Oppenheimer
Summary
Christopher Nolan has finally earn his firstAcademy Award15 years after one of his most pop films changed the Oscars forever . Nolan won Best Director forOppenheimerat the 96th Academy Awards after decades of receiving virtually zero acknowledgement from the Academy despite being hailed as one of the most influential film producer on the planet . Oppenheimeralso took home Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars , marking the third nomination and first win in the category following 2017’sDunkirkand 2010’sInception .
In what is surely still one of Nolan ’s most popular celluloid , The Dark Knightwas notably snubbed for a Best Picture nomination at the 2009 Academy Awards . In response to the disceptation , the Best Picture class was then expanded to admit a utmost of 10 nominationswhereas previously the nominees had been restricted to 5 since the 17th Academy Awards in 1944 . This is widely get it on today as " The Dark Knight Rule . " In a full roundabout moment , Oppenheimertook home Best Picture and Christopher Nolan lastly won Best Director at the 2024 Academy Award .
“The Dark Knight Rule” Was Implemented At The 2009 Oscars
Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knightnot only modify the cathode-ray oscilloscope of superhero moving-picture show during the late 2000s but also change the Oscar family for Best Picture . When the Academy Awards first began in 1928 , there were five nominees for Best Picture , but that changed in 1933 when the number of nominees increased to a maximum of 12 . Throughout the 1930s and the other days of the forties , there were typically between 10 and 12 candidate for Best Picture each year beforethe Academy reverted to a maximum of 5 in 1944 .
Despite being wide herald as one of the best movie of 2008,The Dark Knightwas shockingly not nominated for Best Picture at the 2009 Oscars . Before the announcement of the nominees , there was bully guess thatThe Dark Knightcould win Best Picture and Best Director but was effectively boxed out of each category . The pocket billiards of campaigner for Best Picture that year was n’t considered to be necessarily strong , leading to an outrage whenThe Dark Knightwas revealed not to be in contestation . The Dark Knightreceived 8 totality nominations , with Heath Ledger winning posthumously for Best Supporting Actor .
2009 Best Picture Nominees
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Danny Boyle
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Oppenheimer is a film by Christopher Nolan, which follows the theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man behind the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy will play the titular role, with the story based on the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
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Oppenheimer Would Have Still Won Best Picture With Fewer Nominees
irrespective of " The Dark Knight Rule " , which created a wider pool of competition and recognition for the twelvemonth ’s majuscule films , Oppenheimerwas the clear dearie to advance Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards . Even if the Best Picture category had never evolved to include 10 nominees , Oppenheimer would still have ticktock out the contender at the 2024 Oscars going up against 4 other motion-picture show , or even 2 . The Best Picture and Best Director race at the2024 Academy Awardswere two of the most predictable categories , but thanks to " The Dark Knight Rule " , twice as many films were deservedly acknowledge .
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Oppenheimer is a photographic film by Christopher Nolan , which survey the theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer , the humankind behind the atomic bomb . Cillian Murphy will take on the titular purpose , with the story based on the playscript American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin .
