3. What a Strange Country | Do We Get to Win This Time?
The Big Picture
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The Deer Hunter
The legacy of Vietnam hung over the Oscars in other ways, some of them imperceptible. The best adapted screenplay trophy went to Oliver Stone's Midnight Express. John Wayne presented the Best Picture Award that night; it was his final public appearance. He died two months after handing out the evening's last award.
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