30 April 2014

6 Oscars went to A Man for All Seasons in 1966. Find where to watch it online!

There are 2 sites where you can watch the Oscar-winning movie A Man for All Seasons online in the UK. These are 2.

Read on for more information about the movie A Man for All Seasons from the year 1966. If you'd like to directly jump to the list of sites where you can stream this movie and see a comparison of the prices, please scroll to the bottom of the article.

1966 was a great year at the Oscars. In 1966, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave the Oscar statuette to the producers of A Man for All Seasons for the Best Picture award. A total number of 6 Oscars were awarded to that movie, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director.

Did you know that the official name of the Oscars statuette is "The Academy Award of Merit"?"The Academy" that awards the Oscars is "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" in the US. The Best Picture Oscar is given at the end of each year's ceremony to represent its importance.

According to Wikipedia, the movie A Man for All Seasons can be described like this:
A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 British film based on Robert Bolt's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. It was released on 12 December 1966. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End stage premiere, also took the role in the film.

The cast of A Man for All Seasons included:
  • Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More
  • Wendy Hiller as Lady Alice More
  • Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey
  • Leo McKern as Thomas Cromwell
  • John Hurt as Richard Rich
  • Robert Shaw as Henry VIII of England
  • Nigel Davenport as Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
  • Susannah York as Margaret More

A Man for All Seasons has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 80%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 87%. Pauline Kael from The New Republic has this to say about A Man for All Seasons:
There's more than a little of the school pageant in the rhythm of the movie: Though it's all neater than our school drama coaches could make it, the figures group and say their assigned lines and move on.

More information about the movie can also be found at IMDB.

A Man for All Seasons won these awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Actor for Paul Scofield for his role as Sir Thomas More at the 39th Academy Awards in 1966
  • Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 39th Academy Awards in 1966
  • Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 39th Academy Awards in 1966
  • Academy Award for Best Director at the 39th Academy Awards in 1966
  • Academy Award for Best Picture at the 39th Academy Awards in 1966
  • Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 39th Academy Awards in 1966
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Actor for Paul Scofield for his role as Sir Thomas More at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Art Direction (Colour) at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Costume Design (Colour) at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Film at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (Colour) at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best Film at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Paul Scofield for his role as Sir Thomas More at the 24th Golden Globe Awards in 1966
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture at the 24th Golden Globe Awards in 1966
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 24th Golden Globe Awards in 1966
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture at the 24th Golden Globe Awards in 1966

According to Findable.TV, A Man for All Seasons can be watched online at 2 sources. UK readers may watch this movie with one of the following methods.

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29 April 2014

Watch Out of Africa, winner of 7 Oscars from 1985 online!

You can watch Oscar-winning Out of Africa online in the UK at 5 video streaming sites: iTunes, BlinkBox, Amazon, Google Play and Wuaki.

Below are some facts about Out of Africa from 1985. If you'd like to directly jump to the list of sites where you can stream this movie and see a comparison of the prices, please scroll to the bottom of the article.

Did you ever wonder who won the prestigious Academy Award for Best Picture in 1985? According to the Academy members, Out of Africa was the Best Picture of the year 1985 and in total it won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography.

Did you know that during World War 2, the statuettes handed out to the winners were made of plaster? These could be traded in with the regular gold-plated ones after the war. The Oscars have been handed out to outstanding movies and performances for more than 85 years. Since 2009, up to a total of 10 movies can be nominated for the Best Picture award which is presented as the final award at each year's award ceremony.

According to Wikipedia, the movie Out of Africa can be described like this:
Out of Africa is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen, which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book Shadows on the Grass and other sources.

Some members of the cast of Out of Africa were:
  • Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen
  • Robert Redford as Denys
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer as Bror
  • Graham Crowden as Lord Belfield
  • Leslie Phillips as Sir Joseph
  • Malick Bowens as Farah Aden
  • Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole
  • Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity

Out of Africa has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 52%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 84%. Here is what Jay Boyar from Orlando Sentinel says about Out of Africa:
The relationship of Karen and Denys is a prickly and, despite the era in which it is set, curiously modern one. It's also at the heart of this understated movie.

More information about the movie can also be found at IMDB.

Out of Africa won these awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 58th Academy Awards in 1985
  • Academy Award for Best Director at the 58th Academy Awards in 1985
  • Academy Award for Best Original Music Score at the 58th Academy Awards in 1985
  • Academy Award for Best Picture at the 58th Academy Awards in 1985
  • Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 58th Academy Awards in 1985
  • Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 58th Academy Awards in 1985
  • Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 58th Academy Awards in 1985
  • BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography at the 1987 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted at the 1987 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best Sound at the 1987 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 43rd Golden Globe Awards in 1985
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score at the 43rd Golden Globe Awards in 1985
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Klaus Maria Brandauer for his role as Bror at the 43rd Golden Globe Awards in 1985

According to Findable.TV, Out of Africa can be streamed immediately from 5 on-demand sites. If you are in the UK, options for watching this movie online at on-demand movie sites are as follows.

