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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 was nominated for Best Actress in 1997?
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."
Can you name an actor who won an Oscar?
1936 Paul Muni- The Story of Louis Pasteur
1967 Rod Steiger- In the Heat of the Night
1977 Richard Dreyfuss- The Goodbye Girl
1979 Dustin Hoffman- Kramer vs. Kramer
1988 Dustin Hoffman- Rain Man
2002 Adrien Brody- The Pianist
1929-30 Norma Shearer- The Divorcee (convert)
1936 Luise Rainer- The Great Ziegfeld
1937 Luise Rainer- The Good Earth
1950 Judy Holliday- Born Yesterday
1968 Barbra Streisand- (tie) Funny Girl
1986 Marlee Matlin- Children of a Lesser God
Who won the Oscar for Sound Editing in 2004?
"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
What film won every Oscar nominated?
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)
How many Oscars did kings speech win?
"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.
What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1976?
The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Picture in 1976 went to Rocky.
It beat out Taxi Driver, All the President's Men, Networkand Bound for Glory. Rocky also won Oscars for Best Director (John G. Avildsen) and for Best Film Editing.
In addition, it was nominated for (but didn't win) Best Actor in a Leading Role (Sylvester Stallone), Best Supprting Actor (Burgess Meredith), Best Supporting Actor (Burt Young), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Talia Shire), Best Music - Original Song ("Gonna Fly Now"), Best Sound and Best Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Sylvester Stallone).
How many Academy Awards did Gone With the Wind win?
Gone with the Wind won eight Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director - Victor Fleming
Best Actress - Vivien Leigh
Best Supporting Actress - Hattie McDaniel
Best Writing, Screenplay - Sidney Howard
Best Art Direction - Lyle R. Wheeler
Best Cinematography, Color - Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan
Best Film Editing - Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
The 1939 classic movie,"Gone with the Wind," received a record 13 Academy Award nominations.
The movie won 8 Academy Awards.
This film held the record for, winning the most Oscars. However, the movie, "Ben - Hur," would break the record in 1959, by winning 11 Academy Awards.
Who was the first recipient of an academy award?
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.
Who won the Oscar for best actor in both 93 and 94?
Tom Hanks for Philadelphia (1993) and Forest Gump(1994).
Who was nominated for Oscars best leading actress in 1970?
Sarah Miles was nominated for her role in "Ryan's Daughter"
What year did Jack Nicholson win his first Oscar?
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)
Has Charlie Sheen ever been nominated for an Oscar?
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.
Which male actor has won most Oscars?
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.
Who won the Oscar for Animated Feature Film in 2003?
Finding Nemo won the Oscar for Animated Feature Film in 2003.
When did Walt Disney win all his awards?
Walt Disney won his 22nd (and final) Oscar on April 14, 1969, two years after he died (December 15, 1966).
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) the award was given posthumously.
- Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: Grand Canyon (1958)
- Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: Men Against the Arctic (1955)
- Best Documentary, Features for: The Vanishing Prairie(1954)
- Best Documentary, Features for: The Living Desert(1953)
- Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: The Alaskan Eskimo(1953)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Bear Country(1953)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Water Birds(1952)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Nature's Half Acre(1951)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Beaver Valley(1950)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Seal Island(1948)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Der Fuehrer's Face(1942)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Lend a Paw (1941)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ugly Duckling(1939)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ferdinand the Bull(1938)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Old Mill(1937)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Country Cousin(1936)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Orphan Kittens(1935)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Little Pigs(1933)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Flowers and Trees(1932)
Walt Disney also received four honorary awards, but because they are not considered competitive, he cannot be said to have won them:
- February 27, 1941 - Honorary Award for: Fantasia (1940) Shared with: William E. Garity J.N.A. Hawkins - For their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia (certificate).
- February 26, 1942 - Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (awarded periodically to "Creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.")
- February 23, 1939 - Honorary Award for: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) For Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field (one statuette - seven miniature statuettes).
- November 18, 1932 - Honorary Award For the creation of Mickey Mouse.
His other nominations follow:
- Best Picture for: Mary Poppins (1964) Shared with: Bill Walsh (Disney Studios is the only major film studio in Hollywood never to win an Oscar for Best Picture.)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Aquamania (1961)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Goliath II (1960)
- Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: Islands of the Sea (1960)
- Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Noah's Ark (1959)
- Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: Mysteries of the Deep (1959)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Paul Bunyan(1958)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Samoa (1956)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: No Hunting (1955)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Switzerland(1955)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Pigs Is Pigs(1954)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Siam (1954)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Rugged Bear(1953)
- Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Ben and Me (1953)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Toy Tinkers(1949)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Mickey and the Seal(1948)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Tea for Two Hundred(1948)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Chip an' Dale(1947)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Pluto's Blue Note(1947)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Squatter's Rights(1946)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Donald's Crime(1945)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: How to Play Football(1944)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Reason and Emotion(1943)
- Best Documentary for: The Grain That Built a Hemisphere(1943)
- Best Documentary for: The New Spirit (1942)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Truant Officer Donald(1941)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Pointer(1939)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Brave Little Tailor(1938)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Good Scouts(1938)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Who Killed Cock Robin?(1935)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Building a Building(1933)
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Mickey's Orphans(1931)
How many Oscars did terminator win?
The first and third movies weren't nominated to any Academy Awards. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) was nominated for six Oscars and won four: Best Sound, Visual Effects, Sound Effects Editing and Makeup.
Did Jesus of Nazareth win any Academy Awards?
No. The 1973 film version of the Off-Broadway musical wasn't nominated for any Academy Awards.
Which of the following movie did not receive an academy adarw for best picture?
Cars lost to Happy Feet in 2006.
How many Best Actress Oscars did Katharine Hepburn win?
On March 16, 1934, Katharine Hepburn won her first Academy Award for the 1932/33 film "Morning Glory" when she was 26 years old. She would not win again until the late 1960s when she earned back-to-back Best Actress honors for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967) and "The Lion in Winter" (1968). She won her final Best Actress Award for the 1981 film "On Golden Pond."
