In 1999, Shakespeare in Love won best picture, beating the favourite Saving Private Ryan.
Theaters show trailers such as Miramax Films' "Shakespeare in Love" for free, at the urging of studios.
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But she missed out on the Academy Award for best actress that year to Shakespeare In Love star Gwyneth Paltrow.
Sir Tom shared an Oscar in 1999 for the screenplay he co-wrote with Marc Norman for the film Shakespeare in Love.
The writer, who won an Oscar for his screenplay Shakespeare in Love, delivered his message in support of a petition to the Scottish Parliament.
Powell is a hugely successful designer and has won two statuettes - for The Aviator and Shakespeare in Love - out of eight nominations.
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Although there have been many upsets in Oscar history, many commentators felt the aggressive film studio lobbying for Shakespeare in Love marked a new low in the competition for trophies.
The Proms programme also includes a concert featuring scores from celebrated British films including The Dam Busters, Shakespeare In Love, Bridge Over The River Kwai and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
When a young, dewy-faced Gwyneth Paltrow accepted the Best Actress Oscar for Shakespeare In Love, the world caught a four-minute glimpse of the Harry Winston Princess Necklace, glistening in time with every benevolent gesture.
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The Academy has been cracking down on the number of producers per film who can be eligible for an Oscar since Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture in 1999 and five producers walked away with Oscars.
In other words, Gwyneth Paltrow ("Shakespeare in Love") might have gotten teary-eyed when she won the Golden Globe for best actress this year, but she will become the leading actress of her generation if she takes home the Oscar.
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Cast as Romeo, she is smitten by Shakespeare himself, who has fallen in love with her as Viola (ie, as Juliet) at a party arranged to mark her engagement to the Earl of Wessex (ie, Paris).
Mr. ANTONI CIMOLINO (Director, "As You Like It"): This is a play that Shakespeare's written about young people falling in love and about the importance of love and about getting away from the corruption and the envy of the world that their parents have created.
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