Friday, January 27, 2012
Movies Oscars' Biggest Winners, Losers
Posted by George Prentice on Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Before the makers of Hugo get too excited about garnering 11 Academy Award nominations, they should probably consider the fate of The Turning Point (1977) or The Color Purple (1985). Both of those films also pulled in 11 Oscar noms but didn't take home one trophy. Or worse yet, consider the fate of Kevin O'Connell. One of the most successful sound engineers in Hollywood, O'Connell was nominated no fewer than 20 times between 1983 and 2007. He never won.
Here are some other firsts, worsts and miscellaneous Oscar records:
Most nominations for a person: Walt Disney (59 nominations).
Most nominations for a single film: All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997) both received 14 nominations.
Most total nominations for acting: Meryl Streep has 17, including this year for The Iron Lady.
Most acting nominations without a win: Peter O'Toole with eight nominations.
Shortest performance to win an Oscar: Beatrice Straight in Network (1976) - 5 minutes, 40 seconds.
Most nominations for a writer: Woody Allen has 14 nominations, including this year for Midnight in Paris.
Only three films in the history of the Oscars have received the so-called Big Five Academy Awards (best picture, director, actor, actress and writing). They are It Happend One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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I just can't believe Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star didn't get nominated.
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dislikeThe Academy certainly went with much higher brow nominees this year which I think will lose them a large portion of their young audience. After doing better at being in touch with the public the past two years, these stiff nominees just fall flat. I usually have something in common with the choice but not this year- if the contenders seem stuffy to you, check out my own Top 10 Movie Picks of 2011 at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/01… where you won’t see a single of the Academy’s nominees for Best Picture but you will get some movie artwork I drew up as well as the reviews!
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