Terminus (1961) was a "fly-on-the-wall" documentary directed by John Schlesinger about an ordinary day at Waterloo Station in London. It was produced by British Transport Films. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature at the 1963 Academy Awards. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... John Richard Schlesinger (February 16, 1926–July 25, 2003) was a British film director. ... The facade of Waterloo Station. ... St. ... British Transport Films was an organisation set up in 1949 to make documentary films on the general subject of British transport. ... The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is one of the most prestigious awards for documentary films. ...
The Award for Best Documentary is the most plagued and controversial award of the Academies.
Whether the new rules are successful is still debated, since 2005's Grizzly Man—a documentary strong enough to appear on many critics top 10 lists—wasn't nominated, and didn't even make their internally distributed top 15 list.
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, at the time the highest grossing documentary film, was famously ineligable because Moore has opted to have it played on television prior to the 2004 Election.
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