War films and the Oscars
David Lean’s best picture winner stars Alec Guinness, right, as a prisoner in a Japanese POW camp tasked with building the titular bridge -- not knowing, of course, that his own military is planning to destroy it.
Since the first Oscars ceremony, when “Wings†was named best picture, the film academy has honored war movies, from the Civil War romance of “Gone With the Wind†to the brutal bludgeoning of “The Hurt Locker.†Here are a few Oscar favorites and nominees that depict war and its consequences.
