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Academy Award trivia

#1 Post by macrae1234 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:49 am

The titles of the five Best Picture Academy Award nominees The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire all referred to the film's characters. When was the last time this happened?
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Re: Academy Award trivia

#2 Post by tanstaafl2 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:58 am

No way I was going to guess that. Although no doubt someone here might.
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Looked it up and even if you perhaps fudge a bit it has been awhile. Without fudging a bit it appears it goes back even further.
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Re: Academy Award trivia

#3 Post by franktangredi » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:16 am

macrae1234 wrote:The titles of the five Best Picture Academy Award nominees The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire all referred to the film's characters. When was the last time this happened?
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1980: Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, Tess
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#4 Post by macrae1234 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:20 am

I guess your fudging was
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1980 with"Ordinary People", "Coal Miner's Daughter", "The Elephant Man", "Raging Bull", "Tess"
However going back and as far as I can tell the only other time
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1964 with "My Fair Lady", "Becket", "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying...", "Mary Poppins", "Zorba the Greek"
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#5 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:24 am

Aside from this year, it happened only twice. Frank gave
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1980
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1964: "Becket", "Dr. Strangelove", "Mary Poppins", "My Fair Lady", "Zorba the Greek"
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#6 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:27 am

It is also interesting to note that
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1936 had 10 nominees for Best Picture and 8 of those 10 titles referred to their characters
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#7 Post by macrae1234 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:29 am

Two people have now mentioned
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1980 as an answer
Any problems or concerned with why this answer is not accepted should be directed to Tim Dirks at AMC filmsite the author of the question.
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#8 Post by tanstaafl2 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:34 am

macrae1234 wrote:I guess your fudging was
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1980 with"Ordinary People", "Coal Miner's Daughter", "The Elephant Man", "Raging Bull", "Tess"
However going back and as far as I can tell the only other time
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1964 with "My Fair Lady", "Becket", "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying...", "Mary Poppins", "Zorba the Greek"
Yep, that was it.
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