Wilson (film)

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Wilson
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Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	Lamar Trotti
Starring	Charles Coburn Alexander Knox Geraldine Fitzgerald Thomas Mitchell Ruth Nelson Eddie Foy Jr. Cedric Hardwicke Matthew Moore Vincent Price
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Editing by	Barbara McLean
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	August 1, 1944
Running time	154 min.
Language	English
Budget	$4,000,000 (estimated)
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Wilson is a 1944 biographical film in Technicolor about President Woodrow Wilson. It stars Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Ruth Nelson, Eddie Foy Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Matt Moore and Vincent Price.

The movie was written by Lamar Trotti and directed by Henry King.

It won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color, Best Cinematography, Color, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Recording and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Alexander Knox), Best Director, Best Effects, Special Effects, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Picture. The film was notable for giving character actor Alexander Knox (in the title role) one of his few chances to play the lead in a film.

Though a critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film, Wilson is remembered for being a huge flop at the box office. It was a pet project of Darryl F. Zanuck's, who greatly admired Woodrow Wilson, and its failure upset him to the point that he forbade any of his employees to ever mention the film in his presence again. It is one of the very few financial flops to have won as many Oscars as it did.

However, the film was not totally forgotten - it is now regularly shown on cable television, especially on Fox Movie Channel, and has been issued on DVD.