Battle of the Best Picture Nominees

Best Picture Nominees: A CS! Tournament

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The Triumphant 12

Round Five, Match Two

There Will Be Blood



Released: 2007
Nominated at: The 80th Academy Awards
Lost to: No Country for Old Men

Some Music (Of It's Time) While You Wait: Arcade Fire- (Antichrist Television Blues)


Academy Facts: Tidbits from the ceremony- 80th Academy Awards: 

Joel and Ethan Coen won for their direction of “No Country for Old Men.” It was only the second time in Oscar history that two individuals shared the directing honor (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins were the first, winning for 1961’s “West Side Story”).

A 100-day, industry-wide Writers Guild of America strike was resolved 12 days before the Academy Awards ceremony was scheduled to take place, allowing the show to proceed as planned.

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The Social Network



Released: 2010
Nominated at: The 83rd Academy Awards
Lost to: The King's Speech

Some Music (Of It's Time) While You Wait: Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love


Academy Facts: Tidbits from the ceremony- 83rd Academy Awards: 

Rick Baker, who won the first Academy Award for Makeup with 1981’s An American Werewolf in London, was the co-winner, with Dave Elsey, for Makeup for The Wolfman.

The Fighter was the first film since Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986 to win both Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress.

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My Vote: There Will Be Blood

Best Picture Nominees: A CS! Tournament

*Sponsored by MGM's Dirty Work*

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The Triumphant 12

Round Five, Match Three

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb



Released: 1964
Nominated at: The 37th Academy Awards
Lost to: My Fair Lady

Some Music (Of It's Time) While You Wait: Bob Dylan- Mr. Tambourine Man


Academy Facts: Tidbits from the ceremony- 37th Academy Awards:

This was the last year home viewers would see an Academy Awards ceremony telecast only in black-and-white.

The two musicals nominated for Best Picture, My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins, had something in common – Julie Andrews. Andrews was the star of Mary Poppins – and won the Best Actress category – and had originated the Eliza Doolittle role in the stage version of My Fair Lady.

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Pulp Fiction 



Released: 1994
Nominated at: The 67th Academy Awards
Lost to: Forrest Gump

Some Music (Of It's Time) While You Wait: Whatta Man- Salt-N-Peppa Feat. En Vogue


Academy Facts: Tidbits from the ceremony- 67th Academy Awards:

Tom Hanks was the first performer to win back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actor since Spencer Tracy won in 1937 and 1938.

For the fifth time in Academy history there was a tie: in the Live Action Short Film category, Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life and Trevor received exactly the same number of votes so both films were named winners

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