Playing a scenario close to the rise and assassination of real-life 1930s Louisiana Governor, Huey Long, the film won three Oscars (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Picture) and was nominated for four more. Which was it?
Huey Long novel and well-received 1949 movie, earning Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress from the Academy Awards. Long inspired numerous other novelists. Adria Locke Langley's 1945 novel "A Lion Is in the Streets," and its 1953 film adaption starring James Cagney as the charismatic and ambitious but also unscrupulous Huey Long-like populist politician Hank Martin has often been compared to "All the King's Men". Bruce Sterling's "Distraction" features a colorful and dictatorial Louisiana governor named "Green Huey". Harry Turtledove's "American Empire" trilogy drew parallels between Confederate President Jake Featherston's populist, dictatorial style of rule and Long's governorship of Louisiana.
César Award for Best Supporting Actress same role: Isabelle, an Erasmus student, in "The Spanish Apartment" (Most Promising Actress) and its sequel "The Russian Dolls" (Best Supporting Actress) for de France, and Jeanne-Marie in "Little Lili" (both awards) for Depardieu. Therefore, Depardieu is the only actress to have won two acting César for the same performance. This achievement is no longer possible as the Académie has since modified nomination rules to ensure that no actor or actress could be nominated in more than one acting category (Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress or Most Promising Actor/Actress) for the same film. Three films has received both accolades: