“Star Wars” is one of the biggest franchises of all time and has welcomed multiple generations to a galaxy far, far away for 45 years. George Lucas’ groundbreaking vision, which began all the way back in 1977 with “A New Hope,” changed the movie industry forever and, with that, made a mark on the Academy Awards that year with a Best Picture nomination. However, the relationship between “Star Wars” and the Oscars hasn’t always been as lovable as Han Solo and Chewie. In fact, there’s often been a touch of Vader-Luke in the conflicted dynamic between the two institutions. Here’s a breakdown of the history of every “Star Wars” movie at the Academy Awards, ranked in terms of Oscars success.
“A New Hope” (1977)
Dir: George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
“Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and...
“A New Hope” (1977)
Dir: George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
“Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and...
- 7/28/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Universal’s Les Misérables was honored for Best Sound Mixing for a motion picture and Disney/Pixar’s team for Brave took the award for animated feature film tonight as the Cinema Audio Society handed out prizes for Sound Mixing for 2012 in six categories plus a separate pair of awards for technical achievement. The team for Hatfields & McCoys Part 1 (The History Channel) took the nod for TV movie or miniseries, and Homeland: Beruit Is Back (Showtime) won in the one-hour TV series category. The prize for mixing of a half-hour series went to the team behind ABC’s Modern Family. The 49th Annual Cas Awards were hosted by Ktla’s Sam Rubin at downtown La’s Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Anne Hathaway presented director Jonathan Demme the Cas Filmmaker Award, and triple Oscar-winning sound mixer Chris Newman received the 31st Cas Career Achievement Award presented by Demme and previous Cas honoree-Oscar winner Tom Fleischman.
- 2/17/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Sound mixer on Orson Welles's remastered film noir Touch of Evil
The cinema is habitually deemed to be a visual medium, more sight than sound, yet the latter is of equal importance to the texture of any film. Unfortunately, sound editors and mixers tend to toil anonymously in the lower depths of the film industry. Occasionally, some of them, such as Bill Varney, who has died of congestive heart failure aged 77, have their work highlighted when they win Academy awards.
Varney, as part of a small team, won Oscars for best sound on the Stars Wars film The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and was nominated for Dune (1984) and Back to the Future (1985). He was also recognised by film buffs for his valuable contribution to the "director's edition" of Orson Welles's 1958 "damaged" film noir masterpiece Touch of Evil. On the 40th anniversary of the film's release,...
The cinema is habitually deemed to be a visual medium, more sight than sound, yet the latter is of equal importance to the texture of any film. Unfortunately, sound editors and mixers tend to toil anonymously in the lower depths of the film industry. Occasionally, some of them, such as Bill Varney, who has died of congestive heart failure aged 77, have their work highlighted when they win Academy awards.
Varney, as part of a small team, won Oscars for best sound on the Stars Wars film The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and was nominated for Dune (1984) and Back to the Future (1985). He was also recognised by film buffs for his valuable contribution to the "director's edition" of Orson Welles's 1958 "damaged" film noir masterpiece Touch of Evil. On the 40th anniversary of the film's release,...
- 6/1/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar-winning sound mixer Bill Varney has passed away at the age of 77. According to his press rep, Varney died of congestive heart failure in Fairhope, Alabama. Varney won Oscars in 1981 and 1982 for his work on "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" respectively. He was also Emmy-nominated for his work on the miniseries "Roots." Varney was a past president of the Cinema Audio Society, which gave him its career achievement honor in 1990. He is survived by his wife, Suzy, and daughter, Lisa. Arrangements, which...
- 4/6/2011
- The Wrap
Some film noir lands like a brick. / Only quick and sure does the trick. / If you want to see guys who know how to crack wise, / Watch Powell and Erdman, the two Dicks.--William Varney, "The Voice of Film Noir"
In 2007, Eddie Muller programmed Cry Danger (1951) for Noir City 5 on the proviso that a reputable archive--"which shall remain nameless even though it is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts at a very esteemed university"--had a 35mm print. When the print was pulled to ship to San Francisco, it was determined that it had deteriorated beyond the point that it could be projected. If ever the mission statement of the Film Noir Foundation could stand asserted, that incident underscored the necessity of rescuing and restoring America's noir heritage. "This is not an ad, ladies and gentlemen," Muller advised, "this is the real world."
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In 2007, Eddie Muller programmed Cry Danger (1951) for Noir City 5 on the proviso that a reputable archive--"which shall remain nameless even though it is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts at a very esteemed university"--had a 35mm print. When the print was pulled to ship to San Francisco, it was determined that it had deteriorated beyond the point that it could be projected. If ever the mission statement of the Film Noir Foundation could stand asserted, that incident underscored the necessity of rescuing and restoring America's noir heritage. "This is not an ad, ladies and gentlemen," Muller advised, "this is the real world."
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- 1/31/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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