The late actor,star of Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Elephant Man, was honoured by the Academy in their annual In Memoriam montage
John Hurt, and the celebrated British actor who was nominated twice for Academy Awards but never won,has been remembered in the In Memoriam section of the 2017 Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles.
Hurt’s nominations were for best actor for The Elephant Man in 1981, the David Lynch-directed film approximately a disfigured man in Victorian London, or for best supporting actor in 1979 for his role as a prison junkie in Alan Parkers Midnight Express. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com