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Hacksaw Ridge was chosen by the National Board of Review and American Film Institute as one of their top ten films of 2016 respectively, [6] [7] and received numerous awards and nominations. The film received six Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy Awards , including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor for Garfield, and Best Sound ...
The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. PST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories.
Most awards or nominations. Most awards won by a single film: 11. Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for the best animated film. An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time.
Originally in April 2017, the Academy had scheduled the 92nd ceremony for February 23, 2020. [39] However, due to record low television viewership and ratings attained by recent Oscar broadcasts, the AMPAS Board of Governors decided to move the date for the 2020 gala by two weeks to February 9 in hopes of combating film awards season fatigue. [40]
Record-breaking films. The following four films either set, broke, or tied both records – the film with the most Academy Awards and the film with the most Academy Award nominations – in their respective years of eligibility: 7th Heaven ( 1927–1928 ), Cimarron ( 1930–1931 ), Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ), and. Titanic ( 1997 ).
Films with the most awards: Ben-Hur ( 1959 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003) each earned 11 Academy Awards. Films with the most nominations: All About Eve ( 1950 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and La La Land ( 2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations. Film with the highest clean sweep: The Lord of the ...
Toy Story. Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft (story) Nominated. 2003. (76th) Finding Nemo. Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (screenplay) Nominated.