rocky won the oscar for best picture in 1976.
who won the oscar for best picture in 1976?
rocky
the following year, iñárritu directed "the revenant", which he and mark l. smith adapted from michael punke's novel of the same name. the film starred leonardo dicaprio, tom hardy, domhnall gleeson, and will poulter. it is a "gritty" 19th-century period drama-thriller about fur trapper hugh glass, a real person who joined the rocky mountain fur company on a "journey into the wild" and was robbed and abandoned after being mauled by a grizzly bear. the film considers the nature and stresses on relationships under the duress of the wilderness, and issues of revenge and pardon via glass's pursuit of the man who was responsible for his hardship. "the revenant" took nine months to shoot. with the revenant, iñárritu won a second consecutive oscar for best director and was nominated for 12 academy awards, including best picture and best director, winning best director, best cinematography and best actor. iñárritu is one of only three directors to ever win consecutive oscars, and the first to do it in 65 years. he was also nominated for four golden globe awards, winning three, including best motion picture – drama and best director; received nine critics' choice movie awards nominations, including best picture and best director; five baftas including best picture and best director; and a dga award, making history as the first person to ever win two in a row.
alejandro gonzález iñárritu
supporters of the film engendered considerable discussion after the film "crash" won the academy award for best picture. some critics accused the academy of homophobia for failing to award the oscar for best picture to "brokeback mountain." michael jensen noted that prior to the oscar ceremony, "brokeback mountain" became "the most honored movie in cinematic history", winning more best picture and director awards than previous oscar winners "the silence of the lambs" and "schindler's list" combined. he noted that, prior to "brokeback", no film that had won the writers guild, directors guild, and producers guild awards failed to win the academy award for best picture, and that only four times in the previous twenty-five years had the best picture winner not also been the film with the most nominations. he also noted that only once before had a film that failed to be nominated for the golden globe's best picture ("crash") won the academy award. "brokeback mountain" ranks 13th among the highest-grossing romance films of all time.
brokeback mountain