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Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, in New York's gritty Hell's Kitchen, to Jackie Stallone (nee Starfish) an astrologer, and Frank Stallone, a beautician and hairdresser. His father was an Italian immigrant, and his mother's heritage is half French (from Brittany) and half German.
American actor, screenwriter, and director who was perhaps best known for creating and starring in the Rocky and Rambo film series, which made him an icon in the action genre.
Stallone was born at a charity hospital in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City. Forceps used during his birth damaged a facial nerve, leaving him with a droopy left eyelid and a speech impediment. After spending much of his infancy in boarding care, Stallone rejoined his family and moved with them to Maryland when he was five. Stallone initially stayed with his father following his parents’ divorce in 1957, but at age 15 he joined his remarried mother in Philadelphia. Because of his history of expulsion from schools, he attended a private school for troubled teenagers.
Stallone became interested in acting while attending the American College of Switzerland, and he returned to the United States to study at the University of Miami. Just a few credits short of graduation, he moved to New York City, where he struggled to find work. In 1970 he made his screen debut starring in an adult film, The Party at Kitty and Stud’s (later renamed The Italian Stallion). He subsequently began appearing in more-mainstream fare, with uncredited roles in such movies as Woody Allen’s Bananas and Klute (both 1971).
During that time Stallone moved to Hollywood, and his first role of note was in The Lords of Flatbush (1974), a dramedy about Brooklyn teenagers in the 1950s. Although more film and television work followed, Stallone struggled to break through.
A match between Muhammad Ali and a relatively obscure boxer named Chuck Wepner inspired Stallone to pen the script for Rocky. Although producers originally wanted someone well-known to play the title character, Stallone refused to sell the story unless he could star as the underdog boxer Rocky Balboa. A critical and commercial success, the film was the highest-grossing movie of 1976. In addition, Stallone earned Academy Award nominations for his acting and screenplay, and the film won best picture honours.
Seven sequels (1979, 1982, 1985, 1990, 2006, 2015, and 2018) followed, with Stallone directing four of them. The 2015 installment, Creed, was the only sequel not written by Stallone; he cow roten the next installment Creed II (2018). The Creed films featured Rocky Balboa as a boxing trainer and earned strong reviews. Stallone received his third Oscar nomination for Creed as best supporting actor.
Between the Rocky sequels, Stallone appeared in several forgettable action thrillers. In 1982, however, he starred as ex-Green Beret John Rambo in First Blood, which launched another highly successful series. He cow rote the first film as well as the
subsequent installments—
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), Rambo (2008; Stallone also directed), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019)—all of which featured physical prowess, dazzling special effects, and constant action.
Stallone continued that formula in such thrillers as Demolition Man (1993), Cliffhanger (1993), which he also cow rote, The Specialist (1994), Assassins (1995), Judge Dredd (1995), and Get Carter (2000). Although most of those films had only limited success at the box office in the United States, Stallone’s ability to attract audiences overseas proved enormous. In 2010 he cow rote, directed, and starred in The Expendables, a thriller about a team of mercenaries (played by Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Dolph Lundgren, among others).
Popular with moviegoers, it was followed by three sequels (2012, 2014, and 2023).
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Sylvester Stallone (born July 6, 1946, New York, New York, U.S.) American actor, screenwriter, and director who was perhaps best known for creating and starring in the Rocky and Rambo film series, which made him an icon in the action genre.
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Born: July 6, 1946, New York, New York, U.S. (age 77)
Notable Works: “Creed II” “Rambo” “Rambo: Last Blood” “Rocky Balboa” “Rocky II” “Rocky III” “Rocky IV” “Rocky” “Staying Alive” “The Expendables”
Stallone was born at a charity hospital in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City. Forceps used during his birth damaged a facial nerve, leaving him with a droopy left eyelid and a speech impediment. After spending much of his infancy in boarding care, Stallone rejoined his family and moved with them to Maryland when he was five.
Stallone initially stayed with his father following his parents’ divorce in 1957, but at age 15 he joined his remarried mother in Philadelphia. Because of his history of expulsion from schools, he attended a private school for troubled teenagers.
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Stallone became interested in acting while attending the American College of Switzerland, and he returned to the United States to study at the University of Miami. Just a few credits short of graduation, he moved to New York City, where he struggled to find work. In 1970 he made his screen debut starring in an adult film, The Party at Kitty and Stud’s (later renamed The Italian Stallion).
