Find the Best Picture Oscar in Each Sentence (2) Quiz

Answer: Illuminator

You can find the film in the sentence: "Is thiS POT LIGHTer..."
"Spotlight" won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 88th Oscars ceremony on February 28, 2016. It was directed by Tom McCarthy and shined a spotlight on the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the Catholic Church's cover-up of child sexual abuse.

Answer: sponsor for a child

You can find the film in the sentence: "...lesT HE (GOD) FATHERs another..."
"The Godfather" won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 45th Oscars, honoring the films of 1972, in a famously competitive year, that included "Cabaret", and "Deliverance." Based on Mario Puzo's bestseller, this epic crime drama was about the Corleone mafia family, led by patriarch Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) grooming his youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) to take over the "family business" in post-WWII New York.

Answer: Musical

You can find the film in the sentence: "To get the GIG I told them..." The musical "Gigi", directed by Vincente Minnelli, won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959 (honoring films of 1958). It made Oscar history becoming the first movie to win nine Oscars, and in fact won all nine awards for which it was nominated.

It was based on the 1944 novella "Gigi" by Colette about a young Parisian girl being groomed to become a wealthy man's mistress, but who ultimately falls in love and chooses marriage instead.

This musical adaptation featured the songs, "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and "I Remember It Well" written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

Answer: Western

You can find the film in the sentence: "...a test rUN FOR GIVEN values..." "Unforgiven," about an aging former outlaw who takes on one last job, only to confront the brutal reality of his violent past, won the Best Picture Oscar at the 65th Academy Awards, held on March 29, 1993, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, in a ceremony hosted by Billy Crystal for the fourth consecutive year. Clint Eastwood won for Best Picture and Best Director, becoming the seventh person nominated for lead acting and directing for the same film.

It was the fourth Western to win the Best Picture Oscar.

Answer: Biopic

You can find the film in the sentence: "At the broTHEL A STEM PER ORchid is..."
"The Last Emperor" (1987) is a biographical film about the life of Puyi, the final emperor of China's Qing dynasty. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, it won Best Picture at the 60th Academy Awards. The film also achieved the rare feat of a perfect sweep of all nine Oscars it was nominated for. Shot on location with a multinational cast (John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole) it also won Best Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro.

Answer: 19th-20th century leader

You can find the film in the sentence: "RunninG AND HIding is..." The epic biographical film "Gandhi" won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 55th Academy Awards in 1983. "Gandhi" was filmed primarily in India, with additional filming in the United Kingdom, and won the Best Actor Oscar for Ben Kingsley's portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the non-violent movement for India's independence from United Kingdom rule.

The film spans more than 50 years of his life, from a defining incident of racial injustice in South Africa in 1893 to his assassination and 1948 funeral in India.

The film dominated the Oscars, winning eight Academy Awards out of its 11 nominations, despite such worthy competition as "Tootsie", and "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial."

Answer: Sports

You can find the film in the sentence: "...Man of La ManCHA RIOTS OFF IREland's..." "Chariots of Fire" was a low-budget British production about the true story of two British athletes--Harold Abrahams, a Jewish runner confronting prejudice, and Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian, running for the glory of God.

They were both competing in the 1924 Paris Olympics. While "Reds" or "On Golden Pond" were the heavier favorites to win, with even "Raiders of the Lost Ark" deemed to have a slightly better chance than "Chariots of Fire" if there was going to be a dark horse winner, "Chariots of Fire" did indeed triumph at the 54th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 29, 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.

Answer: 2000s Best Picture winner

You can find the film in the sentence: "An allergiC RASH results..."
"Crash" (2004) won Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, in one of the most surprising upsets in Oscar history. Many prognosticators attribute its upset win to Academy voters being perhaps uncomfortable with the gay romance in "Brokeback Mountain", preferring to vote for the "safer" social-issue message in "Crash". "Crash" featured a multi-character, multi-racial drama set in Los Angeles post-9/11 examining racial and social tensions in a narrative taking place over a 36-hour time span.

Answer: British family

You can find the film in the sentence: "...by the portaCAVAL, CADEt blood..."
"Cavalcade" won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 6th Academy Awards, held in 1934, honoring films released in 1933. Directed by Frank Lloyd and produced by Fox Film Corporation the movie was based on Noël Coward's successful stage play about an upper-middle-class British family, the Marryots, and their servants. The story spans from 1899 to 1933, highlighting how major historical events such as The Second Boer War, the RMS Titanic, and World War I affected their lives.

Answer: Foreign film

You can find the film in the sentence: "...to breaTHE ART, IS To offer..." At the Academy ceremony held on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood & Highland Center, Best Picture winner "The Artist" won five of its ten Oscar nominations. The black and white film became the first silent film to win Best Picture since the very first Oscar ceremony in 1929, when "Wings" won.

The French film (with co-production status from Belgium) was produced by French companies including La Petite Reine, ARP Sélection, Studio 37, and France 3 Cinéma. French director Michel Hazanavicius and French actor Jean Dujardin, also both won in their respective categories.

The plot tracks careers of two movie stars and their reversal of fortunes, as one faces financial ruin in the Great Depression, while the other becomes a major Hollywood star. Ultimately, they star together in a musical, leading to a happy Hollywood ending.