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Originally titled Tell Your Children, the anti-marijuana film Reefer Madness was called "the grand-daddy of all 'Worst' movies" by Leonard Maltin.. Reefer Madness (originally released as Tell Your Children and sometimes titled or subtitled as The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, and Love Madness) is a 1936 American exploitation film and propaganda work revolving around the ...
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.
The world premiere of Hacksaw Ridge occurred on September 4, 2016, [60] at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, where it received a 10-minute standing ovation. [61] The film was released in Australia on November 3, 2016, by Icon Film Distribution, and in the United States on November 4, 2016, by Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment.
Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by JD Vance.The film stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close, and features Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins in his final film appearance, and Owen Asztalos.
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]
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.
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 ...