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merlynwise

@RFNAPLES: Actually, "Wings" was the first of TWO silent films to win Best Picture. "Sunrise" won the following year.
12 years 3 months ago
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Abuzz

Some great movies!
12 years 5 months ago
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Brantastic16

Can't we just pretend Sunrise won? It's so much better anyways.
12 years 8 months ago
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RFNAPLES

Wings was the first film, and the only silent film ever, to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
From the Academy Awards Database:
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OUTSTANDING PICTURE
Paramount Famous Lasky -- Wings
12 years 9 months ago
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myfajahas400children

They should make a Razzie's worst picture winner list.
12 years 12 months ago
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myfajahas400children

They should make a Razzie's worst picture winner list.
12 years 12 months ago
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Nuked

@Kinokima, it's not that big a deal, but I still dislike the inclusion of Sunrise. Here's what I was referring to (from Wikipedia, same source as used for the list):
"The next year, the Academy instituted a single award called Best Production, and decided retroactively that the award won by Wings had been the equivalent of that award, with the result that Wings is often listed as the winner of a sole Best Picture award for the first year. The title of the award was eventually changed to Best Picture for the 1931 awards."
13 years 1 month ago
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pramodc84

Time to update this with king speech
13 years 1 month ago
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Kinokima

I am actually glad they included Sunrise. Technically speaking it is not a Best Picture winner but you can argue that at the first awards Sunrise & Wings somewhat shared Best Picture since they won different best picture categories: Best production VS Unique & Artistic production.

I don't think the award Sunrise won was deemed inferior it just didn't exist after the first ceremony. It's also not like Sunrise & Wings were nominated in the same category and Sunrise was giving this inferior award. The two awards had completely different films nominated and Sunrise & Wings each won in their respected category.
13 years 1 month ago
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Jumping Elephant

The one thing that's really aggravating me about the nominees list is that no one can ever honestly get a platinum on that list since The Patriot is a lost film.
13 years 1 month ago
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Ncuday

I agree, I was like...why?

I am excited about the possibility of a nominee checklist. I've got the 00's complete and a good portion of 90's done. I'm still working on the 250 next though, so it'll be pushed back, but I can't wait, I was planning on watching those.
13 years 1 month ago
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Nuked

I think the inclusion of Sunrise is wrong. It didn't win the official Best Picture category, and the Academy doesn't list it as one of the Best Picture winners.
13 years 1 month ago
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Jumping Elephant

@dAJaro: The movies which are on the Leonard Maltin list but are not on TSPDT are: The Freshman, Sons of the Desert, Swing Time, Dodsworth, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Ox-Box Incident, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Mary Poppins, and Blazing Saddles.

Regardless, I've changed my mind. I now agree with you and naikou; I now think "I'd rather have the winners included on the nominees list" but I also would definitely like to have the BP list exist on its own.
13 years 1 month ago
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naikou

I'd rather have the winners included on the nominees list, personally.
13 years 1 month ago
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dAJaro

@ Jumping Elephant: Why would a separate list with all the nominees (including the winners) make this list redundant?
Lists do not have to be 100% exclusive. Just take a look at the Leonard Martin list. AFAIK every single entry can also be found on the TSPDT list. Does that make the LM list redundant?
13 years 1 month ago

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