In 1997, the big winner at the ceremony was Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (1996), which had received 12 nominations and won 9 awards including Best Picture.
The 70th Academy Awards were noted for their high ratings and the 11 wins obtained by the Best Picture Titanic(1997).
Titanic dominated the evening picking up 11 awards out of 14 nominations. The film tied with the most awards nominated with All About Eve and tied with the most awards won with Ben-Hur. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King would also match that record in 2004.
Other notable films were As Good as It Gets(1997), which received seven nominations and two awards, including Best Actor and Best Actress and Good Will Hunting(1997), which received nine nominations and also won two awards.
The English Patient was the British film that won 9 out of 12 Oscars in 1997. It grossed over $231 at the box office.
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The Defiant Ones was nominated for nine Oscars and won two. You can read more about The film and about the 1958 Academy Awards awarded by following the links, below.The film that won nine Oscars was Gigi. You can also read more about it, below.
"Gigi" won all nine Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture.
Gigi was the film that actually won 10 Academy Awards in 1959! It was directed by Vincente Minnelli who won an Oscar for directing the film. There was not a single category that the film was nominated in that it did not win.
Alan Menken is a music composier who has won 8 OscarsAlso of note:Walt Disney was a film producter who won 20 Oscars, but he died in 1966Cedric Gibbons was an art director who won 11 Oscars, but he died in 1960Alfred Newman was a composer who won 9 Oscars, but he died in 1970.Edith Head was a costume designer who won 8 Oscars, but she died in 1971.Edwin B. Willis was a set designer who won 8 Oscars, but he died in 1963.
No foreign film has ever won 11 Academy Awards. Although "Ben-Hur" (1959) was filmed in Italy, "Titanic" (1997) was shot in Mexico and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) was created in New Zealand, they are all considered mainstream domestic films. All three movie hold the record for most Oscar wins with 11.
The Defiant Ones was nominated for nine Oscars and won two. You can read more about The film and about the 1958 Academy Awards awarded by following the links, below.The film that won nine Oscars was Gigi. You can also read more about it, below.
"Gigi" won all nine Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture.
Gigi was the film that actually won 10 Academy Awards in 1959! It was directed by Vincente Minnelli who won an Oscar for directing the film. There was not a single category that the film was nominated in that it did not win.
Alan Menken is a music composier who has won 8 OscarsAlso of note:Walt Disney was a film producter who won 20 Oscars, but he died in 1966Cedric Gibbons was an art director who won 11 Oscars, but he died in 1960Alfred Newman was a composer who won 9 Oscars, but he died in 1970.Edith Head was a costume designer who won 8 Oscars, but she died in 1971.Edwin B. Willis was a set designer who won 8 Oscars, but he died in 1963.
No foreign film has ever won 11 Academy Awards. Although "Ben-Hur" (1959) was filmed in Italy, "Titanic" (1997) was shot in Mexico and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) was created in New Zealand, they are all considered mainstream domestic films. All three movie hold the record for most Oscar wins with 11.
It's not an English church, but maybe it's The English Patient which won 9 Oscars, including Best Picture?
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The English Patient (1996) won 9 Academy Awards. Ahead of Gandhi, and Slumdog Millionaire which both received 8
Three movies won 9 OscarsGigi (1958) [9 nominations, none for acting]The Last Emperor (1987) [9 nominations, none for acting]The English Patient (1996) [12 nominations]
The English Patient (1996) won nine Academy AwardsBest Actress in a Supporting Role, Juliette BinocheBest Art Direction-Set Decoration, Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillanBest Cinematography, John SealeBest Costume Design, Ann RothBest Director, Anthony MinghellaBest Film Editing, Walter MurchBest Music, Original Dramatic Score, Gabriel YaredBest Picture, Saul ZaentzBest Sound, Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman
The last 10 Academy Award winners for Best Picture are as follows: 2016 -- "Moonlight" 2015 -- "Spotlight" 2014 -- "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)." 2013 -- "12 Years a Slave" 2012 -- "Argo" 2011 -- "The Artist" 2010 -- "The King's Speech" 2009 -- "The Hurt Locker" 2008 -- "Slumdog Millionaire" 2007 -- "No Country for Old Men"
9 1 2 Minutes - 1997 was released on: USA: 31 May 1997 (New York Women's Film Festival)