He subsequently began appearing in more-mainstream fare, with uncredited roles in such movies as Woody Allen’s Bananas and Klute (both 1971). During that time Stallone moved to Hollywood, and his first role of note was in The Lords of Flatbush (1974), a dramedy about Brooklyn teenagers in the 1950s. Although more film and television work followed, Stallone struggled to break through.
Rocky
John G. Avildsen (foreground) and Sylvester Stallone (rear left) on the set of Rocky (1976).
A match between Muhammad Ali and a relatively obscure boxer named Chuck Wepner inspired Stallone to pen the script for Rocky. Although producers originally wanted someone well-known to play the title character, Stallone refused to sell the story unless he could star as the underdog boxer Rocky Balboa. A critical and commercial success, the film was the highest-grossing movie of 1976.
In addition, Stallone earned Academy Award nominations for his acting and screenplay, and the film won best picture honours. Seven sequels (1979, 1982, 1985, 1990, 2006, 2015, and 2018) followed, with Stallone directing four of them. The 2015 installment, Creed, was the only sequel not written by Stallone; he cow rate the next installment Creed II (2018). The Creed films featured Rocky Balboa as a boxing trainer and earned strong reviews. Stallone received his third Oscar nomination for Creed as best supporting actor.
Between the Rocky sequels, Stallone appeared in several forgettable action thrillers. In 1982, however, he starred as ex-Green Beret John Rambo in First Blood, which launched another highly successful series. He cow rate the first film as well as the subsequent installments—Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), Rambo (2008; Stallone also directed), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019)—all of which featured physical prowess, dazzling special effects, and constant action.
Stallone continued that formula in such thrillers as Demolition Man (1993), Cliffhanger (1993), which he also cow rote, The Specialist (1994), Assassins (1995), Judge Dredd (1995), and Get Carter (2000). Although most of those films had only limited success at the box office in the United States, Stallone’s ability to attract audiences overseas proved enormous. In 2010 he cow rote, directed, and starred in The Expendables, a thriller about a team of mercenaries (played by Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Dolph Lundgren, among others). Popular with moviegoers, it was followed by three sequels (2012, 2014, and 2023).
Stallone occasionally ventured from the action genre, with mixed results. He starred in the comedies Oscar (1991) and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), both of which had modest success. He received better reviews for the 1997 drama Cop Land, for which he temporarily shed his sculpted physique and gained weight for his role as a powerless sheriff. In a comedic take on boxing,
Stallone starred opposite Robert De Niro in Grudge Match (2013), about aging rivals who stage a rematch. In the TV series Tulsa King (2022– ), Stallone played a mafia boss who, after being released from prison, attempts to rebuild his empire. He also wrote and directed Staying Alive (1983), a poorly received sequel to Saturday Night Fever (1977); both films starred John Travolta.
In addition to his film work, Stallone was a noted art collector and painter. In 1991 he became an investor in the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain; other actors involved in the venture included Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Rocky, American boxing film, released in 1976, that was the highest-grossing movie of that year, earning more than $117 million at the box office. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won three, including best picture, and made its writer and lead actor, Sylvester Stallone, a star.
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Rocky, American boxing film, released in 1976, that was the highest-grossing movie of that year, earning more than $117 million at the box office. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won three, including best picture, and made its writer and lead actor, Sylvester Stallone, a star.
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Rocky opens on a club boxing match taking place in Philadelphia on November 25, 1975, where Rocky Balboa (Stallone) defeats his opponent and then returns to his dingy apartment.
The next morning, he visits a pet shop and tries to sweet-talk the shy clerk, Adrian (Talia Shire), before heading to the docks to collect a debt from a dockworker who owes money to the loan shark, Tony Gazzo (Joe Spinell), for whom he works. At a boxing gym, Rocky learns that he has lost his locker to a fighter whom the gym manager, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), considers to be more promising. He then goes to a bar, where he talks with Adrian’s brother, Paulie (Burt Young), who invites Rocky to the home he shares with Adrian for Thanksgiving dinner.
Meanwhile, the world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), who had planned a title defense in Philadelphia on the first day of the bicentennial year of 1976, learns that his scheduled opponent is unable to fight. Another top contender cannot be found, so Creed decides to give a local fighter a chance. He chooses Rocky based on his nickname, “the Italian Stallion.” Rocky begins dating Adrian shortly before he is offered the opportunity to fight Creed. Mickey, learning of the impending match, volunteers to train Rocky. Initially, Creed underestimates Rocky, who becomes the first boxer to knock Creed down. The match continues for 15 brutal rounds and ends in a split decision for Creed. Adrian makes her way through the crowd to the ring, where Rocky and Adrian declare their love for each other.
