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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 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).
How many Academy Award nominations did John Steinbeck get?
None. Many of King's books have been made into films, but Stephen King is barely involved with most films, apart from the occasional cameo, so he's not in a position to earn an Oscar. Not surprisingly, he has numerous writing awards: nine Bram Stoker awards, a Hugo, an O. Henry award, and in 2003, the Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, among others.
Several of the film adaptations have earned Academy Award nominations (including four for The Green Mile and seven for The Shawshank Redemption), but as of January 2010, only one Oscar has been awarded to a film based on King's books: 1990, Cathy Bates, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Misery.
What was the first Oscar award?
c.w.shumway &sons foundry in 1928 << This is one ID**** contributor's answer to who created the Oscar statuette, however, this answer misinterpreted the question. Generally speaking the creation of a statue does not imply who manufactured the statue.
As it turns out an art director in Hollywood, Cedric Gibbons, designed the statuette. Sculptors George Stanley and Alex Smith did the sculpting. The statue is 13.5 inches tall and depicts a nude man holding a sword and standing on a reel of film.
List all best actress Oscar winners?
The winners of the 84th Academy Awards are:
Best Picture
The Artist
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Best Actor
Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Best Actress
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer for The Help
Best Writing - Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen
Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash from The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Best Animated Feature
Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation
Best Documentary - Feature
Undefeated
Best Documentary - Short Subject
Saving Face
Best Live Action Short Film
The Shore
Best Animated Short Film
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Best Original Score
The Artist
Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets - Bret McKenzie
Best Sound Editing
Hugo
Best Sound Mixing
Hugo
Best Art Direction
Hugo
Best Cinematography
Hugo
Best Makeup
The Iron Lady
Best Costume Design
The Artist
Best Film Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Visual Effects
Hugo
How many Ocars did Gone With the Wind win and what was the year?
The film won 8 Oscars in 1940:
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Vivien Leigh
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Hattie McDaniel
(The first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.)
- Best Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
- Best Cinematography, Color: Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan
- Best Director: Victor Fleming
- Best Film Editing: Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom
- Best Writing, Screenplay: Sidney Howard
- Best Picture
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1990?
Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman.
The Academy Award for Best Actor of 1992 went to Al Pacino for his performance in "Scent of a Woman."
The Best Actor Oscar for 1992 went to Al Pacino for his performance in "Scent of a Woman."
Did the Hunchback of Notre Dame win any Academy Awards?
Yes, as a fictional character created by Victor Hugo. Hugo who specialized in social problems- this is one of them, was up to a point the French equivalent of Dickens. Prior to him, writers focussed mainly on love situations and idealized ones at that, court romance, etc. Hugo went down to earth- and had an audience.
Who has been nominated the most in the Academy Awards?
Walt Disney holds the record for both the most Academy Award nominations (59) and the number of Oscars awarded (22). He also earned four honorary Oscars. His last competitive Academy Award was posthumous.
What roll Michael caine received as support actor?
Sir Michael Caine has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor. He won a 1986 Oscar for his performance as Elliot, who basically was Woody Allen's alter ego in "Hannah and Her Sisters." He won a 1999 Oscar for his performance as Dr. Wilbur Larch, who ran a New England orphanage in "The Cider House Rules."
How many Academy Awards did Robert De Niro win?
On February 27, 2016, the 87-year-old Italian film composer won his first competitive Academy Award for his dramatic score for Quentin Tarentino's 2015 Western "The Hateful Eight." 16. Nine years earlier, on February 25, 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented an honorary Oscar to Morricone "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music."
Morricone had been nominated for Oscars on five other occasions, for his scores from "Days of Heaven" (1979), "The Mission" (1986), "The Untouchables" (1987), "Bugsy" (1991) and "Malèna" (2000).
He might have been nominated for his score from "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984), but a paperwork fiasco made him ineligible.
Who won an Oscar playing Oscar in A Fish Called Wanda?
There was no character named Oscar in A Fish Called Wanda. Kevin Kline won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for playing Otto in A Fish Called Wanda (1988).
What African American male has won a Oscar an Emmy a Tony and a Golden Globe Award?
During his long and distinguished career as an actor, 82-year-old James Earl Jones has received an honorary Academy Award, along with three Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Grammy and a Golden Globe.
Three people have won 3 Oscars for acting: Walter Brennan, Ingrid Bergman and Jack Nicholson. (Katharine Hepburn has won 4 Oscars.)
Four actors have won three or more Academy Awards. Katharine Hepburn won four for Best Actress. Jack Nicholson won two Best Actor Oscars and a Best Supporting Actor award. Ingrid Bergman won two Best Actress awards and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Walter Brennan won three Best Supporting Actor awards.
What is gifted in Oscar awards?
There are currently 24 categories in which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) gives out the Academy Award of Merit (Oscar)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Best Screenplay (Original)
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Song
Best Score
Best Documentary
Best Documentary Short
Best Short Film - Live Action
Best Short Film - Animated
Best Animated Feature
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Art Direction
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Makeup
Best Costume Design
The Academy also awards several scientific and techical awards each year. Occassionally, the Academy also presenst Special Awards and Humanitarian Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards, but these are not presented every year.
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Animated Feature Film
Art Direction
Cinematography
Costume Design
Directing
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short
Film Editing
Foreign Language Film
Makeup
Music (Score)
Music (Song)
Best Picture
Short Film (Animated)
Short Film (Live Action)
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2009?
Sandra Bullock won for her role in The Blind Side.
This year (2010) Sandra Bullock won The award, " best actress"
Why has Richard gere never been nominated for an Oscar award?
It is possible that he hasn't endeared himself to Oscar voters because of his reputation as a Hollywood outsider. A practicing Buddhist who prefers to lobby for human rights causes, Gere once was banned as a presenter for the Academy Awards after he made anti-China comments on the air at the 1993 ceremony.
What was the first Arnold Schwarzenegger movie to win an Academy Award?
Total Recall [1990] Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern & Alex Funke received a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects at the 1991 Academy Awards.
Terminator 2 Judgement Day [1991] won Four proper Academy Awards in 1992 for Best Sound, Best Effects/Sound Effects Editing, Best Effects/Visual Effects & Best Makeup.
