This is a book for all film lovers to savor as, together with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, they celebrate 2003 as the diamond anniversary of the Academy Awards. Now in paperback for the first time, "All about Oscar" builds on Levy's well-known work on the Academy Awards over the past twenty years. It is both history and appreciation, chockablock with inside stories and little known facts. Do you know who came up with the idea for the Academy Awards and why? Who votes? Who is the youngest winner? The oldest? Who has been nominated the most times without winning? These are just a few questions answered in this tome.- publisher
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"38 Best Picture winners (and losers!)"--Cover.; Motion picture parodies from Mad magazine.; From the library of Michael Uslan; In blue illustrated wrappers.
According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the 1st Academy Award ceremony was held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Thursday, May 16,1929. The Oscar for Outstanding Picture was awarded to Wings. The wording may have changed over the past nine decades, but the excitement and pageantry has remained the same. Nominees and fans alike hold their breath as these famous words are uttered, "And the Oscar goes to..."
Below you will find a list of Best Picture winners, and their holdings in IUCAT. We invite you to explore similar titles in IUCAT, and limit the search to Video & Film / Streaming. For a more complete list of winners and nominees, see Oscars.org.
The 93rd Academy Awards will be presented at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on Sunday, April 25, 2021. Who will take home the Oscar this year? Who knows, but cinephiles from all over the globe will once again hold their breath when the presenter enthusiastically state, "And the Oscar for Best Motion Picture goes to..."
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