Oscars

Susan Kohner (23) was nominated for best actress in a supporting role for her role as Sarah Jane (age 18) in the film "Imitation of life".

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• 1920 - no award
• 1921 - no award
• 1922 - no award
• 1923 - no award
• 1924 - no award
• 1925 - no award
• 1926 - no award
• 1927 - no award
• 1928 - Wings
• 1929 - The Broadway Melody

A director is considered for an Oscar nomination if he invokes the best performances out of every cast and crew member. That not just being the acting and visual effects but every aspect of the film.

1) Bhanu Athaiya won Best Costume Design (with John Mollo) for Gandhi (1982) 2) Satyajit Ray received an honorary Academy Award in 1991. 3) Russell Pookutty won Best Sound Mixing (with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008). 4) AR Rahman won Best Score and Best Original Song (music) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 5) Gulzar won Best Song (lyrics) for Slumdog Millionaire(2008). [He was not present at the ceremony to collect his Oscar.]

The first movie to win the Best Picture Oscar was Wingsin 1929.

Four movies won the Best Foreign Language Film: War and Peace (1968), Dersu Uzala (1975), Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) and Burnt by the Sun (1994).

1936 My Man Godfrey (the only one on the list not nominated for Best Picture) [1] 1942 Mrs. Miniver (two Best Supporting Actresses nominated) 1943 To Whom the Bells Toll 1950 Sunset Blvd. 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire 1953 From Here to Eternity (two Lead Actors nominated) 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1967 Bonnie and Clyde (two Supporting Actors nominated) 1968 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1976 Network (two Lead Actors nominated) 1978 Coming Home 1981 Reds [12]

1927

No, Judd Nelson has not won an Oscars. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for Billionaire Boys Club, and he was nominated for a Razzie for Blue City and From the Hip. See related links for a complete list.

No, Whoopi Goldberg did not win the Oscar for The Color Purple (1985). She was nominated for lead actress but lost out to Geraldine Page who won for The Trip to Bountiful. Whoopi would go on to win Best Supporting Actor for Ghost (1990) five years later.

Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando played the leads in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. They were brother/sister in laws in the movie. Both were nominated for an Oscar for their performances - Vivien Leigh ended up winning her second one for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois.

Best Director nominees

American Beauty - Sam Mendes (winner)

Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze

The Cider House Rules - Lasse Hallström

The Insider - Michael Mann

The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan

Best Adapted Screenplay nominees

The Cider House Rules - John Irving (winner)

Election - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

The Green Mile - Frank Darabont

The Insider - Michael Mann and Eric Roth

The Talented Mr. Ripley - Anthony Minghella

Best Original Screenplay nominees

American Beauty - Alan Ball (winner)

Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman

Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan

Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh

"The Color Purple" received 11 1985 Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture, but did not win anything. It shares the record with "The Turning Point" (1977) for the most nominations in one year without a win.

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 1955.

It's a tie between Titanic and All About Eve. Titanic was nominated for 14 Academy Awards in 1997. All About Eve was nominated for 14 Academy Awards as well in 1950. Titanic ended up winning 11, while All About Eve only ended up winning 6.

OSCARS:

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Marlon Brando

Best Picture

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola.

Directors Guild of American, USA:

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Francis Ford Coppola

Golden Globes, USA:

Best Director - Motion Picture: Francis Ford Coppola

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama: Marlon Brando

Best Original Score: Nino Rota

Best Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo

Grammy Awards:

Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special: Nino Rota

Writers Guild of America, USA:

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola

Two men named Tom have won Oscars for acting. Tommy Lee Jones won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for playing Marshall Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive (1993). Tom Hanks won the Oscar for Best Actor for playing Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia (1993) and for playing Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994).

James Cagney for Yankee Doodle Dandy.
The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1942 was James Cagney in the movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
James Cagney won the 1942 Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as song-and-dance man George M. Cohan in "Yankee Doodle Dandy."

Ersatz (The Substitute) by Dusan Vukotic won in 1961 making it the first foreign animation to win an Oscar.

Oscar Wilde wrote the picture of Dorian gray . it is some kind of a Gothic novel because it deals with terror, murder,fear,supernatural force and curse.