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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.
3,339 Questions
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."
Who won the Academy Awards in 1995?
The major winners of the 1995 Academy Awards were Forrest Gump (Best Picture), Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump (Best Director), Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump (Best Actor), Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (Best Actress), Martin Landau, Ed Wood (Best Supporting Actor) and Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (Best Supporting Actress).
What was the first musical film to win the Oscar for best picture?
There is not an Academy Award for Best Musical. The first musical to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was The Broadway Melody in 1929. It was also the first sound film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Who were the 1994 Oscar best actress nominees?
Holly Hunter won the Oscar for best actress in 1993 for her part in "The Piano". The other nominees were Angela Bassett for "What's Love Got to Do With It", Stockard Channing for "Six Degrees of Separation", Emma Thompson for "The Remains of the Day", and Debra Winger for "Shadowlands".
What films with 2 directors won the Oscar for Best Director?
Two movies directed by two men won an Oscar for Best Direction: 1961's West Side Story directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and 2007's No Country for Old Men directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
The only other couple nominated together for direction are Warren Beatty and Buck Henry for 1978's Heaven Can Wait.
What year did The English Patient win the Oscar?
The English Patient (1996) won nine Academy Awards
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Juliette Binoche
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan
- Best Cinematography, John Seale
- Best Costume Design, Ann Roth
- Best Director, Anthony Minghella
- Best Film Editing, Walter Murch
- Best Music, Original Dramatic Score, Gabriel Yared
- Best Picture, Saul Zaentz
- Best Sound, Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman
What movie did Jack Nicholson win Academy Award for Best Actor?
He won Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975) and for As Good As It Gets (1997). As well as an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment(1983).
Patty Duke would be my guess. She played Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker and at 16 became the youngest winner of a full-sized Academy Award (not just a "Kid Oscar") as Best Supporting Actress.
The word was "water," the first word spoken by the blind and deaf girl--a breakthrough brought about by her teacher, Annie Sullivan (played by Anne Bancroft, who won Best Actress).
