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Thursday, September 3, 2015

The All-Time Oscars: Results

After countless rounds of voting, we have finally arrived at this moment. The full list of results and winners for The All-Time Oscars. To celebrate the best that have ever been in the world of movies. Acting, directing, writing, animating. It's all been honored here! I want to thank everyone who voted for helping this process proceed as smoothly as possible. Without further ado, here are the winners!

Best Visual Effects: Jurassic Park
Runner-Up: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jurassic Park provided special effects never before seen to bring dinosaurs to life.
Best Original Song: White Christmas from Holiday Inn
Runner-Up: Rainbow Connection from The Muppet Movie
White Christmas is a perfect example of a song with a legacy that outlasts the film.
Best Original Score: Star Wars
Runner-Up: Jaws
It was basically a guarantee that John Williams would win for one of his iconic scores.
Best Animated Feature Film: Toy Story
Runner-Up: Finding Nemo
Pixar's first film was also determined to be the finest ever seen in the world of animation.
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Film: Ellen DeGeneres as Dory in Finding Nemo
Runner-Up: Eddie Murphy as Donkey in Shrek
Ellen has come to be known for her absolute love for the role of Dory.
Best Original Screenplay: Pulp Fiction
Runner-Up: Toy Story
Pulp Fiction has become world-renowned for its exceptional use of dialogue.
Best Directing: Steven Spielberg for Jaws
Runner-Up: Alfred Hitchcock for Rear Window
Spielberg rose to fame after a cursed shoot for a movie that turned out exceptional.
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
Runner-Up: Leonardo DiCaprio as Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Ledger was surprisingly amazing as The Joker, but the important takeaway is that Leo still can't win.
Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed as Mary Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life
Runner-Up: Madeline Kahn as Lili von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles
Reed takes home the only All-Time Oscar given to It's a Wonderful Life.
Best Actor: Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poets Society
Runner-Up: Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life
In one of the more surprising upsets, the late Williams comes away victorious.
Best Actress: Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs
Runner-Up: Robin Wright as Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump
Another upset here, Foster managed to pull ahead and nab a win for her turn in the horror film.
Best Fantasy/Science Fiction Picture: The Empire Strikes Back
Runner-Up: Jurassic Park
There's nothing like Star Wars in this genre.
Best Musical Picture: Grease
Runner-Up: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
John Travolta has certainly had his fair share of iconic movie roles.
Best Horror Picture: Halloween
Runner-Up: Jaws
Is there any question that Halloween is the definitive horror movie?
Best Action Picture: Die Hard
Runner-Up: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Is there any other movie that could be more of the epitome of action than Die Hard.
Best Comedic Picture: Airplane!
Runner-Up: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
You really couldn't go wrong with either of these two choices.
Best Dramatic Picture: Rear Window
Runner-Up: It's a Wonderful Life
An all-star cast and one of the greatest directors ever combined for a groundbreaking movie.
Best Overall Picture: The Princess Bride
Runner-Up: Toy Story 3
Another upset here, but the voters have declared The Princess Bride to be the greatest movie ever made.

This was a lot of fun to do! Some really good choices here and it was fun to explore the history of cinema. Thanks for voting!

2 comments:

  1. Awesome! All well-deserved winners, and decent runners up, too. Definitely the elite. Thanks for all the work and time you put into this. I enjoyed the process and the results!

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  2. Awesome! All well-deserved winners, and decent runners up, too. Definitely the elite. Thanks for all the work and time you put into this. I enjoyed the process and the results!

    ReplyDelete