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"Chicago," which was the first musical to win the Best Picture award since "Oliver!" (1968).The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2002 went to "Chicago." It was the first musical to be named Best Picture since "Oliver!" (1968).
The Artist was the first silent movie to win Best Picture since Wings, the first Best Picture winner (1927-28).
Avatar won three Oscars:Best Achievement in Art DirectionBest Achievement in CinematographyBest Achievement in Visual EffectsAvatar was also nominated for:Best Achievement in DirectingBest Achievement in EditingBest Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original ScoreBest Achievement in SoundBest Achievement in Sound EditingBest Motion Picture of the YearJames Cameron's science-fiction drama earned nine Academy Awards nominatons, including Best Picture of 2009. But it won only three Oscars: Best Cinematography (Mauro Fiore); Best Art Direction (Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, art direction; and Kim Sinclair, set decoration); and Best Visual Effects (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones).
Gibson received two Academy Awards, Best Director and Best Picture, for his 1995 direction of Braveheart
The first comedy to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was Frank Capra's 1934 film "It Happened One Night," which starred Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. It was the first of three movies to win the top five Oscars on the same night: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and a screenwriting award. The two others that accomplished the feat: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).