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3 days ago · It was also nominated for British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Costume Design for John Mollo, Best Editing for Terry Rawlings, Best Supporting Actor for John Hurt, and Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role for Sigourney Weaver.
3 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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2 days ago · The Shining opened on the same weekend as The Empire Strikes Back but was released on 10 screens and grossed $622,337 for the four-day weekend, the third highest-grossing opening weekend from fewer than 50 screens of all time, behind Star Wars (1977) and The Rose (1979).
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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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
4 days ago · Marlon Brando won the Academy Award for best actor for his portrayal of the title capo, Vito Corleone. John Cazale, Caan, and Al Pacino played his sons and Duvall his trusted adviser (the last three were nominated for best supporting actor awards).
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2 days ago · Most awards or nominations. Most awards won by a single film: 11. Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.
2 days ago · One of the fathers of modern cinema—a real Mamma Mia!- esque squad of figurative dads—Hitchcock earned 46 Academy Award nominations throughout his career. His work would go on to inspire such...
