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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 film earned Francis Ford Coppola his first Oscar for screenwriting?
John Ford won his first Academy Award for Best Director for The Informer (1935).
1935 (8th) * DIRECTING -- The Informer [statuette]
1939 (12th) DIRECTING -- Stagecoach
1940 (13th) * DIRECTING -- The Grapes of Wrath [statuette]
1941 (14th) * DIRECTING -- How Green Was My Valley [statuette]
1952 (25th) * DIRECTING -- The Quiet Man [statuette]
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- The Quiet Man [John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, Producers]
How many Oscars did Gone With the Wind win?
The classic film Gone with the Wind won nine Academy Awards: Best Actress (Vivian Leigh), Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel), Best Director (Victor Fleming), Best Picture, Editing, Screenplay, Art Direction, and Cinematography. R.D. Musgrave won an award for Technical Achievement, as well. It was also nominated for Original Score, Sound, and Best Actor (Clark Gable). The movie also received two special awards for color and for equipment projection.
Did the green mile win any oscars?
None.
In the 2000 Academy Awards the movie was nominated for four awards (Best Picture, Best Actor In A Supporting Role, Best Writing- Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced or Published, and Best Sound) but won none of them.
Who was the first person an Academy Award Oscar to himself?
Walt Disney announced himself as the winner for Best Animated Short in 1932, and Irving Berling announced himself as the winner for Best Song in 1942.
Who won the most Academy Awards for Best Actor?
1975 Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976 Peter Finch, Network
1977 Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl
1978 Jon Voight, Coming Home
1979 Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer
1980 Robert de Niro, Raging Bull
1981 Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
1982 Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
1983 Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
1984 F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus
1985 William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman
1986 Paul Newman, The Color of Money
1987 Michael Douglas, Wall Street
1988 Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
1990 Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune
1991 Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman
1993 Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
1994 Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump
1995 Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas
1996 Geoffrey Rush, Shine
1997 Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets
1998 Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
1999 Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
2000 Russell Crowe, Gladiator
2001 Denzel Washington, Training Day
2002 Adrien Brody, The Pianist
2003 Sean Penn, Mystic River
2004 Jamie Foxx, Ray
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
2006 Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
2007 Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
2008 Sean Penn, Milk
2009 Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Use the link below and you'll arrive at a site where all the winners are listed.
Who won the Oscar for best actress in 1954?
The Oscar for Best Actress of 1954 went to Grace Kelly (later Princess Grace of Monaco) for "The Country Girl."
The Oscar for Best Actress of 1954 went to Grace Kelly (later Princess Grace of Monaco) for "The Country Girl."
For which films did Steven Spielberg win the best Director Oscars?
he has directed
E.T
Jaws
Close encounters of the third kind
Schindlers list
raiders of the lost ark
Indiana Jones and the temple of doom
the last crusade
Jurassic park 1,2 and 3
saving private Ryan
hook
A.I
minority report
war of the worlds
munich
and Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull is in theaters may 2008.
Who won the 2001 Best Actor Oscar?
The Academy Award for Best Actor of 2003 went to Sean Penn for his performance as the distraught father of a murdered teenager in "Mystic River." He won the 2008 Best Actor award for his portrayal in "Milk" of real-life San Francisco politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1989?
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 1989 went to Ireland's Brenda Fricker for her performance in "My Left Foot."
How many Australian actors have won Oscars?
The first man to win an Academy Award (Oscar) was Emil Jannings. He won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1929 for his work in The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command.
He was also the first person to win an Oscar since Best Actor was the first award presented that night.
What actresses were nominated for best actress in 1993?
The 1999 Best Actress nominees were:
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair
Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart
* Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweed
Who won the Oscar for Scientific and Technical - Gordon E. Sawyer Award - in 1992?
Erich Kaestner won the Oscar for Scientific and Technical - Gordon E. Sawyer Award - in 1992.
Which film was the 1980 Academy Award winner for Best Picture?
The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Picture in 1980 went to Ordinary People. It beat Coal Miner's Daughter, Tess, The Elephant Man and Raging Bull.
The movie showed the devastating results of the accidental drowning of the older son on an upper-middle class suburban family (led by parents Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland), and in particular, the tragedy's effects on the remaining suicidal and tormented son (Timothy Hutton), even with the aid of a psychiatrist (Judd Hirsch). The film's unsentimental story was adapted from Judith Guest's highly-regarded 1976 novel by Alvin Sargent.
It also won Best Director (Robert Redford in his directorial debut), Supporting Actor (Timothy Hutton) and Adapted Screenplay.
The Best Picture of 1980 was "Ordinary People," which marked Robert Redford's debut as a film director.
It was Robert Redford's directorial debut, "Ordinary People." Redford won the Best Director Oscar for his efforts.
Ordinary People won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1980.
Which directors have won more than 1 Oscar?
The first number is their wins; the number in parentheses is their nominations.
- 4 : John Ford (5)
- 3 : William Wyler (12)
- 3 : Frank Capra (6)
- 2 : Billy Wilder (8)
- 2 : David Lean (7)
- 2 : Fred Zinnemann (7)
- 2 : Steven Spielberg (6)
- 2 : Elia Kazan (5)
- 2 : George Stevens (5)
- 2 : Clint Eastwood (4)
- 2 : Frank Lloyd (4)
- 2 : Joseph L. Mankiewicz (4)
- 2 : Miloš Forman (3)
- 2 : Leo McCarey (3)
- 2 : Lewis Milestone (3)
- 2 : Oliver Stone (3)
- 2 : Robert Wise (3)
- 2 : Frank Borzage (2)
Who played in silence of the lamb?
