Only three movies have won what can be considered the top five Academy Awards in one year. They won for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Screenplay. Can you name any of them?
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Good Guess, but wrong. Clark Gable was nominated, but did not win
By The Way, Robert Donat won best actor for Goodbye, Mr. Chips in 1939. Gone With The Wind did win the other four catagories.
Good for you for taking the noble route (no googling)
Schindler's List - 3 out of 5, Liam Neesan lost to Tom Hanks, and there was no actress nominated.
The Godfather - 3 out of 5, No actress nominated, and Francis Ford Coppola lost to Bob Fosse and Cabaret Note: Brando refused the award.
The Sound Of Music - 2 out of 5, Julie Andrews lost to the other Julie, Julie Christie, No actor nominated, No screenplay nomination.
By The Way...
Titanic - 2 out of 5, Leo didn' get nominated, Kate Winslet lost to Helen Hunt, and no screenplay nomination.
Keep 'em coming (at least until somebody googles it)
Casablanca - 3 out of 5, Bogart lost to Paul Lucas for Watch On The Rhine? (never heard of it), and Ingris Bergman was nominated and lost...but not for Casablanca (Jennifer Jones won)
Casino - 0 out of 5, Casino was only nominated for Actress but Sharon Stone lost to Susan Sarandon.
Annie Hall - 4 out of 5, Woody Allen lost to Richard Dreyfuss
Which Leaves...
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Best Picture
Best Director - Jonathan Demme
Best Actor - Anthony Hopkins
Best Actress - Jodie Foster
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Ted Tally
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Best Picture
Best Director - Milos Forman
Best Actor - Jack Nicholson
Best Actress - Louise Fletcher
Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
One movie left...
You have some good answers
Lawrence of Arabia - 2 out of 5, Peter O'Toole lost to Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird (he didn't have a chance), no Actress was nominated, lost the screenplay to The Longest Day
Citizen Cane - 1 out of 5, Won Original Screenplay, Orson Welles lost to Gary Cooper for Actor and John Ford for Director, no actress was nominated, and lost to How Green Was My Valley for Outstanding Motion Picture
Next...
Going in the right direction (older movie), but your never gonna get it.
Bridge On The River Kwai - 4 out of 5, no actress nominated (war movie)
Ben-Hur - 3 out of 5, although it won 11 oscars, it lost screenplay to Room At The Top, and didn't have an actress nominated
My Fair Lady - 3 out of 5, Lost screenplay to Becket (don't ask me, never heard of it...AND AUDREY HEPBURN WAS NOT EVEN NOMINATED (a backlash because people found out they dubbed her singing voice with Marnie Nixon's even though Hepburn wanted to sing prepared for the songs)
The pictures you are picking seem to lack the strong actresses (8 out of 13 misses didn't have an actress nominated) Although you still won't guess it. Have I stumped you yet?
Ummm, I tried to post my guess and I think my post went into blog heaven. Anyways, I'll try again. I said...
Can't I get into this game. It's not fair that you guys are in the same time zone. My guess for the last one is...
The King and I with Yul Brynner.
Welcome to the game, Sister dear,
The King And I - 1 out of 5, Brynner won, Deborah Kerr lost to Ingrid Bergman, Walter Lang lost to George Steven and Giant, it lost best picture to Around The World In 80 Days, and wasn't nominated for screenplay.
I'll give you a hint.
From Columbia Pictures, it beat out eleven other movies for "Outstanding Production" (Best Picture) and the writing award was for Best Adaptation
Isn't this fun?
Probably not, and if you watched it (I have) you would say "That won the oscar grandslam?" It is an okay movie, but...
Another clue. It is pre 1950's. The Actor who won for this movie has been mentioned in this string of comments for another movie.
You guys know what the funny thing is about this question. Dad probably answered it the instant he read it and is probably getting a great laugh at us three going back and forth on it.
I can't think of anything pre 1950. Is the actor Yul Brynner? I just have this thought that he was in something that really did fantastic in it's day and time. I'm trying very hard not to google this.
OK, another guess...
Citizen Kane
After I posted the thought about Yul Brynner I figured that the important film I was thinking about for Yul was The King and I
Opps, Mick already guessed Citizen Kane
I see that now. I do believe you've stumped us o brother o mine. Well, me at least I can't speak for Mick. I can't think of anything else, specially old movies. Dad, where's your guess.
To help you along (since Mick narrowed it down to two), I will say Clark Gable won the best actor.
another hint - The scene in which Clark Gable removes his shirt is credited as the number-one cause for not only the decrease in undershirt sales for the following two years, but the implementation of product placement in movies to come.
By the way, Clark Gable, who was under contract to MGM, was on loan to Columbia (a less prestigious studio at the time) as a punishment for his raucous off-camera behavior.
And Kim, this movie is pre-Dad. So it was old when he was born (which doesn't mean he doesn't know it)
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