Figurine "Oscar". Interesting facts about the film

Once a year the whole world with trembling expects the next ceremony of presenting the most honorable film award - the statuette "Oscar". In February of this year, the eighty-fifth, in fact, jubilee ceremony was held. And the very first took place in the distant 1929, and the main prize was then given to Emil Jannings for Best Actor in the tape "The Last Order" and Janet Gaynor for Best Actress in the film "The Seventh Heaven". It is worth noting that at that time far less applicants fought for this statuette than now. However, the beginning of a good tradition was laid - and for 85 years now the filmmakers have not abandoned it.

What is the "Oscar" statue made of? Despite the fact that everyone calls it gold, it is not made of this precious metal. The figure of a knight with a sword standing on a reel with a film is cast from Britain. This alloy, which includes copper, zinc, antimony and tin, is first poured into a special mold for casting, which is made in advance. When the workpiece cools and hardens, it is taken out of the mold, after which the technological casting elements are removed, polished and polished.

Further, the Oscar statuette receives the name number, which is engraved on the stand and is subsequently recorded in the archives of the US Academy of Film. After the figures have taken their place, the figure of the knight is plunged several times in a galvanic bath, covering it with layers of molten copper. The next stage in the manufacture of the statuette is a coating of a layer of silver. And the most important moment ends - the covering of the future reward with 24-carat gold, because of which, in fact, Oscar got the nickname "golden". Here, perhaps, that's all. It remains only to screw the figure to a disk of black marble, whose diameter is 13 cm. In total, the Oscar statuette has a height of 34 cm and weighs about four kilograms. The production of each of the 55 figures required for the ceremony takes about twenty hours.

Surely, actors, actresses, screenwriters, sound producers and all other actors of the cinema, who received this prestigious award, are proud of it. After all, this means that they were recognized as the best by millions of spectators. Many celebrities already have several "Oscars". But are these golden, weighty figures worth the stars at the most honorable place? If this is the case, then, for example, in the house of actor Cuby Gooding the Younger, a "wine cellar" serves as a "red corner", and Jodie Foster and Susan Sarandon have a bathroom. Hilary Swank holds two of his statuettes in the bedroom on the bookshelf, and Tom Hanks is among the football awards and family trophies.

Interestingly the fact that since 1950, "Oscar" is tacitly forbidden to exhibit at auctions and just sell. More precisely, it can be done, but only after the winner of the prize will offer it to buy each member of the film academy for one dollar. If no one buys, then you can put up a reward for sale with a clear conscience. It is believed that the Oscar statuette is priceless, although its cost price is $ 400. Well, it's easy to understand, because with the receipt of this award, the incomes of its owner will grow rapidly. It is quite fair that the actor who received this award will demand higher fees for his participation in this or that film. Yes, and the "Oscar" - a statuette is not cheap, because the minimum price, which is assigned when it is sold, is equal to the value of gold of the same weight as the prize.