Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Steisand presented the 2004 Best Picture award to the producers of "Million Dollar Baby": Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1941 went to "How Green Was My Valley," directed by John Ford.In 1941 at the 14th Annual Academy Awards, Best PIcture went to How Green Was My Valley, directed by John Ford and starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara and Anna Lee (who later went on to star on General Hospital as Lila Quartermaine for many, many years until her death in May, 2004). Also of note is that in 1941 the Academy had not limited the amount of nominees in a category so it beat nine other films that year. The other nominees were Suspicion, Citizen Kane, Blossoms in the Dust, Sergeant York, The Maltese Falcon, The Little Foxes, Here Comes Mister Jordon, Hold Back the Dawn and One Foot in Heaven.
The film to win Best Picture at the 76th Annual Academy Awards was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It not only won the Best Picture award, but also a record-setting 11 Oscars overall. Only 2 other films have completed the feat of 11 Oscars, Titanic and Ben-Hur.
Amadeus (1984) won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Picture at the 57th Academy Awards presented March 25, 1985at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack Lemmon.
There are currently six special awards regularly presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS): (1) Academy Honorary Award, (2) Special Achievement Academy Award, (3) Academy Scientific and Technical Award, (4) Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, (5) Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and (6) Gordon E. Sawyer Award.The honorary award is not presented every year, but many years there is more than one recipient, so more than 100 people have received the award. Sometimes the recipient receives an Oscar stattuette, but not always. The most recent recipients are listed below, for a complete list, please follow the related link below.2000 - At the 73rd Academy Awards, Jack Cardiff received an honorary award for "master[y] of light and color," and Ernest Lehman received an honoary award "in appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work."2001 - At the 74th Academy Awards, Sidney Poitierreceived an honorary award "in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human," and Robert Redford received an honorary award as an "Actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere."2002 - At the 75th Academy Awards, Peter O'Toole "whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters," received an honorary award.2003 - At the 76th Academy Awards, Blake Edwardsreceived an honorary award "in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen."2004 - At the 77th Academy Awards, Sidney Lumet received an honorary award "in recognition of his brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture."2005 - At the 78th Academy Awards Robert Altman received an honorary award "in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike."2006 - At the 79th Academy Awards, Ennio Morriconereceived an honorary award "in recognition of his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music."2007 - At the 80th Academy Awards, Robert F. Boylereceived an honoary award "in recognition of one of cinema's great careers in art direction."2008 - At the 81st Academy Awards, no honorary award was presented.2009 - At the 82nd Academy Awards, Lauren Bacall,Roger Corman, and Gordon Willis will receive honorary awards.
According to Wikipedia, Crash (2004) received a total of 60 award nominations, winning 24 of them; 6 out of the 60 were Academy Award nominations, of which 3 were won (for Best Picture, Best Editing and Best Screenplay - Original).
The Best Picture Oscar for 2004 went to "Million Dollar Baby."
Heath Miller, a tight end from the University of Virginia, won the John Mackey Award in 2004. The award is presented annually to the top tight end in college football.
"Waltz With Bashir" (Israel)"Revanche" (Austria)"The Class" (France)"Der Baader Meinhof Komplex" (Germany)* "Departures" (Japan)
The Aviator.
The 2004 movie was not nominated for any Academy Awards or Golden Globes.
Zero. He was nominated for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay for Rocky (1976), but didn't win.Stallone, who received two 1976 nominations for "Rocky" (Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay), has never won an Academy Award.
Her 2010 Best Actress win for "Black Swan" was her first Academy Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress of 2004 for "Closer."