Stallone wrote the movie’s screenplay over the course of three days, reportedly inspired by a 1975 fight between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner. He refused to sell the rights to the script unless he was chosen to play the lead. As a result, his producers were given a shoestring budget of $960,000 to work with, and Rocky was filmed in just 28 days. The movie was spectacularly popular and launched six sequels, all starring Stallone—Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), and Creed (2015)—and countless imitations and parodies. The music that accompanied the scenes during which Rocky prepares for the fight became iconic, and the locations where he trained--in particular the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art--became popular tourist attractions because of their association with the film. A statue of Rocky was placed at the bottom of the museum stairs. John G. Avildsen won an Oscar for his direction of Rocky and went on to direct The Karate Kid (1984) and two of its sequels, as well as Rocky V.
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Studio: Chartoff - Winkler Productions
Director: John G. Avildsen
Writer: Sylvester Stallone
Music: Bill Conti
Cast
Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa)
Talia Shire (Adrian)
Burt Young (Paulie)
Burgess Meredith (Mickey)
Joe Spinell (Gazzo)
Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed)
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Lead actor (Sylvester Stallone)
Lead actress (Talia Shire)
Supporting actor (Burgess Meredith)
Supporting actor (Burt Young)
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Music (original song [“Gonna Fly Now”])
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John G. Avildsen (born December 21, 1935, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.—died June 16, 2017, Los Angeles, California) American film director best known for the aspirational boxing classic Rocky (1976) and the Karate Kid martial-afilm franchise.
Avildsen began working in the 1960s as an assistant director on various films while holding a day job as a director of television commercials for an advertising agency. His first directing credits were on sexploitation movies, but he garnered attention with the low-budget drama Joe (1970); it starred Peter Boyle as a virulent racist who reacts violently to the hippie counterculture that seems to be hemming him in. Joe captured the country’s polarized mood and became a surprise hit, but neither the low-budget Cry Uncle! (1971), starring Allen Garfield as a private detective, nor The Stoolie (1972), with Jackie Mason in the title role, enjoyed the same result. Avildsen’s next project, the drama Save the Tiger (1973), failed to connect with moviegoers, but Jack Lemmon won an Academy Award for his performance as a businessman wallowing in a midlife crisis. The lively W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) found Burt Reynolds playing an amiable Southern con man, with supporting performances by Jerry Reed and Ned Beatty.
In 1976 Avildsen scored a major box-office hit with Rocky, the now-legendary Sylvester Stallone project about inarticulate but sensitive boxer Rocky Balboa, who dreams of becoming a champion. Avildsen won an Oscar for best director, and the film was also named best picture. However, the romantic drama Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) and The Formula (1980), a conspiracy thriller with Marlon Brando and George C. Scott, illustrated Avildsen’s unfortunate tendency to follow victory with defeat. His adaptation of Thomas Berger’s novel Neighbors (1981), starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, was also a critical and commercial disappointment, as was the romance A Night in Heaven (1983).
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John G. Avildsen (born December 21, 1935, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.—died June 16, 2017, Los Angeles, California) American film director best known for the aspirational boxing classic Rocky (1976) and the Karate Kid martial-arts film franchise.
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Born: December 21, 1935, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Died: June 16, 2017, Los Angeles, California (aged 81)
Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1977)
Notable Works: “Desert Heat” “Joe” “Lean on Me” “Neighbors” “Rocky” “Save the Tiger” “The Formula” “The Karate Kid” “W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings”
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Jack Lemmon (foreground) and Jack Gilford in Save the Tiger (1973).
Avildsen began working in the 1960s as an assistant director on various films while holding a day job as a director of television commercials for an advertising agency. His first directing credits were on sexploitation movies, but he garnered attention with the low-budget drama Joe (1970); it starred Peter Boyle as a virulent racist who reacts violently to the hippie counterculture that seems to be hemming him in. Joe captured the country’s polarized mood and became a surprise hit, but neither the low-budget Cry Uncle! (1971), starring Allen Garfield as a private detective, nor The Stoolie (1972), with Jackie Mason in the title role, enjoyed the same result. Avildsen’s next project, the drama Save the Tiger (1973), failed to connect with moviegoers, but Jack Lemmon won an Academy Award for his performance as a businessman wallowing in a midlife crisis. The lively W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) found Burt Reynolds playing an amiable Southern con man, with supporting performances by Jerry Reed and Ned Beatty.
