I thought the whole point of the Academy Awards remembers those who have passed is that it is suppose to recognize everyone! in the entertainment industry who has passed away. They may say he was cut for editing, but everyone knows the only reason they didn't mention Brad was because of the circumstances surrounding his death and that he had become somewhat of a bad word in Hollywood. Like, do they expect people to believe that they had to cut down the show time of the Academy Awards and so they decided to cut that time from the obits!??? PLEASE!!!

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Yes. It is absolutely AWFUL that he wasn't included... especially given that he passed so recently. He was a wonderful, accomplished actor and he deserved recognition and respect. He may have had some unfortunate incidents with drugs and the law, but the same goes for a great deal of Hollywood. Mistakes happen. It wasn't good behavior, but he definately deserved to be honoroed for his acting skills. I feel sad for his poor little boy.

Bam Bam, wind your neck in. Do not speak ill of the dead.

The Oscars forgot Brad and the others but they DID remember to honor NAZI PROPAGANDA FILMMAKER, and personal buddy of Adolf Hitler, LENI REIFENSTAHL when she died a couple of years back. This woman made the films that convinced the German people to hate the Jews and terrorize Europe. When she came to Hollywood after the war every director in town rightfully shut the door on her, except good ole Walt Disney (but that's another story). The Academy really doesn't put much thought into their show anymore. Hence the crap ratings.

Lame excuse! Brad deserved to be remembered in the tribute!

We here at Jaundiced Eye Productions followed Brad's career from the very beginning. If ever there was a young actor treated like dirt by Hollywood, it was Brad. For his first movie, he was both the title character AND the poster boy, yet his name was not included in the advertising. At least 4 of Brad's co-stars, including his two co-stars from "The Client," Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon, have received Oscars, but all Hollywood ever gave to Brad was two "Young Actor" awards. Brad starred in big box office productions, and smaller indies such as "Bully." Brad always gave a great performance, no matter the size or budget of the film, but Hollywood always treated him like dirt. From the age of 10 to his death last month, Brad was exploited and used by Hollywood producers and studios with no regard for his health or safety. ("An 11-year old smoking throughout a feature film? Better lie about his age and hope we don't get busted.") When he died his latest film was already in post production, and he had an audition scheduled on the day he died (reminiscent of the death of Chris Pettiet, who also accidentally OD'd on the day of an audition. For those of Brad's fans who really want to vent their anger at the Motion Picture Academy and ABC for spitting on Brad's memory only a month after his death, the Jaundiced Eye Productions home page (Google us for the link) is now equipped with DIRECT links to the Motion Picture Academy comment service, and to KABC, whose news room hung up on our film reviewer when he reported that the Internet was exploding with anger within minutes of his deliberate omission from the memorial reel. Brad Renfro was three years younger than Heath Ledger, and he left a 4-year old son; does that little boy deserve to grow up knowing that the Academy spat on his father's memory only a month after his death?

YES! HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED IRREGARDLESS OF ANY DRUG USE ISSUES,PROBLEMS,ETC...
GOD BLESS AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE...

The oscars suck! How disrespectful of them! I can't believe all this stuff going on! Make an apology already!

Comedian Richard Jeni, I agree, should also have been included just like Brad Renfro and Roy Sheider. If the Oscars are going to do it, they should try to do it right.
Passing judgement on one's death is not their job...honoring people who loved this business and contributed to it should be.
I think it's a sad statement that the person in charge of the Oscars could make such a horrible oversight in all cases...but especially if he knew Mr. Jeni and had worked with him on a recent Academy Awards. Disgraceful!

Yes- He definitely should have been included. There were PLENTY of other parts of the show that could have been excluded to include Brad Renfro, Tom Poston and anyone else they cut out. I think most people would agree we could have done without the clips of 'binoculars' 'waking up from a bad dream', etc.

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Well, Anna-Nicole Smith wasn't mentioned, either... though she died from an "accidental" overdose, as did Heath Ledger.

As for the poster who said:
"why should they include him. he nothing but a drug user. all this guy did was get in trouble with the law."

Um, probably 90% of celebrities get in trouble with the law at some point or another. Check out the Smoking Gun site's mugshot gallery.

See, under "icons" you have the likes of Frank Sinatra and Steve McQueen. Though they both died years ago, aren't they still revered by many? Granted, Brad Renfro is no Steve McQueen, but you shouldn't be so selective...

Shame on the Academy for not including Renfro and Tom Poston. Cut something else in the program down - these are lives we are talking about and they deserve tribute. Cut Amy Adam's performance down a few seconds, and we woulda been good to go!

3:50 totally agree