The Tony and Emmy Award - winning actor and the voice of «Star Wars»» Darth Vader earned a lead
actor nomination reprising his Broadway triumph in 1970's «The Great White Hope» as a black boxer who keeps winning over white opponents in the years prior to World War I. Three years ago, he earned an honorary Academy Award for «his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility.»
It garnered seven Academy Award
nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best
Actor (Walter Huston, recreating his earlier stage role, who should have won the Oscar with his sensitive portrayal against winner Paul Muni for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)-RRB-, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Maria Ouspenskaya,
reprising her role from the earlier stage production, and in her film debut), and Best Sound Recording, and won only one Oscar for Best Art Direction - Interior Decoration.