In 1976 Avildsen scored a major box-office hit with Rocky, the now-legendary Sylvester Stallone project about inarticulate but sensitive boxer Rocky Balboa, who dreams of becoming a champion. Avildsen won an Oscar for best director, and the film was also named best picture. However, the romantic drama Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) and The Formula (1980), a conspiracy thriller with Marlon Brando and George C. Scott, illustrated Avildsen’s unfortunate tendency to follow victory with defeat. His adaptation of Thomas Berger’s novel Neighbors (1981), starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, was also a critical and commercial disappointment, as was the romance A Night in Heaven (1983).
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid
Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid (1984), directed by John G. Avildsen.
In 1984, however, Avildsen again found box-office success, with The Karate Kid. The immensely popular Rocky-ish tale centres on a teenage weakling (played by Ralph Macchio) whose life turns around after some tutelage in philosophy and martial arts from an unassuming Japanese janitor (Pat Morita); Avildsen edited the picture himself. The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) fared even better at the box office.
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(1987) and For Keeps (1988) disappeared without a trace, but Lean on Me (1989), an inspirational biopic based on the exploits of New Jersey school principal Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman), was a hit. The Karate Kid, Part III (1989), Rocky V (1990), and The Power of One (1992) were all sports-themed, as was the little-seen 8 Seconds (1994), starring Luke Perry as a doomed rodeo star. In 1999 Avildsen ventured into the thriller genre again with Desert Heat (also released as Inferno), which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme; the film was loosely based on the 1961 classic Yojimbo by Kurosawa Akira.
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Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
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Chloé Zhao at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony after becoming the first person of color to win the Oscar for best director, 2021.
Winners are chosen from the following 24 categories: best picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, cinematography, production design, editing, original score, original song, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, sound mixing, sound editing, visual effects, foreign-language film, animated feature film, animated short, live-action short, documentary feature, and documentary short. The academy also presents scientific and technical awards, special achievement awards, honorary awards, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (for excellence in producing), and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award (for technological contributions), although these are not necessarily awarded annually. In August 2018 the academy announced that it was adding an annual category for “outstanding achievement in popular film,” to debut at the 2019 ceremony. However, following criticism and confusion, the academy decided to postpone the introduction of the new category.
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Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
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Chloé Zhao at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony after becoming the first person of color to win the Oscar for best director, 2021.
In August 2018 the academy announced that it was adding an annual category for “outstanding achievement in popular film,” to debut at the 2019 ceremony. However, following criticism and confusion, the academy decided to postpone the introduction of the new category.
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Halle Berry accepting the Academy Award for best actress, with presenter Russell Crowe in the background, 2002.
Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
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Notable Honorees: Alfred Hitchcock Steven Spielberg Woody Allen Orson Welles
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Chloé Zhao after winning the Oscar for best director
Chloé Zhao at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony after becoming the first person of color to win the Oscar for best director, 2021.
Winners are chosen from the following 24 categories:
Best picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, cinematography, production design, editing, original score, original song, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, sound mixing, sound editing, visual effects, foreign-language film, animated feature film, animated short, live-action short, documentary feature, and documentary short. The academy also presents scientific and technical awards, special achievement awards, honorary awards, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (for excellence in producing), and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award (for technological contributions), although these are not necessarily awarded annually. In August 2018 the academy announced that it was adding an annual category for “outstanding achievement in popular film,” to debut at the 2019 ceremony. However, following criticism and confusion, the academy decided to postpone the introduction of the new category.
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To be eligible for an award in a given year, a film must be publicly exhibited for paid admission for at least one week at a commercial theatre in Los Angeles county between January 1 and midnight of December 31 of that year. Exceptions to this rule include foreign-language films, which are submitted by their country of origin and need not have been shown in the United States. Documentaries and short films have different eligibility requirements and are officially submitted by their producers, whereas music awards require the musical artist to file a submission form.
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Only members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may nominate and vote for candidates for the Oscars. The academy is divided into various branches of film production, and the nominees in each award category are chosen by the members of the corresponding branch; thus, writers nominate writers, directors nominate directors, and so forth. The entire academy membership nominates the candidates for best picture and votes to determine the winners in most of the categories.
