jw
You aren’t missing much. Most Best Picture winners are pretty mediocre. This is especially true for the past 20 years or so, but even if you go back to the beginning there are some truly forgettable movies that have won Best Picture.
cooties
A long time friend of my father, Howard Terpning, did many of those posters including Sound of Music and GwtW. You can see his work here:
http://www.thesandpebbles.com/terpning/terpning.htm
Some of the posters (inc GwtW) are from re-releases over the years.
Johnny Cat
Gigi confuses me. It says on the poster something about “The First Great musical since My Fair Lady”, but six years later My Fair Lady wins best picture. Howzzat?
KingEdwin
@Johnny Cat
It says “The First Lerner-Loewe Musical Since ‘My Fair Lady’” – both were on stage before they made it to the big screen, with the comedy writing team doing “My Fair Lady” before “Gigi”, but “Gigi” was turned into a movie first.
Chad Cloman
Still can’t believe Annie Hall beat out Star Wars in 1977. Sigh…
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