The 82nd Academy Awards nominations came out in the beginning of February, but how does Oscar watch all those movies in time for the awards show that are only a few weeks away on March 7, 2010?
Well Mr. Oscar and other Academy Members are very lucky because they get special screenings, free admission to commercial runs of films, and free pre-release DVDs to abet them in seeing the nominated films.
So, what are the rest of average-Joe-citizens supposed to do in order to play along in the voting process of the Academy Awards, especially if we don’t know who is nominated yet?
We listen to the Oscar buzz, and plan every weekend, week night, and social hour around watching movies. For the past three months a few of my girl friends and I have been preparing our Oscar ballots, (and we’ve watched almost every nominated movie together). Here are the movies I’ve watched (and I’m still not done):
A Serious Man*
A Single Man*
Amelia
An Education*
Avatar*
Bright Star
Brothers
Inglorious Bastards*
Invictus*
Julie Julia*
Nine*
Sherlock Holmes*
Star Trek*
The Blind Side*
The Boys Are Back
The Hurt Locker*
The Lovely Bones*
The Messenger*
The Road
The Young Victoria*
Up*
Up in the Air*
Crazy Heart*
*Movie and/or actor(s) actually nominated for an award.
We’re hoping to view all the major categories (i.e. Leading Actor, Supporting Actor, Leading Actress, Supporting Actress, and Best Picture) by March 7, which is when we will have our own Oscar party (minus the Red Carpet).
The most recognized trophy in the world, the Oscar statuette has stood on the mantels of the greatest filmmakers in history since 1929. The trophy is of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader’s sword, and the film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy (actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers).
Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar. While the origins of the moniker aren’t clear, a popular story has it that upon seeing the trophy for the first time, Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick remarked that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. The Academy didn’t adopt the nickname officially until 1939, but it was widely known enough by 1934 that Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in a piece referring to Katharine Hepburn’s first Best Actress win. These Quotes are from the offical Academy Award web page.
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