Actor Burt Reynolds showed intense frustration over the Academy Awards omission of actor Ned Beatty. Recent media coverage outlines a 1973 Oscars atrocity that Reynolds refused to ever forget. Reynolds kept a firm stance regarding the decision of the Academy Awards to leave out Beatty from recognition.
Reports outline the reaction of Reynolds to the Academy Awards ceremony and his anger over the snub. Reynolds persistently denounced the event as a major injustice that he refused to let go. Far Out Magazine reported on the long standing feelings of Reynolds about the decision of actor Ned Beatty.