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Books  About  The  Oscars

"Movie Posters: 75 Years of Academy Award Winners" [2003] by Diana DiFranco Everett & Morris Everett Jr. Schiffer Publng 8½x11 pb [3/2003] for $69.95

	"75 Years of The Oscar: The Official History of The Academy Awards" [2003] by Robert Osborne Abbeville Press 12¼x9¼ (6 pounds!} hardcover [9/2003] for $47.25
	"Hollywood Musicals Nominated For Best Picture, 1929-1995" [2003] by Frederick G. Vogel McFarland & Co. 10½x7 hardcover [1/2003] for $75.00
	"The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History" [2002] by Jim Piazza & Gail Kinn Black Dog/Leventhal 10x8¾ 4th edition pb [5/2006] for $14.56 Black Dog/Leventhal 13x10¾ 3rd ed hardcover [10/2004] for $26.56
	"Best Pictures' Movie Posters" [1999] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [4/99] for $17.49 self-published hardcover [4/99] out of print/used
	"Academy Award Winners' Movie Posters" [1995] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x9 pb [8/95] for $14.00 Magic Lantern's Movie Posters Page
	"Hollywood Sings!: An Inside Look at Sixty Years of Academy Award-Nominated Songs" [1995] by Susan Sackett, with Marcia Rovins Diane Publng 9x7 pb [11/95] for $22.00 Publrs Overstock 9x7 pb [4/95] out of print/used

Best  Picture  Movie  Collections

"Studio Classics - Best Picture Collection" [2003] Fox DVD [10/2003] 4 disks for $26.99 the 4 films are: "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" [1927 silent], "How Green Was My Valley" [1941], "Gentleman's Agreement" [1947], and "All About Eve" [1950] NOTE: This is the only DVD version of "Sunrise" available anywhere!

Best  Picture  Academy  Award  Winners  Collection
from  Paramount

Paramount color DVD box set [2/2007] 8 disks for $62.99 the 7 films are: "American Beauty" [1999], "Braveheart" [1995], "Forrest Gump" [1994] (2 disks), "Gladiator" [2000], "The Godfather" [1972], "Terms of Endearment" [1983], and "Titanic" [1997]

Academy  Award  Winning  Movies  Collections
from  Miramax

Volume One: Miramax color DVD [2/2004] 3 disks for $49.99 the 3 films are: "Chicago" [2002], "Frida" [2002], and "La Vita è Bella" [1997] Volume Two: Miramax color DVD [2/2004] 3 disks - out of prodn/used the 3 films are: "Good Will Hunting" [1997], "Sling Blade" [1996], and "The Cider House Rules" [1999] Volume Three: Miramax color DVD [2/2004] 3 disks - out of prodn/used the 3 films are: "Il Postino" [Italy 1995], "The English Patient" [1996], and "Shakespeare In Love" [1998]

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from  Warner Home Video

	"Best Picture Oscar Collection" 18-film, 28 disk box set [2005] Warner Home Video DVD box set [2/2005] 28 disks - out of prodn/used (orig $189.99) the 18 films are: "Amadeus" [1984] (2 disks), "An American In Paris" [1951], "Around The World In 80 Days" [1956] (2 disks), "Ben-Hur" [1959], "The Broadway Melody" [1929], "Casablanca" [1942] (2 disks), "Chariots of Fire" [1981] (2 disks), "Driving Miss Daisy" [1989], "Gigi" [1958], "Gone With The Wind" [1939] (4 disks), "Grand Hotel" [1932], "The Great Ziegfeld" [1936], "The Life of Emile Zola" [1937], "Mrs. Miniver" [1942], "Mutiny On The Bounty" [1935], "My Fair Lady" [1964] (2 disks), "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [1975] (2 disks), and "Unforgiven" [1992] (2 disks) NOTE: the three Warner Home Video 5-disk sets below omit "Chariots of Fire", "Gone With The Wind" & "Grand Hotel", and all are single disk versions
	"Best Picture Oscar Collection: Drama" [2005] Warner Home Video DVD set [2/2005] 5 disks for $57.99 the 5 films are: "Amadeus" [1984], "Casablanca" [1942], "Driving Miss Daisy" [1989], "The Life of Emile Zola" [1937], and "Mrs. Miniver" [1942]
	"Best Picture Oscar Collection: Musicals" [2005] Warner Home Video DVD set [2/2005] 5 disks for $57.99 the 5 films are: "An American In Paris" [1951], "The Broadway Melody" [1929], "Gigi" [1958], "The Great Ziegfeld" [1936], and "My Fair Lady" [1964]
	"Best Picture Oscar Collection: Adventures" [2005] Warner Home Video DVD set [2/2005] 5 disks for $57.99 the 5 films are: "Around The World In 80 Days" [1956], "Ben-Hur" [1959], "Mutiny On The Bounty" [1935], "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [1975], and "Unforgiven" [1992]

