The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only to vote on the final ballot, but also to nominate. During the annual Academy Awards ceremony, Best Picture is reserved as the final award presented and, since 1951, is collected at the podium by the film's producers. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is considered the most important of the Academy Awards, as it is the final result of the collaborative producing, directing, acting, and writing efforts put forth for a film. The Grand Staircase columns at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception 80 years ago.

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iPod uses all the songs that topped Bilboard s Hot 100 chart chronologically since August 1958 Each of the 857 songs plays for one second representing each week the song stayed at 1 Billboard and Academy His video installation Academy arrays algorithmically determined visual averages of all the past Academy Award Best Picture winners since 1927 smearing film sets

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that the Best Actor vote was one vote apart which means a tie so he presented both Wallace Beery for The Champ and Frederic March for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde the tie click on photo to see it in greater detail click here to see a

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Did you predict this Cathy Schulman and Paul Haggis accept the award for best picture for Crash last year

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What movies have won academy awards for best picture?
Q. Any movies form the modern time(not from the before the 60's to the 80's...after that) that have won academy awards for best picture or any other awards...just say the award and list movies
Asked by xSoDaPoPx - Sun Mar 18 16:51:15 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. A comprehensive list of past winners can be found here:
Answered by Fredo Menjou - Sun Mar 18 17:04:18 2007

what other moive was nominated in1939 for best picture in academy award?
Q. moives
Asked by yolanda j - Tue Apr 29 22:10:48 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. (Winner) Gone with the Wind - Selznick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick Dark Victory - Warner Bros. - David Lewis Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Victor Saville Love Affair - RKO Radio - Leo McCarey Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Columbia - Frank Capra Ninotchka - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin Of Mice and Men - Roach, United Artists - Lewis Milestone Stagecoach - United Artists - Walter Wanger The Wizard of Oz - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Mervyn LeRoy Wuthering Heights - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn
Answered by Alan J - Tue Apr 29 22:14:01 2008

What was your favorite movie of 2006? Which one will win the Academy Award for best picture?
Q. There are several great movies...but some of my favorites are: The Guardian, The Queen, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Click. The nominated movies this year are: Babel The Departed Letters From Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen * I think either Letters or Queen will win.
Asked by daff73 - Mon Jan 29 12:29:12 2007 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments

A. My favorite movie of 2006 was Little Miss Sunshine and I really hope that the movie taks home best picture. The Departed was great, which is why I really want Scorsese to take home best director...finally. The Queen was also good which is why I am rooting for Mirren to win for best actress (she already won the Golden Globe and SAG for it). So she should be able to snag all three.
Answered by mandasrooster - Mon Jan 29 13:19:35 2007