No sci-fi film has ever won an Oscar for Best Picture. The tradition continued at the 86th Academy Awards as well. Nevertheless, the space epic, 'Gravity', swept the board with seven Oscars - out of the possible 10 nods - including Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron. It also won almost all of the technical categories, that includes categories like Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. On the other end, 'Dallas Buyers Club' and '12 Years a Slave' both won three Oscars each.


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1. The film is 90 minutes long. In real life, the International Space Station travels at approx. 17,500 mph and orbits the earth every 90 minutes. The debris field also circles the earth every 90 mins.