By Alan Hurst I think I first heard about the Academy Awards via a cover story on a 1972 edition of LIFE Magazine. It featured an article about the 1971 Oscars, which were to be awarded the following week. There was a picture of an Oscar statue, with photos of all the nominees for Best…
By John H. Foote (**) Steven Spielberg, by 1984, was easily the most celebrated, successful film director on the planet and despite three Academy Award nominations as Best Director, and one unforgivable snub, he had still not won an Oscar. Spielberg considered the Academy Award to be a form of acceptance in Hollywood that he…