Tonight, and one more year, we have the most important event in cinema. The Oscars Awards who also turn 90 this 2018. So this Edition 90 of the gala starts from 17.00:XNUMX p.m., in Los Angeles, which here will be 02.00. It will be in the Dolby Theater and presents it again J.

Like the relationship literature and cinema It is unquestionable since the birth of the so-called seventh art, this year there are again nominated films based on books such as Call me by your name o The darkest moment (Come on Gary, you almost got it!). But today I review 7 titles that won the Oscar for best film. There are many more, but I have chosen these.

Rebecca -Daphne DuMaurier

"Yesterday I dreamed that I was going back to Manderley ...". That is the unforgettable beginning of this classic directed by Alfred Hitchcock. They starred in it Laurence olivierlike Maxim de Winter, Manderley's owner obsessed with the memory of his late first wife; Judith Anderson, like the haunting Mrs. Danvers, and Joan fontaine, the naive and simple new Mrs. De Winter. It won two Oscars (for best film and best cinematography) in 1940.

Du maurier started writing it in 1937, in Alexandria (Egypt) and its success was such that it gave its name, for example, to Rebecca syndrome, or obsessive jealousy. But it was also considered the first great gothic novel of the XNUMXth centuryas it contains a mystery, a haunted house, a murder, a sinister villain, passion, a fire, a spooky landscape and the specter of an enigmatic woman.

From here to eternity - James Jones

It is impossible that there is someone who has not seen the scene of that passionate kiss between Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in this classic from the director Fred zinneman. He took her to the movies in 1953 and won eight Oscars, including the best film, best director, best adapted screenplay, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. They starred in it too Frank Sinatra, Montgomery-Clift y Donna Reed.

It is based on the novel by 1951 by the American writer James Jones and tells the story of the arrival of the soldier Prewitt (Clift) to a Hawaiian military camp in 1941. There you will witness the relationships and conflicts magnified by the situation between their commanders, their friends and their peers. And above them the shadow of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

Tom Jones - Henry Fielding

Fielding was an English novelist and playwright of the eighteenth century known for his satirical and humorous writings. It is considered as the creator of the English novelistic tradition together with his contemporary samuel richardson. This is his most famous and recognized novel, almost considered the Quixote of English literature.

This adaptation was directed by Tony richardson, obtained 10 nominations and took 4 Oscars in 1963That of movie, director, adapted screenplay, music. They starred in it Albert Finney, Susannah York and David Warner among others. Count the sentimental and erotic adventures by Tom Jones, main subjects of this sitcom that also shows characters of all kinds from the society of the time.

Sound of Music - Maria Von Trapp

What to say about this classic musical among classics… Whoever does not know about the Von Trapp family or has not been moved by Captain Von Trapp and his guitar singing Edelweiss is that he has lived on another planet.

Well the real story was told Maria von trapp, the young rebellious novice from the Nonnberg convent in Salzburg, who is sent by her superior to the house of the strict Baron Von Trapp, who was not really strict at all. Widower and hero of the Austrian Navy, the baron needs a governess for her many children. Maria and her music break into the lives of the children and the captain and win their hearts.

The movie directed her Robert Wise and won 5 Oscars, among them, the best film in 1965. And they starred in it Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker among others.

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

One of the many adaptations of this Dickens immortal work was this new boom in musicals, Titulado Oliver!, which originally premiered at the theater, at the London West End, in 1960. In 1963 it was carried out Broadway and won several Tony Awards. And in 1968 premiered on the big screen by the hand of Carol Reed. Got 5 Oscars, for best film, director, artistic direction, soundtrack and sound.

It was starred in iconic names on the British scene such as Rum Moody as Fagin, the boy Mark lester like the orphan Oliver, and a Oliver Reed magnificent in the most fearsome Bill sikes that you can imagine.

Dances with Wolves - Michael Blake

All the world we have seen film, but not so many have read this book by Michael Blake, written in 1988. Blake was also screenwriter and the first one he signed was also that of a movie starring a then young man Kevin Costner, with whom he became a great friend. Thanks to him, Blake became hollow in hollywood, which he took advantage of after the publication of this novel, which is his best known work, a a song to freedom and a tribute to the native inhabitants of the great American plains.

Blake himself adapted it to the cinema with Costner as the protagonist and in 1990After the great success after its release, he, Costner (as director) and the film won the Oscar plus another four for editing, photography, soundtrack (so spectacular by John Barry) and sound.

The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje

Other epic drama to end. The film adaptation of this novel by Michael Ondaatje that he published in 1992 took away 9 Oscars in 1997, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Editing, Cinematography, Soundtrack, Sound, or Editing. Possibly It is one of those films that surpass its literary original because they lend themselves to those adaptations that so often shine on the big screen.

Narrated in two stages and based on the memories of one of the characters, they compose images full of drama, contained emotions and tormented characters in the framework of the last days of the Second World War. It was starred by Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Willem Dafoe among others.