What was the only X-cert movie to win the Oscar for best picture, and how was this so?

skysmom65

Midnight Cowboy (1969), the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, is the only X-rated movie to win an Oscar. http://history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=history1900s&cdn=education&tm=18&gps=81_374_783_442&f=00&su=p284.5.420.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.imdb.com/title/tt0064665/ Mar 15 07, 4:51 PM

looby_lucifer

Midnight Cowboy The film was rated "X" (no one under 17 admitted) upon its original release in 1969, but the unrestricted use of that rating by pornographic filmmakers caused the rating to quickly become associated with hardcore sex films. Because of the stigma that developed around the "X" rating in the ratings system's early years, many theaters refused to run "X" films and many newspapers would not run ads for them. The film was given a new "R" (children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian) rating in 1971, without having anything changed or removed. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064665/trivia Mar 15 07, 4:51 PM