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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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What actors from Gone With the Wind won Oscars in 1939?
Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for their roles in Gone with the Wind (1939).
What three movies have won 11 Oscars each?
It has happened several times, but perhaps the biggest winner was "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." It was nominated for 11 Oscars for the year 2003 and won in every category, including Best Picture.
Who was the first Indian member of the AMPAS?
Bhanu Athaiya was the First Indian to Get an Oscar. She won the award for the Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough's film Gandhi in 1982. Bhanu Athaiya has been associated with the Hindi Film Industry for more than 50 years. She was born as Bhanumati Annasaheb Rajopadhye in Kolhapur in Maharashtra.
What film won 5 Oscars in 1965?
The two most nominated films were The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago, each with ten nominations. Although both films ultimately won five awards, the winner of Best Picture was 20th Century Fox's and Robert Wise's The Sound of Music, adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical.
What is the age of the youngest person ever nominated for an Oscar?
Justin Henry was 8 years and 276 days old when he was nominated in 1980 as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979). He broke the record held by Jackie Cooper, who was 9 years and 20 days old when he was nominated in 1931 as Best Actor for his work in the movie "Skippy."
Henry did not win the Oscar, which went to 79-year-old Melvyn Douglas for his performance in "Being There."
Did Forrest Whitaker win an Oscar for The Last King of Scotland?
Yes. Whitaker won the 2006 Best Actor award for his portrayal of the 1970s Ugandan strongman Idi Ami Dada in the drama "The Last King of Scotland."
How many oscars did Spider-Man 2 win?
Spiderman 2 (2004) won one (1) Academy Award (Oscar).
- Best Achievement in Visual Effects - John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
It was also nominated for
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Paul N.J. Ottosson
- Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger
How many Oscar nominations does Sean Penn have?
Two actually: He won Best Actor for Jimmy Markum in Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008).
First Oscar award won for malayali?
Rasool pookuti was the first malayalee to win an oscar award for sound mixing.
Has an African American ever won the Oscar for Best Director?
Yes. Whoopi Goldberg has served as solo host of the awards show four times, and Chris Rock once. Other African-Americans have appeared at the ceremony as co-hosts, including Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross and Richard Pryor.
What accounts for large numbers of African Americans in the south?
Most people tend to remain near where their ancestors lived. Since a very large number of African Americans descend from Africans imported to the South to work as slaves, there are still large numbers of African Americans in the South.
Who was the first to win four Oscars for Best Actor?
No actor has ever won more than three Oscars in the acting categories. Jack Nicholson won Best Actor awards for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "As Good As It Gets" (1997). He also won a Best Supporting Actor award for "Terms of Endearment" (1983).
Walter Brennan won three Best Supporting Actor awards for "Come and Get It" (1936), "Kentucky" (1938) and "The Westerner" (1940).
WHAT DOES A SCREENPLAY INCLUDE?
The words spoken by the actors and directions for the movie's producers
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A screenplay contains all directions for visual storytelling. Elements include:
- Scene setting, description and lighting
- Action descriptions -- non-dialog actor motions, background action, special effects setups and so forth
- Character descriptions -- age, key character tags
- Dialog
- Extraordinary sound effects
All elements are organized and arranged in a specific format so that each page of screenplay is about one minute of film time.
- A producer uses a film script to create a budget for the movie and hire the director, actors and other crew. The producer is responsible for finding the money to pay the bills for making the movie
- A director uses the script as a guide for telling the story visually.
- An actor uses the script to discover the character, including words spoken during the time the character is visibly involved in moving the story forward.
- All crafts people use the script to establish makeup/ hair, costumes, set design, sound design, locations, lighting, camera angles and more.
And so forth.
Which film won 9 Oscars in 1997?
In 1997, the big winner at the ceremony was Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (1996), which had received 12 nominations and won 9 awards including Best Picture.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2004?
Emma Thompson for Howards End.
The Academy Award for Best Actress of 1992 went to Emma Thompson for her portrayal of British protagonist Margaret Schlegel in "Howard's End."
The Academy Award for Best Actress of 1992 went to Emma Thompson for her portrayal of British protagonist Margaret Schlegel in "Howard's End."
Emma Thompson for "Howard's End."
The Academy Award for Best Actress of 1992 went to Emma Thompson for her portrayal of British protagonist Margaret Schlegel in "Howard's End."
How is membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences determined?
All members must be invited to join. Invitation comes from the Board of Governors. Membership eligibility may be achieved by a competitive nomination or a member may submit a name based on other significant contribution to the field of motion pictures.
What song from the movie Titanic won an Oscar and a Grammy?
I think you must be talking about "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. It was the only big hit song from Titantic.
When was the firs ceremony of academy award?
The first ceremony of the Academy Awards was held on February 18, 1928.
What movie did john Schlesinger win best director Academy Award?
