Academy Award for Film Editing

The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. Academy Award for Film Editing - 1930s. 1934 Eskimo - Conrad A. Nervig Cleopatra - Anne Bauchens One Night of Love - Gene Milford 1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Ralph Dawson David Copperfield - Robert J. Kern The Informer - George Hively Les Misérables - Barbara McLean L ...

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• Academy Award for Film Editing - 1940s
• Academy Award for Film Editing - 1950s
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• Academy Award for Film Editing - 1970s
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Casablanca is a 1942 movie set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz, and stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa. It focuses on Rick's conflict between, in the words of one character, love and virtue: he must choose between his love for Ilsa and his need to do the right thing by helping her husband, Resistance hero Victor Laszlo, escape f ...

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Champion is a 1949 American film noir drama based on a short story by Ring Lardner. Filmed in black-and-white, it recounts the struggles of boxer "Midge" Kelly fighting his own demons while working to achieve success in the boxing ring. Champion 1949 film - Primary cast. Kirk Douglas  : Michael "Midge" Kelly Marilyn Maxwell  : Grace Diamond Arthur Kennedy  : Connie Kelly Paul Stewart  : Tommy Haley Ruth Roman  : Emma Bryce Lo ...

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West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. West Side Story debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater on September 26, 1957 and played 732 performances before going on tour - a very successful run for the time. The plot borrows from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in that the brother of a gang leader f ...

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Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film directed by Gus Van Sant set in greater Boston, Massachusetts, which tells the story of Will Hunting, a troubled young prodigy who works as a janitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology even though his knowledge of and facility with mathematics is superior to that of all of the school's faculty. Will must come to the realization that his abusive past is not his fault so that he can let go of the past and move on with his life. Good Will Hunting shows the story of a young man as he struggles to love his inner-self so that he can love o ...

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Body and Soul is a film made in 1947 film noir film which tells the story of a boxer who becomes involved with a corrupt promoter. It stars John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere and William Conrad. The movie, written by Abraham Polonsky and directed by Robert Rossen, is a cautionary tale where the pursuit of money becomes the focus that derails a common man in his quest for success. Body and Soul 1947 film - Plot. Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, become ...

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American Beauty is a 1999 drama film that explores themes of love, freedom, self-liberation, family, and the American Dream. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. American Beauty 1999 film - Cast. Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham Thora Birch - Jane Burnham Wes Bentley - Ricky Fitts Mena Suvari - Angela Hayes Peter Gallagher - Buddy Kane Allison Janney - Barbara Fitts Scott Bak ...

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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrad's classic novella Heart of Darkness. Set during the Vietnam War, a taciturn American soldier is sent to "terminate with extreme prejudice" the command of a rogue United States Army Special Forces colonel. The narrative of his journey and its culmination are studded with events which, while bizarre, are based on real Vietnam stories. The soldier's journey becomes i ...

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As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film which tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, cantankerous, homophobic writer named Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) who, because of his affective disorder, lives in a world that has shrunk to about the size of his apartment and the books he authors; nevertheless, and despite himself, he befriends his regular waitress (Helen Hunt) who is a single mother and his homosexual neighbour (Greg Kinnear). It is a romantic comedy played out among flawed people in an imperfect and postmodern world. ...

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The film was based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's. The story analyst at Warner Brothers who read the play called it (approvingly) "sophisticated hokum", and it was agreed to buy the rights for $20,000. The project was renamed Casablanca, apparently in imitation of the 1938 hit Algiers. Shooting began on May 25, 1942 and was completed on August 3. The entire film was shot in the studio, except for the sequence showing the arrival of Major Strasser (filmed at Van Nuys Airport) ...

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Casablanca film, Casablanca film - Plot, Casablanca film - Production, Casablanca film - Writing, Casablanca film - Direction, Casablanca film - Cinematography, Casablanca film - Music, Casablanca film - Reception, Casablanca film - Sequels, Casablanca film - Cast, Casablanca film - Myths, Casablanca film - Errors, Casablanca film - Criticism, Casablanca film - Awards, Casablanca film - Quotes

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In 1961, it was made into a motion picture and released on October 18 by United Artists, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. The film won ten Motion Picture Academy Awards including Best Picture, the most Oscars received by any movie musical. The film was #41 on American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies and #3 on its 100 Years, 100 Passions, and has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. On AFI's 100 years, 100 songs, "Tonight" was #59, "America" was #35, and "Somewhere" was #20. See also:

West Side Story, West Side Story - Film, West Side Story - Credits, West Side Story - Academy Award wins and nominations for the movie, West Side Story - Dramatis Personae

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The movie follows Johnny Hooker (Redford), a small-time con-man who, with accomplice Luther Coleman, manages to swipe $11,000 in cash from the "numbers" (an early, illegal version of the lottery) off of a courier for banker Doyle Lonnegan. When Doyle finds out that his money is gone, he has Luther killed and sends men to kill Johnny as well. Having lost his newfound wealth on a spin of a roulette wheel in an underground casino, Johnny can't go anywhere. He decides to get revenge for Luther's murder, and the only way to do that is to "learn f ...

