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The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 movie giving a biography of the famous French author �mile Zola. The movie features his friendship with noted painter Paul C�zanne and his involvement with the Dreyfus affair.

The movie won three Academy Awards:

Best Picture - Henry Blanke, producer
Supporting Actor - Joseph Schildkraut
Best Writing, Screenplay - Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg and Norman Reilly Raine

It was nominated for a further seven Oscars:

Best Actor - Paul Muni
Best Art Direction - Anton Grot
Best Assistant Director - Russell Saunders
Best Director - William Dieterle
Best Music, Score - Max Steiner
Best Sound, Recording - Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
Best Writing, Original Story - Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg

In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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Title: "The Life of Emile Zola" - Topics: Arts/literature; World/France; Biography/Zola and Dreyfus (639 words)
	Emile Zola answered that question with an emphatic "Yes" and in his campaign for justice for Captain Richard Dreyfus, taught the world a lesson in civil liberties; a lesson that is timely in any age.
	"The Life of Emile Zola" is a biography of the famous French writer.
	Emile Zola was a crusading journalist, literary innovator, and a man who at great personal cost stood up for justice.

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