"The Big Story" is a black-and-white short film from 1994 by David Stoten and Tim Watts. The fact that it got an Oscar nomination is pretty surprising in the face of the truth that this is only 1.5 minutes long (or short, I'd better say). But they really must have liked the spoof aspect here and really loved Kirk Douglas at this point to give it the recognition, even if it lost to "Bob's Birthday". I personally did not really enjoy the watch. The characters were not too interesting and the comedy wasn't working very well either. Apart from that, I am not a fan of Kirk Douglas, who is still alive over 20 years later, because of his dubious private life matters. All in all, I am glad it was that short, because it just wasn't a memorable watch and because it was quickly over. the Academy got it wrong. Not recommended.
Review of The Big Story
