Oscars

In 1959, Ben-Hur won 11 Academy Awards:

Best Motion Picture

Best Leading Actor: Charlton Heston

Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith

Best Director: William Wyler

Best Set Decoration, Colour: Edward C. Carfagno, William A. Horning, and Hugh Hunt

Best Cinematography, Colour

Best Costume Design, Colour

Best Special Effects

Best Film Editing: John D. Dunning and Ralph E. Winters

Best Score

Best Sound

It also was nominated for, but did not win, Best Adapted Screenplay

The director of the above movie is cecil demelli not William wyler

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The Oscar went to THE DAPARTED, a Graham King production

The actual ceremonies begin on February 22, 2009 at 5PT/8ET on ABC.

Traffic. He is the only man to win the Oscar for Best Actor in a non-English speaking performance.

The cast of Noah Knows Best - 2000 includes: Nicole Abisinio as Hannah Sam Bauso Scott Borish as Barrett Frankie Como as Paul Tyler Francavilla as Zeke Allen Britt George as Delivery Guy Willie Green as Alton Martin Isaac Hanson as Isaac Taylor Hanson as Taylor Zac Hanson as Zac Richard Kline as Jeff Beznick Tracy Lines as Julie James Martin Kelly as Big Frankie Stacy Meadows as D.J Martin Stacy Meadows as D.J. Martin Dempsey Pappion as Marcus Joe Rickman as Neil Rachel Roth as Megan Beznick Deanna Russo as Club Kid Heidi Salinger as Yardley Katie Seeley as Student Stephanie Sesler as Alana Stern Marcia Strassman as Martine Beznick Kristian Truelsen as Principal Krentzman Phillip Van Dyke as Noah Beznick Carlie Verdecia as Nikki Kokoa Woodget Aubert as Theater guest Cori Yarckin as Camille Ruiz

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It depends.... like this year I believe they were held at the staples center.

Amadeus (1984) won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Picture at the 57th Academy Awards presented March 25, 1985at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack Lemmon.

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Jessica Lange for Blue Skies.
The 1994 Best Actress Oscar went to Jessica Lange for her performance in "Blue Sky." It was her second Academy Award since she had previously won the 1982 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Tootsie."

Oscars.

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten

"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

"WALL-E" (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt

"Wanted" (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Excluding all those that won the 1 Oscar they were nominated for:

11/11: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

9/9: Gigi (1958), The Last Emperor (1987)

5/5: It Happened One Night (1934)

4/4: The Matrix (1999)

3/3: Grand Prix (1966), Jurassic Park (1993), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

2/2: Pinocchio (1940), Black Narcissus (1947), Born Free (1966), The Great Gatsby (1974), Cocoon (1985), Ed Wood (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Restoration (1995), Pocahontas (1995), An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

"The King's Speech" won four 2010 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler). The only other 2010 film to win four Oscars was "Inception," which won in several technical categories.

The first Academy Awards were given out in 1928. Until 1933, the Oscar's were awarded for a 2 year period for movies (an example was 1927 -1928, and the last was for 1932 - 1933). Beginning in 1934, the Oscar's was recognized for one year only.

The winners for the first Academy Awards for 1927 - 1928 were:

Best Production (which would be retitled Best Picture the following Year): (Tie)

"The Last Command"

"Wings"

Artistic Quality Production: "Sunrise"

Actor: Emil Jannings in "The Last Command," and for "The Way of the Flesh"

Actress: Janet Gaynor in "Seventh Heaven," "Street Angel," and "Sunrise"

Director: Frank Borzage, for "Seventh Heaven"

Writing: (ADAPTION) "Seventh Heaven," for Benjamin Glazer; (ORIGINAL STORY) "Underworld," for Ben Hecht; and (TITLE WRITING) "Telling the World," for Joseph Franham

Cinematography: "Sunrise," Charles Rosher, and Karl Struss

Interior Decoration: (TIE)

William Cameron Menzies won for, "The Dove," and for the film "The Tempest"

Engineering Effects: "Wings," Roy Pomeroy

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Warner Brothers, for producing the "Jazz Singer," the outstanding talking picture, which had revolutionized the industry.

Charles Chaplin for versatility and genius in writing, acting, and directing and producing.

BOTH WINNER'S RECEIVED STATUETTE'S

Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress would not begin until 1936.

Tom Hanks for Philadelphia (1993) and Forest Gump(1994).

Sarah Miles was nominated for her role in "Ryan's Daughter"

On March 29, 1976, Nicholson won the 1975 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." He would win two more Oscars for "Terms of Endearment" (Best Supporting Actor of 1983) and "As Good As It Gets" (Best Actor of 1997).

In the 80 years of Oscars, only three Annas won an award. Anna Paquin, Best Supporting Actress for The Piano (1993) Anna Magnani, Best Actress for The Rose Tattoo (1955) Anna Asp, Art Direction for Fanny & Alexander (1983)

In 1989, Charlie Sheen was honored with a Bronze Wrangler for his work on the film Young Guns and in 1994 he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame due to his work on Spin City, he had also won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy as well as won an ALMA Award.

Daniel Day-Lewis is the only person to win three Academy Awards for Best Actor. Jack Nicholson has two Best Actor wins and one for Best Supporting Actor. Walter Brennan won three Best Supporting Actor awards.