Other  Collections  of  Oscar-Winners

	"Academy Awards Animation Collection" [2008]   Warner Brothers Home Ent. color DVD [2/2008] 3 disks for $37.99 15 Oscar-winners & 26 Oscar-nominated cartoons; Disk 1 features the 15 winners: "The Milky Way" [MGM 1940] directed by Rudolf Ising; "Tweetie Pie" [W.B. 1947] directed by Friz Freleng; "For Scent-Imental Reasons" [W.B. 1949] directed by Chuck Jones; "So Much For So Little [W.B. 1949] directed by Chuck Jones, won Oscar for Best Documentary Short; "Speedy Gonzales" [W.B. 1955] directed by Friz Freleng; "Birds Anonymous" [W.B. 1957] directed by Friz Freleng; "Knighty-Knight Bugs" [W.B. 1958] directed by Friz Freleng; The Dot and The Line" [M.G.M. 1965] directed by Chuck Jones; winning Tom & Jerry cartoons directed by Bill Hanna & Joseph Barbera: "Yankee Doodle Mouse" [M.G.M. 1943]; "Mouse Trouble" [M.G.M. 1944]; "Quiet Please" [M.G.M. 1945]; "The Cat Concerto" [M.G.M. 1946]; "The Little Orphan" [M.G.M. 1948]; "Two Mouseketeers" [M.G.M. 1951]; "Johann Mouse" [M.G.M. 1952]; also includes "Drawn For Glory: Animation's Triumph At The Oscars®" 15 winners only [2008] Warner Brothers Home Ent. DVD [2/2008] for $16.99
	"Docurama Academy Awards Collection DVD Set" [2005] New Video Group/Docurama DVD set [2/2005] 13 disks for $179.99 box set includes Oscar®-winners for Best Documentary Feature: "Best Boy" [1979]; "From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern In China" [1981]; "Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision" [1994]; "Murder On A Sunday Morning" aka "Un coupable Idéal" [2001]; "Scared Straight!" [1980]; and Oscar®-nominated "Children Underground" [2001]; "Genghis Blues" [1999]; "Nadja Salerno-Sonneberg: Speaking In Strings" [1999]; "Paul Taylor: Dancemaker" [1998]; "Regret To Inform" [1998]; "Sound and Fury" [2000]; "The Weather Underground" [2002]; plus "Best Man" [1997], the sequel to "Best Boy"
	"Docurama Academy Awards Collection DVD Set - Volume 2" [2006] New Video Group/DocuramaDVD set [7/2006] 12 disks for $179.99 box set includes Oscar®-winners for Best Documentary Feature: "Broken Rainbow" [1985]; "I Am A Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School" [1993]; "In The Shadow of The Stars" [1991]; "Marjoe" [1972] starring Marjoe Gortner; "Sister Rose's Passion" [2004]; "Thoth" [2002]; "Who Are The DeBolts? (And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?)" [1977]; and Oscar®-nominated "A Time For Burning" [1967]; "Balseros" [2002]; "Colors Straight Up" [1997]; "Doing Time: Life Inside The Big House" [1991]; "Legacy" [2000]; "Unfinished Business" [1986]

"20 Years of Original Oscar Winning Songs, 1934-1954" [2007] audio CD [3/2007] for $2.99 [sic] 21 tracks including "Lullaby Of Broadway" sung by Dick Powell; "The Way You Look Tonight" sung by Fred Astaire; "Thanks For The Memory" sung by Bob Hope; "Over The Rainbow" sung by Judy Garland; "White Christmas" sung by Bing Crosby; "It Might As Well Be Spring" sung by Sarah Vaughn; "Mona Lisa" sung by Nat 'King' Cole; "High Noon" sung by Frankie Laine; "Three Coins In The Fountain" sung by Frank Sinatra; and "When You Wish Upon A Star" sung by Cliff Edwards (as Jiminy Crickett)

"Academy Award-Winning Music From M.G.M. Classics: Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology" [1997] Rhino/W.E.A. soundtrack CD [2/97] out of prodn/used films include "An American In Paris", "Anchors Aweigh", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Ben Hur", "Dr. Zhivago", "Easter Parade", "Gigi", "The Harvey Girls", "Lady Be Good", "Lili", "Neptune's Daughter", "On The Town", "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" & "The Wizard Of Oz"

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