Annal:1995 Edgar Allan Poe Award® for Best Motion Picture
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Results of the Edgar Allan Poe Award® in the year 1995. For a ranked list of films, try an honor roll:
- 1995 Edgar–Video winner
- 1995 MTV-Movie winner
- 1995 Saturn-Action winner
- 1994 Cannes Palme d’Or
- 1995 BAFTA-Film nominee
- 1995 Golden Globe-Drama nominee
- 1995 Oscar-Picture nominee
- Score: 58.45
With the knockout one-two punch of 1992’s Reservoir Dogs and 1994’s Pulp Fiction writer-director Quentin Tarantino stunned the filmmaking world, exploding into prominence as a cinematic heavyweight contender. But Pulp Fiction was more than just the follow-up to an impressive first feature, or the winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, or a script stuffed with the sort of juicy bubblegum dialogue actors just love to chew, or the vehicle that reestablished John Travolta on the A-list, or the relatively low-budget ($8 million)…
- 1995 Edgar–Video nominee
- Score: 6.45
A blind woman, whose sight has only recently been restored, thinks she’s witnessed a brutal murder.
- 1995 Edgar–Video nominee
- 1995 MTV-Movie nominee
- 1995 Saturn-Action nominee
- Score: 18.45
Hold on tight for a rush of pulse-pounding thrills, breathtaking stunts and unexpected romance in a film you’ll want to see again and again. Keanu Reeves stars as Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist (Dennis Hopper) has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger Sandra Bullock must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour—or the bomb will explode. A high-octane chase of suspense, non-stop action and surprise twists, Speed is a joyride sure to keep everyone on the edge of their seats.
- 1995 Edgar–Video nominee
- Score: 6.45
Whew. Linda Fiorentino is like a home-grown apocalyptic nightmare as the sizzling, sexy dame who thinks “sharing” is a dirty word. Fiorentino, a master of the double-cross, hooks up with naive Peter Berg, a nice guy desperate for a little adventure. There are endless twists to this cleverly vicious story, but the real draw is Fiorentino, whose performance is brilliant. She is the Everywoman you never want to meet: cool as ice, passionate, tough, self-satisfied, smart, and amoral. Bill Pullman is a surprise as a Machiavellian doctor who is almost her match.…
