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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 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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Who won best actress four times?
Katharine Hepburn, with four wins, has more Best Actress Oscars than any other actress. Eleven women have won two Best Actress Academy Awards; in chronological order, they are
- Luise Rainer,
- Bette Davis,
- Olivia de Havilland,
- Vivien Leigh,
- Ingrid Bergman,
- Elizabeth Taylor,
- Glenda Jackson,
- Jane Fonda,
- Sally Field,
- Jodie Foster, and
- Hilary Swank.
Who is the second youngest Best Actor Oscar winner?
On March 21, 1994, Anna Paquin was 11 years and 240 days old when she received the 1993 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in "The Piano." The youngest-ever Oscar winner for acting was Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 years and 148 days old on April 2, 1974, when she won the 1973 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in "Paper Moon."
How many Academy Awards does Kevin Costner have?
Two. Costner received Academy Awards for producing and directing "Dances With Wolves," the Western drama that was named Best Picture of 1990. He also starred in the film as Union officer John Dunbar.
What was the first silent film to win an Oscar?
In 1939, "The Wizard of Oz," took home Academy Awards for:
MUSIC (BEST SONG): "Over the Rainbow."
MUSIC (BEST ORIGINAL SCORE)
Judy Garland was awarded a minature statuette for her outstanding performance for a juvenile during the past year.
But, the Champ this year was, "Gone With The Wind." It received 13 Nominations (a record it held until 1959, when "Ben-Hur" came along).
The film took 8 Academy Awards home, and held the record for any motion picture winning the most Oscars, again, until 1959, when "Ben-Hur" walked away with 11 Oscars.
What movie received 1 Oscar and 7 miniature Oscars?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). The movie won one Oscar. It was just a pulicity stunt.
Who was the New Zealand actress who won an Oscar?
* Russell Crowe * Sam Neill * Anna Paquin (1st movie: "The Piano") * Cliff Curtis (1st movie also "The Piano") * Lucy Lawless ("Xena") * Keisha Castle-Hughes (the youngest person ever nominated for a 'Best Leading Actress' Oscar for her role in the 2002 film "Whale Rider") * Temuera Morrison (movie credits include "Speed" and "Star Wars" II and III)
What movies were nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for the 2010 Oscars?
For the 82nd Annual Academy Award (airing 03/03/2010), the following films are nominated for Best Animated Feature Film of 2009
- Coraline; Henry Selick
- Fantastic Mr. Fox; Wes Anderson
- The Princess and the Frog John Musker and Ron Clements
- The Secret of Kells; Tomm Moore
- Up; Pete Docter
(Up is the favorite to win.)
What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2003?
The film to win Best Picture at the 76th Annual Academy Awards was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It not only won the Best Picture award, but also a record-setting 11 Oscars overall. Only 2 other films have completed the feat of 11 Oscars, Titanic and Ben-Hur.
Which movies was Meryl Streep nominated for an Oscar?
1978 Best Supporting Actress, The Deer Hunter (1) 1979 Won Supporting Actress, Kramer vs. Kramer 1981 Lead Actress, The French Lieutentant's Woman 1982 Won Lead Actress, Sophie's Choice 1983 Lead Actress, Silkwood 1985 Lead Actress, Out of Africa 1987 Lead Actress, A Cry in the Dark 1988 Lead Actress, Ironweed 1990 Lead Actress, Postcards from the Edge 1995 Lead Actress, The Bridges of Madison County 1998 Lead Actress, One True Thing 1999 Lead Actress, Music of the Heart 2002 Supporting Actress, Adaptation 2006 Lead Actress, The Devil Wears Prada 2008 Lead Actress, Doubt (15)
Who were the last father-daughter Oscar winners?
On February 29, 2004, Sofia Coppola won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Lost in Translation." As a result, she joined her father, Francis Ford Coppola, and her grandfather, Carmine Coppola, as three-generation Oscar winners.
Who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor in 1994?
Jamie Foxx in Ray, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator, Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda, Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby, and Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland were all nominated, with Jamie Foxx as the winner.
How many Westerns won the Oscar for Best Picture?
As of 03/07/2010, sixty-one (61) films have won exactly 3 Academy Awards (Oscars).
Avatar 2009 Bourne Ultimatum, The 2007 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Camelot 1967 Casablanca 1943 Cavalcade 1932/1933 Cimarron 1930/1931 Coming Home 1978 Crash 2005 Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The 2008 Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Darling 1965 Diary of Anne Frank, The 1959 Dick Tracy 1990 Elmer Gantry 1960 Fiddler on the Roof 1971 Gentleman's Agreement 1947 Glory 1989 Godfather, The 1972 Grand Prix 1966 Great Ziegfeld, The 1936 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Hello, Dolly! 1969 How the West Was Won 1963 Howards End 1992 Hud 1963 Jaws 1975 Julia 1977 Jurassic Park 1993 Killing Fields, The 1984 King Kong 2005 Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) 1998 Life of Émile Zola, The 1937 Lion in Winter, The 1968 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 1955 Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 Midnight Cowboy 1969 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 Moonstruck 1987 On Golden Pond 1981 One Night of Love 1934 Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) 2006 Pianist, The 2002 Piano, The 1993 Reds 1981 Rocky 1976 Roman Holiday 1953 Room with a View, A 1986 Rose Tattoo, The 1955 Story of Louis Pasteur, The 1936 Sunrise 1927/1928[16] Sunset Boulevard 1950 Tess 1980 Thief of Bagdad, The 1940 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Towering Inferno, The 1974 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The 1948 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 Zorba the Greek (Alexis Zorbas) 1964
Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards during her distinguished career -- all for Best Actress.
Who was the 2nd black man to win the Oscar for Best Actor?
The first black male actor to win an Oscar for best actor was Sidney Poitier , Lilies of the Field 1963 and the second black actor to win an Oscar for best actor was Denzel Washington, Training Day 2001.
Why were the Oscars held twice in 1930?
In 1930, the Academy Awards were held twice on April 3rd (2nd Academy Awards) and on November 5th (3rd Academy Awards). Both of the banquets were held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. (Cocoanut Grove and Fiesta Room, respectively).
These were the 2nd and 3rd Academy Awards presentations. The first awards in 1929 honored films made in 1927 and the first half of 1928, and the second honored films made between August 1928 and July 1929. The third ceremony was the first attempt to bring the awards closer to the nominated period (August 1929 to July 1930)
It was not until the awards date was moved to March in 1934 (6th Academy Awards) that the period of eligibility was matched to the calendar year, with those awards covering an 18-month period from August 1932 to December 1933.
Who won the Oscar for Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1991?
George Lucas won the Oscar for Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1991.
