79 Years of Best Picture Winners in Posters



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The Oscars will be awarded this Sunday night, for the 80th time. Movie Poster Addict has compiled all 79 posters for movies that have won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. I’m sorry to say that I have only seen 39 of them. Cimarron (pictured) won in 1931. Link -Thanks, deadmen!


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Posted on February 22, 2008 at 9:44 am by Miss Cellania
Category: Art & Craft, Movies & SciFi



6 comments to "79 Years of Best Picture Winners in Posters"

  • jw
    February 22nd, 2008 at 11:41 am

    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
    February 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 am

    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
    February 22nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    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
    February 22nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    @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.

  • Johnny Cat
    February 22nd, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    Thanks, I suspected as much. That’s why you’re the King.

  • Chad Cloman
    February 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 am

    Still can’t believe Annie Hall beat out Star Wars in 1977. Sigh…


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