I was listening to The Film Vault last weekend and Anderson flixfessed the movie The Last Supper. I saw this movie a few years ago and remember the premise but didn't remember the end. Had to go on Wikipedia to remind myself what happened(spoiler alert: everyone dies). And then a few days later, Jonah Ray mentions it on Tte Nerdist Podcast. It blew my mind that this random movie was mentioned twice by unrelated podcasts. I only noticed because it's not like it's national news (or even odd silly news), but just this older movie and one of the podcasts isn't movie related.
Then I saw an ad for the movie Last Vegas and immediately called it Vegas Space Cowboys. You know, old guys getting together for one last big blah blah blah. Then I had to think if any of the guys were in both and how many Oscars are we talking about? Well, Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline have a total of six wins and fifteen nominations. Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner, and Donald Southerland have six wins (including one honorary) and fifteen nominations.
By the way, I am proud I could name the actors and mostly nail the awards (though I was off based on the whole producer crap) with a small assist from IMDb. The nomination for best sound editing for Space Cowboys does not count in this calculation. Nor do the wins and nominations of the others beyond the top four(sorry James Cromwell and Marcia Gay Harden). Also I'm not going to break it down into acting, directing, producing because Eastwood and Douglas have non acting awards.
And after the final count I just realized how cool it is that the numbers match. Last Vegas is more spread out and Clint Eastwood is doing most of the lifting for Space Cowboys (sorry Donald Sutherland).
But just to blow your mind, when I was young, I read in the newspaper an article about the movie Heartburn starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. They have since been nominated and won more awards since I read it, but as of today, the have a total of six wins and twenty-nine nominations. Just for fun, if you throw in Kevin Spacey who plays "Subway Thief" you have eight wins and thirty-one nominations.
You see where my brain goes when I let it and have an internet connection to look things up? Man, I need a new hobby. Or a real one. Oh, but the point of me bringing up The Last Supper and Space Cowboys is that I thought Last Vegas was Vegas Space Cowboys. Well, then I walk into my local deli this week and see it playing on the TV. Spooky? Crazy? Random? Yes to all, but now that I wrote about it, I can move on. Stupid award and nomination mental side track. Still cool though.
