Oscar 2009 Poster

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that the official 2009 Oscar poster is now available for purchase. The poster features the Oscar statuette spotlighted center stage among the bright lights of the Kodak Theatre, a representation of the point of view that Oscar ceremony host Hugh Jackman, and Academy Award winners, presenters, and performers will experience from the stage of the Kodak come next February 22.
The Oscar 2009 posters — the only 2009 Academy Awards commemorative item available for sale to the public — will be ready to ship in late January with distribution of more than 50,000 copies worldwide.
The 27×40-inch color poster, printed on premium [...]

by Deborah Arthur | January 29, 2009   
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Oscar 2008 Best Picture Poster

In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the latest edition of its Best Picture poster — not to be confused with the official 2008 Oscar poster.
Designed by Alex Swart, the Best Picture poster features a spiraling gold ribbon containing the one-sheets for the (to date) 79 best film winners, forming the shape of the Oscar statuette. The 80th best film winner will be added on Sunday, February 24, right after the Academy Awards ceremony.
Swart, head of the marketing design agency SwartAd, designed the official posters for the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards, as well as previous editions of the Best Picture poster.
The 27×40-inch poster is printed [...]

by Andre Soares | January 24, 2008   
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Oscar 2008 Poster

A design originally conceived by motion picture poster illustrator Drew Struzan and executed by his son, Christian (both can be seen in the above photo), has been chosen as the official poster of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ 2008 Academy Awards.
As per the Academy’s press release, Drew Struzan has been creating advertising posters for more than 30 years, including the one-sheets for all six of George Lucas‘ Star Wars films, in addition to "the key art" for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Christian Struzan and his creative team at XL Laboratories, Inc., designed and produced the poster for the Academy. XL Laboratories has also created poster art for a number of [...]

by Andre Soares | January 16, 2008   
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Oscar 2007 Poster: Movie Quotes

2007 Academy Awards Poster – Quote List

Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind

Oscar 2007 Poster: Part I
"Can’t you see I have you Chump? Get me some viskey!" from The Great Ziegfeld, 1936
"Sometimes you’re so beautiful it just gags me" from You Can’t Take It with You, 1938
"Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!" from Gone with the Wind, 1939
"I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" from The Wizard of Oz, 1939
"I’m asking you to marry me, you little fool" from Rebecca, 1940

"Rosebud" from Citizen Kane, 1941
"Here’s looking at you, kid" from Casablanca, 1943
"No, a golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors" from Going My Way, 1944
"One’s too many an’a hundred’s not [...]

by Andre Soares | December 28, 2006   
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Oscar 2007 Poster

© A.M.P.A.S.
Chico—Diane—Heaven!
Personally, Veda’s convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young.
I vant to be alohhhn.
None of the above quotes, all three from movies nominated for a best picture Academy Award — the last quote actually comes from an Oscar-winning film — are to be found in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ poster celebrating the 2007 Academy Awards. You will, however, find no less than two quotes from the dreary 1996 comedy-drama Jerry Maguire.
Jerry Maguire, after all, was directed by Cameron Crowe, and it stars Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger, all three, for better or for worse, still very much in evidence. Indeed, even today you can hear people at dinner parties [...]

by Andre Soares | December 28, 2006   
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