The Way of All Flesh was nominated for 2 Oscars:
including Best Picture, and won the Best Actor for German Emil Jannings.
Oscar Movies: Way of All Flesh, The (1928)
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Oscar Movies: Godfather Part III, The (1990)
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In 1990, Coppola's Mafia movie competed with Scorsese's crime-gangster “GoodFellas,” which received 6 nominations, and two melodramas, “Awakening,” with 3 nods, and “Ghost,” with 5. The big winner was Kevin Costner's epic Western, “Dances With Wolves,” which was honored with the largest number of nominations (12) and Oscars (7), including Best Picture and Director.
Oscars: Foreign-Language Film–Winners (Most Honored Films)
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Foreign-language films have received multiple nominations in various categories, such as “La Dolce Vita” and “Pan’s Labyrinth.”
Oscar Movies: Lenny (1974)
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In 1974, the two most nominated films were “The Godfather, Part II,” with 11 nods, and Polanski's well-crafted noir, “Chinatown,” also 11. Fosse's biopicture “Lenny” didn't win any award–despite 6 nods, including one for Dustin Hoffman.
Oscar Movies: Roman Holiday
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This romantic comedy was nominated for 10 Oscars, wining 3, including Best Actress for Audrey Hepburn and Motion Picture Story for Ian McLelland, who served as a front for the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo; in 1992, the Academy acknowledged formally Trumbo's contribution.
