August 31, 2009–Voting for the Best Picture Oscar nominees will see some changes this year. Academy voters will be asked to ranking the 10 films in order of preference, rather than the decades-old practice of simply voting for a single nominee.

The serio comedy “Harry and Tonto” was nominated for two Oscars, Best Actor for Art Carney (who won) and Screenplay (Original) by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld.

1959: World's Great Film Year–Foreign Language Films

Starring Cary Grant anf Tony Curtis, Blake Edwards' popular military comedy received one Oscar nomination, for Story and Screenplay (Original) by Paul King and Joseph Stone; Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin.

“In America,” Jim Sheridan's 1980s immigration drama, was nominated for thre Oscars, including Best Actress for Samantha Morton.