Oscar Trivia: Did you know?

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by admin in Did you Know

 
 
 
• Only three films have ever won all top five Oscars – Best Film, Actor, Actress, Director and Writing. They are: It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Silence of the Lambs

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 • Walt Disney won more Oscars than anyone else. He was nominated for 64, and won 26!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 • Bob Hope has hosted the Oscars 18 times; Billy Crystal is in second place with 8 times.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the only film ever to have won every single Oscar it was nominated for.

 
 
 
 
 

 • The shortest-ever Best Actor Oscar-winning performance was awarded to Anthony Hopkins in 1992, having appeared for less than 16 minutes of screen time as Dr Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs

 
 
 

 • The oldest actress to win an Oscar is Jessica Tandy – at 81 she won the Best Actress Oscar in 1990 for her performance in Driving Miss Daisy. Tom Hanks is the youngest recipient of the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received in 2002 at age 45.

 
 
 
 

 • The first ceremony took place on May 16, 1929 in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The first televised Academy Awards show was the 25th annual, held on March 19, 1953.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 • The longest Oscar awards ceremony was in 2000, running for 4 hours and 16 minutes – beating a previous record by 16 minutes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 • The first actor to receive an Oscar posthumously was Peter Finch who died of a heart attack while leaving the Beverly Hills Hotel to do a pre-Oscar ceremony TV interview with Good Morning America.

 
 
 
 
 
 
• George C. Scott refused his award for his portrayal of the title role in Patton in 1970. He said that “the whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don’t want any part of it.” Marlon Brando refused to accept his award personally, because of the way Native Americans are discriminated against by the US and Hollywood. Instead, he sent a woman named Sacheen Littlefeather to receive his prize, and gave her a fifteen page acceptance speech.