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Oscars
The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, are an annual awards ceremony. Awards are given out for cinematic excellence. The awards ceremony is held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Did Enemy at the Gates receive any Academy Awards?
Enemy at the Gates was not nominated for an Oscar/Academy Award.
It was nominated in other venues, but did not win any awards.
Nominated for a "Harry Award", a "Golden Reel Award" , and Audience Awards for Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Director.
The three (3) Academy Award (Oscar) winners for Hud(1963) are:
- Melvyn Douglas - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Melvyn Douglas was not present at the awards ceremony. His co-star Brandon De Wilde accepted the award on his behalf.
- Patricia Neal - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Patricia Neal was not present at the awards ceremony. Annabella accepted the award on her behalf.
- James Wong Howe - Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Dr . Seuss was in the US Army's animation department where he was involved in the documentary "Design For Death" which went on to win an Academy Award for best documentary .
How many awards were presented at the first Oscar ceremony?
At the first Academy Awards ceremony, twelve Oscars were distributed (compared to 24 at the last ceremony). In addition, there were also two honorary awards.
- Outstanding Picture, Production
- Unique and Artistic Production
- Best Director, Comedy Picture
- Best Director, Dramatic Picture
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Writing, Original Story
- Best Writing, Adapted Story
- Best Cinematography
- Best Art Direction
- Best Engineering Effects
- Best Writing, Title Writing
- Honorary Award - Charles Chaplin - "For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus".
- Warner Brothers Production - "For producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry".
Do Oscar winners keep their statues?
I've heard that they do get to keep it but it's not the one that they give out when they announce their name when they win people backstage have the actual statue then they give it to whomever won.
What Oscars did The Bridge on River Kwai win?
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) was nominated for eight Academy Awards (Oscar). It won seven:
- Best Actor in a Leading Role - Alec Guinness - Alec Guinness was not present at the awards ceremony. Jean Simmons accepted the award on his behalf.
- Best Cinematography - Jack Hildyard
- Best Director - David Lean
- Best Film Editing - Peter Taylor
- Best Music, Scoring - Malcolm Arnold
- Best Picture - Sam Spiegel
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Pierre Boulle and Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson - Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and received no screen credit. They were posthumously awarded Oscars in 1984. Pierre Boulle was not present at the awards ceremony. Kim Novak accepted the award on his behalf.
- Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Sessue Hayakawa
What is the cash value of Oscar award?
There is no prize money attached to an Academy Award (Oscar), and the statuette remains the property of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). On occassion, the stattuettes have been sold from one collector to another. If these sales are made public, then the Academy can sue for the statuette. Steven Speilberg is known to have found Clark Gable's only Oscar for sale once. He purchased it and returned it to the Academy for safe keeping.
What Oscar Best Picture Winners that start with the letter d?
The Deer Hunter, Driving Miss Daisy, Dances with Wolves.
Did Hoosiers win any Academy Awards?
No it was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and for Best Score, but didn't win.
What did Debra winger win an Academy Award for?
To date she has only been nominated, but never won, an academy award.
How many Oscars has Sidney Poitier won?
Siney Pointer has won many film awards.
- Won - Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Lilies of the Field (1963)
- Won - BAFTA Film Award - Best Foreign Actor for: The Defiant Ones (1958) USA.
- Won - Silver Berlin Bear - Best Actor for: Lilies of the Field (1963)
- Won - Silver Berlin Bear - Best Actor for: The Defiant Ones (1958)
- Won - Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) for: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Won - Golden Apple - Male Star of the Year
- Won - Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Lilies of the Field (1963)
- Won - Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special for: The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) (TV)
- Won - Prize San Sebastián - Best Actor for: For Love of Ivy (1968)
He has also received several lifetime achievement awards which are non-competitive, so he cannot be said to have wonthem.
Who won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 1996?
Geoffrey Rush for Shine.