Aside from bestowing international recognition and prestige, an Academy Award can play a crucial role in the success of the major winners. The best picture award, for example, can significantly increase the box office earnings of the winning film. For actors and directors, the award often results in higher salaries, increased media attention, and better film offers.
To be eligible for an award in a given year, a film must be publicly exhibited for paid admission for at least one week at a commercial theatre in Los Angeles county between January 1 and midnight of December 31 of that year. Exceptions to this rule include foreign-language films, which are submitted by their country of origin and need not have been shown in the United States. Documentaries and short films have different eligibility requirements and are officially submitted by their producers, whereas music awards require the musical artist to file a submission form.
Only members of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences may nominate and vote for candidates for the Oscars. The academy is divided into various branches of film production, and the nominees in each award category are chosen by the members of the corresponding branch; thus, writers nominate writers, directors nominate directors, and so forth. The entire academy membership nominates the candidates for best picture and votes to determine the winners in most of the categories.
Aside from bestowing international recognition and prestige, an Academy Award can play a crucial role in the success of the major winners. The best picture award, for example, can significantly increase the box office earnings of the winning film. For actors and directors, the award often results in higher salaries, increased media attention, and better film offers.
When the academy was founded in 1927, the awards committee was only one of several that had been formed by the new organization. The idea of presenting awards was considered but not immediately pursued, because the academy was preoccupied with its role in labour problems, its efforts to improve the tarnished image of the film industry, and its function as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas about production procedures and new technologies. It was not until May 1928 that the academy approved the committee’s suggestions to present Academy Awards of Merit in 12 categories—most outstanding production, most artistic or unique production, and achievement by an actor, by an actress, in dramatic directing, in comedy directing, in cinematography, in art directing, in engineering effects, in original story writing, in adaptation writing, and in title writing.
The first awards covered films that had been released between August 1, 1927, and July 31, 1928. The awards were presented on May 16, 1929, in a ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The entire membership of the academy had nominated candidates in all categories. Five boards of judges (one from each of the academy’s original branches—actors, writers, directors, producers, and technicians) then determined the 10 candidates with the most votes in each category and narrowed those 10 down to 3 recommendations. A central board of judges, which consisted of one member from each branch, selected the final winners.
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Chloé Zhao after winning the Oscar for best director
Chloé Zhao after winning the Oscar for best director
Chloé Zhao at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony after becoming the first person of color to win the Oscar for best director, 2021.
Winners are chosen from the following 24 categories:
Best picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, cinematography, production design, editing, original score, original song, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, sound mixing, sound editing, visual effects, foreign-language film, animated feature film, animated short, live-action short, documentary feature, and documentary short. The academy also presents scientific and technical awards, special achievement awards, honorary awards, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (for excellence in producing), and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award (for technological contributions), although these are not necessarily awarded annually. In August 2018 the academy announced that it was adding an annual category for “outstanding achievement in popular film,” to debut at the 2019 ceremony. However, following criticism and confusion, the academy decided to postpone the introduction of the new category.
Oscar statuettes in various stages of plating on a R.S. Owens & Company plating room workbench Jan. 23, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. R.S. Owens manufactures the Oscar statuettes which are presented at the annual Academy Awards. The Oscars
To be eligible for an award in a given year, a film must be publicly exhibited for paid admission for at least one week at a commercial theatre in Los Angeles county between January 1 and midnight of December 31 of that year. Exceptions to this rule include foreign-language films, which are submitted by their country of origin and need not have been shown in the United States. Documentaries and short films have different eligibility requirements and are officially submitted by their producers, whereas music awards require the musical artist to file a submission form.
Only members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may nominate and vote for candidates for the Oscars. The academy is divided into various branches of film production, and the nominees in each award category are chosen by the members of the corresponding branch; thus, writers nominate writers, directors nominate directors, and so forth. The entire academy membership nominates the candidates for best picture and votes to determine the winners in most of the categories.
Aside from bestowing international recognition and prestige, an Academy Award can play a crucial role in the success of the major winners. The best picture award, for example, can significantly increase the box office earnings of the winning film. For actors and directors, the award often results in higher salaries, increased media attention, and better film offers.
