Annual awards granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in various categories
The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its nickname "Oscar". The award was originally sculpted by George Stanley from a design sketch by Cedric Gibbons. AMPAS first presented it in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
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Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Annual award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences given since 1956 for excellence to a feature-length film produced outside the United States with non-English dialogue
Annual award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences given since 1956 for excellence to a feature-length film produced outside the United States with non-English dialogue
Academy Award for Best Picture, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Annual award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences given since 1929 to the producers of what is considered the Best Picture of the Year
Annual award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences given since 1929 to the producers of what is considered the Best Picture of the Year
Reviews
Arts And Movies, by Mr. First Nighter, The Libertarian Forum, Jan 1973
Discusses cinema as of 1972, contrasting the intellectuals' choices to those of the bourgeoisie, choosing an "eight best" list of 1972 movies and closing with comments on various movie critics
Discusses cinema as of 1972, contrasting the intellectuals' choices to those of the bourgeoisie, choosing an "eight best" list of 1972 movies and closing with comments on various movie critics
Certainly the best film of 1972 was The Godfather ... [T]he New York Film Critics choosing ... Bergman's latestt, Cries and Whispers ... I have faith, however, that the good old bourgeois Academy will spurn the Continental mish-mash and heap its awards on the truly great Godfather ... Best director and best picture awards should usually run together, and so Francis Ford Coppola gets our accolade ... For best supporting actor, Robert Duvall will probably get the Academy Award ... For best actress, there is simply no one that I can choose: 1972 was a bad year for actresses.
Related Topics: Films, The Godfather
Arts and Movies: Those Awards, by Mr. First Nighter, The Rothbard-Rockwell Report, Mar 1994
Commentary about the 1993 Oscars, followed by over 900 words about why Rothbard chose not to see Schindler's List, and a "Worst Movie" review of The Piano; reprinted in The Irrepressible Rothbard, pp. 407-412
Commentary about the 1993 Oscars, followed by over 900 words about why Rothbard chose not to see Schindler's List, and a "Worst Movie" review of The Piano; reprinted in The Irrepressible Rothbard, pp. 407-412
The Oscars have increasingly taken on the dimensions of a racket. Since the eligible movies are those that emerge ... during the calendar year, and since the producers fully understand the minuscule attention span of the typical Academy dimwit, all the Big Pictures, calculated to appeal to said dimwit, are held back until December 30 or 31. As a result, the experts were confidently predicting awards in late December to movies that no one had yet seen. The major studios have always had special previews for Academy members [i.e., Oscar voters] for the pictures they are hyping for the awards ...
Related Topics: The Ten Commandments, Schindler's List
Interviews
South Park Libertarians, by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, Reason, Dec 2006
Transcript of conversation with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, at Reason's August 2006 conference, in Amsterdam, on the future of free expression and free markets in Europe; includes lengthy introduction
Transcript of conversation with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, at Reason's August 2006 conference, in Amsterdam, on the future of free expression and free markets in Europe; includes lengthy introduction
I suspect that Matt and Trey's greatest honor was being nominated for an Oscar for Best Song, "Blame Canada," from their 1999 film South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, and then losing to Phil Collins' "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan ... More commonly, though, the show takes on serious topics in a hilarious manner. ... Another episode warns of a "smug alert" emanating from Hollywood after George Clooney's self-congratulatory speech at last year's Oscars. Simply put, for the last decade, South Park has produced the sharpest satire of American politics and culture.
Related Topics: Colorado, Intellectual Property Laws, Libertarianism, South Park, Freedom of Speech, Television Shows
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