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Which musicals have won Oscars?
James Cagney for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Yul Brynner for The King and I (1956) George Chakiris and Rita Moreno for West Side Story (1961) Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins (1964) Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady (1965) Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968) Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey for Cabaret (1972) Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago (2002) Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006) And actors who won an Oscar for portraying singers: Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Jamie Foxx for Ray(2004) Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005) Marion Cotillard for La Vie en rose (2007)
What actors and actresses appeared in May the Best Man Win - 2014?
The cast of Cast a Pall of Win - 2014 includes: Selin Akinci as herself Seda Akman as herself Murat Borovali as 9 Neslihan Elagoz as Sebnem Donmez Asu Emre as herself Mehmet Erdem Ilhan Ersahin as himself Kino Poet Of Sound And Image Yusuf Sayman
What films won more than 20 Oscars?
Three with 11 Oscars:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Titanic (1997)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Only one with 10 Oscars:
West Side Story (1961)
Three with 9 Oscars (the first two winning 9 out of 9 nominations):
Gigi (1958)
The Last Emperor (1987)
The English Patient (1996)
As of March 7, 2010, three (3) films have won exactly nine (9) Academy Awards (Oscars); one (1) film has won exactly ten (10) Academy Awards, three (3) films have won exactly eleven (11) Academy Awards, and no (0) films have won twelve or more Academy Awards. Ben Hur (1959)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role - Charlton Heston
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Hugh Griffith
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color - William A. Horning, Edward C. Carfagno and Hugh Hunt (In case of Horning the Oscar win was posthumous)
- Best Cinematography, Color - Robert Surtees
- Best Costume Design, Color - Elizabeth Haffenden
- Best Director - William Wyler
- Best Effects, Special Effects - A. Arnold Gillespie (visual), Robert MacDonald (visual) and Milo B. Lory (audible)
- Best Film Editing - Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning
- Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Miklós Rózsa
- Best Picture - Sam Zimbalist (postumous - Sam Zimbalist died during filming. Mrs. Zimbalist accepted the award on his behalf)
- Best Sound - Franklin Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SSD)
Ben Hur was also nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Karl Tunberg)
West Side Story (1961)- Best Actor in a Supporting Role - George Chakiris
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Rita Moreno
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color - Boris Leven and Victor A. Gangelin
- Best Cinematography, Color - Daniel L. Fapp
- Best Costume Design, Color - Irene Sharaff
- Best Director - Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (first time a directing award was shared)
- Best Film Editing - Thomas Stanford
- Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal
- Best Picture - Robert Wise
- Best Sound - Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD) and Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
West Side Story was also nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Ernest Lehman).
Titanic (1991)- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Peter Lamont (art director) and Michael Ford (set decorator)
- Best Cinematography - Russell Carpenter
- Best Costume Design - Deborah Lynn Scott
- Best Director - James Cameron
- Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing - Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes
- Best Effects, Visual Effects - Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer
- Best Film Editing - Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris
- Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - James Horner
- Best Music, Original Song - James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics) - For the song "My Heart Will Go On", performed by Céline Dion.
- Best Picture - James Cameron and Jon Landau
- Best Sound - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano
Titanic was also nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kate Winslet); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Gloria Stuart); and Best Makeup (Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Grant Major (art director), Dan Hennah (set decorator) and Alan Lee (set decorator)
- Best Costume Design - Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
- Best Director - Peter Jackson
- Best Editing - Jamie Selkirk
- Best Makeup - Richard Taylor and Peter King
- Best Music, Original Score - Howard Shore
- Best Music, Original Song - Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, and Annie Lennox For the song "Into the West"
- Best Picture - Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
- Best Sound Mixing - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
- Best Visual Effects - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson
11 Oscars: Ben-Hur, Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
10 Oscars: West Side Story
Black film directors who won an Oscar?
Gordon Parks,Gordon Parks, Jr.,Melvin Van Peebles,Bill Duke ,Michael Schultz ,Stan Lathan,Spike Lee,Orlando Bagwell,Thomas Carter,Julie Dash,Carl Franklin,Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes ,Kasi Lemmons,Stanley Nelson ,John Singleton,Forest Whitaker,F. Gary Gray,Antoine Fuqua,Tim Story,Gina Prince-Blythewood,the Wayans Brothers,Tyler Perry,Charles Burnett,This is only a few that I could think of but here is a link that is more detailed...
http://www.skokielibrary.info/s_audiovisual/av_lists/av_ls_Movies/african_american_directors.asp
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1928?
Bette Davis won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1938.
Who do we gather signatures from in nominations by petition?
In nominations by petition, signatures are typically gathered from registered voters within the relevant electoral district or jurisdiction. The number of required signatures and specific rules can vary depending on the local laws and regulations governing the election. These signatures must be collected within a designated timeframe and are used to demonstrate support for a candidate seeking to appear on the ballot.
