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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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Who won the Oscar for Best Director in 2003?
Steven Soderbergh for Traffic.
Steven Soderbergh, who was nominated twice in the Best Director category, won for his work in "Traffic." His other nomination was for "Erin Brockovich." Both films were nominated for Best Picture of 2000, but the Oscar went to "Gladiator."
How old was Tatum O'Neal when she became the youngest woman to win Best Supporting Actress?
10 years old. She is the youngest person to ever legitimately win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Shirley Temple received an honorary Oscar at age 5. It is her only Academy Award to date.
Did Blue Valentine get any Oscar nominations?
This 2010 film earned one Oscar nomination, for Michelle Williams as Best Actress.
Why is Sidney poitier important?
Sidney Poitier is primarily famous for being one of the first of few African American men to have significant leading roles in films. Most of the films that he is known for doing involved story-lines that approached the problem of racial tension in America's society. For example "No Way Out" (1950), starred him as a black doctor who had to provide service to a white bigot; "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967) in which he played a black man who was engaged with a white woman and how meeting her family went; and "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) in which he played a black detective that had to investigate a murder in a racist southern town. Other than these movies, he also was involved with creating a series of classic blaxploitation films that co-starred he and Bill Cosby throughout the 1970s ("Uptown Saturday Night," "A Piece of the Action," "Let's Do It Again"). Another blaxploitation film that he made in the seventies that I believe is highly underrated is "Buck and the Preacher," which starred not only Poitier, but Ruby Dee and Harry Belafonte. I think that this movie is ground breaking because it's one of the few movies that exist that tell an "Old West" story from the perspective of black characters. In general, Poitier should be credited with breaking down racial barriers in Hollywood cinema based on these different roles he's played.
What film won 8 Oscars in 2008?
According to the Academy database, only six (6) people have won exactly 8 Oscars.
- 8 Richard Edlund (visual effects)
- 8 Edith Head (costume design)
- 8 Alan Menken (music)
- 8 Edward H. Reichard (science and technology)
- 8 Loren L. Ryder (science and technology)
- 8 Edwin B. Willis (art direction)
No actor, director or writer has won anywhere near 8 Oscars.
Upon receiving an Oscar for Best Actress who said Hello gorgeous to the statue?
Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968).
How many Oscars did Shelley winters win?
Two: best actress in a supporting role in 1959's The Diary of Anne Frank and 1965's A Patch of Blue.
Which Indian director won the lifetime achievement Oscar award in 1992?
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Three honorary awards were presented as well as the Thalberg Award, but none of the recipients were Indian.
Honorary Academy Awards
- Lauren Bacall (an American actress)
- Roger Corman (an American producer)
- Gordon Willis (an American cinematographer)
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- John Calley (an American Film studio executive)
How many Oscars did The Pirates of the Caribbean win?
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl(2003) was nominated for five Oscars: Best Actor, Sound, Sound Editing, Visual Effects and Makeup.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) won 1 of 4 nominations: Best Art Direction, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and won Visual Effects.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) was nominated for two awards: Best Visual Effects and Makeup.
Did Trigger win an Oscar for Son of Paleface?
Absolutely not. Trigger did win a PATSY award for the film though.
What is the Best Picture Oscar Winner with the longest title?
War and Peace won the 1969 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It is seven hours in length.
It was Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
More Detail from IMDB:
"Runtime: 216 min | UK: 228 min (director's cut) | UK: 187 min (1970 re-release) | UK: 210 min (original version) | UK: 222 min (premiere version) | USA: 227 min (restored roadshow version)."
The Godfather
Was Halle Berry the first African American to win an Oscar?
No. Halle Berry was the first black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won for her performance in the 2001 drama "Monster's Ball."
The first black woman to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel, who captured the Best Supporting Actress award for "Gone With the Wind" (1939). Whoopi Goldberg received the 1990 award in the same category for "Ghost" (1990).
What was the movie Hilary Swank took the The Academy Award for Best Actress in 1999?
Hilary Swank won her first Academy Award in 1999 for the movie BOYS DON'T CRY, where she played Brandon Teena (a female teen struggling with her sexual identity.)
