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4 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
Nashville (both among the 50 best movies every made) Dog Day Afternoon (and we're still in the top 100) Jaws (and maybe the best summer blockbuster ever) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (only last because of the strength of its competition) Obviously and easily the best year ever for the Best Picture race.
2 days ago · Upon theatrical release on September 21, 1975, Dog Day Afternoon was a critical and box office success. The film was nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards and six Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
May 21, 2024 · The Godfather: Part II was the first sequel to win an Academy Award for best picture. De Niro, whose dialogue in the film was almost entirely in the Sicilian dialect , was the second actor to win an Oscar for playing Don Vito Corleone—and the second who was not present at the ceremony.
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May 27, 2024 · award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. It honors the film deemed the best of a given year—as determined by the academy’s voting members—and is typically regarded as the most prestigious of the various Academy Awards .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · 1974 and 1975 produced another rare instance of the Academy getting Best Picture right two years in a row. Many have protested that Jaws should have won because of its enduring impact on movies ...
May 28, 2024 · Jaws, American suspense and horror film, released in 1975, that was directed by Steven Spielberg and is considered the first summer blockbuster. Based on the 1974 novel of the same name by author Peter Benchley, it tells the story of a great white shark that terrorizes a beach resort town.
