We look back at this giant win. Picture: AFP Photo/Valerie MaconErich Fromm, German-born US psychoanalyst (1900-1980); Joan Crawford, US actor (1908-1977); Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (1910-1998); Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket expert (1912-1977); Roger Bannister, UK athlete first to run sub-four-minute mile (1929-2018); Chaka Khan, US singer (1953); Amanda Plummer, British actor (1957); Hope Davis, US actor (1964); Damon Albarn, English musician, Blur (1968); Michael Atherton, English cricketer (1968); Keri Russell, US actor (1976); Mo Farah, Somali-born British athlete (1983); Princess Eugenie of York (1990).“In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.” – Graham Greene (1904-1991). ''We thought there was a hunger for emotion, for character, for drama. It won for its technical achievements for the most part, and the visual style and feel. The veteran actress wore glittering diamonds. ''Even before the awards presentation, the odds were heavily in favor of ''Titanic,'' the 3-hour-and-14-minute blockbuster that has been No. No awards for the acting. Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland won an Oscar for their adaptation of the James Ellroy novel ''L.A. Kicking off his night, Leonardo made headlines walking the red carpet with fellow Oscar nominee Kate Winslet, giving fans a Titanic reunion. Titanic Made History at the Oscars 20 Years Ago — And Leonardo DiCaprio Wasn't Even There! Mr. Cameron, who was pilloried in the press and across Hollywood last year for going $100 million over budget on his $200 million movie, is now perhaps Hollywood's premier filmmaker.Mr. Among those who appeared: Claire Trevor, 89, a winner for 1948's ''Key Largo''; Shelley Winters, 74, who won Oscars for ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ''A Patch of Blue'' (1965), and Luise Rainer, 88, who won for ''The Great Ziegfeld'' (1936) and ''The Good Earth'' (1937).
''The only thing we truly own is today,'' he said.
Linda Tripp is taping it. Members of the union picketed near the Shrine's entrance as limousines pulled up and stars walked onto the sun-drenched red carpet.The other Oscar nominated films were ''As Good As It Gets,'' ''L.A. The film Titanic won 11 Oscars on this day in 1998, equalling the record set by Ben-Hur in 1959. ''One of the highlights of the evening was a tribute to Stanley Donen, the choreographer-turned-director in the heyday of the studio system. Cameron said recently that in creating ''Titanic,'' he felt audiences were eager to see a romantic and historic epic and were wearying of science-fiction films. Hunt, the Emmy-Award winning star of NBC's ''Mad About You,'' received her best-actress Oscar for playing a world-weary waitress and single mother in James L. Brooks's comedy ''As Good as It Gets.'' When "Titanic" won 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards. Oscar: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Avatar (2009) 2004 Nominee Oscar: Best Music, Original Score House of Sand and Fog (2003) 2002 Nominee Oscar: Best Music, Original Score A Beautiful Mind (2001) 1998 Winner Oscar: Best Music, Original Song Titanic … The statistic shows movies with the most Academy Awards wins of all time as of 2019. Confidential. It was a big night at the 2016 Oscars for Leonardo DiCaprio, who joined the ranks of Oscar winners by the end of the telecast. ''Although Academy officials said beforehand that it was doubtful that Billy Crystal, the host of the show, would mention the current sexual allegations by several women against President Clinton, Mr. It made history, winning big since 1959's "Ben Hur." ''The winners of the original screenplay award were Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for ''Good Will Hunting,'' in which the two actors also starred.At the close of a long evening, Mr. Cameron accepted the best-picture award for ''Titanic'' and asked for a few moments of silence for those who died in the ocean tragedy.