The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997)
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The 69th Annual Academy Awards were dominated by movies produced by independent studios, financed outside of mainstream Hollywood, leading to 1996 being dubbed "The Year of the Independents". All but one of the nominees for Best Picture were low-budget independent movies (the next ceremony dominated by indie films would be in 2006. 2008 was also dominated by independents). The big winner at the ceremony was Anthony Minghella's The English Patient, which had received 12 nomination.
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A = “Fargo” won (A) Academy Awards.
B = “Shine” was nominated for (B) Academy Awards.
C = Jodie (C) was the presenter for the Writing Awards (convert the first letter of the name to a number).
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D = The 69th Academy Awards was held on March (D)4, 1997, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
E = “The English Patient” won (E) Academy Awards.
F = “The English Patient” won the Academy Award for Best Picture and had budget of $(F)7 Million dollars.
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