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FROM
THE ACADEMY AWARDS FILE
A dozen little remembered
statistics about the Oscars
 *The
film that won the most Oscars was Titanic in 1997. It
was nominated in 14 categories and picked up 11 awards
.
*Jack Nicholson in the actor to have been nominated
the maximum number of
times... 11 in all. Close on his heels was Sir Lawrence
Oliver with 11 nominations. However, Oliver was also
nominated in the Best Director category
.
 *Tatum
O’Neil was the youngest Oscar winner. She was only
10 when she won one of the golden statuettes.
*The actress to have won the most Oscars is Katherine
Hepburn. She won four golds after being nominated 12
times.
*In 1961 the Best Director Award was shared by two film-makers,
Robert Wise  and
Jerrome Robberts for West Side Story, the film that
inspired Mansoor Khan’s Josh.
*The director with the maximum Oscars is John Ford.
He bagged the coveted award four times.
*The first nominee to win the honour posthumously was
Sidney Howard in 1939. He bagged it for his award-winning
screenplay for the Hollywood classic, Gone With The
Wind.
*The unluckiest films at the Academy were The Turning
Point and The Colour Purple. Both films got as many
as 11 nominations....but not one Oscar.
*Despite being nominated seven times Peter O’ Toole
and Richard Burton never won an Oscar.
*Best Actress Greer Garson in 1942 made the longest
“thank you” speech. It went on for seven long
minutes.
*Sidney Poitier was the only African-American to win
the Best Actor Award. He received the coveted award
for his unforgettable performance in Lilies Of The Field
in 1963.
*The highest Oscar winner is Walt Disney.
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Cast Away
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Such A Long Journey
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Ex-Spice
girl Geri gets driving ban
OSCAR
HIGHLIGHTS
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for Nominations of the 73rd Academy Awards 2001
Films
that have got five Oscar nominations or more
The
making of Cast Away
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