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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
Who was the first black American to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." She was the only African-American to win a competitive Oscar until Sidney Poitier won the 1963 Best Actor award for "Lilies of the Field."
What actors and actresses appeared in The Best Bad Man - 1925?
The cast of The Best Bad Man - 1925 includes: Frank Beal as Mr. Swain Clara Bow as Peggy Swain Cyril Chadwick as Frank Dunlap Buster Gardner as Hank Smith Tom Kennedy as Dan Ellis Judy King as Molly Jones Tom Mix as Hugh Nichols Paul Panzer as Sheriff Tom Wilson as Sam, the butler
What three film musicals won Academy Awards for best picture during the '60s?
# Lawrence of Arabia # The Longest Day # Meredith Willson's the Music Man # Mutiny on the Bounty # To Kill a Mockingbird Lawrence of Arabiawas the winner.
Which Hispanics won the Oscar?
- Jose Ferrer won the Oscar for Best Actor for Cyrano de Bergerac. First Latin American to win for Best Actor.
- Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Viva Zapata! He is the first Mexican actor to win an Academy Award.
- Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Lust for Life
- Benicio del Toro won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Traffic. He is the first and only actor to win for a Spanish-speaking role.
- Rita Moreno won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story. She was the first (and only) Latin American to win for Best Supporting Actress.
This list only includes Latin Americans who won in the acting categories, for more Latin American Oscar winners, see the related link below.
Who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 2010?
Supporting actress
Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech"
Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"
What film won the Oscar for Best Original Score in 2008?
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
"The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami
What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1928?
There wasn't actually a "Best Picture" award in the first Oscars in 1928. Rather, there were two distinct awards, "Most Outstanding Production," (won by the movie "Wings") and "Most Artistic Quality of Production" (won by the movie "Sunrise").
First Best PictureThe Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Motion Picture (Best Picture) was originally called the Academy Award for Best Production. The film 'Wings' was the first honored with this very prestigious award in 1929. The film is a 1927 silent movie about World War I fighter pilots Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Richard Arlen who vie for the attentions of the same woman. According to Wikipedia, The first Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $10 and fewer than 250 people attended.
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Wings
Wings is considered the first Best Picture winner. However, in the first Oscars in 1928 there were two separate awards, "Most Outstanding Production," (won by Wings) and "Most Artistic Quality of Production" (won by Sunrise).
At the first Academy Awards ceremony for 1927/28 there was no Best Picture award. Instead, there were two separate awards, one called Most Outstanding Production, won by the epic Wings and one called Most Artistic Quality of Production won by the art film Sunrise. The awards were intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior filmmaking, and in fact the judges and the studio bosses who sought to influence their decisions paid more attention to the latter - MGM head Louis B. Mayer who had disliked the realism of The Crowd, pressured the judges not to honor his own studio's film, and to select Sunriseinstead. The next year, the Academy instituted a single award called Best Production, and decided retroactively that the award won by Wings had been the equivalent of that award, with the result that Wings is often listed as the winner of a sole Best Picture award for the first year. The title of the award was eventually changed to Best Picture for the 1931 awards.
The first Oscar ceremony was officially listed as the 1927/28 awards and Best Picture went to Wings, directed by William Wellman and starring Clara Bow ... the ceremony itself took 15 minutes.
Has Anne Hathaway won an Oscar?
Anne Hathaway won her first Oscar in 2013 for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Fantine in the big-screen 2012 musical "Les Misérables." She previously earned a nomination as Best Actress of 2008 for her performance in "Rachel Getting Married."
What is Steven Spielberg's only film to win the Best Picture Oscar?
Two: The Godfather: Part II (1974) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
What movie did James Cameron win the Oscar for?
James Cameron has won 3 Oscars, all for his work on "Titanic". Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing.
What year did Charles Laughton win an Oscar?
He won Best Actor for The Private Life of Henry VIII(1933).
What movies were nominated for Best Picture of 1977?
The nominations for Best Picture Academy Award, for 1977 are:
Annie Hall
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars
The Turning Point
The Winner: "Annie Hall"
What year did Platoon win the Oscar for Best Picture?
'Platoon' (1986) takes place in Vietnam in 1967.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress for Annie Hall?
