Title: On the Waterfront
Content: and a critical consensus of "With his electrifying performance in Elia Kazan's thought-provoking, expertly constructed melodrama, Marlon Brando redefined the possibilities of acting for film and helped permanently alter the cinematic landscape". Academy Awards "On the Waterfront" received twelve Academy Awards nominations in ten categories, and won in eight of the categories. American Film Institute recognition Legacy In 1989, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. It is also on the Vatican's list of 45 greatest films, compiled in 1995. The first

Title: 27th Academy Awards
Content: upset victory three years earlier. In a surprise win (Bing Crosby was the favored nominee), Brando received his first Oscar for his performance in "On the Waterfront", which is now seen as one of the most justified upsets in Oscar history. The win was a culmination of four consecutive Best Actor nominations for Brando (starting with "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1951), a record that remains unmatched to this day. Grace Kelly won Best Actress for "The Country Girl" in another upset. Judy Garland, who was heavily favored to win Best Actress for the movie "A Star Is Born", could

Title: Marlon Brando
Content: was stolen. Much later, it turned up at a London auction house, which contacted the actor and informed him of its whereabouts. Brando would later say in his 2015 documentary, "Listen to me Marlon", that he felt the part in "On the Waterfront" that won him an Oscar was to him personally, not good, and that he knew he had done better acting. In the behind the scenes of "On the Waterfront" film experts and critics would say he would change lines because he didn't like the script, and that he'd let the director know by having regular conversations. However,

Title: Marlon Brando
Content: he, like, deemphasized the word "action". He would go in front of that camera just like he was before. "Cut!" It was all the same. There was really no beginning. I learned a lot from watching that." Brando won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, but he declined it, becoming the second actor to refuse a Best Actor award (after George C. Scott for "Patton"). He boycotted the award ceremony, instead sending aboriginal American rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who appeared in full Apache attire, to state Brando's reasons, which were based on his objection to the depiction

Title: Elia Kazan
Content: 1954 he again used Brando as a star in "On the Waterfront". As a continuation of the socially relevant themes that he developed in New York, the film exposed corruption within New York's longshoremen's union. It too was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, and won 8, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, for Marlon Brando. "On the Waterfront" was also the screen debut for Eva Marie Saint, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role. Saint recalls that Kazan selected her for the role after he had her do an improvisational skit with Brando playing

Question: Which movie won Marlon Brando his second Oscar?
Answer: The Godfather