Hot on the heels of the 90th Academy Awards, here's a tribute to the best movies ever set in or filmed in the state of Wyoming.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture

The nominess are...
Allen Ladd in Shane
Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven
Robert Redford in Jeremiah Johnson
Steve McQueen in Tom Horn

And the winner is...Clint Eastwood.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture

The nominees are...
Alison Lohman in Flicka
Christina Ricci in The Laramie Project
Katherine Ross in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight

And the winner is....Christina Ricci

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

The nominess are...
Christopher Walken in Heaven's Gate
James Stewart in The Cheyenne Social Club
Jake Gylennhall in Brokeback Mountain
Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

And the winner is...Paul Newman

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

The nominess are...
Jennifer Lopez in An Unfinished LIfe
Kelsey Asbille in Wind River
Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain
Terri Garr in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

And the winner is...Michelle Williams

Best Director in a Motion Picture

The nominees are...
Ang Lee in Brokeback Mountain
Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven
Quinten Tarrantino in Django Unchained
Steven Spielberg in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

And the winner is...Steven Spielberg

Best Motion Picture

The nominees are...
Brokeback Mountain

Close Enounters Of The Third Kind
Dances With Wolves
Shane

And the WY-Oscar goes to...Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

 

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