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-The '''Oscars''', officially known as the '''Academy Awards''', are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. Awarded annually since [[1929]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], it recognizes excellence in many aspects of [[Film|motion picture]] making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting.+'''Film awards''' are given for [[artistic merit]], [[technical]] [[merit]], excellence, international recognition and other achievements in the [[film industry]].
-This wiki will pay little attention to them and other prizes in general.+The most famous film award is the American '''Academy Award''' (with its statuette depicting a [[knight]] rendered in the [[Art Deco]] style), followed perhaps by the French [[César Award]].
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-'''Recent Academy Awards ceremonies and ratings''' <ref>{{cite news | author=Scott Bowles | title=Low Oscar Ratings Cue Soul-Searching | url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2008-02-26-oscar-ratings_N.htm | work=USAToday | date=February 26, 2008 | accessdate=2008-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Nikki Finke | title=UPDATE: 39.9 Million Watch 79th Oscars | url=http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/overnights-show-2-nielsen-oscar-ratings | work=Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily | publisher=LA Weekly | date=February 26, 2007 | accessdate=2008-03-19}}</ref>+
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-{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center"+
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-! style="width:180px;"|'''Ceremony'''+
-! style="width:150px;"|'''Date'''+
-! style="width:280px;"|'''Best Picture Winner'''+
-! style="width:180px;"|'''Length of Broadcast'''+
-! style="width:150px;"|'''Number of Viewers'''+
-! style="width:080px;"|'''Rating'''+
-! style="width:145px;"|'''Host'''+
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-|[[58th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 24, 1986 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa ]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 2 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|31.76 million || style="text-align:center;"|- || style="text-align:center;"|[[Alan Alda]], [[Jane Fonda]], [[Robin Williams]]+
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-|[[59th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 30, 1987 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 19 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|- || style="text-align:center;"|- || style="text-align:center;"|[[Chevy Chase]], [[Goldie Hawn]], [[Paul Hogan]]+
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-|[[60th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| April 11, 1988 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[The Last Emperor]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 33 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|42.04 million || style="text-align:center;"|- || style="text-align:center;"|[[Chevy Chase]]+
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-|[[61st Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 29, 1989 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Rain Man]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 19 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|42.77 million || style="text-align:center;"|- || style="text-align:center;"|[[N/A]]+
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-|[[62nd Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 26, 1990 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 37 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|40.22 million || style="text-align:center;"|26.42 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Billy Crystal]]+
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-|[[63rd Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 25, 1991 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 35 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|42.79 million || style="text-align:center;"|28.06 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Billy Crystal]]+
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-|[[64th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 30, 1992 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 33 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|44.44 million || style="text-align:center;"|29.84 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Billy Crystal]]+
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-|[[65th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 29, 1993 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Unforgiven]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 30 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|45.84 million || style="text-align:center;"|32.85 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Billy Crystal]]+
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-|[[66th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 21, 1994 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Schindler's List]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 18 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|46.26 million || style="text-align:center;"|31.86 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Whoopi Goldberg]]+
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-|[[67th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 27, 1995 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Forrest Gump]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 35 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|48.87 million || style="text-align:center;"|33.47 || style="text-align:center;"|[[David Letterman]]+
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-|[[68th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 25, 1996 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Braveheart]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 38 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|44.81 million || style="text-align:center;"|30.48 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Whoopi Goldberg]]+
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-|[[69th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 24, 1997 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' || align"center"|3 hours, 34 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|40.83 million || style="text-align:center;"|25.83 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Billy Crystal]]+
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-|[[70th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 23, 1998 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 47 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|57.25 million || style="text-align:center;"|35.32 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Billy Crystal]]+
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-|[[71st Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 21, 1999 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|4 hours, 2 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|45.63 million || style="text-align:center;"|28.51 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Whoopi Goldberg]]+
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-|[[72nd Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 26, 2000 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[American Beauty (film)|American Beauty]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|4 hours, 4 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|46.53 million || style="text-align:center;"|29.64 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Billy Crystal]]+
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-|[[73rd Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 25, 2001 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 23 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|42.93 million || style="text-align:center;"|25.86 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Steve Martin]]+
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-|[[74th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 24, 2002 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|4 hours, 23 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|40.54 million || style="text-align:center;"|25.13 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Whoopi Goldberg]]+
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-|[[75th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 23, 2003 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 30 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|33.04 million || style="text-align:center;"|20.58 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Steve Martin]]+
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-|[[76th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| February 29, 2004 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Lord of the Rings:<br />The Return of the King]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 44 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|43.56 million || style="text-align:center;"|26.68 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Billy Crystal]]+
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-|[[77th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| February 27, 2005 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Million Dollar Baby]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 14 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|39.16 million || style="text-align:center;"|25.29 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Chris Rock]]+
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-|[[78th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 5, 2006 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 33 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|38.64 million || style="text-align:center;"|22.91 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Jon Stewart]]+
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-|[[79th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| February 25, 2007 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[The Departed]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 51 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|39.92 million || style="text-align:center;"|23.65 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Ellen DeGeneres]]+
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-|[[80th Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| February 24, 2008 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 21 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|31.76 million || style="text-align:center;"|18.66 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Jon Stewart]]+
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-|[[81st Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| February 22, 2009 || style="text-align:center;"|''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' || style="text-align:center;"|3 hours, 30 minutes || style="text-align:center;"|36.94 million || style="text-align:center;"|21.68 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Hugh Jackman]]+
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-|[[82nd Academy Awards]] || style="text-align:center;"| March 7, 2010 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || [[Steve Martin]]<br />[[Alec Baldwin]]+
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==See also== ==See also==
 +*[[international recognition ]]
* [[List of years in film]] * [[List of years in film]]
* [[Lists of films]] * [[Lists of films]]
- +* [[List of films considered the best ]]
 +*[[Grammy]]
 +*[[Performing arts trophies]]
 +*[[César Awards]]
 +*[[Nobel Prize]]
 +*[[Pulitzer Prize]]
 +*[[MTV Awards]]
 +*[[Lists of awards]]
 +*[[List of films considered the best]]
 +*[[Golden Raspberry Awards]]
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Film awards are given for artistic merit, technical merit, excellence, international recognition and other achievements in the film industry.

The most famous film award is the American Academy Award (with its statuette depicting a knight rendered in the Art Deco style), followed perhaps by the French César Award.

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