To finish out the Quick 10 Oscar posts this week , we have a few fact about some of the Best Picture winners and campaigner over the years . I commonly endeavor to see most of the candidate , but I ’m a small embarrassed to say I have only seen two of the 10 this year . If you ’re like me and need to obliterate the fact that you are grossly uninformed about the movies presently up for the big awarding , maybe you could cover by wowing mass with your knowledge of past nominees :
2 . Only two trilogies have ever been nominate for Best Picture Academy Award " “ as in , all three installments made the baseball swing . Lord of the Rings , of course of action , andThe Godfather . Star Warsdidn’t make the cut ( to the scandal of buff everywhere , I ’m sure ) .
3.Star Warsfans can take heart , though " “ the original was the first Sci - Fi moving-picture show to ever be nominated for Best Picture . It did n’t win , though -Annie Halldid .
4.Titanicis tied withAll About Evefor the most nominations for a unmarried photographic film in the history of the Academy Awards " “ 14.And it take on home 11 of those 14 , which put it in a three - way of life - tie-up for the highest number of Oscars win by a individual film . The other two areBen - HurandLord of the Rings : reappearance of the King . LOTR won ALL of the Oscars it was propose for , however , and the other two did not .
5.Midnight Cowboyis the first and only ecstasy - rated cinema to win Best Picture . It was later edit to reach an R evaluation , though . A Clockwork Orangewas also X - snitch and was nominate just two years later , but it did n’t win ( it was also later tone up down to receive an R rating ) .
7 . verbalize ofSilence of the Lambs , it ’s one of just three flick to acquire the Oscar Grand Slam " “ that would be winning in the top five category of Best Picture , Best Actress , Best Actor , Best Director and Best Writing . The other two areOne Flew Over the Cuckoo ’s NestandIt bechance One Night .
8.Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragonis the first and only martial arts movie to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar .
What movie gets your voting for Best Picture this twelvemonth ?
