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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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How long is the longest Oscar speech?
It would be hard to cite one acceptance speech as the best. But one of the most memorable was Louise Fletcher's podium appearance after winning the 1975 Academy Award for Best Actress in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
She used sign language at the end of her remarks, addressing her deaf parents who were watching television from their home in Birmingham, Alabama. "I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream," Fletcher said. "You are seeing my dream come true."
Which actor won the Academy Award for playing Santa Claus?
It was British actor Edmund Gwenn, who won the 1947 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as Kris Kringle in "Miracle on 34th Street."
Can a foreign film win Academy Award for best picture?
Yes, it can, if it is released commercialy in a theater in the US for at least a week before December 31.
Algeria's Z (1969) was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Foreign Language Film.
Sweden's The Emigrants lost in the Foreign Language Film category in 1971, and in 1972 was nominated for Best Picture,
Sweden's Cries and Whispers (1973) was nominated for Best Picture.
Italy's Il Postino (1995; The Postman) was nominated for Best Picture.
Italy's Life Is Beautiful (1998) was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Foreign Language Film.
Taiwan's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Foreign Language Film.
Where was the 83th Academy Awards held?
The 75th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2002, were held on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It was produced by Gil Cates and hosted for the second time by Steve Martin.
What was the last film to receive both Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars?
FILMS WINNING BOTH BEST ACTOR AND BEST ACTRESS
1934 (7th) Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert -- It Happened One Night 1975 (48th) Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher -- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1976 (49th) Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway -- Network 1978 (51st) Jon Voight, Jane Fonda -- Coming Home 1981 (54th) Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn -- On Golden Pond 1991 (64th) Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster -- The Silence of the Lambs 1997 (70th) Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt -- As Good As It Gets
When was the movie Wings released?
Wings (a silent film about two friends and their adventures in the Air Corps during WWI and their rivalry for the affection of the same woman) was released in 1927 and won the first-ever Best Picture Academy Award in 1928.
Who is the oldest Oscar winner?
In terms of longevity, the oldest-living major Academy Award winner is Dame Olivia de Havilland, who celebrated her 101st birthday on July 1, 2017. She won Best Actress awards for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949).
De Havilland replaced Luise Rainer, the German-born star who died December 30, 2014 -- two weeks shy of what would have been her 105th birthday on January 12, 2015. Rainer received back-to-back Best Actress awards for "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "The Good Earth" (1937).
In terms of competition, the oldest person to win an Oscar was Christopher Plummer. On February 26, 2012, at the age of 82, he won the 2011 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners." He surpassed the previous record set on March 26, 1990 by Jessica Tandy, who won the 1989 Best Actress award for "Driving Miss Daisy" when she was 80 years and 292 days old.
Who were the only two people to win Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony and Pulitzer awards?
Winning an Academy Award (Oscar), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award in their respective acting categories is known as winning the "Triple Crown" of acting awards; although it has also been accomplished by a set designer and a choreographer. Thirty-two (32) people have achieved this unusual accomplishment. The first person to do it was Thomas Mitchell. He won his first Emmy in 1953. He won his first Oscar in 1940, and he won his first Tony in 1953.
Other artists to accomplish this task are listed in chronological order.
- 1940 Thomas Mitchell - First Emmy Award 1953 - First Oscar Award 1940 - First Tony Award 1953. He is the first actor to win the triple crown.
- 1945 Helen Hayes - First Emmy Award 1962 - First Oscar Award 1945 - First Tony Award 1950. She also won a Grammy.
- 1945 Ingrid Bergman - First Emmy Award 1960 - First Oscar Award 1945 - First ony Award 1947.
- 1945 Richard Rodgers - First Emmy Award 1962 - First Oscar Award 1945 - First Tony Award 1950. He also won a Grammy.
- 1948 Jessica Tandy - First Emmy Award 1988 - First Oscar Award 1990 - First Tony Award 1948.
- 1949 Shirley Booth - First Emmy Award 1962 - First Oscar Award 1953 - First Tony Award 1949.
- 1951 Maureen Stapleton - First Emmy Award 1968 - First Oscar Award 1982 - First Tony Award 1951.
- 1953 Audrey Hepburn - First Emmy Award 1993 - First Oscar Award 1953 - First Tony Award 1954. She also won a Grammy.
- 1955 Bob Fosse - First Emmy Award 1973 - First Oscar Award 1973 - First Tony Award 1955. He won all three awards in 1973.
- 1958 Anne Bancroft - First Emmy Award 1970 - First Oscar Award 1963 - First Tony Award 1958.
