In this gloomy, intense drama, set mostly in an isolated island, Harriet Andersson plays a schizohrenic woman married to a doctor (Max Von Sydow), who is frustrated because he loves her and sees her suffering, but can’t help her much, The movie was a second cosecuive Foreign Language Oscar for Bergman, after “The Virgin Spring,” the year before.
Through a Glass Darkly (1961): Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-Winning Masterpiece, Starring Harriet Andersson and Max Von Sydow
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Oscar 2009: Producers Guild Awards Nomination
January 5, 2010 by
Following the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America revealed 10 films, instead of the usual five, when it announced its nominees for its top movie award on Tuesday. "Avatar" led the group for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, followed by….
Oscar Movies: Cry Freedom (1987)
January 4, 2010 by
The film was nominated for three Oscars: Supporting Actor for Denzel Washington, Song: "Cry Freedom," music and lyrics by George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa, and Original Score by George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa.
Oscar Movies: Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
January 4, 2010 by
Cyrano de Bergerac received five nominations, including best Actor for Gerard Depardieu, winning one for Costume design.
Oscar Movies: Come and Get It (1936)
January 4, 2010 by
Walter Brennan received the very first Supporting Actor Oscar for playing faultlessly an honest, devoted Swede, Sawn Bostrom. It Brennan's first of three Oscars in that category, the others being "Kentucky" in 1938 and "The Westerner" in 1940. Brennan received a fourth supporting nomination for "Sergeant York," in 1941.
