academy awards

Best Picture Title Screens

Posted by Miss Cellania in Film, Video Clips on February 28, 2011 at 8:23 am

This video contains the title cards from every movie that has ever won the top Academy Award, now known as the award for Best Picture. {wiki} The only exception is The King’s Speech, which won the 83rd such Oscar just last night. I’ve seen 55 of these movies; I’m not going to admit to how many of them I saw in first run theatrical release. How many have you seen? -via Nag on the Lake

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What Movie Won Instead?

Posted by Miss Cellania in Film on February 8, 2011 at 9:34 am

Many of us have trouble remembering what movies won Academy Awards only a few days after they are bestowed. How can we be expected to remember those that didn’t win? Or maybe you do! In today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you’ll be given films that were nominated for Best Picture. Can you match them to the film that actually won that year? I scored 55% (6 out of 11), and only because the year is included with each question. You will do better! Link

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“The Man Who Planted Trees”

Posted by Minnesotastan in Video Clips on March 28, 2010 at 1:24 pm

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In 1987 this Canadian production won the Academy Award for the Best Animated Short Film, and in 1994 was voted by animation artists to be one of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time. Embedded above is part 2 of three parts, which demonstrates the style and representative content of the film. Those who are interested will of course want to view Part 1 and Part 3. This English version is narrated by Christopher Plummer.

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Epic Movie Trailer

Posted by John Farrier in Film, Video Clips on March 10, 2010 at 2:14 pm

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The comedy duo BriTaNick created this trailer for a hypothetical movie that would be guaranteed to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. All of the dialogue is replaced with common movie tropes.

via Urlesque | Official Website

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Ten Ways to Win an Oscar

Posted by Miss Cellania in Film on March 5, 2010 at 9:53 am

The Academy Awards will be given out Sunday night. Every year we compare this year’s winner with past winners and find they have certain similarities. The first page at the link lists the roles most likely to win an Oscar. Continue with the slide show for overwhelming evidence of each scheme’s success. Link -via YesButNoButYes