The Oscar. The most prestigious award in the cinema industry. Win one, just one, and a filmmaker can rest easy. Their name will forever be associated with the world of cinema legends. Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, Ben-Hur, The Godfather... well, it's easy to see why such a big fuss is made over the Academy Awards. But who will triumph this year? Will it be Tom Hooper's crowd-pleasing biopic The King's Speech? Or will it be Darren Aronofsky's fever-dream masterpiece The Black Swan? Or perhaps one of the underdogs; light-hearted indie The Kids Are Alright, or the critically-lauded Winter's Bone? Or how about Toy Story 3 to make it really controversial? Nothing is certain. Yet by the end of the month it will all be over and another picture will join the likes of Slumdog Millionaire and The Hurt Locker under the title of modern classic. So, in this time of excitement and uncertainty, let us look back upon some of the previous winners and remind ourselves of just what made them worthy of such prestigious immortality...
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