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Academy Award

An Academy award statuette
NameAcademy Award
CaptionAn Academy award statuette
DescriptionExcellence in cinematic achievements
PresenterAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
CountryUnited States
YearMay 16, 1929

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The Academy Awards (frequently known as the Oscars) are accolades by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media, and its equivalents, the Grammy Awards (for music), Emmy Awards (for television) and Tony Awards (for theatre) are modeled from the Academy. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself was conceived by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio boss Louis B. Mayer.

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of the 1927-1928 film season. It was hosted by actor Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. deMille. The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2009, was held on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, with actors Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosting the ceremony.

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Ratings :
Ceremony Date Best Picture Winner Length of Broadcast Number of Viewers Rating Host(s)
1st Academy Awards May 16, 1929 Wings align"center"No Broadcast 15 min -- -- Douglas Fairbanks, William C. deMille
2nd Academy Awards April 3, 1930 The Broadway Melody align"center"Radio -- -- William C. deMille
3rd Academy Awards November 5, 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front align"center"-- -- -- Conrad Nagel
4th Academy Awards November 10, 1931 Cimarron align"center"-- -- -- Lawrence Grant
5th Academy Awards November 18, 1932 Grand Hotel align"center"-- -- -- Lionel Barrymore, Conrad Nagel
6th Academy Awards March 16, 1934 Cavalcade align"center"-- -- -- Will Rogers
7th Academy Awards February 27, 1935 It Happened One Night align"center"-- -- -- Irvin S. Cobb
8th Academy Awards March 5, 1936   align"center"-- -- -- Frank Capra
9th Academy Awards March 4, 1937 The Great Ziegfeld align"center"-- -- -- George Jessel
10th Academy Awards March 10, 1938 The Life of Emile Zola align"center"-- -- -- Bob Burns
11th Academy Awards February 23, 1939 You Can't Take It With You align"center"-- -- -- No Host
12th Academy Awards February 29, 1940 Gone with the Wind align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope
13th Academy Awards February 27, 1941   align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope
14th Academy Awards February 26, 1942 How Green Was My Valley align"center"-- -- -- No Host
15th Academy Awards March 4, 1943 Mrs. Miniver align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope
16th Academy Awards March 2, 1944 Casablanca align"center"-- -- -- Jack Benny
17th Academy Awards March 15, 1945 Going My Way align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope, John Cromwell
18th Academy Awards March 7, 1946 The Lost Weekend align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope, James Stewart
19th Academy Awards March 13, 1947 The Best Years of Our Lives align"center"-- -- -- Jack Benny
20th Academy Awards March 20, 1948 Gentleman's Agreement align"center"-- -- -- Agnes Moorehead, Dick Powell
21st Academy Awards March 24, 1949   align"center"-- -- -- Robert Montgomery
22nd Academy Awards March 23, 1950   align"center"-- -- -- Paul Douglas
23rd Academy Awards March 29, 1951 All About Eve align"center"-- -- -- Fred Astaire
24th Academy Awards March 20, 1952 An American in Paris align"center"-- -- -- Danny Kaye
25th Academy Awards March 19, 1953 The Greatest Show on Earth align"center"-- 40 million -- Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel
26th Academy Awards March 25, 1954 From Here to Eternity align"center"-- 43 million -- Donald O'Connor, Fredric March
27th Academy Awards March 30, 1955 On the Waterfront align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope, Thelma Ritter
28th Academy Awards March 21, 1956 Marty align"center"-- -- -- Jerry Lewis, Claudette Colbert, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
29th Academy Awards March 27, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days align"center"-- -- -- Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm
30th Academy Awards March 26, 1958 The Bridge on the River Kwai align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell
31st Academy Awards April 6, 1959 Gigi align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope, David Niven, Tony Randall, Mort Sahl, Laurence Olivier, Jerry Lewis
32nd Academy Awards April 4, 1960 Ben-Hur align"center"1 hour, 40 minutes -- -- Bob Hope
33rd Academy Awards April 17, 1961 The Apartment align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope
34th Academy Awards April 9, 1962 West Side Story align"center"2 hours, 10 minutes -- -- Bob Hope
35th Academy Awards April 8, 1963 Lawrence of Arabia align"center"-- -- -- Frank Sinatra
36th Academy Awards April 13, 1964 Tom Jones align"center"-- -- -- Jack Lemmon
37th Academy Awards April 5, 1965 My Fair Lady align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope
