Academy Awards statuette

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The Academy Awards statuette is the iconic gold-plated figure presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievements in the film industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf award statuette
cultural icon
alsoKnownAs Academy Awards statuette
surface form: Academy Award of Merit statuette

Academy Awards statuette
surface form: Oscar statuette
associatedMedium motion pictures
associatedWithEvent Academy Award
surface form: Academy Awards
awardedFor Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Academy Award for Best Picture
surface form: Best Picture

various Academy Award categories
category film award trophy
ceremonyLocation Los Angeles
color gold
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance one of the most recognized trophies in the world
symbol of cinematic excellence
depicts knight holding a crusader’s sword
designer Cedric Gibbons
firstAwardedAt 1st Academy Awards
firstAwardedYear 1929
hasBase black metal base
height 13.5 inches
about 34.3 centimeters
inception 1929
legalOwner Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
manufacturer Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry
material britannia metal
nicknamedAs Oscar
nicknamedBy film industry
originalFiveBranches actors
directors
producers
technicians
writers
plating 24-karat gold
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
previousManufacturer R.S. Owens & Company
productionLocation New York
reelHas five spokes
resalePolicy must be offered back to the Academy for 1 US dollar before sale
sculptor George Stanley
standsOn reel of film
subjectTo resale restrictions by the Academy
symbolizes original five branches of the Academy
usedFor Academy Awards ceremony
honoring achievements in film
weight 8.5 pounds
about 3.9 kilograms

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Oscar alsoKnownAs Academy Awards statuette
Best Actress trophyName Academy Awards statuette
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
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this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
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this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Academy Award for Best Sound trophyName Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Honorary Academy Award trophyForm Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Cedric Gibbons designed Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Academy Award statuette
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons trophyName Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Governors Awards hasAwardStatue Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film awardSymbol Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Scientific and Engineering Award (bronze tablet) relatedTo Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Academy Award of Merit (Oscar statuette)
Gordon E. Sawyer Award trophyForm Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Academy Award of Merit statuette
Academy Awards statuette alsoKnownAs Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Academy Awards statuette alsoKnownAs Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Academy Award of Merit statuette
Emmy statuette comparedTo Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Gibbons designed Academy Awards statuette
subject surface form: Cedric Gibbons
this entity surface form: Academy Awards Oscar statuette
Best Actor trophyName Academy Awards statuette
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film trophyName Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette
Oscar Mathisen Award hasAlternativeName Academy Awards statuette
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Bhanu Athaiya returnedAward Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design statuette
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Come and Get It' statueName Academy Awards statuette
this entity surface form: Oscar statuette