Oscar Nominations: 8

Supporting Actor: Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

Supporting Actress: Elizabeth McGovern

Screenplay (Adapted): Michael Weller

Cinematography: Miroslav Ondricek

Art Direction-Set Decoration: John Graysmark, Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Anthony Reading; George De Titta, Sr., Peter Howitt

Costume Design: Anna Hill Johnstone

Original Score: Randy Newman

Original Song: “One More Time,” music and lyrics by Randy Newman

Spielberg’s Amistad was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Anthony Hopkins, but won none.

Jerry Goldsmith’s haunting score was nominated for an Oscar, but didn’t win.

In 1985, after winning the Directors Guild Award (DGA) for “Amadeus,” Milos Forman said: “If you take the Oscar too seriously, as some sort of final judgment, you’re in trouble. But if you take it as a game, it’s wonderful.”

“The Hairy Ape,” directed by Alfred Santell, and based on Eugene O’Neill’s famous play, is a compromised Hollywood production for several different reasons.