38th Academy Awards April 18, 1966 The Sound of Music align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope
39th Academy Awards April 10, 1967 A Man for All Seasons align"center"2 hours, 31 minutes -- -- Bob Hope
40th Academy Awards April 10, 1968 In the Heat of the Night align"center"-- -- -- Bob Hope
41st Academy Awards April 14, 1969 Oliver align"center"-- -- -- No Host
42nd Academy Awards April 7, 1970 Midnight Cowboy align"center"2 hours, 25 minutes -- 43.4% No Host
43rd Academy Awards April 15, 1971 Patton align"center"-- -- -- No Host
44th Academy Awards April 10, 1972 The French Connection align"center"-- -- -- Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Lemmon
45th Academy Awards March 27, 1973 The Godfather align"center"2 hours, 38 minutes -- -- Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson
46th Academy Awards April 2, 1974 The Sting align"center"3 hours, 23 minutes -- -- John Huston, Burt Reynolds, David Niven, Diana Ross
47th Academy Awards April 8, 1975 The Godfather Part II align"center"-- -- -- Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
48th Academy Awards March 29, 1976 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest align"center"3 hours, 12 minutes -- -- Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, George Segal, Robert Shaw
49th Academy Awards March 28, 1977 Rocky align"center"3 hours, 38 minutes -- -- Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Richard Pryor
50th Academy Awards April 3, 1978 Annie Hall align"center"3 hours, 30 minutes 39.73 million 31.1% Bob Hope
51st Academy Awards April 9, 1979 The Deer Hunter align"center"3 hours, 25 minutes -- -- Johnny Carson
52nd Academy Awards April 14, 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer align"center"3 hours, 12 minutes -- -- Johnny Carson
53rd Academy Awards March 31, 1981 Ordinary People align"center"3 hours, 13 minutes -- -- Johnny Carson
54th Academy Awards March 29, 1982 Chariots of Fire align"center"3 hours, 24 minutes -- -- Johnny Carson
55th Academy Awards April 11, 1983 Gandhi align"center"3 hours, 15 minutes -- -- Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau
56th Academy Awards April 9, 1984 Terms of Endearment align"center"3 hours, 42 minutes -- 38.0 Johnny Carson
57th Academy Awards March 25, 1985 Amadeus align"center"3 hours, 10 minutes -- -- Jack Lemmon
58th Academy Awards March 24, 1986 Out of Africa align"center"3 hours, 2 minutes 38.65 million 25.71 Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams
59th Academy Awards March 30, 1987 Platoon align"center"3 hours, 19 minutes 39.72 million 25.94 Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan
60th Academy Awards April 11, 1988 The Last Emperor align"center"3 hours, 33 minutes 42.04 million 27.80 Chevy Chase
61st Academy Awards March 27, 1989 Rain Man align"center"3 hours, 19 minutes 42.77 million 28.41 None
62nd Academy Awards March 26, 1990 Driving Miss Daisy align"center"3 hours, 37 minutes 40.22 million 26.42 Billy Crystal
63rd Academy Awards March 25, 1991 Dances with Wolves align"center"3 hours, 35 minutes 42.79 million 28.06 Billy Crystal
64th Academy Awards March 30, 1992 The Silence of the Lambs align"center"3 hours, 33 minutes 44.44 million 29.84 Billy Crystal
65th Academy Awards March 29, 1993 Unforgiven align"center"3 hours, 30 minutes 45.84 million 32.85 Billy Crystal
66th Academy Awards March 21, 1994 Schindler's List align"center"3 hours, 18 minutes 46.26 million 31.86 Whoopi Goldberg
67th Academy Awards March 27, 1995 Forrest Gump align"center"3 hours, 35 minutes 48.87 million 33.47 David Letterman
68th Academy Awards March 25, 1996 Braveheart align"center"3 hours, 38 minutes 44.81 million 30.48 Whoopi Goldberg
69th Academy Awards March 24, 1997 The English Patient align"center"3 hours, 34 minutes 40.83 million 25.83 Billy Crystal
70th Academy Awards March 23, 1998 Titanic 3 hours, 47 minutes 57.25 million 35.32 Billy Crystal
71st Academy Awards March 21, 1999 Shakespeare in Love 4 hours, 2 minutes 45.63 million 28.51 Whoopi Goldberg
72nd Academy Awards March 26, 2000 American Beauty 4 hours, 4 minutes 46.53 million 29.64 Billy Crystal
73rd Academy Awards March 25, 2001 Gladiator 3 hours, 23 minutes 42.93 million 25.86 Steve Martin
74th Academy Awards March 24, 2002 A Beautiful Mind 4 hours, 23 minutes 40.54 million 25.13 Whoopi Goldberg
75th Academy Awards March 23, 2003 Chicago 3 hours, 30 minutes 33.04 million 20.58 Steve Martin
76th Academy Awards February 29, 2004 The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King		 3 hours, 44 minutes 43.56 million 26.68 Billy Crystal
77th Academy Awards February 27, 2005 Million Dollar Baby 3 hours, 14 minutes 42.16 million 25.29 Chris Rock
78th Academy Awards March 5, 2006 Crash 2 hours, 50 minutes 38.64 million 22.91 Jon Stewart
79th Academy Awards February 25, 2007 The Departed 3 hours, 51 minutes 39.92 million 23.65 Ellen DeGeneres
80th Academy Awards February 24, 2008 No Country for Old Men 3 hours, 21 minutes 31.76 million 18.66 Jon Stewart
81st Academy Awards February 22, 2009 Slumdog Millionaire 3 hours, 30 minutes 36.94 million 21.68 Hugh Jackman
82nd Academy Awards March 7, 2010 The Hurt Locker 3 hours, 37 minutes 41.62 million 24.75 Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin

