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Oscars. Cost per award: $400 Oscar statuettes cost $400 to produce, reports Forbes, and they are plated in 24-karat gold. However, the value of the award is actually only $1, as written in the ...
The Oscar statuette is getting a minormakeover, and a brand new company to produce the coveted gold prizes ahead of the 88th Annual Academy Awards. N
The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, [18] is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34.3 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes represent ...
The award was an 8-inch (200 mm) tall piece of glass with a hand of cards sandblasted at the bottom, the winner's name, and the words "Poker Hall of Fame" in a circle. The circle had a gold emblem bonded to the glass and had the Binion's Horseshoe Casino logo in it. There was a gold plated base with three gold-plated stacks of chips. [8]
A plaque rather than a statue; stolen c.1969 and replaced by the Academy. [6] [7] 1942: Best Documentary Feature: John Ford: The Battle of Midway: International Spy Museum, Washington, D.C. United States Unknown [8] Ken G. Hall: Kokoda Front Line! National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton, Australian Capital Territory: Australia 2015 ...
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Unless otherwise specified, Honorary Award recipients receive the same gold Oscar statuettes received by winners of the competitive Academy Awards. [3] 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".
Yes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body for the glitzy annual awards, officially calls him the Academy Award of Merit. But the familiar gold-plated statue of a ...