The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History
- ISBN-10
- 1579128785
- ISBN-13
- 9781579128784
- Series
- The Academy Awards
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 371
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
- Authors
- Gail Kinn, Jim Piazza
Description
Presents a complete history of the Academy Awards nominations and winners in each category, from the first ceremony to this year's eightieth anniversary, updated to include the 2008 winners, losers, fashions, and behind-the-scenes stories, all highlighted by more than five hundred photographs from the Oscar ceremonies and the films themselves. Original.
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Other editions
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- 2002
- 330 pages
- Paperback
- Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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