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The only X-rated Best Picture winner was a drama
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
You would expect the single most restricted rating in cinema to be reserved for absolute filth. Instead, the only X-rated film to ever sweep the highest awards was 'Midnight Cowboy', a surprisingly poignant drama about two desperate drifters trying to survive in the city. It turns out intense emotional realism was considered highly dangerous.
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