Actor Burt Reynolds showed intense frustration over the Academy Awards exclusion 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 omit Beatty from award consideration.
Reports outline the reaction of Reynolds to the Academy Awards event and his anger over the snub. Reynolds persistently denounced the event as an atrocity that he could never forgive. Far Out Magazine reported on the long standing feelings of Reynolds about the decision of actor Ned Beatty.