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A guide to the oscars
The Oscars, formally known as the Academy Awards, recognize excellence in the film industry across various categories such as acting, directing, and writing. The first ceremony took place in 1929, and since then, it has become one of the most prominent award shows, celebrated globally. The document outlines various nominees and winners for films and performance categories from the 84th Academy Awards held in 2012.
A guide to the oscars
- 1. A GUIDE TOTHE OSCARS Andy Vargas
- 2. WHAT IS ANOSCAR An Academy Award is an award bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards.
- 3. THE CEREMONY The formal ceremony at which the Awards of Merit are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world, and is televised live in more than 100 countries annually; however, the first broadcast was not televised. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards (for music), Emmy Awards (for television), and Tony Awards (for theatre) are modeled after the Academy.
- 4. THE HISTORY The firstAcademy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of the 1927/1928 film season. The 84th Academy Awards, honoring films in 2011, was held at the Hollywood and Highland Center on February 26, 2012.
- 5. OSCAR STATUETTE Madeof 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. Margaret Herrick, first saw the award in 1931 and made reference to the statuette's reminding her of her "Uncle Oscar". That is the nick name since then.
- 7. AND THE WINNERSARE…
- 8. BEST MOVIE NOMINEES •THE ARTIST • HUGO Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Thomas Langmann, Producer Producers • THE DESCENDANTS • MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers Taylor, Producers • MONEYBALL • EXTREMELY LOUD & Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and INCREDIBLY CLOSE Brad Pitt, Producers Scott Rudin, Producer • THE TREE OF LIFE • THE HELP Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and • WAR HORSE Michael Barnathan, Producers Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
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- 10. BEST DIRECTOR • Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist • Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris • Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life • Alexander Payne – The Descendants • Martin Scorsese – Hugo
- 11. MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS – THE ARTIST
- 12. BEST ACTOR • DemiánBichir – A Better Life as Carlos Galindo • George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King • Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley • Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin • Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
- 13. JEAN DUJARDIN –THE ARTIST AS GEORGE VALENTIN
- 14. BEST ACTRESS • RooneyMara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander • Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe • Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher • Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs • Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
- 15. MERYL STREEP –ASMARGARET THATCHER
- 16. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR •Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier • Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand • Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon • Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as The Renter • Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
- 17. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER – BEGINNERSAS HAL FIELDS
- 18. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS • Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller • Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson • Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote • Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price • Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
- 19. OCTAVIA SPENCER –THE HELP AS MINNY JACKSON
- 20. BEST ANIMATED FILM •Rango – Gore Verbinski • A Cat in Paris – Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli • Chico and Rita – Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal • Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson • Puss in Boots – Chris Miller
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- 22. BEST FOREIGN FILM •Bullhead (Belgium) in Dutch and French – Michaël R. Roskam • A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi • Footnote (Israel) in Hebrew – Joseph Cedar • In Darkness (Poland) in Polish – Agnieszka Holland • Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) in French – Philippe Falardeau
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- 24. BEST DOCUMENTARY • Undefeated– TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas • Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner • If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky • Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
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- 26. BEST ANIMATED SHORTFILM • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg • Dimanche – Patrick Doyon • La Luna – Enrico Casarosa • A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe • Wild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
- 27. THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKSOF MR. MORRIS L.
- 28. BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM • The Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh George • Pentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane • Raju – Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren • Time Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey • Tuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzø
- 29. THE SHORE –TERRY GEORGE AND OORLAGH GEORGE
- 30. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY •Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen • The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius • Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo • Margin Call – J.C. Chandor • A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
- 31. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY •The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash from The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings • Hugo – John Logan from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick • The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon from Farragut North by Beau Willimon • Moneyball – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin from Moneyball by Michael Lewis • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan from Tinker, by John le Carré
- 32. BEST SOUND EDITING •Hugo – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty • Drive – Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Ren Klyce • Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl • War Horse – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
- 33. BEST SOUND MIXING •Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, and Bo Persson • Moneyball – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, and Ed Novick • Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey, and Peter J. Devlin • War Horse – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, and Stuart Wilson
- 34. BEST ART DIRECTION •Hugo – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo • The Artist – Laurence Bennett and Robert Gould • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan • Midnight in Paris – Anne Seibel and Hélène Dubreuil • War Horse – Rick Carter and Lee Sandales
- 35. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY • Hugo – Robert Richardson • The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth • The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki • War Horse – Janusz Kamiński
- 36. BEST MAKEUP • TheIron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland • Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin
- 37. BEST COSTUME DESIGN •The Artist – Mark Bridges • Anonymous – Lisy Christl • Hugo – Sandy Powell • Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor • W.E. – Arianne Phillips
- 38. BEST FILM EDITING •The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter • The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius • The Descendants – Kevin Tent • Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker • Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen
- 39. BEST VISUAL EFFECTS •Hugo – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson • Real Steel – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, and Swen Gillberg • Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett • Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, and John Frazier
- 40. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE •The Artist – Ludovic Bource • The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams • Hugo – Howard Shore • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias • War Horse – John Williams