The cast of Annie Hall - 1977 includes: Woody Allen as Alvy Singer Gary Allen as School Teacher Hy Anzell as Joey Nichols Ved Bandhu as Maharishi Sybil Bowan as School Teacher Mary Boylan as Miss Reed James Burge as Street Stranger Lee Callahan as Ticket Seller at Theatre William Callaway as Lacey Party Guest Truman Capote as Truman Capote Look-Alike Wayne Carson as Rehearsal Stage Manager Dick Cavett as himself John Dennis Johnston as L.A. Policeman Colleen Dewhurst as Mom Hall Gregory Doucette as Usher John Doumanian as Coke Fiend Shelley Duvall as Pam Chris Gampel as Doctor Wendy Girard as Janet John Glover as Actor Boy Friend Jeff Goldblum as Lacey Party Guest Shelley Hack as Street Stranger Johnny Haymer as Comic Russell Horton as Man in Theatre Line Christine Jones as Dorrie Carol Kane as Allison Michael Karm as Rehearsal Director Diane Keaton as Annie Hall Alan Landers as Lacey Party Guest Lucy Lee Flippin as Waitress at Health Food Restaurant Mark Lenard as Navy Officer Charles Levin as Actor in Rehearsal Helen Ludlam as Grammy Hall Janet Margolin as Robin Robin Mary Paris as Actress in Rehearsal Jim McKrell as Lacey Party Guest Marshall McLuhan as himself Gary Mule Deer as Man at Health Food Restaurant Jonathan Munk as Alvy - Age 9 Roger Newman as Lacey Party Guest Rashel Novikoff as Aunt Tessie Albert Ottenheimer as Street Stranger Lou Picetti as Street Stranger Tony Roberts as Rob Dan Ruskin as Comedian at Rally Jean Sarah Frost as Lacey Party Guest Paul Simon as Tony Lacey Donald Symington as Dad Hall Paula Trueman as Street Stranger Loretta Tupper as Street Stranger Frank Vohs as School Teacher Christopher Walken as Duane Hall Margaretta Warwick as School Teacher
Who sat in the front row for the Oscars 2008?
Angelina and Brad were in the front row but I don't know who else, have also been searching!
Which movies were nominated for the Oscar in 1939?
The nominees for the 1938 Best Picture Oscar were; You Can't Take it with You (winner), The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Boys Town, The Citadel, Four Daughters, Le Grande Illusion, Jezebel, Pygmalion and Test Pilot.
What are the only animated movies to be nominated for Best Picture?
Three animated films have been nominated for Best Picture.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture. It lost to The Silence of the Lambs.
Pixar's Up (2009) lost to The Hurt Locker.
Pixar's Toy Story 3 (2010) lost to The King's Speech.
Who won the Oscar for Best Director in 1926?
In 1939 at the 12th Academy Awards the Best Picture award went to Gone With the Wind. It also won for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vivian Leigh); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hattie McDaniel - the first African-American to be nominated for and win an Oscar); Best Director (Victor Fleming); Best Writing - Screenplay (Sidney Howard) as well as Best Cinematography - Color, Best Film Editing and Best Art Direction. The other nine nominees were Dark Victory, Wuthering Heights, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Love Affair, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Stagecoach, Of Mice and Men and The Wizard of Oz.
What film won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1941?
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1941 went to "How Green Was My Valley," directed by John Ford.
In 1941 at the 14th Annual Academy Awards, Best PIcture went to How Green Was My Valley, directed by John Ford and starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara and Anna Lee (who later went on to star on General Hospital as Lila Quartermaine for many, many years until her death in May, 2004). Also of note is that in 1941 the Academy had not limited the amount of nominees in a category so it beat nine other films that year. The other nominees were Suspicion, Citizen Kane, Blossoms in the Dust, Sergeant York, The Maltese Falcon, The Little Foxes, Here Comes Mister Jordon, Hold Back the Dawn and One Foot in Heaven.
What was the first film winning 3 of the 4 acting Oscars?
The first movie to win 3 Academy Awards actually won 5 awards.
In 1934, the smash hit, "It Happened One Night," won the Oscar for the following:
Best Picture
Actor: Clark Gable
Actress: Claudette Colbert
Director: Frank Capra
Writing: Robert Riskin
This movie held the record for winning the most Oscar's from 1934 - 1939. "Gone With The Wind," would win 8 Academy Awards, and hold the record from 1939 - 1959. "Ben - Hur, won 11 Academy Awards, and held the title from 1959 - 1997. In 1997, the movie, "Titanic," also one 11 Academy Awards.
So, as it stands, no one movie holds a record for the most Oscars. But, two movies are tied for receiving the most.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1957?
The nominees were: Leslie Caron in "The L-Shaped Room"; Shirley MacLaine in "Irma La Douce"; Patricia Neal in "Hud"; Rachel Roberts in "This Sporting Life"; and Natalie Wood in "Love with the Proper Stranger." The Oscar went to Patricia Neal.
How many Oscar nominations did Braveheart receive?
Mel Gibson's 1995 film biography of Scotland's William Wallace won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Gibson), Best Cinematography (John Toll), Best Makeup (Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison and Lois Burwell) and Best Sound Editing (Lon Bender and Per Hallberg).
