Steven Spielberg holds the record for most wins: 6 (1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1985 The Color Purple, 1987 Empire of the Sun, 1993 Schindler's List, 1998 Saving Private Ryan and 2005 Munich). Peter Jackson won an award for each and every film of The Lord of the Rings-trilogy.
Famous quotes containing the words kansas city, kansas, city, film, critics, circle and/or award:
“Kansas City is lost; I am here!”
—A. Edward Sullivan. Professor Quail (W.C. Fields)
“Since the Civil War its six states have produced fewer political ideas, as political ideas run in the Republic, than any average county in Kansas or Nebraska.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“When the city gate catches fire, it’s the fish in the moat who suffer.”
—Chinese proverb.
“[Film noir] experiences periodic rebirth and rediscovery. Whenever we have any moment of deep societal rift or disruption in America, one of the ways we can express it is through the ideas and behavior in film noir.”
—John Briley (b. 1925)
“Some have at first for wits, then poets passed,
Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“we are the circle of the crazy ladies
who sit in the lounge of the mental house
and smile at the smiling woman
who passes us each a bell,”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“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)