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Academy Award Sound 1964 · Winner
Academy Award Writing (Story and Screenplay - Written Directly 1964 · Winner
Academy Award Film Editing 1964 · Winner
Academy Award Art Direction (Color) 1964 · Nominated
Academy Award Best Picture 1964 · Nominated
Academy Award Costume Design (Color) 1964 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Music Score - Substantially Original) 1964 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography (Color) 1964 · Nominated
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Academy Awards, USA. 1964 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture. Bernard Smith. 1964 Winner Oscar. Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen. James R. Webb. 1964 Nominee Oscar. Best Cinematography, Color.
The film received widespread critical acclaim and was a box office success, grossing $50 million on a budget of $15 million. [3] At the 36th Academy Awards it earned eight nominations, including Best Picture, and won three, for Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Best Sound and Best Film Editing.
With Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones. A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
- (23K)
- Adventure, War, Western
- John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
- 1963-02-20
How the West Was Won. Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood, Jr., Jack Mills.
36th Academy Awards (1964) - Movies from 1963. nom. Best Picture; winner Best Original Screenplay (James R. Webb) winner Best Film Editing (Harold F. Kress) nom. Best Cinematography, Color (William H. Daniels, Milton R. Krasner, Charles Lang, Joseph LaShelle) nom. Best Music (Score) (Alfred Newman, Ken Darby)
How the West Was Won (1963) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Three generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West. Cast & Crew. Read More. Spencer Tracy. Narrator. Carroll Baker. Eve Prescott. Lee J. Cobb.
How the West Was Won, American western film, released in 1962, that was a sprawling epic about the transformation of the American West in the 19th century. The story is told in five parts—“The Rivers,” “The Plains,” “The Civil War,” “The Railroad,” and “The Outlaws”—that follow several generations.