Gary Cooper plays a father and husband in a Quaker family during the American Civil War, when his community is faced with the question of whether or not they will stay pacifists and out of the war or confront injustice with violence.
Year Eligible: 1956 (Nominated)
Additional audio from Friendly Persuasion (1956)
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The Ten Commandments is Cecil B. DeMille’s apotheosis, and we mean that both as a compliment and an insult.
Year Eligible: 1956 (Nominated)
Additional audio from The Ten Commandments (1956)
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The winner of 1956, Around the World in 80 Days, features cameos from just about everyone who was alive at the time in Hollywood… which is probably why this hour too long, frequently racist mess got enough votes to take home the statue.
Year Eligible: 1956 (Won)
Additional audio from Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
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James Dean’s last movie, Giant is a sprawling Texas epic also starring Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor, and it’s damn good. Not perfect. But damn good.
Year Eligible: 1956 (Nominated)
Additional audio from Giant (1956)
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Well, this was painful. The King and I is a disaster of racist stereotypes, colonialist tropes, and yellow face casting, with, unfortunately, some really talented people involved in making it happen. Just agonizing.
Year Eligible: 1956 (Nominated)
Additional audio from The King and I (1956)
(Explicit language, as always)