Unforgiven: 1992 Best Picture

“Unforgiven” only won 4 Oscars out of its nominations at the 65th Academy Awards, but two of them were Best Picture and Best Director (Clint Eastwood). Gene Hackman nabbed Best Supporting Actor and Joel Cox won for Best Film Editing.

The other Best Picture nominees were: “A Few Good Men”, “Howards End”, “Scent of a Woman” and “The Crying Game”. A completely different film list made up the Top 5 Box Office hits of the year: “Aladdin”, “The Bodyguard”, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”, “Basic Instinct” and Lethal Weapon 3″.

Al Pacino got Best Actor for “Scent of a Woman” and Emma Thompson won Best Actress for “Howard’s End”. Marisa Tomei got the Best Support Actress Oscar for “My Cousin Vinnie.”

More 1992 film titles: “Glengarry Glen Ross”, “Supercop”, “Reservoir Dogs”, “Malcolm X”, “Batman Returns”, “A River Runs Through It”, Bram Stoker’s Dracula”, “A League of Their Own, “White Men Can’t Jump”, and “Wayne’s World”.

Jeopardy! clues on “Unforgiven”
THE MOVIES $400: A chance at a bounty brings retired killer Clint Eastwood back into service in this 1992 film
SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCARS $1200: 1992: The Oscar said he was forgiven for playing baddie Little Bill Daggett in “Unforgiven”
BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS $600: In this film, Clint Eastwood says, “Hell of a thing, killin’ a man. Ya take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have”
MORGAN FREEMAN FILM ROLES $1600: Old West gunslinger Ned Logan (1992)
’90S OSCAR WINNERS $100: He won his first Oscar for directing “Unforgiven”
OSCAR-WINNING FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $200: “Not Excused”

