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"Notably, the only remake to win is The Departed, though a few other winners, such as Mutiny on the Bounty and Ben-Hur, were heavily inspired and influenced by previous films of the same name, they were nevertheless adaptations of the same novel."
This view of remakes is far too doctrinaire on a subject which is very open to interpretation. Both of the films cited may be based on books, but they were made by the same production company (MGM in both cases) and were plainly intended as a return to the same material which had been successful before, in widescreen color. If that's not a "remake" what is? It would be far fairer to say that The Departed is the only remake of a film original, but others were based on existing sources but, to differing degrees, possibly inspired by previous film versions— a list which would include everything from Gigi (filmed in France) to Marty (a teleplay) to musicals like Oliver! and Chicago (which echo previous non-musical versions of the same material), and even Gladiator (which does not claim to be based on The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) but has obvious similarities... obvious enough that Dreamworks took the legal precaution of buying the rights anyway). However you feel about any of those cases (and I haven't even gotten to the previous movie about the Von Trapps that no one remembers, and which Rodgers & Hammerstein bought the rights to), the current phrasing suggests that remakes and previous inspiration is rare when it's plainly not. Mgmax ( talk) 18:03, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
I've just tagged the article for contradicting itself. The History section says the name Best Picture applied beginning with "the 1931 awards". The Awards section, and the notes lower down, show a different change for the "1929/30" awards, and Best Picture not applied until much later. -- 65.95.176.76 ( talk) 08:52, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Wouldn't it make more sense to mention directors instead of producers? phme ( talk) 23:14, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
This is an article about Academy Award nominees/winners for Best Picture. How can this information be so wrong? I know for a fact Le Mis, Hugo, The Social Network, and Up, did NOT win best picture. So many people use Wiki and to think something as trivial as Best Picture winners can not even be correct blows my mind. Why can't Wiki have verified pages for important, unchanging information? Could be worth the investment. -jr — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.71.72.200 ( talk) 12:28, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
For at least the 85th 86th awards, up to three producers are recognized. A special "producing team" rule enables two-person producing teams to be treated as one person for the purpose of the best picture award. I suggest that producing teams be represented in some way: perhaps grouped together with a slash. For example, for the team from Plan B Entertainment, the producer credit would be:
Film | Production company(s) | Producer(s) |
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12 Years a Slave | Plan B Entertainment | Brad Pitt / Dede Gardner |
67.100.127.31 ( talk) 19:25, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
How come do we have them linked if they are not exactly nominees per say-some of them were even uncredited! Since the pre 1952 Oscars game it to studios so some of them seem a bit odd on here. Just thought I ask. Also-is there any record of what film studio has the most nominees ever? I'm guessing either Paramount or WB. Wgolf ( talk) 23:06, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
This section lists The Artist as the first silent film to win since Wings. However according to the article on Silent film, it does not qualify as a silent because it has a synchronized soundtrack, the same way that Schindler's List doesn't qualify as a black-and-white film because it has color sequences. This section also says that The Artist was "...as well as the first Best Picture winner shot entirely in black-and-white since 1960's..." yet the film's article says it was filmed in color and monochromed in the lab. [1] I'm not sure how to edit it, but this section needs to be reworked to state facts that agree with other articles. Goldnpuppy ( talk) 20:21, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
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The article needs a better description of how the nominees are chosen. I looked at the official rules (PDF) and they seem contradictory:
There is no explanation of how this is resolved in a case where there are fewer than five films receiving at least 5%. It is shocking how poorly drafted the rule is. The article should explain how it operates in practice. Mathew5000 ( talk) 18:50, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
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I think it would be better if we embolden the best picture winners for emphasis. Thoughts?♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:22, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
What do you mean? All winners in the list are currently highlighted by colored panels, while nominees are in regular black-and-white. Dimadick ( talk) 20:03, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
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Why is it that from 1928 to 1950, the nominees in this category have been the production companies instead of the actual producers? Wouldn´t it make more sense to replace them with the names of the producers of these films? 190.19.18.72 ( talk) 18:47, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
In the first sentence of the "winners and nominees" section, there is a reference to a "colored row". Isn't that racist? 47.137.185.87 ( talk) 08:39, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
I noticed that John Wayne is missing from this section He was nominated for best actor twice - Sands of Iwo Jima and True Grit (won for True Grit).
Hello, I wanted to advise that Mery Streep has been nominated 21 times and won 3 times. However, she is not in the "individual" with nomination's article part. Pls fix it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkSkywalker77 ( talk • contribs) 12:39, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
The article states that after removing the Unique and Artistic Picture category, the Academy "decided retroactively that the award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded." The cited source, a series of reviews for the first and only winner of the U&AP category, makes no such claim. The only other place where I could find a the same claim is the article for the 1st Academy Awards, which similarly cites a source that says no such thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added b:[y 98.212.146.132 ( talk) 15:58, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
Apple and Neon are both listed in this section, despite each having been only nominated once for Academy Awards (in both cases winning). Jack Hudson ( talk) 02:54, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
After the 23rd Academy Awards, no longer listed are the films studios the nominees/winners have been made by; I propose the inclusion of the film studios for all the movies. 2601:603:4D01:3F10:978C:F588:50D1:8E66 ( talk) 01:30, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be at least a mention of its etymology? Ambndms ( talk) 23:41, 10 March 2024 (UTC)