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Most of the best-picture nominees offer a distinct take on their subjects, from the history of cinema ("Hugo" and "The Artist") to race relations ("The Help").
Oscar Slate Goes Old-School Ethan Smith 2012
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More Morgenstern Reviews Best Picture Nominees The other categories offered a few more surprises than the best-picture category.
Oscar Slate Goes Old-School Ethan Smith 2012
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But no movie embraced obscurity like best-picture winner The Hurt Locker, which became the lowest-grossing film of all time to win best picture.
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Because the film came out in June (the earliest release date for any best-picture winner in more than a decade), Summit was allowed to release its retail DVD complete with commentary and bonus features.
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But many predicted that the best-picture field, which doubled to 10 this year, was packed with too many hits for The Hurt Locker to gain ground, particularly with Inglourious Basterds (which earned $121 million) and Avatar (which is the all-time box-office champ with $720 million and counting) in the mix.
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Though the academy gave its biggest statuettes to smaller films this year, analysts say the experiment to double the best-picture field was a success.
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Hoodies got ample screen time in last year's Oscar best-picture nominee "The Social Network," sported by Jesse Eisenberg as a fictionalized version of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg —an avid hoodie wearer in real life.
High Fashion Sees Something New in the Hood Ray A. Smith 2011
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His biggest previous success was as a producer on the 1975 best-picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
20 years later, greed's still good for Douglas in 'Wall Street' sequel 2010
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They quieted their already low-emotion chat long enough to watch Slumdog Millionaire pick up the best-picture award.
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Bigelow became the first woman to win best director and the first woman to helm the best-picture winner.
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