1974: A naked man appeared on stage
And no one expected this. Hippie photographer Robert Opel, in the midst of the ceremony, suddenly ran across the stage completely naked, showing the “peace” sign, which absolutely shocked the audience. Presenter David Nieman tried to save the situation by joking: “Just think, this man will be remembered only because he showed us his personal belongings.”
Meaning of the word Oscar
Examples of the use of the word Oscar in literature.
Oscar immediately, without wasting any time, informed the old amphibian about everything and asked her to take them to the shuttle landing site.
Perplexed, Oscar turned to a nearby amphibian for help, pointing to one of the tiny holes in the panel.
Oscar Husson would later take part in the July barricade battles of 1830, and later, while fighting in Algeria, he would lose his arm.
After the incidents in the elevator and in the passages, a permanent track was assigned to him on the recording equipment, since Oscar Walker believed that through intensive four-hour observation he could create a model of the biorhythms and behavior of any person.
And I found an approach to this problem - Bulavin, a mystical fascist, Bolotov’s earpiece, his Oscar Lautensack.
Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry, how to eat lobster, who Wedekind is, and much, much more.
In vain do you want to be strict with yourself, in vain do you want to see Oscar as your enemy!
As for the skirmish between the baron and his adopted son, during which the baron hit him on the head with a fake Franz Hals painting - a portrait of a black-haired Mennonite priest with thick lips and a short curly beard - this skirmish happened over a native of Sargans named Edgar , who increasingly, instead of Oscar, greeted visitors to the antique shop with a kind smile, and they always mistook one for the other.
Eduard Oskarovich Kalnin and Viktor Filippovich Garbuz were the same age as October.
Do you know, Your Highness, that Oscar Dentin is an inveterate scoundrel, that you cannot trust him even a penny?
Enough about that, said Drabble, now you're an Oscar and you'll never have to be afraid of anything.
While Oscar cut glass with his singing both near and at a distance, on occasion causing the frosty patterns on the glass to melt, icicles to melt and fall with a ringing sound, the greengrocer, on the contrary, fought the ice with improvised means.
Ossian, in one of his many laments over the death of his beloved son Oscar, mentions among his great exploits the war against Karos, the ruler of the ships, on the shores of the radiant Karun.
Not because Oscar Fedorovich Ioganson was an exemplary teacher, but because in these lessons we sometimes studied things that were far from the German language.
It included Alexander Tsfassman, Eddie Rosner, Oscar Feltsman, Murad Kazhlaev, Gia Kancheli, Yuri Saulsky and someone else.
Source: Maxim Moshkov library
The first Oscar for a male role should have gone to a dog.
The first winner in the “Best Actor” category was treated completely unfairly. The statuette was supposed to go to the dog Rin Tin Tin, who had starred in almost 30 films at the time of its receipt. But critics removed it from the ballot so that animals would no longer have the opportunity to become nominees.
Rin Tin Tin
2000: no one understood what Angelina Jolie meant
Before Angelina became a mother of many children, a public figure and a goodwill ambassador, she was the “wild child of Hollywood.” Appearing on the red carpet with her brother, she openly kissed him on the lips, and then, having received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the film Girl, Interrupted, she said that “now I’m just in love with my brother and considers him my mascot good luck,” thereby causing general bewilderment.
Regulations
Pictures that have been in theaters in Los Angeles County for at least seven consecutive days in the calendar year preceding the year of the award are eligible for Oscar nominations.
Currently, the award is awarded in 24 competitive categories, including “Best Film”, “Best Director”, acting nominations for leading and supporting roles, “Best Foreign Language Film”, “Best Animated Feature Film” and others.
Oscar winners are determined by voting by members of the American Film Academy. It consists of more than 8 thousand people, divided into 17 groups according to various professions (actors, directors, cameramen, screenwriters, and so on).
At the first stage of voting, representatives of each profession select Oscar candidates in their categories (the best actor is chosen by the actors, the best director by the directors, and so on). All Academy members can vote for Best Picture nominees. After the official announcement of the nominees (from five to ten in the Best Film category, five in each of the other categories), a second round of voting takes place, during which academicians select the laureates, this time they get the right to vote in all categories.
Also, special committees of the Academy select laureates of special awards, which may be awarded irregularly. These include an honorary Oscar for outstanding achievements in cinema, Academy Awards in the field of science and technology, awards named after. Gordon Sawyer (for technological achievements), Gene Hersholt (for humanitarian services), Irving Thalberg (for production contributions).
Interesting facts about Oscar statuettes
1. What is the Oscar worth?
Each Oscar statuette stands on a reel of film, which has five holes in it, representing the five divisions of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
: actors, directors, producers, technicians and screenwriters.
2. What does the figurine represent?
The figurine itself represents a knight clutching a crusader’s sword in his hands.
The base of the figurine was changed several times from 1929 to 1945, and has remained unchanged since then.
3. Are all figurines the same?
The Academy has awarded nearly 3,000 Oscars since 1929, each with a different number. For example, statuette number 3111 will be awarded at the next Oscar ceremony.
4. Why is the figurine naked?
The original design was created by MGM production designer Cedric Gibbons
(Cedric Gibbons).
Emilio Fernandez
, who posed naked,
was chosen as the model for the figurine The sculptor of the figurine was the artist George Stanley
.
5. Why is it called Oscar?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded the first statuette in 1929. Back then it was called the Academy's Merit Award. "Oscar" was just a nickname. According to one version, Academy librarian Margaret Herik
she once said that the figurine looked like her uncle Oscar. The nickname “Oscar” began to be used in 1939.
6. Who makes them?
R. S. Owens and Company
makes figurines in Chicago. The Academy says it takes 3-4 weeks to create 50 Oscars.
7. What are Oscar statues made of?
Initially, the figurines were sculptures made of gilded bronze, but now the bronze has been replaced by British metal.
8. Who received the first Oscar statuette?
The figurine was first awarded in 1929 to the German actor Emil Jannings
(Emil Jannings), who was awarded Best Actor for The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh.
9. How heavy is it?
The height of the figurine is 33.5 cm and it weighs 3.5 kg.
10. What is the cost of an Oscar statuette?
The statuettes do not actually belong to the Oscar winners. Upon receiving the bonus, they sign an agreement according to which, if they wish to sell their figurines, they must first offer them to the Academy for $1. If they refuse, they will not be able to keep their trophy. This rule was introduced in 1950, which means that earlier figurines sometimes appear on the open market. According to The Hollywood Reporter
, the cost of each of the figurines is approximately $900.
