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If I Were the Academy for the Previous 40 Years (Part II: 1957-1976)
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)The Bridge on the River Kwai (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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My Choices for 1957: Best Picture-The Bridge on the River Kwai (it won); Best Actor-Alec Guinness, Bridge... (he won); Best Actress-Lana Turner, Peyton Place (lost to Joanne Woodward, 3 Faces of Eve); Best Supp. Actor-Vittorio De Sica, A Farewell to Arms (lost to Red Buttons, Sayonara); Best Supp. Actress-Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution (lost to Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara);...
12 Angry Men (Decades Collection with CD)12 Angry Men (Decades Collection with CD)
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1957 (Cont'd): Best Director-Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men (lost to David Lean, Bridge...); Best Orig. Screenplay-Leonard Gershe, Funny Face (lost to George Wells, Designing Woman); Best Adapted Screenplay-Pierre Boulle, Bridge... (he won).
The Defiant OnesThe Defiant Ones
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1958: Best Pictue-The Defiant Ones (lost to Gigi); Best Actor-Spencer Tracy, The Old Man and the Sea (lost to David Niven, Separate Tables); Best Actress-Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame (lost to Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!); Best Supp. Actor-Lee J. Cobb, The Brothers Karamazov (lost to Burl Ives, The Big Country);...
Lonely HeartsLonely Hearts
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1958 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Maureen Stapleton, Lonelyhearts (lost to Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables); Best Director-Stanley Kramer, Defiant Ones (lost to Vincente Minnelli, Gigi); Best Orig. Screenplay-Nedrick Young & Harold Jacob Smith-The Defiant Ones (they won); Best Adapted Screenplay-Richard Brooks, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (lost to Alan Jay Lerner, Gigi).
Ben-HurBen-Hur
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1959: Best Picture-Ben Hur (it won); Best Actor-Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur (he won); Best Actress-Doris Day, Pillow Talk (lost to Simone Signoret, Room at the Top); Best Supp. Actor-George C. Scott, Anatomy of a Murder (lost to Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur);...
The Diary of Anne FrankThe Diary of Anne Frank
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1959 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Shelley Winters, Diary of Anne Frank (she won); Best Director-George Stevens, Diary... (lost to William Wyler, Ben-Hur); Best Orig. Screenplay-Francois Truffaut, 400 Blows (lost to Stanley Shapiro, Pillow Talk); Best Adapted Screenplay-Billy Wilder, Some Like it Hot (lost to Neil Paterson, Room at the Top).
The Apartment (Collector's Edition)The Apartment (Collector's Edition)
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1960: Best Picture-The Apartment (it won); Best Actor-Jack Lemmon, The Apartment (lost to Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry); Best Actress-Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment (lost to Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8); Best Supp. Actor-Peter Falk, Murder, Inc. (lost to Peter Ustinov, Spartacus);...
Psycho (Special Edition) (Universal Legacy Series)Psycho (Special Edition) (Universal Legacy Series)
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1960 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Janet Leigh, Psycho (lost to Shirley Jones, Elmer Gantry); Best Director-Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho (lost to Billy Wilder, The Apartment); Best Orig. Screenplay-Billy Wilder, The Apartment (he won); Best Adapted Screenplay-Nedrick Young & Harold Jacob Smith-Inherit the Wind (lost to Richard Brooks, Elmer Gantry).
The Hustler (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)The Hustler (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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1961: Best Picture-The Hustler (lost to West Side Story); Best Actor-Paul Newman, The Hustler (lost to Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg); Best Actress-Piper Laurie, The Hustler (lost to Sophia Loren, La Ciociara); Best Supp. Actor-Jackie Gleason, The Hustler (lost to George Chakiris, West Side Story);...
Judgment at NurembergJudgment at Nuremberg
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1961 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Judy Garland, Judgment at Nuremberg (lost to Rita Moreno, West Side Story); Best Director-J. Lee Thompson, Guns of Navarone (lost to Robert Wise, West Side Story); Best Orig. Screenplay-Federico Fellini, La Dolce Vita (lost to William Inge, Splendor in the Grass); Best Adapted Screenplay-George Axelrod, Breakfast at Tiffany's (lost to Abby Mann, Judgment...).
