It not only won Best Picture, it also earned Martin Scorsese his long-awaited Best Director Oscar
... on to earn four Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture,... [DOC] [TLE] 1990 Academy Awards Winners and History - Greatest Films [PAR] The Best Picture winner, co-producer/director/actor Kevin Costner's three-hour 
epic ... it was only the second time that a western genre film won the Best Picture 
Oscar.