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Every year you watch the lucky winners take home their famed golden statues – but do how much do you really know about the coveted Oscar gold? From how much they cost to who they were inspired by,...
The statuettes are solid bronze and plated in 24-karat gold. Due to a metal shortage during World War II, Oscars were made of painted plaster for three years. Following the war, the Academy invited recipients to redeem the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones.
Mar 10, 2023 · The golden Oscars statue, designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley, was inspired by Mexican actor and director Emilio Fernandez.
Feb 19, 2016 · The Academy Awards statuette has a rich, rumour-filled history – but was a dog really the first winner? Jonathan Glancey takes a look.
- Who Or What Is The Oscars Statuette Based on?
- Who Designed The Oscar Statuette?
- What Is An Oscar Statuette Made of?
- Why Is It called An Oscar?
Shortly after the Academy was formed in 1927, it was agreed from very early on that the statuette needed to be suitably grand. That is why they all agreed that the design should be based on a crusader knight, which would be stood upon a reel of film gripping a mighty broadsword A design was quickly put together, with the film reel featuring five sp...
Cedric Gibbons, who was the art director at MGM Studios in 1927 was given the task of initially designing the golden statuette in sketch form when he came up with the idea of placing the knight atop a film reel. One old Hollywood legend claims that Gibbons based his sketches for the knight on the figure of Mexican actor Emiliano Fernandez, who was ...
Standing at 13.5 inches and weighing 8.5 pounds, the Oscar is made out of solid bronze and plated in 24-karat gold. During the Second World War, the Oscars were made out of painted plaster due to metal shortages. For the past 30 years, the statues have been made at RS Owens Company, a Chicago-based factory. The process to make them takes ten days f...
This is another fact that has fallen into the category of Hollywood myth. While its official name is technically the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is much better known by its nickname. The most popular origin story for the name is that when Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick first saw the statuette in 1931,...
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Feb 6, 2020 · But apart from the title of being an ‘Oscar winner’ and the trophy, what does this coveted award offer? Well, to be honest, nothing. Nothing that the other nominees don’t already get.
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Why is the Oscar statue called Oscar?
Unless otherwise specified, Honorary Award recipients receive the same gold Oscar statuettes received by winners of the competitive Academy Awards. Unlike the Special Achievement Award instituted in 1972, those on whom the Academy confers its Honorary Award do not have to meet "the Academy's eligibility year and deadline requirements".
