Although Oscars are usually set up in stone ( or atomic number 79 - plat britannium , as it were ) , there have been some very rare instance where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revoked or disqualify a nominating speech . Here are nine of those instances .
1.The Circus(1928)
At the very first Academy Awards observance in 1929,Charlie Chaplinwas nominated for four awards forThe Circus : Best worker , Best Writer , Best Director for a Comedy , and Outstanding Picture . Believing ( or , more appropriately , fearing ) that Chaplin would sweep all four categories , the Academy revoked his individual nomination and or else present him with a specialHonorary Award“for writing , acting , directing , and producingThe Circus . ”
2.Hondo(1953)
In 1954 , the John Wayne westernHondowas nominate for Best Story . The film was later disqualified when it was observe that the script was based on a curt history call “ The Gift of Cochise , ” and not an original work .
3.High Society(1955)
In 1957 , writers Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman were nominated for Best Story for the melodic comedyHigh Societystarring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly . There was only one trouble : Bernds and Ullman did n’t write the 1956 melodic clowning star Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly . They publish the 1955 Bowery Boys clowning of the same name . The Academy confused the two moving-picture show , and erroneously constitute Bernds and Ullman , who very graciouslywithdrewtheir name from the final ballot .
4.Young Americans(1967)
The filmYoung Americanswon the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1969 . However , a calendar month after it received the Oscar , the awarding wasrevokedwhen it was bring out that the film had played in a dramatics in October of 1967 , urinate it ineligible for the 1968 picture awards season . The Oscar was given to the first moon-curser - up , Journey Into Self , or else . Young Americansis the only movie in Academy history to pick up an Oscar , then have it taken aside after the ceremony .
5.The Godfather(1972)
In 1973 , Francis Ford Coppola ’s syndicate crime dramaThe Godfatherwas nominated for nine Academy Awards , including Best Picture , Best Director , and Best Actor for Marlon Brando ( who pull ahead , but famously sent a womanhood namedSacheen Littlefeatherto pull in the statue , and announce that the actor “ very regretfully can not accept this very generous accolade . And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the movie industry ” ) . Composer Nino Rota was also nominated for Best Original Dramatic Score , but the honor waslater revokedwhen the Academy learned that Rota used some of his own score from the 1958 Italian comedyFortunellainThe Godfather . Two year later on , Rota won an Academy Award for his work onThe Godfather : Part II .
6.A Place in the World(1992)
Uruguay submittedA Place in the Worldas their official pick for the sixty-fifth Academy Awards in 1993 . It welcome one of the five nomination for Best Foreign Language Film , but it was laterremovedfrom the final voting vote because it was an Argentinian pic and Uruguay had insufficient aesthetic control over its output . It was director Adolfo Aristarain who take neighboring Uruguay to submit the photographic film on his behalf , as it was part financed in Uruguay ( and several Uruguayan artists contributed to the moving picture ) . In response , Aristarainsuedthe Academy .
7.Tuba Atlantic(2010)
Tuba Atlanticis a 25 - minute Norwegian myopic plastic film about a 70 - twelvemonth - old man who only has six days to live and spend that time harmonize with his estranged family . It was name for Best Live Action Short Film in 2012 , but the nomination waslater rescindedafter it was discovered that the film aired on Norse television before its theatrical release , which go against the Academy ’s dominion .
8.ALONE YET NOT ALONE(2013)
In 2014 , the title of respect song from the Christian filmAlone Yet Not Alonewas nominated for Best Original Song , thendisqualifiedtwo hebdomad after . The Academy discover that Bruce Broughton , the birdsong ’s composer and an executive citizens committee member of the Academy ’s euphony branch , “ had emailed [ some of the other 239 ] members of the branch to make them mindful of his entry during the nominations voting period , ” which lead against Academy convention .
“ No matter how well - intentioned the communicating , ” said Academy presidentCheryl Boone Isaacs , “ using one ’s billet as a former governor and current executive commission member to personally boost one ’s own Oscar submission creates the appearance of an unjust advantage . ”
“ I ’m devastated , ” BroughtontoldThe Hollywood Reporterof the Academy ’s decision . “ I gratify in the simplest grassroots campaign and it went against me when the birdsong begin getting attention . I got taken down by competition that had months of promotion and advertising behind them . I simply asked people to feel the song and think it . "
9.13 Hours(2016)
In 2017,13 Hours — a Benghazi action at law - dramatic event starring John Krasinski and directed by Michael Bay — earned a single Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing , with four member of the intelligent team ( Gary Summers , Jeffrey J. Haboush , Mac Ruth , and Greg P. Russell ) singled out for their employment . But on February 25 , 2017 — just one day before the ceremonial occasion — the Academy denote that they were rescinding Russell ’s nominating address as a result of " telephone lobbying . " The Academy ’s full statement on the matter read as accompany :
In the end , the picture lose the awarding to Mel Gibson’sHacksaw Ridge .
An earlier edition of this story ran in 2017 .
