If any of the reviews on IMDb say that "The Oscar" is a good film, you can safely assume that they either wrote the screenplay for this film or they are insane (or both). However, despite being a very bad film, I can see folks liking it, as it IS entertaining in a sleazy, over-the-top and awful sort of way--much like the film "Valley of the Dolls".
Frankie (Stephen Boyd) is a vulgar, self-absorbed jerk. At the beginning of the film, he's basically pimping out his girlfriend (Jill St. John) instead of working. But when he sees someone who can help him move up the food chain, he quickly dumps her for the new girl...and pretty much this pattern is repeated throughout the movie. Frankie hurts people, uses people and charms the right people in order to become the Oscar-nominated jerk.
During the course of this film, you hear the worst dialog ever recorded on celluloid. Oddly, however, despite being nothing but god-awful dialog and over-acting, the film has been given the full Hollywood treatment. It has a HUGE cast of stars and guest stars and obviously producing trash took a LOT of money! The likes of Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Milton Berle, Bob Hope and MANY others make appearances in the movie...presumably because the checks from the studio cleared! They obviously did NOT make the movie because of its artistic merits or quality!! Perhaps the producers were holding family members hostage to get them to appear in this dreck-fest.
Frankie (Stephen Boyd) is a vulgar, self-absorbed jerk. At the beginning of the film, he's basically pimping out his girlfriend (Jill St. John) instead of working. But when he sees someone who can help him move up the food chain, he quickly dumps her for the new girl...and pretty much this pattern is repeated throughout the movie. Frankie hurts people, uses people and charms the right people in order to become the Oscar-nominated jerk.
During the course of this film, you hear the worst dialog ever recorded on celluloid. Oddly, however, despite being nothing but god-awful dialog and over-acting, the film has been given the full Hollywood treatment. It has a HUGE cast of stars and guest stars and obviously producing trash took a LOT of money! The likes of Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Milton Berle, Bob Hope and MANY others make appearances in the movie...presumably because the checks from the studio cleared! They obviously did NOT make the movie because of its artistic merits or quality!! Perhaps the producers were holding family members hostage to get them to appear in this dreck-fest.