Oscar For Best Picture: Silent Film

84th Annual Academy Awards Dept: A lot of pundits will be left speechless if retro Hollywood homage The Artist doesn t take the Oscar for Best Picture at Sunday s ceremony, although scene-stealing canine Uggie will likely bark anyway, according to The Star. If The Artist wins, it will be the first silent film in 83 years to take Best Picture, which last occurred when World War I aerial drama Wings stormed the very first Academy Awards in 1929 and silence is golden at the 84th annual Academy Awards . This most unlikely of movie smashes silent, square, colourless and European has emerged over months of campaigns and contests to be deemed almost unbeatable. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.