Award Name
The official name of this Academy Award has changed several times over the years:
- 1927/1928 → 1928/1929: Outstanding Picture
- 1929/1930 → 1940: Outstanding Production
- 1941 → 1943: Outstanding Motion Picture
- 1944 → 1961: Best Motion Picture
- 1962 → present: Best Picture
Read more about this topic: Academy Award For Best Picture
Famous quotes containing the word award:
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)