More 1992 film clues:
MOVIE TUNES $1000: Whitney Houston belted out “I Will Always Love You” on the soundtrack to this 1992 film
VAMPIRE FLICKS $400: In 1992 on film Kristy Swanson originated the role of this “Vampire Slayer”
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BASEBALL MOVIE $200: This 1992 film told the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
CASEY AT THE BAT $800: Casey Candaele played 9 seasons in the majors; his mom Helen played ball too, & helped inspire this 1992 film
DOUBLE CONSONANTS $1000: A 1992 film was titled “Dr.” these small laughs
MUSICAL THEATRE $600: You could play Princess Jasmine or the genie if your school puts on the stage version of this animated 1992 film
PRIME MADONNA $400: In 1992 Madonna’s Mae Mordabito took the field with Geena Davis in this film
“BLACK” & “WHITE” MOVIES $800: Wesley Snipes has this piece of sports wisdom for Woody Harrelson, the title of a 1992 film
MOVIE JACK POT $800: In a 1992 film he tells Tom Cruise, “You can’t handle the truth!”
MALCOLM X IN THE MIDDLE $3,800 (Daily Double): He directed the 1992 film “Malcolm X” & also played Malcolm’s pal Shorty
THE GENE HACKMAN POOL $800: Gene gives English Bob a rough Big Whiskey welcome in this 1992 film with a 1-word title
NAME THAT WESTERN $1600: 1992: “I’m here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned”
SCREEN PLAYS $2000: Aaron Sorkin adapted the screenplay for this 1992 film about a Marine murder trial from his own play
A FLY CATEGORY $400: A magic flying carpet was a character in this 1992 Disney film
FILMED IN HAWAII $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Kauai) Steven Spielberg was shooting this film here on the island of Kauai when Hurricane Iniki struck the island in 1992
CHOCOLATE-COVERED CINEMA $2000: Laura Esquivel wrote the screenplay for this 1992 film based on her own novel
SCOOBY-DOO AT 32 $800: Scooby parodies turn up in “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back” & one of the endings to this 1992 Mike Myers film
FONDA THE MOVIES $800: Looking for a roommate, Bridget Fonda took out a classified (big mistake!) in this 1992 film
AL PACINO MOVIES $1200: In this 1992 film of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Al played gritty real estate hotshot Ricky Roma
TOP O’ THE CHARTS $600: In 1992 Madonna topped the charts with “This Used To Be My Playground”, a track from this Penny Marshall film
THE MOVIES $800: Daniel Day-Lewis says, “You stay alive, no matter what occurs!” in this 1992 film of a James Fenimore Cooper classic
4-LETTER VERBS $100: According to the title of a 1992 film “White Men Can’t” do this
THE MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1992 Denzel Washington film is reportedly the first & only non-documentary film allowed to be made in Mecca
SPORTS MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): This 1992 film spawned 2 sequels & an NHL team
SOLD “AMERICAN” $500: Edward James Olmos made his directorial debut & brought us some Folsom Prison blues with this 1992 film
FILMS OF THE ’90s $400: Al Pacino couldn’t see but he sure could tango in this 1992 film
TOM CRUISE FILMS $400: In a 1992 film this actor told Tom, “You can’t handle the truth!”
WHAT I LEARNED FROM WOMEN’S MAGAZINES $500: Turning on the waterworks to avoid a fight is a girlfriend gaffe, so don’t play this, the title of a 1992 Stephen Rea film
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH FILMS $1,000 (Daily Double): John played Lennie & Gary Sinise was George in a 1992 film adaptation of this Steinbeck novel
NEW YORK CINEMA $300: “Lost in New York” is the subtitle of the 1992 sequel to this film
NO. 1 COUNTRY HITS $300: This 1992 George Strait film spawned 2 No. 1 hits: “I Cross My Heart” & “Heartland”
COURTROOM DRAMAS $200: Navy lawyer Tom Cruise puts Jack Nicholson on the stand to learn the truth in this 1992 film
MOVIE MANIA $400: (Hi, I’m Thomas Gibson) I made my feature film debut in 1992’s “Far and Away”, which starred this married couple
DISNEY FILM VOICES $100: Lea Salonga, Broadway’s “Miss Saigon”, provided the singing voice of Jasmine for this 1992 film
DISNEY FILM VOICES $400: Gilbert Gottfried did a lot of squawking as the voice of Jafar’s pushy parrot Iago in this 1992 film
SKATING ON FILM $400: Sequels to this 1992 Emilio Estevez on ice film are “D2” & “D3”
DAVID LYNCH FILMS $400: Lynch played an FBI man in his 1992 film prequel to this TV series
BUFF ACTORS $1000: Jaye Davidson surprised movie audiences when he slipped out of his clothes in this 1992 film
“LOVE” IN THE MOVIES $800: Michelle Pfeiffer teamed up with Dennis Haysbert in the 1992 film named for an airport
FILM BIOGRAPHIES $200: In a 1992 film Jack Nicholson portrayed this labor leader
CINE DE BANDERAS $500: In this 1992 film, Antonio as one of the Castillo brothers appears on “I Love Lucy”
THE MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): “(Hi, I’m Benjamin Salisbury) I appeared in this 1992 film that inspired the creation of a real-life hockey team”
JACK LEMMON FILMS $500: In this 1992 film based on a David Mamet play, Lemmon portrayed a loser of a real-estate salesman
HORRORS! $500: You won’t find this hook-handed slasher of a 1992 film taking a sunrise & sprinkling it with dew
NOTABLE RELATIVES $400 (Daily Double): This actress’ daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner appeared in the 1992 film “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”
IT’S THE PITT’S $600: Brad was flying high in this 1992 fly fishing film
MOVIES ABOUT THE MOVIES $600: In this 1992 Robert Altman film, Tim Robbins gets angry messages from a screenwriter he’s snubbed
SINGERS WHO ACT $500: In a 1992 film this curvaceous country singer gave James Woods some “Straight Talk”
BARBARA WALTERS’ 20 YEARS $300: In 1992 he made Barbara’s fantasy come true by dancing the tango with her — Hoo-aah!
SEAN CONNERY FILMS $300: In this 1992 film, Connery finds & loses a cancer cure in a rainforest
MOVIE THRILLERS $200: Joe Eszterhas received a record $3 million for his script of this 1992 Michael Douglas-Sharon Stone film
CELEBRITY RELATIVES $400: This actress’ son Sean Astin found a caveman in his back yard in the 1992 film “Encino Man”
1992 FILMS $300: Daniel Day-Lewis trained to fight with a tomahawk for this epic film based on a James Fenimore Cooper novel
1992 FILMS $400: Craig Sheffer & Brad Pitt play brothers with a passion for fly-fishing in this Robert Redford drama
1992 FILMS $500: Whoopi Goldberg plays a rebellious teacher in South Africa in this musical drama
MUSIC & THE MOVIES: The soundtrack of this 1992 film is the bestselling movie soundtrack of the 1990s
ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES: In 1992 Angela Bassett played the Jacksons’ mother on TV & Betty Shabazz in this film