Oscar Nominee of All Time Tournament: Round 1, Group A
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ANNE SHIRLEY (1918-1993)
NOMINATIONS:
Supporting- 1937 for Stella Dallas
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MAUREEN STAPLETON (1925-2006)
NOMINATIONS
Supporting- 1958 for Lonelyhearts, 1970 for Airport, 1978 for Interiors
WINS:
Supporting- 1981 for Reds
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whoever wrote this is going straight to hell btw
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Top Favorite Aviation Movies
Below is a list of my favorite movies themed around aviation:
TOP FAVORITE AVIATION MOVIES
1. "Airport" (1970) - Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin starred in this adaptation of Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel about the discovery of a bomber aboard a Chicago-to-Rome flight. George Seaton directed.
2. "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965) - Ken Annakin wrote and directed this all-star comedy about a 1910 air race from London to Paris. Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles and James Fox starred.
3. "Apollo 13 (1995) - Ron Howard directed this adaptation of "Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13", Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger's 1994 book about NASA's ill-fated fifth mission to the moon. Tom Hanks, Gary Sinese and Kathleen Quinlan starred.
4. "The Rocketeer" (1991) - Bill Campbell starred in this adaptation of Dave Steven's comic book about a stunt pilot-turned-costumed hero battling Nazi agents in 1938 Los Angeles. Directed by Joe Johnston, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton and Jennifer Connelly co-starred.
5. "The Right Stuff" (1983) - Philip Kaufman directed this adaptation of Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about Project Mercury, NASA's first program of test pilots-turned-astronauts. Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward and Scott Glenn starred.
6. "The Aviator" (2004) - Martin Scorsese directed this adaptation of "Howard Hughes: The Secret Life", the 1993 book about Howard Hughes' life as an aviator and film producer between 1927 and 1947. Leonardo DiCaprio starred.
7. "Death in the Clouds" (1992) - David Suchet starred as Hercule Poirot in this television adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1935 novel. Stephen Whittaker directed.
8. "Pearl Harbor" (2001) - Michael Bay directed this fictionalized account of the December 1941 attack upon the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. The movie starred Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale and Josh Harnett.
9. "Flight" (2012) - Denzel Washington starred in this movie about an alcoholic airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mechanical failure. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Don Cheadle and Kelly Reilly co-starred.
10. "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" (1990) - Bruce Willis starred as John McClane in this adaptation of Walter Wager's 1987 novel and sequel to the 1988 movie, "Die Hard". Renny Harlin directed.
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Metal detector security gate, Ferihegy (today Ferenc Liszt) International Airport, Budapest, 1974. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.
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Audrey Hepburn and her second husband Dr. Andrea Dotti during their arrival at the Ciampino Airport in Rome on 3 November 1972.
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Oscar Nominee of All Time: Round 1, Group A
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CHARLTON HESTON (1923-2008)
WINS:
Lead- 1959 for Ben-Hur
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HELEN HAYES (1900-1993)
WINS:
Lead- 1931/32 for The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Supporting- 1970 for Airport
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the lovers have been united
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Airport of Mineralnyye Vody [Mineral Springs], Russia (1970s)
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tokyo, japan
1972
boarding, haneda airport
photograph by nick dewolf
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/7923172630
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Cologne Bonn airport, 1972. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.
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