1931 in film Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Most Nominations: "Cimarron" (RKO Pictures) - 7 Major Awards Most Awards: "Cimarron" - 3 (Best Picture; Best Adaptation and Best Art Direction) "Cimarron" was the first Western to win Best Picture, and would remain the only one to do so for 59 years (until "Dances with Wolves" won in 1991). It received a then-record seven nominations, and was the first film to win more than two awards. The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 18, 1932, at a ceremony held at The Ambassador
Academy Award for Best Picture "The Silence of the Lambs" was adapted from the sequel novel to "Red Dragon." The latter had been adapted for film as "Manhunter" by a different studio. Best Picture nominee "The Lion in Winter" features Peter O'Toole as King Henry II, a role he had played previously in the film "Becket." But "Winter" is not a sequel to "Becket". Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima" was a companion piece to his film "Flags of Our Fathers," released earlier the same year. These two films depict the same battle from the different viewpoints of Japanese and United States military forces; the