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New official Oscar poster is a good read

December 19, 2006 | 11:30 am

Obviously, the Oscars believe that a picture is worth, roughly, a thousand words (or so) because academy chiefs have packed hundreds onto the new official poster. Featured are classic lines from films nominated for best picture or writing or both between 1936 and 2005. With one exception. Oscar trivia nuts are challenged to point it out!

Included: "Rosebud!" "Stella!" and "I'm mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!"

"They are the unforgettable lines that you hear in everyday conversations, in meetings, at parties, or walking down the street," says Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "They tap into what we think and give us great shorthand ways to express how we feel about those things. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then each quote is worth at least 500."

The concept and design for the poster was created for the Academy by TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles. Photographer Albert Watson captured the Oscar statuette featured on the poster.

The 27x40 poster, printed on premium recycled paper, uses a black canvas and highlights the quotes in gold metallic ink, each in a distinctive typeface to reflect the movie it represents.

Starting today, more than 65,000 posters will be available for purchase on the academy's Web site at http://www.oscars.org/publications/ or by calling 1-800-554-1814.

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What? not the famous line from The Exorcist "Your Mother Sucks C**k in Hell"? Shocked, I'm Shocked I Say...

I really liked this poster. It’s way better than this year’s poster with the paparazzi and the flashy colors.

The poster is classic, just like the Oscar ceremony is.

I loved the use of memorable quotes from movies with an Oscar history. This is very creative and efficient.

It's nice to see last year's memorable movie quote, " I wish i knew how to quit you" from "Brokeback Mountain" made it on the poster.

"All work and no play" is credited to "The Bridge on the River Kwai".

The Shining wasn't nominated for screenplay or picture. All work and no Oscar make for a run of the mill Academy treatment of a great Kubrick film.

There's actually two that weren't nominated for picture or writing, although they both got acting nominations (and nothing else):

“Greed is good” from “Wall Street,” 1987

“In case I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time tonight” from “Pretty Woman,” 1990

You would think the Academy would know that ...

I can spot "Pretty Woman" and "Wall Street," two movies that had acting nominations but not Picture or Screenplay.



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