Academy Special Achievement Award

Information about Academy Special Achievement Award

The Special Achievement Award is an Academy Award given for an achievement which makes an exceptional contribution to the motion picture for which it was created, but for which there is no annual award category. Such award shall only be conferred, however, for achievements in productions which also qualify as an eligible release for distinguished achievements and meet the Academy's eligibility year and deadlines requirements.
Academy Award

Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Country United States
First awarded May 16, 1929 to honor achievements of 1927/1928
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-1972- 1973 1974 1975  1976 .  1977 .  1978 .  1979  . 1980  . 1981  . 1982 
In home video: 1969 1970 1971 -1972- 1973 1974 1975     
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The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 action adventure/disaster/thriller film based on a novel by Paul Gallico.
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Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, also known as L.B.Abbott (13 June 1908, Pasadena, California - 28 September 1985, Los Angeles) was a special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman.
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In home video: 1971 1972 1973 -1974- 1975 1976 1977     
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Earthquake is a 1974 disaster film that was among several box-office successful disaster films of the 1970s that places a recognizable all-star cast in life and death situations.
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Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson (born January 10 1973 in Gary, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who last played during the 2004-05 NBA season.
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Albert J. Whitlock (September 15, 1915 in London – October 26, 1999 in Santa Barbara, California) was an English motion picture matte artist best known for his work with Disney and Universal Studios.
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In home video: 1972 1973 1974 -1975- 1976 1977 1978     
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The Hindenburg (1975) is a movie based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson, and William Link based on the novel by
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The Hindenburg (1975) is a movie based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson, and William Link based on the novel by
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Albert J. Whitlock (September 15, 1915 in London – October 26, 1999 in Santa Barbara, California) was an English motion picture matte artist best known for his work with Disney and Universal Studios.
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Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson (born January 10 1973 in Gary, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who last played during the 2004-05 NBA season.
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-1976- 1977 1978 1979  1980 .  1981 .  1982 .  1983  . 1984  . 1985  . 1986 
In home video: 1973 1974 1975 -1976- 1977 1978 1979     
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- USA -
Paramount Pictures
- non-USA -
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
Release date(s) December 17, 1976 (U.S. release)
Running time 134 min
Language English
Budget $24,000,000 (estimate)
Followed by King Kong Lives

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Carlo Rambaldi (born 1925 in Vigarano Mainarda, Italy) is an Italian-born special effects artist who is most famous for designing the title character of the 1982 super-smash hit E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and the mechanical head-effects for the creature in Alien.
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Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson (born January 10 1973 in Gary, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who last played during the 2004-05 NBA season.
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Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, also known as L.B.Abbott (13 June 1908, Pasadena, California - 28 September 1985, Los Angeles) was a special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman.
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Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson (born January 10 1973 in Gary, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who last played during the 2004-05 NBA season.
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Matthew J. Yuricich (born January 19, 1923) is an American Academy Award-winning special effects artist. Yuricich won the 1976 Academy Special Achievement Award for visual effects in the movie Logan's Run.
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-1977- 1978 1979 1980  1981 .  1982 .  1983 .  1984  . 1985  . 1986  . 1987 
In home video: 1974 1975 1976 -1977- 1978 1979 1980     
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Ben Burtt (born July 12, 1948 in Syracuse, New York) is the archetypal sound designer (a term he invented) and sound editor for many famous and noteworthy films, as well as directing an Oscar-nominated documentary.
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Original 70MM Version
135 min
Special Edition
132 min
Collector's Edition
137 min
Country U.S. / UK
Language English / French / Spanish / Hindi
Budget $20,000,000 (+ $1.
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-1978- 1979 1980 1981  1982 .  1983 .  1984 .  1985  . 1986  . 1987  . 1988 
In home video: 1975 1976 1977 -1978- 1979 1980 1981     
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Comic Book:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Story:
Mario Puzo
Screenplay:
David Newman
Leslie Newman
Robert Benton
Mario Puzo
Creative Consultant:
Tom Mankiewicz
Starring Christopher Reeve
Gene Hackman
Marlon Brando
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Les Bowie (1913 - 1979) was a Canadian-born special effects artist working mainly in Britain.

He frequently worked freelance on projects for relatively low-budget studios such as Hammer Films.
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Denys Coop (b. July 20 1920, d. August 16 1981) was a British cinematographer.

He began his career in the cinema as apprentice to Freddie Young. In the 1960s he was Director of Photography on films such as A Kind of Loving (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and
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Derek Meddings (15 January 1931–10 September 1995) was a British television and cinema special effects expert, initially noted for his work on the "Supermarionation" television puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson.
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In home video: 1976 1977 1978 -1979- 1980 1981 1982     
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The Black Stallion,, known as "the Black" or "Shetan", is the title character from author Walter Farley's bestselling series about the wild stallion and his young friend Alec Ramsay.
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