Tagged: awards

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” took all 4 top honors at the 48th Academy Awards. In addition to Best Picture, it won Best Director (Miloš Forman), Best Actor (Jack...

History was made at the 47th Academy Awards when The Godfather II won Best Picture two years after the original had done the same. It was also remarkable that three...

“The Sting” was the Best Picture Oscar winner at the 46th Academy Awards, winning the statuette over “American Graffiti”, “Cries and Whispers”, “The Exorcist” and “A Touch of Class”. This...

At the 45th Academy Awards, “The Godfather” won Best Picture over “Cabaret”, “Deliverance”, “The Emigrants” and “Sounder”. Oscar history sort of repeated itself when Marlon Brando refused to accept the...

Three 1971 films garnered 8 Oscar nominations each at the 44th Academy Awards: “Fiddler on the Roof”, “The French Connection” and “The Last Picture Show.” All were nominated for Best...

“Patton” won the Best Picture Oscar at the 43rd Academy Awards over “Airport”, “Five Easy Pieces”, “Love Story” and “MASH”. George C. Scott had already informed the Academy that he...

“Anne of the Thousand Days” got the most nominations (10) at the 42nd Academy Awards, and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” won the most awards (4), but neither of...

At the 41st Academy Awards, “Oliver!” became the 4th musical of the 1960s to win the Oscar for Best Picture, a fact which the Jeopardy! cluewriters took notice of with...

The Best Picture Oscar for 1967 went to “In the Heat of the Night”, which won 5 of its 7 nominations at the 40th Academy Awards. Rod Steiger won Best...

“A Man for All Seasons” won Best Picture at the 39th Academy Awards. It won 5 other Oscars, including Best Actor (Paul Scofield) and Best Director (Fred Zinneman). The other...