Universal Arthur Kennedy received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing Larry Nevins, a blinded WWII veteran struggling to adjust to his affliction. Refusing to lapse into pathos or sentimentality, “Bright Victory,” based on the novel by Bayard Kendrick, is a powerful, realistic, and ultimately inspirational film. In the long, arduous process, Larry must overcome […]

Oscar Nominations:

Best Foreign Language Film (Federal Republic of Germany)

David Lean's “Breaking the Sound Barrier”
was nominated for two Oscars: Story and Screenplay for Terence Rattigan, winning the Sound Recording by London Film Sound Department.

Set during the Boer War, this superb Australian court-martial drama put director Bruce Beresford at the forefront of international directors.
It was Oscar-nominated for its taut screenplay
by Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, and Bruce Beresford.

Sidney J. Furie’s war-actioner “The Boys in Company C,” from a screenplay by Rick Natkin, depicts the harsh experiences of a group of green recruits in the Vietnam War and the incompetence of the ruthless military brass that exploits them and risks their lives.