When the academy was founded in 1927, the awards committee was only one of several that had been formed by the new organization. The idea of presenting awards was considered but not immediately pursued, because the academy was preoccupied with its role in labour problems, its efforts to improve the tarnished image of the film industry, and its function as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas about production procedures and new technologies. It was not until May 1928 that the academy approved the committee’s suggestions to present Academy Awards of Merit in 12 categories—most outstanding production, most artistic or unique production, and achievement by an actor, by an actress, in dramatic directing, in comedy directing, in cinematography, in art directing, in engineering effects, in original story writing, in adaptation writing, and in title writing.
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford posing with her best actress Oscar for Coquette (1929).
The first awards covered films that had been released between August 1, 1927, and July 31, 1928. The awards were presented on May 16, 1929, in a ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The entire membership of the academy had nominated candidates in all categories. Five boards of judges (one from each of the academy’s original branches—actors, writers, directors, producers, and technicians) then determined the 10 candidates with the most votes in each category and narrowed those 10 down to 3 recommendations. A central board of judges, which consisted of one member from each branch, selected the final winners.
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By the time of the second annual awards ceremony, on April 3, 1930 (honouring films from the second half of 1928 and from 1929), the number of categories was reduced to seven, and the two major film awards were collapsed into one, called best picture. The academy has since continued to make frequent alterations in rules, procedures, and categories. Indeed, so many changes have been made through the years that the only constant seems to be the academy’s desire to remain flexible and to keep abreast of the industry’s evolution. Among the most significant changes have been the decision in 1933 to alter the eligibility period for award consideration to the calendar year and the addition of the supporting actor and actress categories in 1936.
Originally the names of the award winners had been given to the press in advance with the stipulation that the information not be revealed until after the awards presentation. However, the Los Angeles Times printed the names of the 1939 winners in an early evening edition before the ceremony, draining the event of all its suspense during one of the industry’s biggest years. Thus, since then, the winners’ names have been a closely guarded secret until the official announcement at the awards ceremony.
The Academy Awards were first televised in the United States in 1953, and since 1969 they have been broadcast internationally. By the late 20th century, the ceremony had become a major happening, viewed by millions. Notable hosts over the years included Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, and Billy Crystal. Red-carpet interviews also became an integral part of the event, with much attention focused on the attendees’ ensembles. Steeply declining viewership in the late 2010s, however, led the academy to announce several changes to the ceremony’s broadcast, which included a limit of three hours, beginning in 2019, and an earlier air date, beginning in 2020.
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Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore at the Academy Awards ceremony
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Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore after winning Academy Awards for best actress and actor in 1931.
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Halle Berry accepting the Academy Award for best actress, with presenter Russell Crowe in the background, 2002.
Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
Academy Award: Oscar statuettes
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Category: Arts & Culture
In full: Academy Award of Merit
Byname: Oscar
Related Topics: Academy Award for best original screenplay Academy Award for best adapted screenplay Academy Award for best director Who’s won the most Oscars? Best Title Writing
Notable Honorees:
Alfred Hitchcock Steven Spielberg Woody Allen Orson Welles
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Chloé Zhao after winning the Oscar for best director
Chloé Zhao after winning the Oscar for best director
Chloé Zhao at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony after becoming the first person of color to win the Oscar for best director, 2021.
Winners are chosen from the following 24 categories:
Best picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, cinematography, production design, editing, original score, original song, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, sound mixing, sound editing, visual effects, foreign-language film, animated feature film, animated short, live-action short, documentary feature, and documentary short. The academy also presents scientific and technical awards, special achievement awards, honorary awards, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Irving G.
Thalberg Memorial Award
(For excellence in producing), and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award (for technological contributions), although these are not necessarily awarded annually. In August 2018 the academy announced that it was adding an annual category for “outstanding achievement in popular film,” to debut at the 2019 ceremony. However, following criticism and confusion, the academy decided to postpone the introduction of the new category.
Oscar statuettes in various stages of plating on a R.S. Owens & Company plating room workbench Jan. 23, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. R.S. Owens manufactures the Oscar statuettes which are presented at the annual Academy Awards. The Oscars
To be eligible for an award in a given year, a film must be publicly exhibited for paid admission for at least one week at a commercial theatre in Los Angeles county between January 1 and midnight of December 31 of that year. Exceptions to this rule include foreign-language films, which are submitted by their country of origin and need not have been shown in the United States. Documentaries and short films have different eligibility requirements and are officially submitted by their producers, whereas music awards require the musical artist to file a submission form.
