# Hard Movie Trivia Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240 "2013-07-11T18:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240/21 "2013-07-11T19:37:34Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > As for nominations, let’s use **The Godfather** as a minimum benchmark: > > Marlon Brando (8), Al Pacino (8), Robert Duvall (6), Diane Keaton (4), Sofia Coppola (3), Carmine Coppola (2), Talia Shire (2), James Caan, Richard Costellano, John Marley = 36 nominations John Cazale was never nominated ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240/22 "2013-07-11T19:39:30Z")
**Reds** nominations: Warren Beatty (14), Jack Nicholson (12), Gene Hackman (5) Diane Keaton (4), Maureen Stapleton (4), Bessie Love = 40 nominations ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240/23 "2013-07-11T19:41:10Z")
Walt Disney himself won 22 Oscars, and had 59 nominations. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240/24 "2013-07-11T19:42:15Z")
**Manhattan** nominations: Woody Allen (23), Meryl Streep (17), Diane Keaton (4), Mariel Hemingway = 45 nominations ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240/25 "2013-07-11T19:48:25Z")
**Casino Royale** nominations: Woody Allen (23), John Huston (15), Peter O’Toole (8), Deborah Kerr (6), Charles Boyer (4), William Holden (3), Orson Welles (3), Peter Sellers (2), David Niven = 65 nominations. This will be very tough to beat. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240/26 "2013-07-11T19:52:35Z")
The Biblical epic The Greatest Storyt Ever Told had numerous Oscar winners AND numerous future Oscar winners. Jose “Herod Antipas” Ferrer Van “Bar Anand” Heflin Charlton “John the Baptist” Heston Martin “Caiaphas” Landau Sidney “Simon of Cyrene” Poitier Joseph “Nicodemus” Schildkraut John “Centurion” Wayne Shelley “Cured Woman” Winters (2) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240/27 "2013-07-11T20:28:35Z")
Not a question, but if there were a category for TV shows (i.e. not miniseries or movies but series) would probably be _Roseanne_, which had at least three winners with four Oscars as recurring characters: Estelle Parsons (1), Shelley Winters (2) and Red Buttons (1), though only Parsons was ever a regular. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240/28 "2013-07-11T21:10:02Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Not a question, but if there were a category for TV shows (i.e. not miniseries or movies but series) would probably be _Roseanne_, which had at least three winners with four Oscars as recurring characters: Estelle Parsons (1), Shelley Winters (2) and Red Buttons (1), though only Parsons was ever a regular. \*\*\*The Simpsons \*\*\*blows that away with guest stars. Even with recurring characters or better, Maggie has been voiced by both Elizabeth Taylor (2 wins) and Jodie Foster (2 wins), and Meryl Streep (3 wins) voiced Jessica Lovejoy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-movie-trivia-question/663240.md?page=1)