To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series)To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series)
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1962: Best Picture-To Kill... (lost to Lawrence...); Best Actor-Peter O'Toole, Lawrence... (lost to Gregory Peck, To Kill...); Best Actress-Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (lost to Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker); Best Supp. Actor-Telly Savalas, Birdman of Alcatraz/Terence Stamp, Billy Budd/Omar Sharif, Lawrence... (3-way tie) (all lost to Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth);...
The Manchurian Candidate (Special Edition)The Manchurian Candidate (Special Edition)
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1962 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Angela Lansbury, Manchurian Candidate (lost to Patty Duke, Miracle Worker); Best Director-Arthur Penn, Miracle Worker (lost to David Lean, Lawrence...); Best Orig. Screenplay-Charles Kaufman, Freud (lost to Ennio De Concini, Divorce Italian Style); Best Adapted Screenplay-Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (lost to Horton Foote, To Kill...).
How the West Was Won (Three-Disc Special Edition)How the West Was Won (Three-Disc Special Edition)
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1963: Best Picture-How the West Was Won (lost to Tom Jones); Best Actor-Albert Finney, Tom Jones (lost to Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field); Best Actress-Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce (lost to Patricia Neal, Hud); Best Supp. Actor-Bobby Darin, Captain Newman, M.D. (lost to Melvyn Douglas, Hud);...
Lilies of the FieldLilies of the Field
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1963 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Lilia Skala, Lilies... (lost to Margaret Rutherford, The VIPs); Best Director-Martin Ritt, Hud (lost to Tony Richardson, Tom Jones); Best Orig. Screenplay-Federico Fellini, 8 1/2 (lost to James R. Webb, How the West...); Best Adapted Screenplay-John Osborne, Tom Jones (he won).
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Two-Disc Special Edition)Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1964: Best Picture-Dr. Strangelove (lost to My Fair Lady); Best Actor-Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove (lost to Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady); Best Actress-Debbie Reynolds, Unsinkable Molly Brown (lost to Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins); Best Supp. Actor-John Gielgud, Becket (lost to Peter Ustinov, Topkapi);...
My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1964 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Gladys Cooper, My Fair Lady (lost to Lila Kedrova, Alexis Zorbas); Best Director-Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Strangelove (lost to George Cukor, My Fair Lady); Best Orig. Screenplay-Alun Owen, Hard Day's Night (lost to Peter Stone, Father Goose); Best Adapted Screenplay-Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Strangelove (lost to Edward Anhalt, Becket).
Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1965: Best Picture-Doctor Zhivago (lost to Sound of Music); Best Actor-Rod Steiger, The Pawnbroker (lost to Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou); Best Actress-Julie Andrews, Sound of Music (lost to Julie Christie, Darling); Best Supp. Actor-Ian Bannen, Flight of the Phoenix (lost to Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns);...
The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition)The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition)
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1965 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Peggy Wood, Sound of Music (lost to Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue); Best Director-David Lean, Doctor Zhivago (lost to Robert Wise, Sound of Music); Best Orig. Screenplay-Frederic Raphael, Darling (he won); Best Adapted Screenplay-Abby Mann, Ship of Fools (lost to Robert Bolt, Doctor Zhivago).
The Sand Pebbles (Two-Disc Special Edition)The Sand Pebbles (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1966: Best Picture-The Sand Pebbles (lost to A Man for All Seasons); Best Actor-Steve McQueen, Sand... (lost to Paul Scofield, A Man...); Best Actress-Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl/Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan... (tie) (both lost to Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid...);...
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Two-Disc Special Edition)Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1966 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actor-George Segal, Who's.../Robert Shaw, A Man... (tie) (both lost to Walter Matthau, Fortune Cookie); Best Supp. Actress-Sandy Dennis, Who's... (she won); Best Director-Michelangelo Antonioni, Blowup (lost to Fred Zinnemann, A Man...); Best Orig. Scr.-Billy Wilder, Fortune Cookie (lost to Claude Lelouch, A Man &...); Best Adapted Scr.-Robert Bolt, A Man... (he won).