Only members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may nominate and vote for candidates for the Oscars. The academy is divided into various branches of film production, and the nominees in each award category are chosen by the members of the corresponding branch; thus, writers nominate writers, directors nominate directors, and so forth. The entire academy membership nominates the candidates for best picture and votes to determine the winners in most of the categories.
Aside from bestowing international recognition and prestige, an Academy Award can play a crucial role in the success of the major winners. The best picture award, for example, can significantly increase the box office earnings of the winning film. For actors and directors, the award often results in higher salaries, increased media attention, and better film offers.
When the academy was founded in 1927, the awards committee was only one of several that had been formed by the new organization. The idea of presenting awards was considered but not immediately pursued, because the academy was preoccupied with its role in labour problems, its efforts to improve the tarnished image of the film industry, and its function as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas about production procedures and new technologies. It was not until May 1928 that the academy approved the committee’s suggestions to present Academy Awards of Merit in 12 categories—most outstanding production, most artistic or unique production, and achievement by an actor, by an actress, in dramatic directing, in comedy directing, in cinematography, in art directing, in engineering effects, in original story writing, in adaptation writing, and in title writing.
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford posing with her best actress Oscar for Coquette (1929).
The first awards covered films that had been released between August 1, 1927, and July 31, 1928. The awards were presented on May 16, 1929, in a ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The entire membership of the academy had nominated candidates in all categories. Five boards of judges (one from each of the academy’s original branches—actors, writers, directors, producers, and technicians) then determined the 10 candidates with the most votes in each category and narrowed those 10 down to 3 recommendations. A central board of judges, which consisted of one member from each branch, selected the final winners.
Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars.See all videos for this article
By the time of the second annual awards ceremony, on April 3, 1930 (honouring films from the second half of 1928 and from 1929), the number of categories was reduced to seven, and the two major film awards were collapsed into one, called best picture. The academy has since continued to make frequent alterations in rules, procedures, and categories. Indeed, so many changes have been made through the years that the only constant seems to be the academy’s desire to remain flexible and to keep abreast of the industry’s evolution. Among the most significant changes have been the decision in 1933 to alter the eligibility period for award consideration to the calendar year and the addition of the supporting actor and actress categories in 1936.
Originally the names of the award winners had been given to the press in advance with the stipulation that the information not be revealed until after the awards presentation. However, the Los Angeles Times printed the names of the 1939 winners in an early evening edition before the ceremony, draining the event of all its suspense during one of the industry’s biggest years. Thus, since then, the winners’ names have been a closely guarded secret until the official announcement at the awards ceremony.
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A giant Oscar statue adorning the balcony of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, as final rehearsals take place for the 76th annual Academy Awards presentation on February 29, 2004.
Jennifer Aniston on the Academy Awards red carpet
Jennifer Aniston on the Academy Awards red carpet
Jennifer Aniston posing on the red carpet at the 78th Academy Awards, 2006.
The Academy Awards were first televised in the United States in 1953, and since 1969 they have been broadcast internationally. By the late 20th century, the ceremony had become a major happening, viewed by millions. Notable hosts over the years included Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, and Billy Crystal. Red-carpet interviews also became an integral part of the event, with much attention focused on the attendees’ ensembles. Steeply declining viewership in the late 2010s, however, led the academy to announce several changes to the ceremony’s broadcast, which included a limit of three hours, beginning in 2019, and an earlier air date, beginning in 2020.
Oscar statuette
Academy Award: Oscar statuettes
Academy Award: Oscar statuettes
Oscar statuettes being made by a worker at R.S. Owens, Chicago, 2008.
The design for the award statuette—a knight standing on a reel of film and holding a sword—is credited to Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer (MGM) art director Cedric Gibbons. Sculptor George Stanley was commissioned to create the original statuette based on Gibbons’s design. For many years the statuettes were cast in bronze, with 24-karat gold plating. During World War II the statuettes were made of plaster because of metal shortages. They are now made of gold-plated britannium. The design, however, has remained unchanged, with the exception of the pedestal base, the height of which was increased in 1945. The statuette stands 13.5 inches (34.3 cm) tall and weighs 8.5 pounds (3.8 kg).
The origins of the statuette’s nickname, Oscar, have been traced to three sources. Actress Bette Davis claimed that the name derived from her observation that the backside of the statuette looked like that of her husband Harmon Oscar Nelson. Columnist Sidney Skolsky maintained that he gave the award its nickname to negate pretension. The name has also been attributed to academy librarian Margaret Herrick, who declared that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar. The true origin of the nickname has never been determined.
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