Talk:Academy Award for Best Picture

Grand Hotel

We show Irving Thalberg as the producer of the movie Grand Hotel, which means it was he who accepted the Best Picture Oscar. However, IMDB says that both Thalberg and Paul Bern were producers, and moreover, that neither of them was credited in the movie. Did MGM nominate only Thalberg to the Academy, or was there another reason Bern is not shown as an Oscar winner? JackofOz 12:08, 14 January 2006 (UTC

Years

Surely all the years need bumping along one. Although Million Dollar Baby was made in 2004, it won the Oscar in 2005. If someone who had no knowledge of film s look at this they would think a year was missing.

Jimmmmmmmmm 12:13, 18 January 2006 Media:ALBINOBLACKSHEEP.COM

I cleaned up the introductory text, as well as the years (especially in 1990's and 2000's), to follow Academy convention, which is to use the year of release instead of the year of award. Though I eliminated the "Academy Award" tags for the 1990's and 2000's (which were confusing), it seems whoever inserted them inadvertently removed the bold formatting for the winners by removing the opening single-quotes; my edit restored the formatting. --Anon (13 May 2006)

Change to years' links?

Might it not make more sense for the Year links before each winner to point to the awards ceremony (eg, 78th Academy Awards) instead of the year itself? Just an idea.

My edit of 13 May 2006 added links to each ceremony's article in parentheses after the year. --Anon

Please give me the credit, not someone else!

Please not cut out my edits just to give yourself the semblance of perfection.

When I corrected the "broken link" by adding "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" instead of "Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences", that constituted a legitimate correction.

WB2 06:06, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• P.S. Please consider booting this Sysop if this this is not corrected: there is no telling how many credits he has fraudulantly attributed to himself or someone else if you do not.

• I consider this SERIOUS!

• WB2 06:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• • The user who was incorrectly given the credit is Charles Merriam
  • WB2 06:18, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• • • He appears to have used the following script program:

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• • • I have the whole thing if you want to see it, but dontcountme=s seems to indicate more than just a simultaneous posting problem.
    • WB2 06:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Flags

Gosh they're annoying, distracting, and don't add much other than make the page look like radioactive fruit salad. I move they be removed. Nohat 21:16, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I suggest we take off the flags. It makes the whole article messy and confusing with the colorful flags all over the place. The flags overshadows the names of the nominees and winners, in my opinion. Besides this is the Oscar not the Olympics. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.3.232.79 (talk) 04:37, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

I agree, and I don't think they are accurate, anyway. Jmartinsson 07:22, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Bye bye, flags! Nohat 10:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Very cluttered

I'm stunned people bothered to nominate this for featured status. I think either all the details besides the names of the movies should be removed, or a new article (a clean list) of only the winners and nominees should be made. Supertigerman 02:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, someone should clean all this out. make it readable.

Godfather Part II not the first sequel to win Best Picture

This is not true. The first sequel to win Best Picture was The Apartment(1960), which was the .sequel (follow up) to Some Like it Hot/ 02:23, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Not true. They were both directed by Billy Wilder and both starred Jack Lemmon, but the characters were competely different and the story lines had absolutely nothing in common. "The Apartment" is described as "Wilder's follow-up" to SLIH, but that's market-speak for "That made me a lot of money; let me see if I can repeat the process with the same lead actor and another story involving men and women". JackofOz 02:41, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Ben-Hur not the first remake to win Best Picture

The historical incident portrayed in Mutiny on the Bounty was filmed as In The Wake of the Bounty just two years earlier in Australia (MGM bought it, in fact, to prevent competition); Hamlet was filmed multiple times in the silent era; Marty was, of course, a remake of a TV drama; and Gigi had been filmed (non-musically) in 1949 in France.Mgmax 04:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)Mgmax

I have corrected the information in the article to reflect that Mutiny on the Bounty was the first remake to win Best Picture. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 05:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC))

Superlatives section

What is this doing here????? Has basicly nothing to do with "Best Picture Oscar" at all!!!

Why do you say that? The section / chart lists the superlatives for the Best Picture Oscar ... namely, which film has the most awards and the most nominations for the Best Picture Oscar. How does that have "basically nothing to do with the Best Picture Oscar at all" ...? In fact, it has everything to do with the Best Picture Oscar. No? Am I missing something here? Perhaps you can clarify your question? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 18:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC))

Independent film?

Crash being listed as the only independent film to win best picture is dubious. What constitutes an independent film? Almost under any definition, this film is not the first independent film to win Best Picture.Wideeyedraven 21:32, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I changed the wording to read as follows: The film Crash was the first (and only) film festival acquisition to win Best Picture. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 05:29, 17 September 2007 (UTC))

Four acting categories

You have both From Here to Eternity and Reds as being the last BP nominees to have nominations in all four acting categories —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.226.61 (talk) 21:12, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for the heads-up. I double checked the info, after reading your post. There actually is a significant distinction between these two films, which explains why they each have a separate entry:

From Here to Eternity - the last Best Picture winner to date to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories

Reds - the last Best Picture nominee to date to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories

So, the first film actually won Best Picture, and the second was nominated without winning. I hope this explanation clears that up. Thanks again. (Joseph A. Spadaro 00:01, 11 October 2007 (UTC))

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Shouldn't you have this for last BP nominee to be Black and White?