Which of these Best Picture-winning films features an Oscar statuette as a prop in one of its scenes?

The Oscar statue can be seen in the infamous "horse head" scene in the first Godfather film. The award belonged to director Francis Ford Coppola, who won it while he was working on The Godfather for writing Patton - an achievement he credits for saving him from getting canned by The Godfather's unhappy producers. As Martin Scorsese said to Coppola, as they watched the awards show on TV in New York, "How are they going to fire you now?"

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