Synopses & Reviews
This is a book for all film lovers to savor as, together with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, they celebrate 2003 as the diamond anniversary of the Academy Awards. Now in paperback for the first time, All about Oscar builds on Levy's well-known work on the Academy Awards over the past twenty years. It is both history and appreciation, chockablock with inside stories and little known facts. Do you knowàWho came up with the idea for the Academy Awards and why? Who votes? Who is the youngest winner? The oldest? Who has been nominated the most times without winning? Where "Oscar" gets its name? All-new chapters added to the previous edition (Oscar Fever, 2001) include: "The Luck of the British," "The Foreign-Language Winners," "The Importance of Being Eccentric," "Is Oscar a White Man's Award?"*This book is neither authorized nor endorsed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Synopsis
A book for all film lovers to savor--now in paperback for the first time--builds on Levy's well-known work on the Academy Awards over the past 20 years. It is both history and appreciation, chockablock with inside stories and little known facts.
Synopsis
This is a book for all film lovers to savor as, together with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, they celebrate 2003 as the diamond anniversary of the Academy Awards. Now in paperback for the first time, All about Oscar builds on Levy's well-known work on the Academy Awards over the past twenty years. It is both history and appreciation, chockablock with inside stories and little known facts. Do you knowàWho came up with the idea for the Academy Awards and why? Who votes? Who is the youngest winner? The oldest? Who has been nominated the most times without winning? Where "Oscar" gets its name? All-new chapters added to the previous edition (Oscar Fever, 2001) include: "The Luck of the British," "The Foreign-Language Winners," "The Importance of Being Eccentric," "Is Oscar a White Man's Award?"*This book is neither authorized nor endorsed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Table of Contents
PrefaceThe Greatest Show on EarthThe History of the Oscar AwardThe Oscar --King of the Showbiz Awards?Hunks, Leading Ladies, and Second Bananas --The NominationThe Luck of the BritishWinning the OscarIs the Oscar a White Man's Award?The Oscar-Winners --Niopictures and Problem DramasThe Oscar-Winners --The Masculine Genres: Historical Epics, War Film, and WesternsThe Oscar-Winners --Comedies and MusicalsThe Oscar and the Foreign-Language PictureBoys Will Be Boys and Girls Wil Be Girls: The Oscar-Winning RolesThe Importance of Being EccentricThe Oscar as a Popularity ContestFrom Total Embracement to Outright Rejection: The Various Meanings of the Oscar AwardI Would Like to Thank...The Acceptance SpeechesThe Oscars' Huge ImpactOscaritis --The Oscars' Negative EffectsCan the Oscar Be BoughtStrange Bedfellows? The Oscar and PoliticsNoble and Heroic --Oscar's Middlebrow SensibilityConclusion: The Oscar, Hollywood, and American CultureAwards in Six Categories by YearBest Picture Winners and Nominees by GenreThe Oscar-Winners by Nominations, Awards, and AppealThe Most Nominated FilmsThe Ten Highest Grossing Oscar WinnersBest Picture WInners by Year and Date of ReleaseBest Picture WInners by Year and Running TimeBest Foreign-Language Winners by Year and Country