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Master of Oscars of the 1960s
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A foreign language on screen (on screen!) / But she took the gold (she took the gold!)
schopenhauer Swedish director Ingmar Bergman won consecutive Best Foreign Language Film Oscars.
schopenhauer British films and actors won several of the decade's biggest Best Picture awards.
schopenhauer Spin the globe to discover wild trivia about 1960s Oscar winners and ceremonies.
Shortest speech: When Alfred Hitchcock received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1968, his entire acceptance speech was just five words: "Thank you very much indeed".
A motion picture produced in a country other than one's own. Sophia Loren won the 1962 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the Italian film Two Women.
Who gave one of the shortest acceptance speeches in Oscar history in 1968, saying only 'Thank you very much indeed'?
Which British historical drama won Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Scofield in 1967?
Which legendary Italian director won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for 8½ in 1964?
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman won back-to-back Oscars in 1961 and 1962 for which category?
Which 1963 British comedy film won Best Picture, despite its unconventional and frantic editing style?
Which French film won Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay in 1967?
In what year did Vittorio De Sica's Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar?
Which epic British film won seven Academy Awards in 1963, including Best Picture?