The main cast included: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Ted Levine and Brooke Smith.
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Meryl Streep
42 West
11400 W. Olympic Blvd
Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90064
USA
or you can use the secondary address :
Meryl Streep
Creative Artists Agency
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
USA
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How many Oscars were won by John Wayne?
John Wayne won 1 Academy Award in 1970.
He was nominated in 1961, 1950, and 1970. He did not win the first two times.
How many Academy Awards did Lord of the Rings Two Win?
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001):
Best Cinematography
Best Effects, Visual Effects
Best Makeup
Best Music, Original Score (4/13)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002):
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects (2/6)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003):
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Makeup
Best Music, Original Score
Best Music, Original Song
Best Picture
Best Visual Effects
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (11/11)
That's a total of 17 Oscars. All three movies won for Visual Effects.
Actress in film the big chill?
"The Big Chill" (1983).
Tom Berenger.....Sam Weber
Glenn Close........Sarah Cooper
Jeff Goldblum......Michael Gold
William Hurt........Nick Carlton
Kevin Kline.........Harold Cooper
Mary Kay Place...Meg Jones
Meg Tilly.............Chloe
JoBeth Williams..Karen Bowens
Which actor refused his Academy Award for The Godfather?
George C. Scott
In 1971, George C. Scott made international headlines by refusing to accept his Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the title role of Patton, deriding the awards ceremony as a "meat parade." Marlon Brando would do the same thing two years later, claiming Hollywood's mistreatment towards Native American actors as his reason for rejecting the Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather.
What movies has merryl Streep been in?
2009It's Complicated
Jane 2009 Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia(video short)
Julia Child
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mrs. Fox (voice)
2009 Julie & Julia
Julia Child
2008/I Doubt
Sister Aloysius Beauvier
2008 Mamma Mia!
Donna
2007 Lions for Lambs
Janine Roth
2007 Rendition
Corrine Whitman
2007 Evening
Lila Ross
2007/I Dark Matter
Joanna Silver
2006 The Ant Bully
Queen (voice)
2006 The Devil Wears Prada
Miranda Priestly
2006 The Music of Regret (short)
The Woman
2006 A Prairie Home Companion
Yolanda Johnson
2005 Prime
Lisa Metzger
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Aunt Josephine
2004 The Manchurian Candidate
Eleanor Shaw
2003 Angels in America (TV mini-series)
Ethel Rosenberg / Hannah Pitt - Part 2 Perestroika (2003) … Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg
- Part 1 Millennium Approaches (2003) … Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg
2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV series documentary)
Abigail Adams / Margaret Chase Smith / Mary Easty / … - Democracy and Struggles (2003) … Margaret Chase Smith
- Independence (2003) … Abigail Adams
- Liberty for All (2003) … Mary Easty
- Yearning to Breathe Free (2003) … Mother Jones
2002 The Hours
Clarissa Vaughan
2002 Adaptation.
Susan Orlean
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Blue Mecha (voice)
1999 King of the Hill (TV series)
Aunt Esme Dauterive - A Beer Can Named Desire (1999) … Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice)
1999 Music of the Heart
Roberta Guaspari
1999 Chrysanthemum (short)
Narrator (voice)
1998 One True Thing
Kate Gulden
1998 Dancing at Lughnasa
Kate 'Kit' Mundy
1997 ...First Do No Harm (TV movie)
Lori Reimuller
1996 Marvin's Room
Lee
1996 Before and After
Dr. Carolyn Ryan
1995 The Bridges of Madison County
Francesca Johnson
1994 The Simpsons (TV series)
Jessica Lovejoy / Ned Flanders' Singing Voice - Bart's Girlfriend (1994) … Jessica Lovejoy (voice) / Ned Flanders' Singing Voice (voice)
1994 The River Wild
Gail Hartman
1993 The House of the Spirits
Clara del Valle Trueba
1992 Death Becomes Her
Madeline Ashton
1991 Defending Your Life
Julia
1990 Postcards from the Edge
Suzanne Vale
1989 She-Devil
Mary Fisher
1989 Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife (video short)
Storyteller
1988 A Cry in the Dark
Lindy Chamberlain
1988 The Tailor of Gloucester (video)
Narrator
1987 Ironweed
Helen Archer
1987 Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (video)
Storyteller (voice)
1987 Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher(video)
Storyteller (voice)
1986 Heartburn
Rachel Samstat
1985 Out of Africa
Karen
1985 Plenty
Susan Traherne
1984 Falling in Love
Molly Gilmore
1983 Silkwood
Karen Silkwood
1982 Sophie's Choice
Sophie
1982 Still of the Night
Brooke Reynolds
1982 Alice at the Palace (TV movie)
Alice
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman
Sarah / Anna
1981 Kiss Me, Petruchio (TV movie)
Katherine
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
Joanna Kramer
1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Karen Traynor
1979 Uncommon Women... and Others (TV movie)
Leilah
1979 Manhattan
Jill
1978 The Deer Hunter
Linda
1978 Holocaust (TV mini-series)
Inga Helms Weiss - Part 4 (1978) … Inga Helms Weiss
- Part 2 (1978) … Inga Helms Weiss
- Part I: The Gathering Darkness (1978) … Inga Helms Weiss
1977 Julia
Anne Marie
1977 The Deadliest Season (TV movie)
Sharon Miller
1977 Secret Service (TV movie)
Edith Varney
1975 Everybody Rides the Carousel
Stage 6 (voice)
Where can you find a list of all Oscar nominees and winners?
Go to: http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp
Who is the actress that won an Oscar for the movie The monster's ball?
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