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28 April 2014

Watch movies shot in Cinecittà

Cinecittà is the most famous film studio in Europe. It was founded in the outskirts of Rome in 1937 and today Google is celebrating its 77th anniversary with a doodle.

In addition to hosting many classic Italian movies, Cinecitta has also been home to big-budget movies produced by Hollywood studios since the 1950s including everything from epic historical movies to spaghetti westerns. Several TV shows such as the Italian version of Big Brother have also been shot at the premises.

Why don't you join the 77th anniversary celebrations by watching some of the biggest movies shot in Cinecitta! Here they are:



Ben Hur

(Shot in Cinecittà in 1959)

Directed by William Wyler
Starring Charlton Heston
Oscars:
  • Best Picture
  • Best Actor - Charlton Heston
  • Best Supporting Actor - Hugh Griffith
  • Best Visual Effects
  • Best Director
  • Best Production Design
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Sound Mixing
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Cleopatra

(Shot in Cinecitta in 1963)

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck, Rouben Mamoulian
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Oscars:
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Art Direction
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Special Effects
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Amarcord

(Shot in Cinecitta in 1973)

Directed by Federico Fellini
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Once Upon a Time in America

(Shot in Cinecitta in 1984)

Directed by Sergio Leone
Starring Robert De Niro
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The Godfather Part III

(Shot in Cinecitta 1990)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Ron Jeremy, Sofia Coppola, Andy García
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The English Patient

(Shot in Cinecitta in 1996)

Directed by Anthony Minghella
Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Binoche
Oscars:

  • Best Picture
  • Best Actress
  • Best Art Direction
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Director
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Sound
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The Talented Mr Ripley

(Shot in Cinecitta in 1999)

Directed by Anthony Minghella
Starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Gangs of New York

(Shot in Cinecitta in 2002)

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Martin Scorsese, Liam Neeson, Daniel Day-Lewis
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Ocean's Twelve

(Shot in Cinecitta in 2004)

Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Angels and Demons

(Shot in Cinecitta in 2009)

Directed by Ron Howard
Starring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor
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7 Oscars went to The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957. Find where to watch it online!

You can watch Oscar-winning The Bridge on the River Kwai online in the UK at 3 video streaming sites: NowTV, Amazon and SkyGo.

We have collected together some interesting information about 1957's The Bridge on the River Kwai for you. At the end of the article you can find the list of sites where you can stream this movie from, and their prices.

Did you ever wonder who won the prestigious Academy Award for Best Picture in 1957? According to the Academy members, The Bridge on the River Kwai was the Best Picture of the year 1957 and in total it won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director.

Did you know that Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations? He was nominated 60 times and won 26 times! The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been awarding Oscars since 1929. The Best Picture Oscar is regarded as the most important award at the Academy Awards.

According to Wikipedia, the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai can be described like this:
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film directed by David Lean, based on the eponymous French novel by Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–43 for its historical setting.

Some members of the cast of The Bridge on the River Kwai were:
  • Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson
  • Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito
  • William Holden as Shears
  • Jack Hawkins as Major Warden
  • Geoffrey Horne as Lieutenant Joyce
  • James Donald as Major Clipton
  • Percy Herbert as Private Grogan
  • André Morell as Colonel Green

The Bridge on the River Kwai has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 94%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 94%.

Village Voice's Jerry Tallmer has said this about The Bridge on the River Kwai:
Has no one else found it highly peculiar that damn near everybody's choice for the best movie of (let's say) the decade should be dedicated, inferentially but absolutely, to the proposition that Courage is Madness and Cowardice is Best?

You can also visit IMDB for more information about this movie.

The Bridge on the River Kwai won these awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Actor for Alec Guinness for his role as Colonel Nicholson at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
  • Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
  • Academy Award for Best Director at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
  • Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
  • Academy Award for Best Original Music Score at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
  • Academy Award for Best Picture at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
  • Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Actor for Alec Guinness for his role as Colonel Nicholson at the 11th British Academy Film Awards in 1958
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Film at the 11th British Academy Film Awards in 1958
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay at the 11th British Academy Film Awards in 1958
  • BAFTA Award for Best Film at the 11th British Academy Film Awards in 1958
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Alec Guinness for his role as Colonel Nicholson at the 15th Golden Globe Awards in 1957
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture at the 15th Golden Globe Awards in 1957
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 15th Golden Globe Awards in 1957

According to Findable.TV, The Bridge on the River Kwai can be streamed immediately from 3 on-demand sites. Some ways you can watch this movie online in the UK are as follows.

