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Interesting Oscar Facts

Interesting Oscar Facts

touchmeinthemorning
#0Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 8:47am

In the last 8 years, 4 of those years have had a best picture win by a film that did not win best director.

The youngest best actor winner of all time was Adrien Brody (who was days away from being 30).

Kevin O'Connell (a sound mixer) has been nominated for 18 awards. He has lost every time.


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jrb_actor
#1re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 9:05am

This is the first Best Picture winner since 1973's The Sting not to be nominated for a GG Best Picture.


touchmeinthemorning
#2re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 9:49am

Oh, that is interesting, too! Wow. It's taken 23 years for the Academy to get behind the times (or ahead of the times -- depending on what you believe about Crash).


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#3re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 10:53am

A lot more can be found here:
Really Cool Oscar Stats!


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Kristie-K2
#4re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 11:09am

First time a Best Actress Winner's(Reese)husband co-starred in the Best Picture Winner(Crash)

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#5re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 12:37pm

Martin Scorcese has won none. Yet that rap group that I have never heard of has won one.


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#6re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 3:53pm

Actually, I don't think that Ghandi was nominated for best picture at the Golden Globes in 1982 and it won best picture.

Kringas
#7re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 3:56pm

Martin Scorcese has won none. Yet that rap group that I have never heard of has won one.

It's not like Scorcese was ever competing for best song.


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popcultureboy
#8re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 4:00pm

He may have more luck if he were, who knows?


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#9re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 4:10pm

uhhhh, that rap group! That was Dolly's Award!

touchmeinthemorning
#10re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 5:05pm

Gandhi was up for (and won) best foreign film at the Golden Globes in 1982.


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#11re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 5:41pm

You know you need sleep when you read the thread title as "Interesting Oscar Farts."


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#12re: Interesting Oscar Facts
Posted: 3/6/06 at 5:42pm

Thanks Touch! I didn't check there! But I knew it wasn't up for the Best Picture Drama.


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