86th Academy Awards, Oscars 2014

The Oscars
2014
is the
86th
Academy
Awards
Sources - Various websites and Wikipedia

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The Academy Awards, commonly
known as The Oscars, is an
annual American awards
ceremony honoring
achievements in the film industry.
The Oscars are overseen by
the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).



289 feature films are
eligible for the Best
Picture nomination this
year.



There are 24
competitive
award categories
this year.



Number of countries
submitting foreign
language films this year
are 76.



6,028 Academy members
will help pick this year’s
winners.



Number of
countries in which
the 86th Oscar
telecast will be
seen are more
than 225.



50 Oscar statuettes are
being created for
86th Academy
Awards.



The 86th Academy Awards is being hosted at
the Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre)
in Hollywood, Los Angeles.



Comedian Ellen DeGeneres will host the
show for the second time. DeGeneres
previously hosted the 79th ceremony in
2007.



Best Picture – 12 Years a Slave

Sources - Various websites and Google Images


Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew
McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Sources - Various websites and Google images


Best Actress in a Leading Role – Cate
Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)



Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared
Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)



Best Actress in a Supporting Role –
Lupita Nvong’o (12 Years a Slave)



Best Animated Feature Film – Frozen



Best Animated Short Film - “Mr.
Hublot”



Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven
Price)



Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen

Robert Lopez, who wrote the song with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez


Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a
Slave (John Ridley)



Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike
Jonze)



Achievement In Directing - “Gravity”
(Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón



BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF
THE YEAR - “The Great Beauty” (Janus
Films) – Italy



Best Documentary Feature Film - “20
Feet From Stardom”



Achievement In Cinematography “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Emmanuel
Lubezk



Achievement In Film Editing
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso
Cuarón and Mark Sanger



In 1928, art director Cedric Gibbons, designer
of the original Academy Award, was
introduced to Mexican film director and
actor Emilio Fernández. Reluctant at
first, Fernández was finally convinced to pose
nude for the naked knight holding a sword to
create what today is known as the "Oscar".
Cedric Gibbons


Emilio Fernández


Made of goldplated britannium on a
black metal base, it is
13.5 inches (34.29 cm)
tall, weighs 8.5 lb
(3.85 kg), and the
diameter of Oscar
statuette base is 5¼ inches
(13.34 cm).



The statuette depicts
a knight holding
a crusader's sword.



The statuette is standing on a reel of film
with five spokes. The five spokes
represent the original branches of the
Academy:
Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, an
d Technicians.



Approximately 50 Oscars
are made each year in
Chicago by Illinois
manufacturer R.S. Owens &
Company.
It takes between three to
four weeks to manufacture
each statue.



Facts about Oscars



The first Academy
Awards were presented in
1929 at the Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel.



Total number of Oscar statuettes presented
since the first Academy Awards 2,900
(includes the 4 Oscars presented at the
Governors Awards event on November
16, 2013).



Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre)
has hosted 13 Oscars, including the 86th
Academy Awards.



Highest number of Oscar ceremonies
hosted by one person
Bob Hope holds
the record of
hosting 19
Oscars (he also
hosted the first
televised Oscars
in 1953).


Highest number of Oscars won by a
single film
Three movies have received 11 Oscars "Ben-Hur" (1959),
"Titanic" (1997), and
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
(2003).



Most nominations received by a single
film
Two films received 14 nominations –
All About Eve (1950)


Titanic (1997)


Most awards won by a man
Walt Disney has
won 22 Oscars, the
most ever for a
single person. He
was also awarded
an additional 4
honorary
Oscars, and holds
the record for most
Oscars won in one
year by a single
person (4 out of 6).


Most awards won by a woman
Edith Head has won eight Oscars, all for Costume
Design.



Most awards won by a person who is
still living
Visual Effects
Supervisor Dennis
Muren has won nine
Academy Awards: six
competitive awards, two
"Special Achievement"
awards, and one
"Technical Achievement"
award.


First Indian to win an Academy Award
Bhanu
Athaiya became the
first Indian to win an
Academy
Award in 1983, for
designing the
costumes for Richard
Attenborough's
Gandhi.


First Indian to receive an Honorary
Academy Award
Satyajit Ray
became the first
Indian to receive
an Honorary
Academy Award
in 1992.



First persons from India to win in any
music category
A. R. Rahman has
won Best Original
Score & Best
Original Song ("Jai
Ho") for Slumdog
Millionaire (2008).



Gulzar has also won
Best Original Song
("Jai Ho")
for Slumdog
Millionaire (2008).



OSCAR®, OSCARS®, ACADEMY
AWARDS®, ACADEMY AWARD®, A.M.P.A.S.®
AND “OSCAR NIGHT, and the OSCAR statuette
is a registered trademark and copyrighted
property, of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.



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