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There were more than five Best Picture nominees during most of the 1930s and early 1940s. The 1944 Academy Awards reduced the number to five and it stayed that way until the 2009 Oscars when the number was upped to 10. After two years of the experiment, designed to create more interest in the Oscars telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced in June 2011 that the number of Best Picture nominees will vary from five to 10.
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What was the first year in which all 10 nominees for Best Actor or Best Actress Oscar were American born?
1985
Did Titanic win an Oscar for best picture in 1998?
Yes it won Best Picture and 10 other Oscars
What film won the 2010 Oscar for best picture?
On February 27, 2011, the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2010 went to "The King's Speech." The 10 Best Picture nominees were: "127 Hours," "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right," "The King's Speech," "The Social Network," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit" and "Winter's Bone."
How many nominees can you have for each of the Oscars categories?
Right now, it's 5 for each category. But this year, they are having 10 nominees for Best Picture. But the rest of the categories have 5.
What film won the Oscar for best picture in 2011?
On February 27, 2011, the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2010 went to "The King's Speech." The 10 Best Picture nominees were: "127 Hours," "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right," "The King's Speech," "The Social Network," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit" and "Winter's Bone."
What are the movies nominated for Best Picture this year?
The Best Picture nominees for 2013 were: "12 Years a Slave," "American Hustle," "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Gravity," "Her," "Nebraska," "Philomena" and "The Wolf of Wall Street." The Oscar went to "12 Years a Slave."
Did Stagecoach win the Oscar for Best Picture?
No. Although John Ford's classic Western was one of 10 films nominated for Best Picture of 1939, the award went to "Gone With the Wind."
Who won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1935?
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1935 went to "Mutiny on the Bounty."Mutiny On The Bounty. 1935. Assuming you are asking about the Best Picture award. There are several other movies that won other Academy Awards in 1935. Mutiny won the award for Best Picture.The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1935 went to "Mutiny on the Bounty."
What won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1963?
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1963 went to "Tom Jones." Based on an 18th-century novel by Henry Fielding, the flm comedy was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. It also won Oscars for Best Director (Tony Richardson); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Osborne); and Best Substantially Original Score (John Addison).
What 2010 movies got nominated for best picture award?
The 10 Best Picture nominees for 2010: "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right," "The King's Speech," "127 Hours," "The Social Network," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit" and "Winter's Bone." The award went to "The King's Speech."
Which film won the best picture award in the The Academy Awards held on march 2 2014?
12 Years A Slave won Best Picture for 2013, with awards being handed out on 2 March, 2014. The film won 2 other Oscars: Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o, and John Ridley for Best Adapted Screenplay. (In 2009, the Academy of Arts and Sciences expanded the field of Best Picture nominees from 5 to as many as 10, and 12 Years A Slave beat out 8 other nominees: American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena and The Wolf Of Wall Street.
Why are there so many more Oscar nominees for Best Picture this year?
In 2009, the Academy decided to expand the filed of nominees for Best Picture from five to ten. The Academy has not nominated ten films in this category for many years, but it is not the first time. One of the reasons that the Academy cited for making this change is that it was that at least two Oscar-worthy films were not nominated in 2008, which many critics thought should have been. Those two films were Dark Knight and WALL-E. Another possible reason for including ten nominees in the Best Picture category is to increase viewer ship. The Academy Awards ceremony has suffered from falling ratings the past several years. By including more films in the Best Picture category, the Academy can include more popular films, and that might encourage more people to tune in. One of the criticism of the longer list of nominees is the new method of voting. Instead of Academy members simply voting for their favorite, they have been instructed to rank all ten in their order of worthiness. This could possibly have the effect of diluting the vote. For example, if the Academy members are divided between the first and second most-worthy film, but they all agree on which is the third most-worthy film, then the third-most worthy film will win the award.
