See also: Oscar

Prices of the academy of arts and sciences of the English cinema (: Academy off Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ) (or Academy Awards ) more known in Francophonie under their nickname of Oscars (name given to the statuette rewarding prizes winner) reward each year, since 1928 best the film S left to the the United States as well as a range the best professionals the cinema in various categories.

The rewards are allotted by a professional cinematographic association, the Academy off Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, academy of arts and sciences of the cinema ) which counted in 2003 5816 members having the right to vote. Among these members, the actors are represented with 1311 members. The rewards are intended films and to people who represent for the academy the best achievements of the past year.

Ceremony

The ceremony is organized at the beginning of year by the AMPAS (Academy off Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), during a very followed televised show. It was initially retransmise by NBC, before passing to ABC in 1960. It returns to NBC in 1971, before ABC adapts again the rights in 1976, and this at least until in 2014. The ceremony has the appearance of an appointment society man for Hollywood industry, the stars are there often vêtues creations of large dressmakers. Its mediatization involves also certain incidents and overflows which marked the history of its retransmission and takes part in its notoriety. In 1973, in particular, Marlon Brando sends a young Indian who presents herself to her place to refuse the reward and to denounce the role reserved to the Indians of North America in American films. Elia Kazan, realizer discussed because of his positions during the time of the Maccarthysme, must wipe the disapproval of part of the public when it receives in 1999, a Oscar for the whole of its career.

Rewarding films left during the calendar year preceding the ceremony, the Oscars are officially indicated by this year (Oscars 2005 are decreed in 2006), but the practice maintain an ambiguity and often indicate the year of attribution and not of exit. This with the difference of the use for the César of the cinema French, which are indicated by the year when the price is decreed (César 2005 rewards a film left in 2004).

Nominations

According to rules 2 and 3 of the current payment, a film can be nominated for Academy Award if it left in room in the Comté Los Angeles in California between on January 1st and the December 31st the year preceding the ceremony. The film must last at least 40 minutes (except for the Oscar of best short-measuring). It must also exist on films 35mm or 70mm or, under digital form in 24fps or 48fps, with a minimum resolution of 1280x720.

The members of the academy connected with each field concerned elect the nominated ones for the Oscar in question, while all the voters take part in the nomination for the Oscar of best film. Gaining are ensuites indicated by a second turn of vote, in which can take part all the members voters of the academy.

History and records

The greatest number of Oscars gained by only one film is of 11. This record is held by 3 films:

Meryl Streep is the actress who holds the record of the number of nominations in Academy Award, that is to say 13.

The trophy consists of Britannium plated of gold and was drawn by Cedric Gibbons, cofounder of the AMPAS, and artistic person in charge of MGM between 1924 and 1956. It also holds the record of 37 nominations, including 11 trophies.

The statuette is fore-mentioned Oscar since 1935. A version declares that a member of the named Academy Margaret Herrick found that it resembled her uncle having for Oscar first name. Another allots this nickname to Bette Davis whose husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, resembled the statuette.

Categories

Academy Award off merit

Current rewards

Last rewards

Academy Award special

Current rewards

Last reward

See too

Oscar
  • List of films having gained eight Oscars or more
  • Presenters of Academy Awards

External bonds

  • Official site of Academy Awards
  • Official site of Academy off Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • ''' Origins + of the genesis of the Oscars at the end of the Fifties '''
  • ''' List of the Oscars per year ''' on Internet Movie Database

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