Donald Sutherland should have won the Oscar for this

Louis Virtel remembers one of Donald Sutherland's best roles.

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[slipperyjohnson]

Donald was a great actor. He didn't need an award for me to know that

[iantaylor]

The academy awards, much like the Guinness book of records, is pay to play. You don’t get in for being the best, just paying the most.

[sdowdsoc]

It probably was a good thing that he was snubbed. He didn't need that accolade, and he might have been priced out of further work if he had gotten the recognition from the Academy he deserved.

[slc]

As a young neophyte Oscar junkie in 1981, this was the first big slight I can remember on nomination's day. Still don't get how Sutherland missed out on a nom, as he seemed a lock, with great work in an Oscar frontrunner that saw three costars get nominated (and win, in one case).