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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the 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 among the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremonies in the world.
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Pick of the Litter 1957
(1957) Unrated 
Bergman's landmark film of fantasy, dreams and nightmares. An aging professor, on the road to accept an award, must come to terms with his anxieties and guilt. Brilliant performance by Sjostrom, Sweden's first film director and star. Excellent use of flashbacks and film editing. An intellectual and emotional masterpiece. In ... more
Bergman's landmark film of fantasy, dreams and nightmares. An aging professor, on the road to accept an award, must come to terms with his anxieties and guilt. Brilliant performance by Sjostrom, Sweden's first film director and star. Excellent use of flashbacks and film editing. An intellectual and emotional masterpiece. In ... more
(1957) Unrated
Classic anti-war drama set in WWI France. A vain, ambitious officer imposes unlikely battle strategy on his hapless troops, and when it fails, he demands that three soldiers be selected for execution as cowards. Menjou is excellent as the bloodless French officer, with Douglas properly heroic as the French officer ... more
Classic anti-war drama set in WWI France. A vain, ambitious officer imposes unlikely battle strategy on his hapless troops, and when it fails, he demands that three soldiers be selected for execution as cowards. Menjou is excellent as the bloodless French officer, with Douglas properly heroic as the French officer ... more
(1957) Unrated
Fonda sounds the voice of reason as a jury inclines toward a quick-and-dirty verdict against a boy on trial. Excellent ensemble work. Lumet's feature film debut, based on a TV play by Reginald Rose.
Fonda sounds the voice of reason as a jury inclines toward a quick-and-dirty verdict against a boy on trial. Excellent ensemble work. Lumet's feature film debut, based on a TV play by Reginald Rose.
(1957)
Award-winning adaptation of the Pierre Bouelle novel about the battle of wills between a Japanese POW camp commander and a British colonel over the construction of a rail bridge, and the parallel efforts by escaped prisoner Holden to destroy it. Holden's role was originally cast for Cary Grant. Memorable too ... more
Award-winning adaptation of the Pierre Bouelle novel about the battle of wills between a Japanese POW camp commander and a British colonel over the construction of a rail bridge, and the parallel efforts by escaped prisoner Holden to destroy it. Holden's role was originally cast for Cary Grant. Memorable too ... more
(1957)
Kurosawa's masterful adaptation of "Macbeth" transports the story to medieval Japan and the world of the samurai. Mifune and Chiaki are warriors who have put down a rebellion and are to be rewarded by their overlord. On their way to his castle they meet a mysterious old woman who prophesizes ... more
Kurosawa's masterful adaptation of "Macbeth" transports the story to medieval Japan and the world of the samurai. Mifune and Chiaki are warriors who have put down a rebellion and are to be rewarded by their overlord. On their way to his castle they meet a mysterious old woman who prophesizes ... more
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Elizabeth Taylor for Raintree CountyDeborah Kerr for Heaven Knows, Mr. AllisonLana Turner for Peyton Place
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
Achievement in Costume Design
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Sessue Hayakawa for The Bridge on the River KwaiArthur Kennedy for Peyton PlaceRuss Tamblyn for Peyton Place
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Elsa Lanchester for Witness for the ProsecutionHope Lange for Peyton PlaceDiane Varsi for Peyton Place
Achievement in directing
Nominees:
Sidney Lumet for Twelve Angry MenJoshua Logan for SayonaraBilly Wilder for Witness for the ProsecutionMark Robson for Peyton Place
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Sound
Achievement in cinematography
Original Song Score and/or Adaptation
Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
Achievement in film editing
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