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The 28th Academy Awards | 1956. RKO Pantages Theatre. Wednesday, March 21, 1956. Honoring movies released in 1955.
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- 28th Oscar Highlights
The 28th Academy Awards were held on March 21, 1956 to honor the films of 1955, at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In this year, Jerry Lewis became the host, replacing Bob Hope .
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorMarty – Harold Hecht for United Artists ‡ ...Delbert Mann – Marty ‡ John Sturges – Bad ...Ernest Borgnine – Marty as Marty Piletti ...Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo as ...Jack Lemmon – Mister Roberts as Ensign ...Jo Van Fleet – East of Eden as Cathy Ames ...Marty – Paddy Chayefsky from Marty by ...Interrupted Melody – William Ludwig and ...Its Oscar nomination for Special Effects was due to its amazing miniatures (e.g., the flying saucer), innovative set and art decoration (with soundstage scenic paintings), and matte backdrops to create the alien environment of Altair IV.
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Forbidden Planet, American science- fiction film, released in 1956, that was noted for its groundbreaking and Academy Award-nominated special effects, all-electronic musical score, intelligent script, and robot “Robby.”
Astronauts in the 23rd century are sent to the distant planet Altair IV to find out why a previous expedition has disappeared. Once there, they find the reclusive professor Morbius (played by Walter Pidgeon) living with his beautiful daughter, Altaira (Anne Francis), and an amazing robot named Robby, who has a distinct personality and human traits. Morbius tells the astronauts that some unknown force killed the other settlers and shows them the vast underground city of the Krell, the long-dead natives of Altair IV. An invisible monster starts killing the astronauts, who discover that the monster is a projection of Morbius’s subconscious unleashed by his experiments with the mind-expanding machinery of the Krell.
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•Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
•Director: Fred M. Wilcox
•Producer: Nicholas Nayfack
•Writer: Cyril Hume
•Music: Louis Barron and Bebe Barron
•Running time: 98 minutes
•Walter Pidgeon (Dr. Morbius)
•Anne Francis (Altaira)
•Leslie Nielsen (John J. Adams)
•Warren Stevens (“Doc” Ostrow)
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English. Budget. $6 million [1][2] Box office. $42 million [2] Around the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 American epic adventure - comedy film starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton and Shirley MacLaine, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists.
Forbidden Planet has been ranked as one of the seminal 1950s science fiction films by many modern critics and was nominated for an Academy Award for Special Effects, but lost to The Ten Commandments. The film marked Leslie Nielsen's motion picture debut.
The Ten Commandments received an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and was nominated for Academy Awards in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Art Direction (Color), Best Cinematography (Color), Best Costume Design (Color), Best Film Editing and Best Sound Recording. DeMille received the first Torah Award presented by the National ...