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The movie tells the story of a mother and daughter relationship which juxtaposes both women's inconclusive search for love. The movie opens with the newly born Emma in the cradle sleeping. Her mother Aurora comes in to check on her infant and is not content with the child's safety until the baby is awoken and crying...This is movies about a mother and daughter relationship ...

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Terms of Endearment, Terms of Endearment - Plot Summary, Terms of Endearment - Featured Cast, Terms of Endearment - Award winnings

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Although it contains passages written in the 1910s and 1920s, Doctor Zhivago was not completed until 1956. It was submitted for publication to the journal Novyi mir, but was rejected due to Pasternak's difficult relationship with the Soviet government. In 1957 publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli smuggled the manuscript out of Russia and published the book in Russian in Milan. The following year, it appeared in Italian and English translations, and these publications were partly responsible for the fact that the author was awarded ...

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Though the movie is about an American family, it has a universal appeal and is just as applicable to anyone in any country as much as it does to an American. People like Lester or people leading to his state can be seen all around and within us, at least in parts. When Lester says "I want a job with the least amount of responsibility", while applying for a counter job at a Burger joint, he epitomises a person who is thoroughly frustrated and not grown up enough to take advice regarding assuming ...

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American Beauty 1999 film, American Beauty 1999 film - Cast, American Beauty 1999 film - Plot summary, American Beauty 1999 film - Themes, American Beauty 1999 film - Literary Influences on American Beauty, American Beauty 1999 film - Awards, American Beauty 1999 film - Trivia

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Although the suffering caused by the building of the Burma Railway and its bridges is true, the incidents in the film are entirely fictional. The real senior Allied officer at the bridge was Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Toosey, who was a remarkable officer. The film is thought by many to be an insulting parody of a great man. Former prisoners have said that it is unlikely that a man like the fictional Nicholson could have risen to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. If he had, they said that he ...

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U.S. Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard is stationed in Saigon; a seasoned veteran, he is deeply troubled and apparently no longer fit for civilian life. A group of intelligence officers approach him with a special mission up-river into the remote Cambodian jungle to find Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, a former member of the United States Army Special Forces. They state that Kurtz, once considered a model officer and future general, has apparently gone insane and is commanding a legion of his own Montagnard troops deep in neutral Cambodia. Th ...

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Apocalypse Now, Apocalypse Now - Background, Apocalypse Now - Synopsis, Apocalypse Now - Redux, Apocalypse Now - Alternate Endings, Apocalypse Now - Themes, Apocalypse Now - Responses, Apocalypse Now - Adaptation, Apocalypse Now - Influence, Apocalypse Now - Film:, Apocalypse Now - Television:, Apocalypse Now - Music:, Apocalypse Now - Video games:, Apocalypse Now - Literature:, Apocalypse Now - Primary cast, Apocalypse Now - Quotes

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The film was nominated for an Oscar in nine categories, and won all nine. Academy Award for Best Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Academy Award for Directing (Vincente Minnelli) Golden Globe Award for Best Director (Vincente Minnelli) Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Vincente Minnelli & assistant, George Vieira) Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (Hermione Gingold) See also:

Gigi 1958 film, Gigi 1958 film - Plot, Gigi 1958 film - Primary cast, Gigi 1958 film - Awards, Gigi 1958 film - Award nominations, Gigi 1958 film - Trivia

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Rocky Balboa is a dead-end, "bottom of the barrel" guy from Philadelphia who is going nowhere in life. With the nation's bicentennial coming up, and scheduled contender Mac Lee Green injured, the undefeated heavyweight champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) searches desperately for a new opponent for the match on the nation's birthday. With all the deserving competitors unavailable for one reason or another, Creed comes up with the perfect bout: he will fight the local underdog "Italian Stallion" Rocky, and by doing so give him a chance at th ...

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Rocky, Rocky - Plot Summary, Rocky - Cameo appearences, Rocky - Trivia, Rocky - U.S. box office gross

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Stagecoach film - Winner. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Mitchell) Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring (Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken) New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Director (John Ford) Stagecoach film - Nominated. Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Directing (John Ford) Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Alexander Toluboff) Academy A ...

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