'Casino' the most foul-mouthed Oscar flick?
Struggling for some awards fodder outside the box this morning, I stumbled across this little link (by way of The Movie Blog) at Box Office Psychics, which wrangles up the most useages of the F-bomb per film. The far and away leader, of course, is 2005's "Fuck," with 824 instances. (Hey, it's the name of the film...I can use the title here, right?) "Nil By Mouth" is a distant second with 428 instances, while the first Oscar-nominated film on the list, Martin Scorsese's "Casino," comes in at #3 with 398 instances.I wonder how many of them can be attributed to Joe Pesci.
Further down the list you'll run across other past nominees. "Pulp Fiction" (265), "The Departed" (265), "American History X" (214), "8 Mile" (200), "Born on the Fourth of July" (196), "Magnolia" (190), "Monster" (187), "Hustle & Flow" (186) all have the potty-mouth credentials. But clearly Scorsese's 1995 powder-infested, sharp-suit wearing, bludgeoning modern saga is the league leader for awards contenders in the expletive arena.
Red Carpet District is Variety contributor Kristopher Tapley's attempt at making sense of the ever-expanding glut of film awards coverage. He's been on the beat for six years. Email 






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