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Did you know... The oldest
Films with the most awards (11)
Ben-Hur, 1959 (12 nominations) Since 1950, the statuettes Oscar winner
Titanic, 1997 (14 nominations) have been legally encum- is Jessica
The Lord of the Rings: bered by the requirement Tandy at age
The Return of the King, 2003 (11 nominations) that neither winners nor 80.
their heirs may sell the
statuettes without first
Movies with the most nominations (14) offering to sell them back to
All about Eve, 1950 (won 6 awards)
the Academy for US$1.
Titanic, 1997 (11 awards)

Films that have won the ‘Big Five’

(best picture, director, actor, actress, writing)
It Happened One Night (1934)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Most Oscars won by a person

Walt Disney won 26 Oscars (22 competitive, 4 honorary)
He also won the most Oscars in one year (4)
He also has the record for most nominations (60) I want to thank

And the
Most acting awards everybody who

Oscars
4 - Katharine Hepburn (12 nominations) makes movies . . .
3 - Ingrid Bergman (7 nominations) As a little kid,
3 - Walter Brennan (4 nominations) I lived in the
3- Jack Nicholson (12 nominations) projects, and
you’re the people
Two nominations I watched. You’re
in one year
In 2007, Cate Blanchett the people who

go to...
was nominated for two made me want to
Oscars — Actress in a be an actor. I’m
Leading Role (Elizabeth: so proud to be
The Golden Age) and
Actress in a Supporting
here.”
Role (I'm Not There).
She didn’t win either one.
TV viewers, Whoopi Goldberg, Best
Supporting Actress,
Most Directing nominations by year 41.82002
million
2005
42.1 million 2007
1991, for Ghost

12 - William Wyler (3 wins) 40.2 million

2009
8 - Billy Wilder (2 wins) 36.3 million
7 - David Lean (2 wins) 2001
7 - Fred Zinnemann (2 wins) 42.9 million
2004
43.5 million 2010
Most acting nominations 2006 41.7 million
16 Meryl Streep (won 2) 2003 38.9 million
12 Katharine Hepburn (4) 33 million
12 Jack Nicholson (3)
2008
32 million
Did you know... The record
for the longest
Steven Spielberg acceptance
has only been speech is 7
nominated 6 times,
and won only twice
minutes, by
Greer Garson 14 oscars Did you know...
would weigh The Oscars are televised live in
about as much more than 200 countries annually
Size as Nicole
Kidman
comparison
Best actor and actress
awards In 2008 it cost $1,820,000
In 1997, As Good As It Gets won for a 30 second ad (peak
best actor (Jack Nicholson) and price).
best actress (Helen Hunt). In 1983, it cost only
In 1991, The Silence of the Lambs Regular bottle Oscar award Nicole Kidman $245,000
did the same with Anthony Hopkins of champagne 13.5” 70” (5 ft. 10”)
and Jodie Foster. 11.5” 8.5 lbs. 120 lbs.
Sources: awardsdatabase.oscars.org; adweek.com 4 lbs. SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR; INFOGRAPHIC BY MEGAN DINNER/QMI AGENCY