The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of 1927 and 1928.
The 81st Academy Awards honoring the best in film for 2008 was held on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood with actor Hugh Jackman hosting the ceremony for the first time. Since 2002, the awards have been broadcast from the Kodak Theatre.
Oscar statuette
The official name of the Oscar statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. Made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes each represent the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.
Model & Creator of Oscar
Designer: Art Director-Cedric Gibbons
Model: Mexican Film Director-Emilio "El Indio" Fernández(Naked Pose)
Sculptor: George Stanley
Cast: Sachin Smith(92.5% Tin and 7.5% Copper and then Gold-Plated it)
Manufacturer: R.S. Owens & Company, Chicago, Illinois
Oscar Contribution in World War II: In support of the American effort in World War II, the statuettes were made of plaster and were traded in for gold ones after the war had ended.
Naming
The root of the name Oscar is contested.
1) One biography of Bette Davis claims that she named the Oscar after her first husband, band leader Harmon Oscar Nelson;[10] one of the earliest mentions in print of the term Oscar dates back to a TIME Magazine article about the 1934 6th Academy Awards
2) Another claimed origin is that of the Academy's Executive Secretary, Margaret Herrick[13], who first saw the award in 1931 and made reference to the statuette reminding her of her Uncle Oscar.
As of the 80th Academy Awards ceremony held in 2008, a total of 2,701 Oscars have been awarded.[15] A total of 293 actors have won Oscars in competitive acting categories or been awarded Honorary or Juvenile Awards.
Ownership of Oscar statuettes
Since 1950, the statuettes have been legally encumbered by the requirement that neither winners nor their heirs may sell the statuettes without first offering to sell them back to the Academy for US$1. If a winner refuses to agree to this stipulation, then the Academy keeps the statuette. Academy Awards not protected by this agreement have been sold in public auctions and private deals for six-figure sums (Levy 2003).[citation needed]
This rule is highly controversial, since while the Oscar is under the ownership of the recipient, it is essentially not on the open market.[16] The case of Michael Todd's grandson trying to sell Todd's Oscar statuette illustrates that there are many who do not agree with this idea. When Todd's grandson attempted to sell Todd's Oscar statuette to a movie prop collector, the Academy won the legal battle by getting a permanent injunction. Although some Oscar sales transactions have been successful, the buyers have subsequently returned the statuettes to the Academy, which keeps them in its treasury.
Voters
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional honorary organization, maintains a voting membership, Actors constitute the largest voting bloc, numbering 1,311 members (22 percent) of the Academy's composition. Votes have been certified by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (and its predecessor Price Waterhouse) for the past 73 annual awards ceremonies.
New membership proposals are considered annually. The Academy does not publicly disclose its membership. While the membership had been growing, stricter policies have kept its size steady
Rules
Today, according to Rules 2 and 3 of the official Academy Awards Rules, a film must open in the previous calendar year, from midnight at the start of January 1 to midnight at the end of December 31, in Los Angeles County, California, to qualify.[20] Rule 2 states that a film must be "feature-length", defined as a minimum of 40 minutes, except for short subject awards and it must exist either on a 35 mm or 70 mm film print or in 24 frame/s or 48 frame/s progressive scan digital cinema format with native resolution not less than 1280x720.
The members of the various branches nominate those in their respective fields while all members may submit nominees for Best Picture. The winners are then determined by a second round of voting in which all members are then allowed to vote in most categories, including Best Picture.
Ceremony
The major awards are presented at a live televised ceremony, most commonly in February or March following the relevant calendar year, and six weeks after the announcement of the nominees. It is the culmination of the film awards season, which usually begins during November or December of the previous year. This is an elaborate extravaganza, with the invited guests walking up the red carpet in the creations of the most prominent fashion designers of the day. Black tie dress is the most common outfit for men, although fashion may dictate not wearing a bow-tie, and musical performers sometimes do not adhere to this.
The Awards show was first televised on NBC in 1953
Venues
*The 1st Academy Awards were presented at a banquet dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, USA
*The 81st Academy Awards were presented at The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
The Winners of the 81st Academy Awards(I mean Oscar Winners are)
Best picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best director: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Best actor: Sean Penn - Milk
Best actress: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best original screenplay: Milk
Best adapted screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Best animated feature film: Wall-E
Best animated short film: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best foreign language film: Departures - Japan
Best documentary feature: Man on Wire
Best documentary short subject: Smile Pinki
Art direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Costume design: The Duchess
Make-up: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Best live action short film: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Visual effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sound editing: The Dark Knight
Sound mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
Film editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best original score: Slumdog Millionaire
Best original song: Jai Ho - Slumdog Millionaire
Most Oscar winners
Most nominated films: Titanic and All About Eve, with 14, and Lord of The Rings, Gone With The Wind, From Here to Eternity, Mary Poppins, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Chicago, and Forrest Gump all with 13.
Most awarded Actor: Jack Nicholson with three statues, two for Best Actor, and one for Supporting.
Only Actor to win for a one-word role: Patty Duke, playing the blind and deaf Helen Keller uttered "Water" to take home the Best Supporting Actress Award at 16 in 1963. Of course, her non speaking performance was more powerful than her competitions speaking parts.
Who got the biggest applause inside the auditorium? Shirley Temple got the longest applause, Gregory Peck the loudest.
TIES
In 1969 there was a tie for Best Actress, the two winning ladies were Barbra Streisand for "Funny Girl" (1968) and Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter (1968).
1932 Wallace Beery for his work in The Champ (1931) and Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) both won Best Actor Awards.
Double Takes:
In 1992 Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon were both nominated for Best Actress for their work in the same movie: Thelma & Louise (1991, nither won
Also in 1936 Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, And Franchot Tone were all Nominated for Best Actor for their work in the same movie, Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and none of them won.
The Only Silent Film to Win Best Picture:
Wings (1927–1928)
Only X-Rated Film to Win Best Picture:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Only Animated Film Nominated for Best Picture:
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
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