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Though she originated the role on broadway, Julie Andrews was passed up for the movie adaptation of My Fair Lady; she found her spoonful of sugar by singing the lead part in this Oscar winner that same year
Mary Poppins (1964)
Former Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan famously demanded "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!", referring to the physical partition that divided this major European city
Berlin
This iconic synthesizer-saturated score by John Williams might have been a shoo-in for the prize, if his work for Star Wars hadn't won that year instead!
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The ushanka, a furry cap strongly associated with Soviet fashion, derives its name from the Slavic word for these appendages it is designed to protect
Ears
Last year, Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir became only the fourth woman to win the Oscar for her work on this much-talked-about drama
Joker
In Nagorno-Karabakh, a former USSR autonomous oblast and long-disputed territory in the South Caucasus region, war recently reignited between Armenia and this country
Azerbaijan
Midnight Express took the 1978 Oscar for its score by this pioneer in electronic music; today he might be best known for his guest appearance on a Daft Punk record
Giorgio Moroder
During WWII, this Russian city was the site of a pivotal battle with possibly the greatest casualty figures in the history of human warfare; known today as Volgograd, at the time the city was called this
Stalingrad
Ready for your close-up? The insanities of Hollywood are center-focus in this film noir, which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won three.
Sunset Boulevard
This country borders Afghanistan, Iran, and the Caspian Sea to the South and West. (see picture)
Turkmenistan