Oscar Movies: Les Miserables (1935)

Oscar Nominations: 4

Picture (produced by Darryl F. Zanuck)

 

Cinematography Gregg Toland

 

Assistant Director: Eric Stacey

 

Film Editing: Barbara McLean

 

 

 

Oscar Awards: None

 

Oscar Movies: Secrets & Lies (1996)

Oscar Nominations: 5

Picture, produced by Simon Channing-Williams.

Director: Mike Leigh

Screenplay (Original: Mike Leigh

Actress: Brenda Blethyn

Supporting Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Oscar Movies: Last Picture Show, The (1971)

Oscar Nominations: 8

 

Picture

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Screenplay (Adapted): Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich

Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson

Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges

Supporting Actress: Ellen Burstyn

Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman

Cinematography: Robert Surtees

Oscar Movies: Angela's Ashes (1999)

Unfortunately, despite eager anticipation, “Angela’s Ashes” is a disappointing film on many levels.  Though meticulous in detail and unsentimental in tone, the film fails to convey McCourt’s witty, wry, self-deprecating words on screen.

Oscar 2010: Noble, Heroic, Well-Made Film Vs. the Brilliant, Relevant, Ambiguous

Oscar Winners:

In 1980, Ordinary People over Raging Bull

In 1981, Chariots of Fire over Reds

In 1982, Gandhi over Tootsie and E.T.

In 1983, Terms of Endearment over The Right Stuff