#harold russell

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President John F. Kennedy meets with Harold Russell, National Commander of American Veterans (AMVETS), in the Oval Office in 1961.

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[Note: This poll is a re-do of an older poll, as the original poll received less than 2,000 votes.]

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SUBLIME CINEMA #673 - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

Criminally difficult to find a good transfer of this film - Criterion has ignored It, and it's unusual for a movie that once took home eight Oscars to have been so forgotten. But this is a profound, understated masterpiece, with some incredible cinematography by Citizen Kane's Gregg Toland.

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Harold John Avery Russell was an American World War II veteran. After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film The...

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Let’s talk about Harold Russell

AKA: The only person to win two Oscars for the same performance.

Russell wasn’t a professional actor. He was an US Army veteran who lost both of his hands in a training accident during WWII. After the accident he was the subject of “Diary of a Sergeant” (1945), a propaganda film about his recovery.

Director William Wyler saw the film and cast Russell as Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), a film about three veterans struggling to readjust to society after WWII. Russell starred alongside established actors Frederic March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, and others.

The film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Russell was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, but The Academy did not believe he would win. In order to honor him regardless, they gave him an Honorary Oscar. Russell ended up winning Best Supporting Actor as well, and the rest was history.

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🍂Must be the season of the witch!🍂

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really a very big sandwich or small gorillaz?

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This scene from GB2 of Harold/Egon is impossible to not go feral. He knew what he was doing in this scene

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Happy Birthday, Harold Ramis!

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Harold Russell would have celebrated a birthday today #botd Pictured with the two Oscars he received for his performance in Wyler’s THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946).

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hey so i watched stripes

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Stripes: Bill Murray and Harold Ramis get in trouble with the goverment

Ghostbusters: Bill Murray and Harold Ramis get in trouble with the goverment (Sci-Fi Edition!)

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was rewatching stripes, and honestly it’s SUCH a comfort movie.. I feel like Harold’s hair deserves its own appreciation post

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How is this gorgeous, sweet and funny man so hot