In this article you will find some more information about Mrs. Miniver from 1942. 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 1942? According to the Academy members, Mrs. Miniver was the Best Picture of the year 1942 and in total it won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Acress.
Did you know that to qualify for the Best Picture Oscar, a movie must be shown at a Los Angeles cinema for at least a week in the year before the nomination? 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 regarded as the most important award at the Academy Awards.
According to Wikipedia, the movie Mrs. Miniver can be described like this:
Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American dramatic film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Based on the 1940 novel Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther, the film shows how the life of an unassuming British housewife in rural England is touched by World War II.
Some actors and actresses who took part in the award-winning movie Mrs. Miniver were:
- Greer Garson as Kay Miniver
- Walter Pidgeon as Clem Miniver
- Teresa Wright as Carol Beldon
- May Whitty as Lady Beldon
- Henry Travers as Mr. Ballard
- Henry Wilcoxon as Vicar
- Reginald Owen as Foley
- Richard Ney as Vin Miniver
Mrs. Miniver has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 91%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 85%. Here is what TIME Magazine says about Mrs. Miniver:
That almost impossible feat, a great war picture that photographs the inner meaning, instead of the outward realism of World War II.
More information about the movie can also be found at IMDB.
Mrs. Miniver won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Actress for Greer Garson for her role as Kay Miniver at the 15th Academy Awards in 1942
- Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Teresa Wright for her role as Carol Beldon at the 15th Academy Awards in 1942
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White at the 15th Academy Awards in 1942
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 15th Academy Awards in 1942
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 15th Academy Awards in 1942
- Academy Award for Best Screenplay at the 15th Academy Awards in 1942
- Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 15th Academy Awards in 1942
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