Geoffrey Rush won the 1996 Best Actor award for his performance as real-life Australian pianist David Helfgott in "Shine."
Geoffrey Rush won the 1996 Best Actor Oscar for his performance as real-life Australian pianist David Helfgott in "Shine."
Geoffrey Rush won for Shine.
How many Oscars did Pretty Woman win?
Zero - Julia Roberts was nominated for Best Actress, but she did not win.
How many oscars has Mickey Rooney won?
Mickey never won an OSCAR, but he has received two honorary OSCARS.
Where is Vivien Leigh Oscar statue?
The Oscar she won from Gone With the Wind is in a traveling exhibit with other memorabilia from the movie.
Has spirited away won any awards?
"Spirited Away" won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards .
What films won the Oscar for Best Picture?
As of 03/07/2010, 82 films have won the Oscar for Best picture
- 1927/28 (1st) OUTSTANDING PICTURE * Paramount Famous Lasky -- Wings
- 1928/29 (2nd) OUTSTANDING PICTURE * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- The Broadway Melody [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.]
- 1929/30 (3rd) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * All Quiet on the Western Front -- Universal
- 1930/31 (4th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * Cimarron -- RKO Radio
- 1931/32 (5th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * Grand Hotel -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- 1932/33 (6th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * Cavalcade -- Fox
- 1934 (7th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * It Happened One Night -- Columbia
- 1935 (8th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * Mutiny on the Bounty -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- 1936 (9th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * The Great Ziegfeld -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- 1937 (10th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * The Life of Emile Zola -- Warner Bros.
- 1938 (11th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * You Can't Take It with You -- Columbia
- 1939 (12th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * Gone with the Wind -- Selznick International Pictures
- 1940 (13th) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION * Rebecca -- Selznick International Pictures
- 1941 (14th) OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE * How Green Was My Valley -- 20th Century-Fox
- 1942 (15th) OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE * Mrs. Miniver -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- 1943 (16th) OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE * Casablanca -- Warner Bros.
- 1944 (17th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * Going My Way -- Paramount
- 1945 (18th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * The Lost Weekend -- Paramount
- 1946 (19th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * The Best Years of Our Lives -- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- 1947 (20th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * Gentleman's Agreement -- 20th Century-Fox
- 1948 (21st) BEST MOTION PICTURE * Hamlet -- J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films
- 1949 (22nd) BEST MOTION PICTURE * All the King's Men -- Robert Rossen Productions
- 1950 (23rd) BEST MOTION PICTURE * All about Eve -- 20th Century-Fox
- 1951 (24th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * An American in Paris -- Arthur Freed, Producer
- 1952 (25th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * The Greatest Show on Earth -- Cecil B. DeMille, Producer
- 1953 (26th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * From Here to Eternity -- Buddy Adler, Producer
- 1954 (27th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * On the Waterfront -- Sam Spiegel, Producer
- 1955 (28th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * Marty -- Harold Hecht, Producer
- 1956 (29th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * Around the World in 80 Days -- Michael Todd, Producer
- 1957 (30th) BEST MOTION PICTURE * The Bridge on the River Kwai -- Sam Spiegel, Producer
- 1958 (31st) BEST MOTION PICTURE * Gigi -- Arthur Freed, Producer
