Two commenters got 100% for what I was looking for. Jeff and Brandon W. However, I must note that with some of these, it could be open to interpretation. The reason I put them in the comments sections is that I think how people figure out the answers is as interesting. Maybe it’s more fun for me than it is for you. Perhaps we’ll try having them emailed in next time and see how it goes. The only question anyone had trouble with number 5.¬† I like the other possibilities, like love triangle, over three hours long and epic.¬† I don’t think I can form a theory, though, since there are so many Best Pic winners that take place in foreign countries that do get acting nominations, like The English Patient, for instance. Titanic also did not take place in the US.
Here are Brandon W.’s answers:
1. Lost In Space.
2. Director John Ford won four of the five Oscars he was nominated for. When he was nominated for Stagecoach, he lost to Victor Fleming for Gone with the Wind.
3. It’s A Wonderful Life, and The Best Years of Our Lives.
4. The two decades were 1940s and 1970s. The films and actors are as followed for the 1940s: Going My Way (1944) with Bing Crosby, The Lost Weekend (1945) with Ray Milland, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Fredric March, Hamlet (1948) with Laurence Olivier, and All the King’s Men (1949) with Broderick Crawford.
The films and the leading male actors are as followed for the 1970s: Patton (1970) with George C. Scott, The French Connection (1971) with Gene Hackman, The Godfather (1972) with Marlon Brando, One Flew Over the Cockoo’s Nest (1975) with Jack Nicholson, and Kramer VS. Kramer (1979) with Dustin Hoffman.
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Braveheart (1995), The Last Emperor (1987), Gigi (1958), Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), An American in Paris (1951), Grand Hotel (1932), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Wings (1927) are all films that were non-US based.
6 The 1980s would have to be considered the “Streep-era.” The reason why is because she gave such strong performances, as she all ways does, especially her role in Sophie’s Choice (1982), and that she was nominated 6 times in that decade.
7a. Roberto Benigni- Life Is Beautiful (1998).
7b. Lawrence Oliver- Hamlet (1948).
8. Katharine Hepburn appeard on stage only once, to present the honorary Oscar to
Lawrence Weingarten at the 46th Oscars in 1974.
9a. Russell Crowe – Gladiator (2000).
9b. Jack Nicholson – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975).
9c. Shirley McLaine – Terms Of Endearment (1983).
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