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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 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).
Who was the first actress to win 4 Oscars?
Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards for Best Actress during her distinguished career. She won the Oscars for "Morning Glory" (1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968) and "On Golden Pond" (1981).
George Clooney won an Oscar in 2005 for his role in this film?
Clooney won the 2005 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Syriana."
What film won the Academy Award for best animated movie?
The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Animated Feature was not created until 2001. Babe (1995) won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Babe was a partly animated feature.
What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1967?
Here is a list of the 1967 Academy Awards presented on April 10, 1968:
Best Picture -- "In the Heat of the Night"
Best Actor -- Rod Steiger, "In the Heat of the Night"
Best Actress -- Katharine Hepburn, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Best Supporting Actor -- George Kennedy, "Cool Hand Luke"
Best Supporting Actress -- Estelle Parsons, "Bonnie and Clyde"
Best Director -- Mike Nichols, "The Graduate"
Best Foreign-Language Film -- "Closely Watched Trains" (Czechoslovakia)
Best Original Screenplay -- William Rose, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Best Adapted Screenplay -- Stirling Silliphant, "In the Heat of the Night"
Best Original Score -- Elmer Bernstein, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Best Music Adaptation -- Alfred Newman, Ken Darby, "Camelot"
Best Original Song -- "Talk to the Animals" from "Doctor Doolittle," music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Cinematography -- Burnett Guffey, "Bonnie and Clyde"
Art Direction-Set Decoration -- John Truscott, "Camelot"
Costume Design -- John Truscott, "Camelot"
Best Documentary Feature -- "The Anderson Platoon," Pierre Schoendoerffer
Best Documentary (Short Subject) -- "The Redwoods," Mark Harris and Trevor Greenwood
Film Editing -- Hal Ashby, "In the Heat of the Night"
Best Short Film (Cartoons) -- "The Box," Fred Wolf
Best Short Film (Live Action) -- "A Place to Stand," Christopher Chapman
Sound Effects -- John Poyner, "The Dirty Dozen"
Special Visual Effects -- L.B. Abbott, "Doctor Doolittle" Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
What was Meryl Streeps name in Out of Africa?
Karen Blixen.
Yeah, she played Danish writer Isaak Dinesen, but her real first name is Karen Blixen.
What films star Orson Welles and won the Oscar for Best Picture?
Woody Allen has won 4 Oscars:
Two for "Annie Hall" (1977) as Writer and Director, and two more as Writer for "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986) and "Midnight in Paris" (2011).
What actress from Steel Magnolia won an Oscar?
No. Julia Roberts, who played diabetic bride Shelby Eatenton Latcherie in "Steel Magnolias," was nominated as Best Supporting Actress of 1989. But the award went to Brenda Fricker for her performance in "My Left Foot."
Who was the only woman to ever win an Academy Award for best director was?
There were two categories in the first Academy Awards show. Frank Borzage won as Best Director (Drama) for 7th Heaven. Lewis Milestone won as Best Director (Comedy) for Two Arabian Knights.
What Oscars did Dustin Hoffman win?
Dustin Hoffman has two Academy Awards, both for Best Actor.
The first in 1979 for Kramer vs Kramer.
The second in 1988 for Rainman.
Dustin Hoffman has won two Academy Awards. He has been nominated seven times, all in the Best Actor category. The roles and movies are as follows (Oscar wins in bold):
- Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate" (1967).
- Ratso Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy" (1969).
- Lenny Bruce in "Lenny" (1974).
- Ted Kramer in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979).
- Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in "Tootsie" (1982).
- Raymond Babbitt in "Rain Man" (1988).
- Stanley Motss in "Wag the Dog" (1997).
Who were the Oscar nominees for Best Actor of 2005?
The nominees for Best Actor of 2005 were: Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Capote," Terrence Howard for "Hustle & Flow," Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain," Joaquin Phoenix for "Walk the Line" and David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck" The Oscar went to Hoffman.
What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1985?
The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Picture in 1977 went to Annie Hall.
IN 1977 at the 50th Annual Academy Award the Best Picture award went to Annie Hall. It also won for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Diane Keaton), Best Director (Woody Allen and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman). The other nominees were The Goodbye Girl, Julia, The Turning Point and Star Wars.
Annie Hall.
Who is the only non-human to ever win an Academy Award?
Mickey Mouse is the only non human to have won an Oscar
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The above answer is not technically correct. The dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were presented w/ Oscars. While the movie was not technically nominated they were still awarded with them.
Who was nominated for a Grammy and a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award?
I couldn't find anyone to fit all three. George Bernard Shaw won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. And while Al Gore did receive a Nobel Prize, I couldn't find any listing of him ever being nominated for a Grammy, and he did get on stage when An Inconvenient Truthwon the Oscar, but he did not receive the actual award. (And By the way- there are no official nominations for the Nobel Prize.)
Singer Who played cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac?
The cast of Cyrano de Bergerac - 1960 includes: Palau as Le capucin Georges Atlas as Un garde Philippe Avron Bruno Balp as Le portier Edmond Beauchamp as Carbon de Casteljaloux Michel Beaune as Cuigy Daniel Dancourt as Le second marquis Christiane Desbois as Soeur Marthe Jean Deschamps as De Guiche Michel Galabru as Ragueneau Pierre Gallon as De Valvert Evelyne Istria as La seconde soeur Jean Laroquette as Le second joueur Michel Le Royer as Christian de Neuvillette Philippe Lejour as Le premier marquis Jacques Marin as Montfleury Robert Puig as Le fils du bourgeois Roland Rodier as Le premier cadet Daniel Sorano as Cyrano de Bergerac Liliane Sorval as Lise Jean Topart as Le Bret Roger Trapp as Un porteur
Which movie trilogies had all three movies nominated for best picture?
Two film trilogies had all three movies nominated for Best Picture. The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974) won Best Picture, while The Godfather: Part III (1990) was only only nominated. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Two Towers(2002) were nominated, The Return of the King (2003) won Best Picture.
