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2 days ago · It was met with mixed reviews on release but was a box-office success, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
2 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
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4 days ago · British Academy Film Awards; 1976: Best Direction: Jaws: Nominated 1979: Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Nominated Best Screenplay: Nominated 1983: Best Film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Nominated Best Direction Nominated 1994: Best Film Schindler's List: Won Best Direction Won 1999: Best Film Saving Private Ryan: Nominated Best Direction ...
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2 days ago · Gladiator, a critical and commercial success, won the Academy Award for best picture and earned Scott his second Oscar nomination for best director. His next film, Hannibal (2001), was a box-office hit despite poor reviews, and his military drama Black Hawk Down (2001) was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best director.
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- What is Ridley Scott known for?Ridley Scott is a British film director and producer whose movies are acclaimed for their visual style and rich details. His best-known films inclu...
- What was Ridley Scott's first film as a director?The Duellists (1977), set in Napoleonic France, was Ridley Scott’s first film as a director. The movie won the best first-feature award at the Cann...
- Did Ridley Scott win an Oscar for Thelma & Louise?Ridley Scott was nominated as best director for his film Thelma & Louise (1991), but he did not win that Oscar. (Jonathan Demme did instead.) Scott...
- Which of Ridley Scott's films are considered classics?Alien (1979), a science-fiction–horror story, and Blade Runner (1982), a dystopian neo-noir fable based on a Philip K. Dick novel and notable for S...
3 days ago · Academy Award (1975) Academy Award (1973) Academy Award (1971) (Show more) Notable Works: “Apocalypse Now” “Apocalypse Now Redux” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” “Dementia 13” “Finian’s Rainbow” “Gardens of Stone” “Jack” “One from the Heart” “Patton” “Peggy Sue Got Married” “Rumble Fish” “Tetro” “The Conversation” “The Cotton Club” “The Godfather, Part II”
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2 days ago · The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson.It is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Danny Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and Scatman Crothers.
5 days ago · Man’s eternal struggle to secure and protect resources provided the seed for the original 1979 film, with the great, roving hordes of Hannibal and Genghis Khan inspiring some of its most ...
