failed to win a single Oscar on the night, it has certainly since found a widespread cult audience in its place.
"Oscars night always brings a raft of surprises and shocks and looking back it seems astounding that these classics of cinema failed to be recognised by the Academy.
"The question remains - 'will this year's awards get it right'?"
More than 3,000 people voted for the poll online.
