1. Popeye | film by Altman [1980] - Britannica
He won an Academy Award for his role in Good Will Hunting (1997). Williams's father, Robert, was an executive for the Ford Motor Company, and his mother was ...
Other articles where Popeye is discussed: Robert Altman: 1980s and ’90s of Robert Altman: …direction of Paramount’s big-budget musical Popeye (1980), with Robin Williams in the title role, seemed to have kept the filmmaker in the Hollywood mainstream. That Altman was an unusual choice for the project seemed immaterial until the film failed to deliver the sort of big profits the studio had expected.…
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2. Every Oscars Best Picture Winner From 1927 to 2023 - Variety
Mar 13, 2022 · Every Oscars Best Picture winner from the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927 to 2023.
Every Oscars Best Picture winner from the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927 to 2023.

3. Popeye (1980) | DVD Database - Fandom
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Robert Altman's adaptation of Popeye stars Robin Williams as the sailor man with the spinach can. The legendary, beloved anvil-armed sailor of the seven seas comes magically to life in this delightful musical, starring Oscar®-winner* Robin Williams as Popeye, who meets all challenges with the unshakable philosophy, "I yam what I yam and that's all I yam." Shelley Duvall is Popeye's devoted long-limbed sweetie, Olive Oyl, one of the familiar and loveable characters who joins Popeye in his adventu

4. Every Best Actor Oscar Winner in Academy Award History - Variety
Some of the actors' wins were groundbreaking, while others are mystifying. But all are interesting. Here are all the best actor winners since the beginning.
Here are all the best actor Oscar winners since the very beginning.

5. Popeye Is the Best Movie Robin Williams Ever Made | Vanity Fair
Aug 12, 2014 · How hard is it to turn in an Oscar-winning performance when you don't have huge forearm prosthetics and one eye taped shut? Popeye is Williams ...
Smart people aren’t supposed to like Popeye, because it’s universally acknowledged as a hot mess and terrible filmmaking. But fuck that. It’s an amazing movie that just improves with age.

6. Popeye | Rotten Tomatoes
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Looking for the father (Ray Walston) who deserted him as a baby, a sailor named Popeye (Robin Williams) journeys to the port town of Sweethaven. Popeye befriends an assortment of eccentrics and falls in love with Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall), who already has a suitor, the bully Bluto (Paul L. Smith). Popeye also discovers an abandoned baby, Swee'Pea, whom he raises as his own. But when the spurned Bluto kidnaps Olive and the child, Popeye takes action, with the help of his magic spinach.
7. Oscar | Popeye the Sailorpedia | Fandom
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Oscar is Popeye's balding, buck-toothed, none-too-bright friend that holds a number of odd jobs throughout his appearances, and sometimes accompanies the sailor protagonist on his adventures. He was created in 1931 and appeared in the original strip Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar, and later by Tom Sims and Bela Zaboly. Oscar is something of a gag character in Popeye media, often appearing as a "Where's Waldo?" of sorts in backgrounds or in prominent scenes with a different job and (usually) outf

8. All 96 Best Picture Winners, Ranked by Tomatometer - Rotten Tomatoes
Oppenheimer wins Best Picture — see where it ranks! Every year, after the fracas of awards season and studio campaigning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...
We welcome Coda to our list of every Best Picture Oscar winner ranked by Tomatometer! How many have you seen?

9. Celebrating 'Popeye' At 40: Paul Dooley Revisits The Cult ... - Forbes
Dec 1, 2020 · The comic strip adaptation Popeye hit theaters in December 1980. Directed by Robert Altman, it starred Robin Williams as the iconic ...
The legendary character actor reminisces about life on the set of director Robert Altman's comic strip adaptation.

10. Explore - Popeye Village Malta
Popeye Village has grown from its days as the 1980's film set to one of Malta's major tourist attractions.
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11. Classic Film Review: The eye candy that was “Popeye” - Movie Nation
Apr 27, 2020 · A bomb when it opened, reviewed as if Robert Altman was trying to sabotage his then-lauded reputation and end his major studio pictures ...
A bomb when it opened, reviewed as if Robert Altman was trying to sabotage his then-lauded reputation and end his major studio pictures career, a misfire that halted Robin Williams’ ascent, &…

12. O Captain: Is Robert Altman's Popeye Still A Failure 40 Years On?
Aug 14, 2020 · In 1980, Robert Altman turned his talents to an unlikely character with a live-action take on Popeye – with Robin Williams in the title role.
Created by cartoonist E.C. Segar in 1929, Popeye has always been one of the stranger icons of American pop culture. Following the popularity of his early appearances as a minor character in the New York Journal’s Thimble Theater strip alongside main character Olive Oyl, the muscular sailor man was soon given a starring role in […]

13. Robin Williams movies: 20 greatest films ranked worst to best - GoldDerby
Jul 11, 2024 · POPEYE (1980). Director: Robert Altman. Writer: Jules Feiffer ... The Oscar-winning visuals of the film are so striking that they might ...
The remarkable Robin Williams remains a comedy icon, and even though he is gone, the legacy of his film work lives on. Equally adept at outrageous comedy and sensitive drama, Williams was a one-of-…

14. 'The Shining' star Shelley Duvall on a comeback Oscar: 'I can still win'
Feb 22, 2023 · “[Jessica Tandy] won an Oscar when she was 80. I can still win,” she ... 1980 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel scored Duvall an Oscar ...
“[Jessica Tandy] won an Oscar when she was 80. I can still win,” Duvall declared.

15. Every Best Actor Winner in the History of the Oscars - People.com
Mar 12, 2023 · In 2014, McConaughey won his first Oscar for his performance as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club. The film was based on Woodroof's real-life ...
From Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington to Sidney Poitier and Brendan Fraser, a list of every man who has ever won the Best Actor award at the Oscars
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16. But Seriously: 18 Comedians Who Went Dramatic for Oscar
Feb 13, 2015 · Some were comic actors who had dabbled in screen seriousness before; others were dipping their toe in dramatic waters for the first time. All of ...
From Mary Tyler Moore to Mo'Nique, here are 18 actors who traded comedy for drama — and got Oscar nomainations for their efforts.
