Al Pacino’s Best Picture Presentation: See the Reactions
Al Pacino, known for his absolutely seismic performances, turned in one at the Oscars so brilliant it seems unfair to call it understated instead of barely interested. The actor was tapped to announce the night’s biggest prize, Best Picture, and did so with such anticlimactic energy it seemed to confuse not only everyone watching, but the people running the Academy Awards telecast.
Pacino seemed to totally ad-lib his category introduction, joking about doing some Shakespeare before slipping into a boilerplate spiel…