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[learnedax]

Huh. Return of the King got 11 Oscar nominations, and 11 Oscars. Has that ever happened before?

This backs up my theory that they were cautiously waiting until the third film in the trilogy before giving them the big awards.

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[its-just-me.livejournal.com]

Nope - it's a first.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

That exact thing has never happened. Other films have been nominated for and won 11 Oscars. Other films have made a clean sweep of all categoreis for which they were nominated.

Return of the King matched the record 11 Oscar wins of Titanic and Ben-Hur and became only the third movie to sweep every category in which it was nominated, following Gigi and The Last Emperor, which both won nine out of nine.

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

Ah, alright. It was the largeness of the sweep that I, ambiguously, was interested in.