Wilson (1944) | |
| Director(s) | Henry King |
| Producer(s) | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Drama, Historical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Politics, Presidents, Washington D.C., World War I |
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Wilson (1944) was a Biographical - Drama Film directed by Henry King and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
Academy Awards 1944 --- Ceremony Number 17 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Alexander Knox | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Leon Shamroy | Won |
| Best Director | Henry King | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Barbara McLean | Won |
| Best Music - Scoring | Alfred Newman | Nominated |
| Best Picture | 20th Century-Fox | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Lamar Trotti | Won |
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Recorded Live (1975, S.S. Wilson)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 21, 2019 From The Stop ButtonRecorded Live is a student film. So director, writer, and animator Wilson?s flat composition gets some wide latitude. He?s got this silly slapstick score on a sound picture, with John Goodwin getting hired to work at an already strange-sounding TV studio only to arrive there and discover a sack of c... Read full article
Recorded Live (1975, S.S. Wilson)
on Jan 21, 2019 From The Stop ButtonRecorded Live is a student film. So director, writer, and animator Wilson?s flat composition gets some wide latitude. He?s got this silly slapstick score on a sound picture, with John Goodwin getting hired to work at an already strange-sounding TV studio only to arrive there and discover a sack of c... Read full article
Recorded Live (1975, S.S. Wilson)
on Jan 21, 2019 From The Stop ButtonRecorded Live is a student film. So director, writer, and animator Wilson?s flat composition gets some wide latitude. He?s got this silly slapstick score on a sound picture, with John Goodwin getting hired to work at an already strange-sounding TV studio only to arrive there and discover a sack of c... Read full article
Recorded Live (1975, S.S. Wilson)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 21, 2019 From The Stop ButtonRecorded Live is a student film. So director, writer, and animator Wilson?s flat composition gets some wide latitude. He?s got this silly slapstick score on a sound picture, with John Goodwin getting hired to work at an already strange-sounding TV studio only to arrive there and discover a sack of c... Read full article
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Cinematographer Leon Shamroy replaced Ernest Palmer, who fell ill during production.
The film, a pet project and labor of love for producer Darryl F. Zanuck, was a notorious box-office flop in its day, despite good reviews and several Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor, and despite the fact that when it played the Roxy in New York, it grossed more than any one movie had in a single theatre up to then. Zanuck was so heartbroken over the movie's failure that he forbade anyone who came into his presence to ever mention the film again.
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