It's Hollywood's biggest night - an event of Titanic proportions. Once a year, in the movie capital of the world, the best of the best are rewarded with an unparalleled honor - the Academy Award.
In this original, one-of-a-kind, six hour series, you'll follow the nominees and winners over three decades, from 1972 thru 2002, with classic scenes and superstar interviews!
Every Best Picture from Oscar's last 30 years is represented. Every Best Actor, Best Actress and Best director as well - plus much more. You'll get the lowdown on who didn't win and why, plus fascinating, behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the stars and their classic films.
Disc 1:
Academy Award Winners 1972-1976
From The Godfather to Rocky. From the Sting to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. From Liza Minelli to Faye Dunaway. From Jack Lemmon to Jack Nicholson. They're all here in this fabulous look back at the Oscar nominees and winners from these remarkable years, which include such films as Deliverance, Sleuth, The Exorcist, Paper Moon, Chinatown, Lenny, Dog Day Afternoon, and Jaws, and stars such as Laurence Olivier, Ingrid Bergman, Al Pacino, Jodie Foster, Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, and Dustin Hoffman.
Academy Award Winners 1977-1981
From Annie Hall to Chariots of Fire. From The Deer Hunter to Ordinary People. From Richard Dreyfuss to Henry Fonda. From Diane Keaton to Katharine Hepburn. It's a cavalcade of classic films and a galaxy of stars, including Star Wars, Coming Home, Kramer vs. Kramer, Apocalypse Now, George C. Scott, Ali McGraw, Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, and Meryl Streep.
Disc 2:
Academy Award Winners 1982-1986
From Gandhi to Platoon. From Terms of Endearment to Out of Africa. From Peter O'Toole to Paul Newman. From Meryl Streep to Marlee Matlin. From Robert Duvall to William Hurt. From Shirley MacLaine to Kathleen Turner. It's another fabulous collection of clips and interviews from films such as E.T., Missing, Tootsie, The Big Chill, and Prizzi's Honor, and stars such as Michael Caine, Jessica Lange, Albert Finney, Glenn Close, Harrison Ford, and Sally Field.
Academy Award Winners 1987-1991
From The Last Emperor to The Silence of the Lambs. From Rain Main to Dances With Wolves. From Michael Douglas to Anthony Hopkins. From Holly Hunter to Julia Roberts. From Gene Hackman to Tom Hanks. From Sigourney Weaver to Michelle Pfeiffer. This hour takes a look at such terrific films as Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, Field of Dreams, and Goodfellas, and such glittering stars as Cher, Robin Williams, Melanie Griffith, Denzel Washington, and Annette Bening.
Disc 3:
Academy Award Winners 1992-1996
From Unforgiven to The English Patient. From Schindler's List to Braveheart. From Al Pacino to Tom Cruse. From Emma Thompson to Frances McDormand. From Nicholas Cage to Kevin Spacey. From Winona Ryder to Mira Sorvino. In this hour, we'll take an in-depth look at another terrific selection of Oscar winners and nominees, including A Few Good Men, The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction, Sean Penn, Lauren Bacall, Brad Pitt and Uma Thurman.
Academy Award Winners 1997-2001
From Titanic to A Beautiful Mind. From Shakespeare In Love to Gladiator. From Jack Nicholson to Denzel Washington. From Gwyneth Paltrow to Halle Berry. From Tom Hanks to Russell Crowe. From Helen Hunt to Julia Roberts. Here's a glittering look at the fabulous films and superstars who were nominated and won the coveted Oscar, including Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, The Sixth Sense, Erin Brockovich, Robin Williams, Kim Basinger, James Coburn, Angelina Jolie, Michael Caine, and Nicole Kidman.
Academy Award Winners 2002
Chicago was the film to beat in 2002. Nominated for thirteen Oscars, it walked away with six, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Nicole Kidman. We'll also take a look at The Hours, Gangs of New York, About Schmidt, The Pianist, and stars such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Adrien Brody, Renee Zellwegger, and Paul Newman.
Note: This is disc one of a three disc set
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