- 1959 (32nd) BEST MOTION PICTURE * Ben-Hur -- Sam Zimbalist, Producer
- 1960 (33rd) BEST MOTION PICTURE * The Apartment -- Billy Wilder, Producer
- 1961 (34th) BEST MOTION PICTURE* West Side Story -- Robert Wise, Producer
- 1962 (35th) BEST PICTURE* Lawrence of Arabia -- Sam Spiegel, Producer
- 1963 (36th) BEST PICTURE* Tom Jones -- Tony Richardson, Producer
- 1964 (37th) BEST PICTURE* My Fair Lady -- Jack L. Warner, Producer
- 1965 (38th) BEST PICTURE* The Sound of Music -- Robert Wise, Producer
- 1966 (39th) BEST PICTURE* A Man for All Seasons -- Fred Zinnemann, Producer
- 1967 (40th) BEST PICTURE* In the Heat of the Night -- Walter Mirisch, Producer
- 1968 (41st) BEST PICTURE* Oliver! -- John Woolf, Producer
- 1969 (42nd) BEST PICTURE* Midnight Cowboy -- Jerome Hellman, Producer
- 1970 (43rd) BEST PICTURE* Patton -- Frank McCarthy, Producer
- 1971 (44th) BEST PICTURE* The French Connection -- Philip D'Antoni, Producer
- 1972 (45th) BEST PICTURE* The Godfather -- Albert S. Ruddy, Producer
- 1973 (46th) BEST PICTURE* The Sting -- Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers
- 1974 (47th) BEST PICTURE* The Godfather Part II -- Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers
- 1975 (48th) BEST PICTURE* One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers
- 1976 (49th) BEST PICTURE* Rocky -- Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers
- 1977 (50th) BEST PICTURE* Annie Hall -- Charles H. Joffe, Producer
- 1978 (51st) BEST PICTURE* The Deer Hunter -- Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, Producers
- 1979 (52nd) BEST PICTURE* Kramer vs. Kramer -- Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer
- 1980 (53rd) BEST PICTURE* Ordinary People -- Ronald L. Schwary, Producer
- 1981 (54th) BEST PICTURE* Chariots of Fire -- David Puttnam, Producer
- 1982 (55th) BEST PICTURE* Gandhi -- Richard Attenborough, Producer
- 1983 (56th) BEST PICTURE* Terms of Endearment -- James L. Brooks, Producer
- 1984 (57th) BEST PICTURE* Amadeus -- Saul Zaentz, Producer
- 1985 (58th) BEST PICTURE* Out of Africa -- Sydney Pollack, Producer
- 1986 (59th) BEST PICTURE* Platoon -- Arnold Kopelson, Producer
- 1987 (60th) BEST PICTURE* The Last Emperor -- Jeremy Thomas, Producer
- 1988 (61st) BEST PICTURE* Rain Man -- Mark Johnson, Producer
- 1989 (62nd) BEST PICTURE* Driving Miss Daisy -- Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers
- 1990 (63rd) BEST PICTURE* Dances With Wolves -- Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers
- 1991 (64th) BEST PICTURE* The Silence of the Lambs -- Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers
- 1992 (65th) BEST PICTURE* Unforgiven -- Clint Eastwood, Producer
- 1993 (66th) BEST PICTURE* Schindler's List -- Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig, Producers
- 1994 (67th) BEST PICTURE* Forrest Gump -- Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, Producers
- 1995 (68th) BEST PICTURE* Braveheart -- Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, Producers
- 1996 (69th) BEST PICTURE* The English Patient -- Saul Zaentz, Producer
- 1997 (70th) BEST PICTURE* Titanic -- James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
- 1998 (71st) BEST PICTURE* Shakespeare in Love -- David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers
- 1999 (72nd) BEST PICTURE* American Beauty -- Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers
- 2000 (73rd) BEST PICTURE* Gladiator -- Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers
- 2001 (74th) BEST PICTURE* A Beautiful Mind -- Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
- 2002 (75th) BEST PICTURE* Chicago -- Martin Richards, Producer
- 2003 (76th) BEST PICTURE* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
- 2004 (77th) BEST PICTURE* Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers
- 2005 (78th) BEST PICTURE* Crash -- Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
- 2006 (79th) BEST PICTURE* The Departed -- Graham King, Producer
- 2007 (80th) BEST PICTURE* No Country for Old Men -- Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
- 2008 (81st) BEST PICTURE* Slumdog Millionaire -- Christian Colson, Producer
- 2009 (82nd) BEST PICTURE* The Hurt Locker -- Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