Bonnie and Clyde (Two-Disc Special Edition)Bonnie and Clyde (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1967: Best Picture-Bonnie & Clyde (lost to In the Heat of the Night); Best Actor-Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke (lost to Rod Steiger, In the...); Best Actress-Audrey Hepburn, Wait Until Dark (lost to Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's...); Best Supp. Actor-John Cassavetes, Dirty Dozen (lost to George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke);...
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (40th Anniversary Edition)Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (40th Anniversary Edition)
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1967 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Beah Richards, Guess Who's... (lost to Estelle Parsons, Bonnie...); Best Director-Arthur Penn, Bonnie... (lost to Mike Nichols, Graduate); Best Orig. Screenplay-Robert Benton & David Newman, Bonnie... (lost to William Rose, Guess...); Best Adapted Screenplay-Richard Brooks, In Cold Blood (lost to Stirling Silliphant, In the...).
Romeo & JulietRomeo & Juliet
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1968: Best Picture-Romeo & Juliet (lost to Oliver!); Best Actor-Cliff Robertson, Charly (he won); Best Actress-Katharine Hepburn, Lion in Winter/Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl (they both won in a tie); Best Supp. Actor-Gene Wilder, The Producers (lost to Jack Albertson, The Subject Was Roses);...
Rosemary's BabyRosemary's Baby
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1968 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby (she won); Best Director-Stanley Kubrick, 2001 (lost to Carol Reed, Oliver!); Best Orig. Screenplay-Mel Brooks, The Producers (he won); Best Adapted Screenplay-Neil Simon, The Odd Couple (lost to James Goldman, Lion in Winter).
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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1969: Best Picture-Butch Cassidy... (lost to Midnight Cowboy); Best Actor-Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy (lost to John Wayne, True Grit); Best Actress-Liza Minnelli, Sterile Cuckoo (lost to Maggie Smith, Prime of...); Best Supp. Actor-Jack Nicholson, Easy Rider (lost to Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?);...
Bob and Carol and Ted and AliceBob and Carol and Ted and Alice
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1969 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Dyan Cannon, Bob &... (lost to Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower); Best Director-George Roy Hill, Butch... (lost to John Schlesinger, Midnight...); Best Orig. Screenplay-Sam Peckinpah, Wild Bunch (lost to William Goldman, Butch...); Best Adapted Screenplay-Waldo Salt, Midnight... (he won).
Patton (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)Patton (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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1970: Best Picture-Patton (it won); Best Actor-George C. Scott, Patton (he won); Best Actress-Jane Alexander, Great White Hope (lost to Glenda Jackson, Women in Love); Best Supp. Actor-Gene Hackman, I Never... (lost to John Mills, Ryan's Daughter);...
Five Easy PiecesFive Easy Pieces
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1970 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces (lost to Helen Hayes, Airport); Best Director-Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Francis Ford Coppola & Edmund H. North, Patton (they won); Best Adapted Screenplay-Ring Lardner Jr., MASH (he won).
A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1971: Best Picture-A Clockwork Orange (lost to French Connxn); Best Actor-Peter Finch, Sunday Bloody Sunday (lost to Gene Hackman, French Connxn); Best Actress-Julie Christie, McCabe & Mrs. Miller (lost to Jane Fonda, Klute); Best Supp. Actor-Roy Scheider, French Connxn (lost to Ben Johnson, Last Picture Show);...
The Last Picture Show (Definitive Director's Cut Special Edition)The Last Picture Show (Definitive Director's Cut Special Edition)
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1971 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Ellen Burstyn, Last Picture Show (lost to Cloris Leachman, Last...); Best Director-Stanley Kubrick, Clockwork... (lost to William Friedkin, French...); Best Orig. Screenplay-Paddy Chayefsky, Hospital (he won); Best Adapted Screenplay-Stanley Kubrick, Clockwork... (lost to Ernest Tidyman, French...).
