Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2011 March 16

= March 16 =

Academy Award winners
By coincidence, I ran across the photograph at the article on this page: Candleshoe. I noticed, from the photo, that the film stars David Niven, Helen Hayes, and Jodie Foster. My first reaction was, "wow, all three stars of this film are Oscar winners". So, I was wondering ... what film features the greatest number of Oscar winners (that is, either actors who have already won their Oscars ... or, as in the case of Candleshoe here, those who would later go on to win their Oscars)? Does anyone have any idea? Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:39, 16 March 2011 (UTC))


 * Putting "film with most oscar winners" into Google gave me this site as one of the top results. It looks like Hamlet and Murder on the Orient Express tie at 9 a piece.  Dismas |(talk) 16:00, 16 March 2011 (UTC)


 * That's an interesting site. Thanks.  I guess I should have clarified my question ... I am referring only to Oscar acting winners ... not Best Directors, Best Cinematographers, etc.  Thanks.   (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:21, 16 March 2011 (UTC))


 * In terms of acting awards, just off the top of my head, both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II have at least 4 academy award acting winners, including Al Pacino, Dianne Keaton, Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando (Part I only), and Robert DeNiro (Part II only).  For your purposes, all of them won at least one academy award either before (in the case of Brando) or after (for the rest) the Godfather films.  As an aside, one of the other actors in The Godfather Parts I and II, John Cazale, has the interesting distinction of never having appeared in a film that did NOT get nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award.  Quite an impressive streak.  -- Jayron  32  16:48, 16 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I was guessing that the answer might be The Towering Inferno, but according to IMDb it's The Player, which features 12 Oscar-winning actors: Cher, James Coburn, Louise Fletcher, Whoopi Goldberg, Joel Grey, Anjelica Huston, Jack Lemmon, Marlee Matlin, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon and Rod Steiger. Sydney Pollack also has a walk-on part, but his Oscars were for directing and producing. --Antiquary (talk) 18:44, 16 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Wow, twelve! Pretty amazing!  Thanks.   (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:00, 16 March 2011 (UTC))


 * That movie came up on the first site mentioned above, as a "special mention", because 10 of the Oscar winners cameo as themselves: Sarandon, Roberts, Huston, Cher, Lemmon, Coburn, Fletcher, Grey, Matlin and Steiger.  If you're looking for a movie with substantial and non-cameo appearances by Oscar winners, The Player would not qualify.  --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  19:08, 16 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Good point, Jack. The Player seemed to hire these people simply because they were "famous actors" and used them in the film per se (hence, cameo appearances as themselves).  In my book, that's hardly, ummm, "acting".  I was indeed thinking of performance roles that required some, ummm, "acting" on the part of the actor.   (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:48, 16 March 2011 (UTC))


 * Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_movie_featured_the_most_Oscar_winners#ixzz1Gn6Tavkd

Obama's brackets
Where can I see President Obama's NCAA bracket for this year? All I can find are stories about the bracket and his filling them out but not what he actually picked. Thanks, Dismas |(talk) 21:33, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. Finally got it.   Dismas |(talk) 21:35, 16 March 2011 (UTC)  Crap!  That's 2010 again!  Still looking...  Dismas |(talk) 21:41, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/entry?entryID=4267886 ? Nanonic (talk) 22:06, 16 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Dismas |(talk) 22:12, 16 March 2011 (UTC)