Ryan Dunn was left out of the Oscars' death montage last night
His movies did well at the box office, is it so crazy we missed him last night?
Ryan Dunn was left out of the Oscars' death montage last night
Molly Eichel, Daily News Staff Writer
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There are always notable names missing from the Academy Awards' In Memoriam montage (i.e. Brad Renfro was notably left out in 2008, after dying a scant month before the ceremony) so it's no surprise that the Academy decided to overlook local "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn, who died June 20 of last year. The Academy fancies itself above the antics of the "Jackass" crew, but Dunn's final filmic foray, "Jackass 3D," grossed $170,321,410 worldwide, $93,869,448 more than best picture winner "The Artist" at the publishing of this blog post. "Jackass 3D" opened to the tune of $50.3 million, making it the best opening for a non-fiction film of all time and IMDB puts it at the second highest grossing U.S. documentary.
While we know box office gross has nothing to do with overall quality, we're just saying including Dunn wouldn't have been completely out of the question.
As I told you last night in my Academy Awards by the Numbers piece, the Death Montage lasted 3:39.9 minutes, so it's understanable that they couldn't include everyone.
Kyle Buchanan at Vulture has more on who was left out of the Death Montage.
He was left out because this dope wasn't an actor. He was an over aged juvenile delinquent that killed someone due to his negligent behavior.— take that!- Including Dunn would have been completely out of the question. There are youtube videos of guys shoving firecrackers up their *** with millions and millions of views - a ton more than will ever see The Artist - ever. So what? Including this literal jack ** would have been an insult to any person who ever once tried to audition as a real actor.— enabler1
- Who cares about Ryan Dunn? Who cares about the Academy Awards? You people need to get lives so you can stop obsessing with other peoples'.— KingOfPhilly
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- As objectionable as it may be, blackface minstral performances existed in America long before Al Jolson. And when's the last time anyone referred to him as the 'World's Greatest Entertainer'? 1932?? Thanks for the senseless, ignorant post. — P2will
- Ryan Dunn wasn't an actor.— p-diddy
- Who cares about this knucklehead?— Wildman Bill
- philly.thompson - you think Al Jolson introduced the world to blackface? Not in the slightest, it was around for centuries prior to the Jazz Singer (which despite its racial issues is still a landmark film).— Politburo
- Whether he belonged in the montage or not, the comments here are inappropraite and show a general lack of sensitivity for his family. Talk about getting a life!— zajaca
- No wonder why this paper / media group can't stay out of bankruptcy...this is the trash you editorialize?— fkevin47
- you want a real laugh? read this gem:
http://dailylocal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120227/NEWS01/120229721/singer-rob-snyder-remembers-ryan-dunn-zachary-hartwell&pager=full_story
“Ryan Dunn was the real deal; through our travels we never met anyone like him. We found out that his sudden death left a lot of loose ends. When the benefit in September came up, we felt the need to return the love Ryan always showed us. We will continue to support Angie and the close ones to Ryan any way we can. We only met Zac one time and recently met some of his family and loved ones and we are glad to be able to support them.”
"left a lot of loose ends".
nice to know he did so well that they are passing the hat for him.
unfortunate that he turned his biggest "investment" into the instrument of a murder/suicide.— ekw555 
I'm sure he'll have his place - front and center - at the montage at the 2012 AHole Awards. That may be the only venue he deserves. Artist? No. Don't confuse $$$/gate with talent. Lord knows, most of what you see on TV isn't art.