Academy Awards

Merit
awards		Best Picture * Best Director * Best Leading Actor * Best Leading Actress * Best Adapted Screenplay * Best Original Screenplay * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Best Animated Feature * Best Art Direction * Best Cinematography * Best Costume Design * Best Documentary Feature * Best Documentary Short Subject * Best Film Editing * Best Foreign Language Film (Winners and nominees) * Best Makeup * Best Original Score * Best Original Song * Best Animated Short Film * Best Live Action Short Film * Best Sound Mixing * Best Sound Editing * Best Visual Effects |
Special
awards		Academy Honorary Award * Special Achievement Academy Award * Academy Scientific and Technical Award * Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award * Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award * Gordon E. Sawyer Award |
Retired
awards		Best Assistant Director * Best Dance Direction * Best Director of a Comedy Picture * Best Engineering Effects * Best Short Subject, Two-reel * Best Short Subject, Color * Best Short Subject, Novelty * Best Original Story * Best Title Writing * Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production * Academy Juvenile Award |
Award
ceremonies		1927/28 * 1928/29 * 1929/30 * 1930/31 * 1931/32 * 1932/33 * 1934 * 1935 * 1936 * 1937 * 1938 * 1939 * 1940 * 1941 * 1942 * 1943 * 1944 * 1945 * 1946 * 1947 * 1948 * 1949 * 1950 * 1951 * 1952 * 1953 * 1954 * 1955 * 1956 * 1957 * 1958 * 1959 * 1960 * 1961 * 1962 * 1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967 * 1968 * 1969 * 1970 * 1971 * 1972 * 1973 * 1974 * 1975 * 1976 * 1977 * 1978 * 1979 * 1980 * 1981 * 1982 * 1983 * 1984 * 1985 * 1986 * 1987 * 1988 * 1989 * 1990 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 |

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