The Silence of the Lambs Is One of Three Films to Win All Five Major Academy Awards
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The "Big Five" Academy Awards are Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and which other?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) achieved something extraordinarily rare in Oscar history. It became only the third film ever to win all five of the major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Jonathan Demme), Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress (Jodie Foster), and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The other two films to achieve this 'Big Five' sweep are It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). No other film has achieved this feat since The Silence of the Lambs. Notably, Anthony Hopkins only appeared on screen for about 16 minutes despite winning Best Actor.
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