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27 April 2014

5-Oscar-winning The Apartment (1960) can be watched online

Oscar-winning movie The Apartment can be watched online in the UK at 3 sources including iTunes, BlinkBox and Amazon. Below, we present some information about The Apartment from the year 1960. Sites where you can stream this movie can be found at the bottom of the article.

1960 was a great year at the Oscars. The Academy members considered The Apartment to be the Best Picture of the year 1960 and awarded it a total of 5 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Did you know that Barry Fitzgerald was nominated as both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his same role in "Going My way," in 1944? The Oscars are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the US. The "Academy" started awarding Oscars in 1929. The Best Picture Oscar is given at the end of each year's ceremony to represent its importance.

According to Wikipedia, the movie The Apartment can be described like this:
The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, which stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. It was Wilder's next movie after Some Like It Hot and, like its predecessor, a commercial and critical smash, grossing $25 million at the box office.

Some members of the cast of The Apartment were:
  • Jack Lemmon as C.C. 'Bud' Baxter
  • Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik
  • Fred MacMurray as Jeff D. Sheldrake
  • Ray Walston as Joe Dobisch
  • Jack Kruschen as Dr. Dreyfuss
  • David Lewis as Al Kirkeby
  • Hope Holiday as Mrs. Margie MacDougall
  • Joan Shawlee as Sylvia
  • Naomi Stevens as Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
  • Johnny Seven as Karl Matuschka
  • Joyce Jameson as The Blonde
  • Willard Waterman as Mr. Vanderhoff

The Apartment has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 93%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 94%. You can go to IMDB for more information about the movie.

The Apartment won these awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Picture at the 33rd Academy Awards in 1960
  • Academy Award for Best Director at the 33rd Academy Awards in 1960
  • Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 33rd Academy Awards in 1960
  • Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 33rd Academy Awards in 1960
  • Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White at the 33rd Academy Awards in 1960
  • BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for Jack Lemmon for his role as C.C. 'Bud' Baxter at the 14th British Academy Film Awards in 1961
  • BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for Shirley MacLaine for her role as Fran Kubelik at the 14th British Academy Film Awards in 1961
  • BAFTA Award for Best Film at the 14th British Academy Film Awards in 1961
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 18th Golden Globe Awards in 1960
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Shirley MacLaine for her role as Fran Kubelik at the 18th Golden Globe Awards in 1960
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Jack Lemmon for his role as C.C. 'Bud' Baxter at the 18th Golden Globe Awards in 1960

According to Findable.TV The Apartment can be streamed immediately from 3 on-demand sites. In the UK, some of the options for watching this movie online are as follows.

Sites where you can rent The Apartment:
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4-Oscar-winning Platoon (1986) can be watched online

iTunes, BlinkBox and Amazon are among the 3 on-demand video streaming sites where you can watch the Oscar-winning movie Platoon. Here are some facts about Platoon from 1986. If you'd like to directly jump to the list of sites where you can stream this movie, please scroll to the bottom of the article.

Ever wondered who won the Best Picture Oscar in 1986? The Academy members considered Platoon to be the Best Picture of the year 1986 and awarded it a total of 4 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Did you know that during World War 2, the statuettes handed out to the winners were made of plaster? These could be traded in with the regular gold-plated ones after the war. The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been awarding Oscars since 1929. The Best Picture Oscar is regarded as the most important award at the Academy Awards.

According to Wikipedia, the movie Platoon can be described like this:
Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films by Stone. Stone wrote the story based upon his experiences as a U.S.

Some of the members of the cast of Platoon were:
  • Willem Dafoe as Sergeant Elias
  • Tom Berenger as Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes
  • Forest Whitaker as Big Harold
  • John C. McGinley as Sergeant "Red" O'Neill
  • Johnny Depp as Gator Lerner
  • Keith David as King
  • Kevin Dillon as Bunny
  • Francesco Quinn as Rhah
  • Mark Moses as Lieutenant Wolfe
  • Reggie Johnson as Junior
  • Corey Glover as Francis
  • Chris Pedersen as Crawford

Platoon has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 88%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 93%. More information about the movie can be found at IMDB.

Platoon won these awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Picture at the 59th Academy Awards in 1986
  • Academy Award for Best Director at the 59th Academy Awards in 1986
  • Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 59th Academy Awards in 1986
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 44th Golden Globe Awards in 1986
  • BAFTA Award for Best Direction at the 1988 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture at the 44th Golden Globe Awards in 1986
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Tom Berenger for his role as Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes at the 44th Golden Globe Awards in 1986
  • BAFTA Award for Best Editing at the 1988 British Academy Film and Television Awards
  • Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 59th Academy Awards in 1986

Findable.TV has found that Platoon can be watched online at 3 sources. Some ways you can watch this movie online in the UK are as follows.

Sites where you can rent Platoon:
Sites where you can buy Platoon:
For up-to-date information about availability of the movie, go to Findable.TV's special page for Platoon, and compare prices from all sites.