Since 1927, the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences has nominated movies -- usually 5 -- as candidates for the Oscar that honors the Best Picture of the Year. Of course, they're all good movies and every one of them could have won the top prize if the politics, the box office receipts, or some other variable had been slightly different. So, in this auction lot you get 45 movies that were nominated for the top prize: the Oscar for Best Picture of the Year. 20% of them won the big prize; 80% didn't. You would not be the first person to notice that over time, many of the also-rans have become more famous and more honored than the movies that won.
This is the fourth of 6 auctions of approximately 42 movies each; if you win 3 or more lots, we'll discount your price by 10% in the invoice.
Condition of these LaserDiscs is generally excellent; some are sealed; all but two are close to new, with a few surface blemishes at most, and should all play without incident. The two titles that came from a library have somewhat more wear. Jackets may have light shelf wear. There are some scarce LaserDiscs in this lot, of the sort that usually are sold singly for $5 to $15 each on eBay. 42 of these movies are on LaserDiscs -- the 12-inch platters that were popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Three are on DVD. Here are 10 winners and 35 nominees.
Il Postino [1994]
In the Name of the Father [1993]
In the Heat of the Night WINNER [1967]
It Happened One Night WINNER [1934]
It's A Wonderful Life [1946]
Jaws [1975]
Jerry Maguire [1996]
JFK [1991]
Judgment at Nuremberg [1961]
Julia [1977]
Killing Fields, The [1984]
King and I, The [1956]
King Solomon's Mines [1950]
Kiss of the Spider Woman [1985]
Kitty Foyle [This was a library copy and has somewhat more wear than most of this lot.] [1940]
Kramer vs. Kramer WINNER [1979]
Last Emperor, The WINNER [1987]
Last Picture Show, The [1971]
Lawrence of Arabia WINNER [1962]
L.A. Confidential [1997]
Lenny [1974]
Les Miserables [This was a library copy and has somewhat more wear than most of this lot.] [1935]
Life Is Beautiful (Vita è bella) [1998]
Lion in Winter, The [1968]
Long Voyage Home, The [1940]
Longest Day, The [1962]
Lost Horizon [1937]
Love Affair [1939]
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing [1955]
M*A*S*H [1970]
Maltese Falcon, The [1941]
Man for All Seasons, A WINNER [1966]
Marty WINNER [1955]
Mary Poppins [1964]
Midnight Cowboy WINNER [1969]
Midnight Express [1978]
Million Dollar Baby WINNER [2004]
Miracle on 34th Street [1947]
Mission, The [1986]
Mississippi Burning [1988]
Mister Roberts [1955]
Moonstruck [1987]
Moulin Rouge [1952]
Moulin Rouge [DVD] [2001]
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