In 2004, she won her second Academy Award for the movie MILLION DOLLAR BABY.
Who won 2 Oscars for same role in same film?
Actors? The Godfather: Best Actor- Marlon Brando; Best Supporting Actor- Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall. The Godfather Part II: Best Actor- Al Pacino; Best Supporting Actor- Robert De Niro, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo; Best Supporting Actress- Talia Shire. The Godfather Part III: Best Supporting Actor- Andy Garcia.
Dianne Wiest is a two-time Academy Award winner. She won Best Supporting Actress for two Woody Allen movies: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994).
What films won best picture director actor and actress?
Three: "It Happened One Night" (1934), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).
These three films also won best screenplay, making them the only three films to win the big five Oscar categories. No other films have been nominated in all five of these categories and won these four awards without winning best screenplay, see related links.
What film earned Jodie Foster the Oscar for Best Actress in 1988?
In 1988, when Jodie Foster won for The Accused, the other nominees were:
- Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark,
- Melanie Griffith for Working Girl,
- Glenn Close for Dangerous Liaisons and
- Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist.
Griffith and two-time Oscar-winner Streep didn't really have a chance, though it was probably Griffith's best performance ever. It seemed it will go to either Glenn Close for her 5th nomination in seven years, including the previous year for Fatal Attraction -or to Sigourney Weaver who was also nominated that year as Best Supporting Actress for Working Girl. She won a Golden Globe for both roles- in the Best Actress (Drama) there was a rare three-way-tie with Foster and Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka. Weaver became the first actor/actress to get nominated for an Oscar in two categories in one year and come out empty-handed (but not the last one). Young Foster was a surprise winner for The Accused sole nomination.
In 1991, when Foster won for The Silence of the Lambs, the other nominees were:
- Susan Sarandon and
- Geena Davis for Thelma & Louise,
- Laura Dern for Rambling Rose and
- Bette Midler for For the Boys.
Though Davis won 3 years earlier as Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist, it seemed that she and Sarandon ruled each other out (stupid, but it happens). Dern had no chance for her movie. Midler seemed like a good bet, she didn't win for The Rose, she won a Golden Globe for Boys, but it came down to the fact that people really liked The Silence of the Lambs and Foster, and the movie swept the board with the top 5 awards.
What actor was nominated for a Oscar r for playing a alien?
Jeff Bridges for "John Carpenter's Starman"(1984)
Who has the most Best Actress Oscar Award wins?
Katharine Hepburn won four Oscars for Best Actress during her distinguished career. She won for the movies "Morning Glory" (1932/1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968) and "On Golden Pond" (1981).
How many times has John Wayne been nominated for an Oscar?
John Wayne was nominated three times for Academy Awards -- twice as an actor and once as a producer. He won one Oscar for acting. The roles and movies are as follows (Oscar wins in bold):
- Sgt. John M. Stryker in "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949). Best Actor.
- U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn in "True Grit" (1969). Best Actor.
Wayne also received a 1960 Academy Award nomination for producing "The Alamo," which was up for Best Picture.
What movie won the 1986 Best Picture?
Many people won Academy Awards in 1986, the winners of the "major" awards are listed below, see related links for a more complete list.
- Paul Newman - Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Color of Money (1986)
- Michael Caine - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Marlee Matlin - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Children of a Lesser God (1986)
- Dianne Wiest - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Oliver Stone - Best Director - Platoon(1986)
- Arnold Kopelson, Producer - Best Picture - Platoon (1986)
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - A Room with a View(1986)
- Woody Allen - Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
What actors and actresses appeared in The Best of the Santa Monicas - 2003?
The cast of Santa Monica Moms - 2013 includes: Jordan Butler Kyle Costas as Ironic Son Kirsten Gronfield as Brooke Tate Hanyok as Danya Brett Jacobsen as Ironic Dad Jayden Laufer as Obama Talia Rida as Pepper
How many African Americans nominated for Oscar's Best Director?
For now, only one: John Singleton for Boyz n the Hood(1991).
What film did John Mills win an Oscar for?
John Mills won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the 1970 movie Ryan's Daughter.
