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Ever wondered who won the Best Picture Oscar in 1982? In 1982, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave the Oscar statuette to the producers of Gandhi for the Best Picture award. A total number of 8 Oscars were awarded to that movie, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director.
Did you know that the first Oscars was held a black-tie dinner and the ceremony lasted only 15 minutes? 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.
Wikipedia describes the movie Gandhi like this:
Gandhi is a 1982 epic biographical film which dramatises the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India's non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom's rule of the country during the 20th century.
The cast of Gandhi included:
- Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi
- Rohini Hattangadi as Kasturba Gandhi
- Candice Bergen as Margaret Bourke-White
- Martin Sheen as Walker
- Edward Fox as General Dyer
- Roshan Seth as Pandit Nehru
- Geraldine James as Mirabehn
- Ian Charleson as Charlie Andrews
Gandhi has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 87%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 93%. Here is what TIME Magazine's Richard Schickel said about the movie Gandhi:
In playing Gandhi, an actor must be less concerned with physical verisimilitude than with spiritual presence, and here Kingsley is nothing short of astonishing.
You can also go to IMDB for more information about the movie.
Gandhi won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Actor for Ben Kingsley for his role as Mahatma Gandhi at the 55th Academy Awards in 1982
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 55th Academy Awards in 1982
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 55th Academy Awards in 1982
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 55th Academy Awards in 1982
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 55th Academy Awards in 1982
- Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 55th Academy Awards in 1982
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 55th Academy Awards in 1982
- Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 55th Academy Awards in 1982
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Ben Kingsley for his role as Mahatma Gandhi at the 1983 British Academy Film and Television Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Rohini Hattangadi for her role as Kasturba Gandhi at the 1983 British Academy Film and Television Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Direction at the 1983 British Academy Film and Television Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Film at the 1983 British Academy Film and Television Awards
- BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles at the 1983 British Academy Film and Television Awards
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Ben Kingsley for his role as Mahatma Gandhi at the 40th Golden Globe Awards in 1982
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture at the 40th Golden Globe Awards in 1982
- Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Golden Globe Awards in 1982
- Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year at the 40th Golden Globe Awards in 1982
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture at the 40th Golden Globe Awards in 1982
Findable.TV reports that Gandhi can be watched online at 5 sources. Some ways this movie can be watched online in the UK include.
Sites where you can buy Gandhi:
- Buy for £3.99 at Amazon
- Buy for £6.99 at BlinkBox
- Buy for £6.99 at Sainsbury's Entertainment
- Buy for £6.99 at Wuaki
- Buy for £7.99 at Google Play
Check out Findable.TV's special page for Gandhi, where you can find up-to-date information about where it can be watched online, including latest prices at each site.
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