The Godfather - The Coppola RestorationThe Godfather - The Coppola Restoration
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1972: Best Picture-The Godfather (it won); Best Actor-Marlon Brando, Godfather (he won); Best Actress-Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues (lost to Liza Minnelli, Cabaret); Best Supp. Actor-Al Pacino/Robert Duvall/James Caan, The Godfather (3-way tie) (all lost to Joel Grey, Cabaret);...
The Heartbreak Kid (Widescreen Edition)The Heartbreak Kid (Widescreen Edition) by Ben Stiller
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1972 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Jeannie Berlin, Heartbreak Kid (lost to Eileen Heckart, Butterflies...); Best Director-Francis Ford Coppola, Godfather (lost to Bob Fosse, Cabaret); Best Orig. Screenplay-Luis Bunuel, Discreet Charm... (lost to Jeremy Larner, The Candidate); Best Adapted Screenplay-Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo, Godfather (they won).
The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen)The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen)
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1973: Best Picture-The Exorcist (lost to The Sting); Best Actor-Jack Nicholson, The Last Detail (lost to Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger); Best Actress-Ellen Burstyn, Exorcist (lost to Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class); Best Supp. Actor-Randy Quaid, Last Detail (lost to John Houseman, The Paper Chase);...
The Exorcist - The Complete Anthology (The Exorcist/ The Exorcist- Unrated/ The Exorcist II: The Heretic/ The Exorcist III/ The Exorcist: The Beginning/ The Exorcist: Dominion)The Exorcist - The Complete Anthology (The Exorcist/ The Exorcist- Unrated/ The Exorcist II: The Heretic/ The Exorcist III/ The Exorcist: The Beginning/ The Exorcist: Dominion)
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1973 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Linda Blair, Exorcist (lost to Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon); Best Director-George Lucas, American Graffiti (lost to George Roy Hill, Sting); Best Orig. Screenplay-Ingmar Bergman, Cries & Whispers (lost to David S. Ward, Sting); Best Adapted Screenplay-Robert Towne, Last Detail (lost to William Peter Blatty, Exorcist).
Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)
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1974: Best Picture-Chinatown (lost to Godfather II); Best Actor-Dustin Hoffman, Lenny (lost to Art Carney, Harry & Tonto); Best Actress-Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence (lost to Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore); Best Supp. Actor-Robert De Niro, Godfather II (he won);...
Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition)Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
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1974 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles (lost to Ingrid Bergman, Murder on Orient Express); Best Director-Francis Ford Coppola, Godfather II (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Francis FC, The Conversation (lost to Robert Towne, Chinatown); Best Adapted Screenplay-Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein (lost to Francis FC & Mario Puzo, Godfather II).
Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)
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1975: Best Picture-Jaws (lost to One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest); Best Actor-Jack Nicholson, Cuckoo's (he won); Best Actress-Ann-Margret, Tommy (lost to Louise Fletcher, Cuckoo's [who should've won Best Supp. Actress instead]); Best Supp. Actor-Brad Dourif, Cuckoo's (lost to George Burns, Sunshine Boys);...
NashvilleNashville
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1975 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Lily Tomlin, Nashville (lost to Lee Grant, Shampoo); Best Director-Milos Forman, Cuckoo's (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Robert Towne & Warren Beatty, Shampoo (lost to Frank Pierson, Dog Day Afternoon); Best Adapted Screenplay-Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon (lost to Bo Goldman, Cuckoo's).
Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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1976: Best Picture-Taxi Driver (lost to Rocky); Best Actor-Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver/William Holden, Network/Sylvester Stallone, Rocky (3-way tie) (all lost to Peter Finch, Network [who should've won Best Supp. Actor instead]); Best Actress-Sissy Spacek, Carrie (lost to Faye Dunaway, Network);...
Marathon ManMarathon Man
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1976 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actor-Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man/Burgess Meredith, Rocky (tie) (lost to Jason Robards, All the Pres...); Best Supp. Actress-Piper Laurie, Carrie (lost to Beatrice Straight, Network); Best Director-Sidney Lumet, Network (lost to John G. Avildsen, Rocky); Best Orig. Scr.-Stallone, Rocky (lost to Paddy Chayefsky, Network); Best Ad. Scr.-William Goldman, All... (he won).