- 1959 Jason Robards - First Emmy Award 1988 - First Oscar Award 1977 - First Tony Award 1959.
- 1960 Melvyn Douglas - First Emmy Award 1968 - First Oscar Award 1964 - First Tony Award 1960.
- 1961 John Gielgud - First Emmy Award 1991 - First Oscar Award 1981 - First Tony Award 1961. He also won a Grammy.
- 1961 Rita Moreno - First Emmy Award 1977 - First Oscar Award 1961 - First Tony Award 1975. She also won a Grammy.
- 1962 Paul Scofield - First Emmy Award 1969 - First Oscar Award 1967 - First Tony Award 1962.
- 1964 Mike Nichols - First Emmy Award 2001 - First Oscar Award 1967 - First Tony Award 1964. He also won a Grammy.
- 1965 Barbra Streisand - First Emmy Award 1965 - First Oscar Award 1968 - First Tony Award 1970. Her Tony Award was not competitive. She also won a
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1965 Jack Albertson - First Emmy Award 1965 - First Oscar Award 1968 - First Tony Award 1965.
- 1965 Liza Minnelli - First Emmy Award 1973 - First Oscar Award 1972 - First Tony Award 1965. She also has a Special Grammy Award
- 1968 Mel Brooks - First Emmy Award 1997 - First Oscar Award 1968 - First Tony Award 2001. He also won a Grammy.
- 1969 Al Pacino - First Emmy Award 2004 - First Oscar Award 1993 - First Tony Award 1969.
- 1970 Maggie Smith - First Emmy Award 2003 - First Oscar Award 1970 - First Tony Award 1990.
- 1973 Marvin Hamlisch - First Emmy Award 1995 - First Oscar Award 1973 - First Tony Award 1976. He also won a Grammy.
- 1973 Ralph Burns - First Emmy Award 1980 - First Oscar Award 1973 - First Tony Award 1999.
- 1973 Tony Walton - First Emmy Award 2009 - First Oscar Award 1980 - First Tony Award 1973. He is the only designer to win these three awards.
- 1975 Ellen Burstyn - First Emmy Award 2009 - First Oscar Award 1975 - First Tony Award 1975.
- 1977 Jonathan Tunick - First Emmy Award 1982 - First Oscar Award 1977 - First Tony Award 1997. He also won a Grammy.
- 1978 Vanessa Redgrave - First Emmy Award 1981 - First Oscar Award 1978 - First Tony Award 2003.
- 1984 Jeremy Irons - First Emmy Award 1997 - First Oscar Award 1991 - First Tony Award 1984.
- 1984 Scott Rudin - First Emmy Award 1984 - First Oscar Award 2008 - First Tony Award 1994.
- 1990 Whoopi Goldberg - First Emmy Award 2002 - First Oscar Award 1990 - First Tony Award 2002. She also won a Grammy.
- 1997 Geoffrey Rush - First Emmy Award 2005 - First Oscar Award 1997 - First Tony Award 2009.
Did Titanic win 14 Oscar nominations?
"Titanic" (1997) was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won 11 of them (Oscar wins in bold):
- Best Picture (James Cameron, Jon Landau, producers).
- Best Director (Cameron).
- Best Actress (Kate Winslet).
- Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart).
- Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On," music by James Horner, lyric by Will Jennings).
- Best Original Dramatic Score (Horner).
- Best Cinematography (Russell Carpenter).
- Best Art Direction (Peter Lamont and Michael D. Ford).
- Best Costume Design (Deborah Lynn Scott).
- Best Film Editing (Cameron, Conrad Buff IV and Richard A. Harris).
- Best Visual Effects (Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer )
- Best Sound Editing (Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes)
- Best Sound Mixing (Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano).
- Best Makeup (Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson).
How many Academy Award nominations has Daniel Day-Lewis received?
Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated for five Academy Awards -- all for Best Actor -- and he has won a record three times in the category. His nominated roles and movies are as follows (Oscar wins in bold):
- Christy Brown in "My Left Foot" (1989).
- Gerry Conlon in "In the Name of the Father" (1993).
- Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in "Gangs of New York" (2002).
- Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood" (2007).
- President Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln" (2012).
How many Oscars did The Spider-Man win?
The film did not actually win any awards, despite being nominated for many across all categories. Nominations include the Saturn award for best fantasy film and Michael Sheen was up for an award as favourite actor.
What actor won an Academy Award for his performance in Glory?
Denzel Washington won Best Supporting Actor for Glory(1989).
