Martin Scorsese's flashy pool-hall drama may not have been Newman's greatest film but it earned him what the others could not - the Academy Award for best actor.

马丁·斯科塞斯俗气的台球剧本也许不足以成就纽曼最伟大的电影，但为他赢得了其他剧本没有带来的东西——奥斯卡最佳演员奖。

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The widely acclaimed film went on to win an Academy Award for best documentary in 2007.

并且十分受欢迎，并获得了2007年奥斯卡最佳纪录片奖。

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Freeman, 73, won the Academy Award in 2005 for best supporting actor for his role in Million Dollar Baby. Other notable film credits include Driving Miss Daisy and The Shawshank Redemption.

现年七十五岁的摩根-弗里曼凭借《百万宝贝》中的表现获得了2005年奥斯卡奖最佳男配角的殊荣，他所出演的诸如《为黛茜小姐开车》和《肖申克的救赎》等作品都在影坛有举足轻重的地位。

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Cartoon sequel Toy Story 3 is one of 15 titles in contention for next year's Academy Award for best animated film.

BBC: Toy Story 3 makes animated Oscar longlist

Despite his lasting association with the director, Mr. von Sydow's one previous Oscar nomination was not for a role in a Bergman picture but rather for another Swedish-language part, that of Lassefar in Bille August's "Pelle the Conqueror" (1987), which won an Academy Award for best foreign film as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

WSJ: Max von Sydow | His Silence May Be Golden | Cultural Conversation by David Mermelstein

There's a clear favourite to win the Academy Award for best foreign language film this time - based on its spread of nominations alone, Amour is already an Oscar hit.

BBC: Oscars: best foreign film contenders