The five Best Picture nominees are all period films: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (Arabia, WWI, including pre and post-events), The Longest Day (1962) (France, WWII), The Music Man (1962) (Iowa, 1912), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) (late 18th-century French Polynesia), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (1930s Alabama).