Denzel Washington won the 1989 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as Trip, the defiant former slave-turned-Union soldier in "Glory."
Which Christmas song won an Oscar in 1942?
White Christams (1954) was nominated for the Oscar for Best Music, Original Song for the song "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" by Irving Berlin, but it did not win.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1989?
In 1989 the nominees were: Daniel Day-Lewis for My Left Foot; Kenneth Branagh for Henry V; Tom Cruise for Born on the Fourth of July; Morgan Freeman for Driving Miss Daisy and Robin Williams for Dead Poets Society. The Academy Award went to Daniel Day-Lewis for My Left Foot.
He also won the Best Actor Oscar in 2007 for There Will Be Blood.
Who was the oldest person to receive an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Jessica Tandy was the oldest Best Actress Oscar winner for Driving Miss Daisy.
Why the movie 2001 Space Odyssey is timeless and high quality?
2001: A Space Odyssey is widely renowned for its special effects, scientific accuracy, little dialogue, music in place of traditional narrative techniques, and for being ahead-of-its-time. Today, it is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
How many times did Meryl Streep win an oscar?
Meryl Streep holds the overall record for acting with 17 Academy Award nominations. She has won three times. Her nominated roles and movies are as follows (Oscar wins in bold):
- Linda in "The Deer Hunter" (1978). Best Supporting Actress.
- Joanna Kramer in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979). Best Supporting Actress.
- Sarah/Anna in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981). Best Actress.
- Sophie Zawistowski in "Sophie's Choice" (1982). Best Actress.
- Karen Silkwood in "Silkwood" (1983). Best Actress.
- Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen in "Out of Africa" (1985). Best Actress.
- Helen Archer in "Ironweed" (1987). Best Actress.
- Lindy Chamberlain in "A Cry in the Dark" (1988). Best Actress.
- Suzanne Vale in "Postcards from the Edge" (1990). Best Actress.
- Francesca Johnson in "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995). Best Actress.
- Kate Gulden in "One True Thing" (1998). Best Actress.
- Roberta Guaspari in "Music of the Heart" (1999). Best Actress.
- Susan Orlean in "Adaptation" (2002). Best Supporting Actress.
- Miranda Priestly in "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006). Best Actress.
- Sister Aloysius Beauvier in "Doubt" (2008). Best Actress.
- Julia Child in "Julie & Julia" (2009). Best Actress.
- Baroness Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" (2011). Best Actress.
What movie did Grace Kelly win an Oscar?
He never won a competitive OSCAR but in 1952 he received an Honorary OSCAR.
What awards did Patrick Swayze win?
- The Aftonbladet TV Prize [1988]
- BMI Film & TV Award [1989]
- Bravo Otoot [1988]
- Houston Film Critics Society Award [2009]
- ShoWest Award [1992]
- Yoga Award [1991]
Which was the first movie to get Oscar?
The only two movies to do so are Sleuth (1972) and Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975). I would also mention Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Aside for the four principal actors that were Oscar-nominated, there are others onscreen but they really are almost extras in the movie.
Who was the first American woman to be nominated for best director Academy Award?
Kathryn Bigelow, for her film The Hurt Locker (2009), is the only woman to have won an Oscar for Best Director. Only four have been nominated including Bigelow, the others are: Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, for [the Italian] Seven Beauties (1976), The Piano (1993), Lost in Translation (2003), respectively. The second and third won an Oscar for the film's screenplay.
The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film goes to the director. And two women have won: Marleen Gorris for Antonia's Line(The Netherlands, 1995) and Caroline Link for Nowhere in Africa (Germany, 2002).
When is the 2014 Academy Awards?
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony -- held to celebrate the best pictures of the 2014 film year -- will begin at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, February 22, 2015. The event will be telecast by ABC.
Is Steven Speilberg a practicing Jew?
Actually he is unusually religious for Hollywood, but more I think out of tradition and "reverence for culture" than actual belief in God. Believe it or not there are many Jews who are atheists who attend synagogue, simply because its their "identity." Its hard to swallow, but its true. Spielberg is one of those. The reason he's an atheist is because he's convinced that as a kid he was abducted by aliens. Although I do not believe he has ever professed, at least publicly, to believe in God, and in fact a lot of his works imply much atheism, he does hold a respect for Jewish religious tradition. Again its not uncommon for many ashkenazi Jews to be atheists, but nevertheless respect the religion for identity reasons. Reverence for Judaism, is seen in probably his most famous work now, Schindler's List; the movie opens with a Jewish religious ceremony.
