In 1981, the British sports melodrama “Chariots of Fire,” was the surprise winner of the Best Picture Oscar, with seven nominations and four awards. Warren Beatty's semi-successful epic “Reds,” which received the largest number of nominations (12), won two Oscars: Best Director for Beatty and Supporting Actress for Maureen Stapleton.
Oscar Movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark
April 22, 2007 by
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” won most of the technical Oscars, including Art Direction, Sound, Visual Effects, and Film Editing Oscars. Warren Beatty won the Best Director Oscar for “Reds.”
Oscar Movies: On Golden Pond (1981)
April 22, 2007 by
On Golden Pond won three Oscars out of its ten nominations: Screenplay (Adapted) for Ernest Thompson, Actor for Henry Fonda (his first and only Oscar), and Actress for Katharine Hepburn (her fourth and last one).
Oscar Movies: Cheyenne Autumn, The
April 22, 2007 by
John Ford's last Western was nominated for its Color Cinematography, by William Clothier. The
winner, however, was Harry Stradling for George Cukor's musical, “My Fair Lady.”
Oscar Movies: Long Voyage Home, The (1940)
April 21, 2007 by
John Ford, like Hitchcock, had two movies in contention, “The Grapes of Wrath,” starring Henry Fonda, and “The Long Voyage Home,” with John Wayne; he won the Best Director Oscar for the former.
