From Oscar.com:
Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar. While the origins of the moniker aren’t clear, a popular story has it that upon seeing the trophy for the first time, Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick remarked that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. The Academy didn’t adopt the nickname officially until 1939, but it was widely known enough by 1934 that Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in a piece referring to Katharine Hepburn’s first Best Actress win.
In light of the previous post, I thought I'd share some of Brice's thoughts on the 81 Best Picture Winners from the Academy. These are what he considers to be the top 25:
1. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Ordinary People
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
4. West Side Story
5. On the Waterfront
6. Schindler’s List
7. Casablanca
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai
9. The Godfather
10. Braveheart
11. Gandhi
12. Gentleman’s Agreement
13. Ben-hur
14. Crash
15. It Happened One Night
16. Silence of the Lambs
17. My Fair Lady
18. The Sound of Music
19. Forrest Gump
20. Slumdog Millionaire
21. American Beauty
22. Kramer Vs. Kramer
23. All the King’s Men
24. Chicago
25. In the Heat of the Night
2. Cavalcade
3. An American in Paris
4. Oliver!
5. The Last Emperor
6. Midnight Cowboy
7. The English Patient
8. Gigi
9. Cimarron
10. Marty
Facts about Oscars:
* Only Best Pictures to Dominate the Main 5 Categories
(Best Picture, Director, Screen Play, Actor, and Actress)
- It Happened One Night - 1934
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - 1975
- Silence of the Lambs - 1991
* Best Picture Winners Tie for Receiving 11 Oscars:
- Ben-hur – 1959
- Titanic – 1997
- Lord of the Rings the Return of the King – 2003
* Best Picture Winners that Failed to Win Any other Awards
- Broadway Melody (1929)
- Grand Hotel (1932)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
* Shortest Best Picture Film: Marty - 91 minutes
* Longest Best Picture Film: Lawrence of Arabia – 222 minutes
Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar. While the origins of the moniker aren’t clear, a popular story has it that upon seeing the trophy for the first time, Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick remarked that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. The Academy didn’t adopt the nickname officially until 1939, but it was widely known enough by 1934 that Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in a piece referring to Katharine Hepburn’s first Best Actress win.
In light of the previous post, I thought I'd share some of Brice's thoughts on the 81 Best Picture Winners from the Academy. These are what he considers to be the top 25:
1. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Ordinary People
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
4. West Side Story
5. On the Waterfront
6. Schindler’s List
7. Casablanca
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai
9. The Godfather
10. Braveheart
11. Gandhi
12. Gentleman’s Agreement
13. Ben-hur
14. Crash
15. It Happened One Night
16. Silence of the Lambs
17. My Fair Lady
18. The Sound of Music
19. Forrest Gump
20. Slumdog Millionaire
21. American Beauty
22. Kramer Vs. Kramer
23. All the King’s Men
24. Chicago
25. In the Heat of the Night
These are what he considers to be the bottom ten:
1. The Lost Weekend2. Cavalcade
3. An American in Paris
4. Oliver!
5. The Last Emperor
6. Midnight Cowboy
7. The English Patient
8. Gigi
9. Cimarron
10. Marty
Facts about Oscars:
* Only Best Pictures to Dominate the Main 5 Categories
(Best Picture, Director, Screen Play, Actor, and Actress)
- It Happened One Night - 1934
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - 1975
- Silence of the Lambs - 1991
* Best Picture Winners Tie for Receiving 11 Oscars:
- Ben-hur – 1959
- Titanic – 1997
- Lord of the Rings the Return of the King – 2003
* Best Picture Winners that Failed to Win Any other Awards
- Broadway Melody (1929)
- Grand Hotel (1932)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
* Shortest Best Picture Film: Marty - 91 minutes
* Longest Best Picture Film: Lawrence of Arabia – 222 minutes
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