Fifteen feature films awarded the most coveted statuette in the film industry will be broadcast by Warner TV in previewing the 95th American Academy Film Awards gala. The station will reward moviegoers with dozens of awards.
Productions such as “Top Gun,” “Shaft,” “Goodfellas”, and “Dallas Buyers Club” will be available to watch on March 11 and 12, from 08:00 a.m. until after midnight, on Warner TV.
The Oscar Marathon will debut, on the morning of March 11, with “An American in Paris” (1951), directed by Vincente Minnelli and awarded six trophies, including best picture. After World War II, in the city of the arts, Jerry Mulligan (played by Gene Kelly) tries to discover his vocation as a painter. He has the certainty of his value, with nothing to blame because the world is so reluctant and does not want to improve at all, accepting his work. In anticipation of unanimous recognition, he is lucky enough to be discovered.
“The Wizard of Oz” (1939), by Victor Fleming, an adaptation of the story of L. Frank Baum stars Judy Garland. She’s Dorothy, who, to save her puppy Toto from a bad neighbour, wants to leave home, but she returns just as a tornado hits her farm in Kansas and transports her to the world of Oz. On the road paved by yellow bricks, the little girl befriends three strange characters and heads together to the town where the Great Sorcerer lives. Each with a desire. The film was awarded two Oscars (original music and song, “Over the Rainbow”).
Another film adaptation and an adventurous story are “Around the World in 80 Days” (80), by Michael Anderson and John Farrow, winner of five Oscars, including in the best picture category. At the forefront is Phileas Fogg, played by David Niven, who proclaims to his colleagues, members of a gentlemen’s club in London, that he can make the roundabout of the globe in just 1956 days and bets £80,20 on the success of his endeavour.
“The King’s Speech” (2010), directed by Tom Hooper, is based on a true story. The feature film, named best film, also awarded for directing, original screenplay and male performance in a leading role, describes the friendship that connects the man who would become King George VI (played by Colin Firth) and Lionel Longue (Geoffrey Rush), a less common speech therapist.
The silly comedy “Midnight in Paris” (2011), by Woody Allen, awarded for original screenplay, centres on a writer played by Owen Wilson. While in Paris with his fiancée and her family, he finds himself mysteriously transposed to the City of Lights every night since the 1920s.
The 2010 drama “The Fighter”, directed by David O. Russell, stars Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg and Melissa Leo and tells the true story of “Irish” boxer Micky Ward and his rise from the ill-fated streets of Lowell in Massachusetts to the title of middleweight world champion. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo were awarded an Oscar for their performance.
“Dallas Buyers Club” (2013), directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, centres on Ron Woodroof (played by Matthew McConaughey), an electrician and crook. The action, inspired by a real story, takes place in 1985 when Ron – diagnosed with AIDS – manages to avoid the system and help HIV-positive patients receive the necessary medicines. The film won the categories of male interpretation of the Academy Awards (Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto) and the makeup-hairdressing category.
The first day of the marathon will end with “Goodfellas” (1990) by Martin Scorsese. In the centre is Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), a second-rate gangster who takes part in a break-in with Jimmy Conway (Robert de Niro) and Tommy De Vito (Joe Pesci). The latter two become essential characters of the mafia, while Henry is affected by their success. Joe Pesci was awarded an Oscar for his supporting role.
One of the most romantic films of all time, “Casablanca” (1942), directed by Michael Curtiz, will open on the second day of Warner TV’s Oscar Weekend. The American Academy rewarded it for directing and screenplay and named it the best film. The feature film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman tells the story of an American ex-pat who owns a café in Morocco and fights with himself to decide whether to help his ex-girlfriend escape the Nazis with her runaway husband.
“Gone with the Wind” (1939), by Victor Fleming, the film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel of the same name, tells the story of the love between Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) during the American Civil War. It is the story of a selfish woman who does not want to admit her feelings. The film was awarded eight Oscar statuettes, including Best picture.
Another love story, but also a lot of action, we find in “Top Gun” (1986), by Tony Scott, an Oscar-winning film for the original song (“Take My Breath Away”). Tom Cruise is The Maverick, who pilots instinctively, without following the rules, and must face his demons to succeed in a world where second place does not exist. Kelly McGillis plays the role of the civilian instructor who ends up having more than a professional interest in the rebellious pilot.
The 2014 science fiction film “Interstellar: Traveling through the Universe/ Interstellar” stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. In the context in which humanity’s existence on Earth is threatened, a group of explorers transcends the limits of space and conquers the immense distances of an interstellar journey. The feature film was awarded for its visual effects.
The same Christopher Nolan also signs the science fiction thriller “The Beginning/ Inception” (2010), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Elliot Page, which won four Oscars, including for cinematography. Cobb’s rare ability made him highly sought after in technological espionage. Still, it also caused him to lose everything necessary to him, turning him into an international fugitive. He is given a chance to regain everything: one last mission could restore his previous life if he manages an impossible thing.
“The Matrix” (1999), by Lana Wachowski, was awarded four Oscar trophies (editing, sound, visual effects and sound). At the heart of the action is Neo (Keanu Reeves), who tries hard to find out the truth about a world he has heard spoken of only in a whisper, a mysterious world full of the unknown.
The Oscar film marathon would end with “Shaft” (1971), directed by Gordon Parks. A New York organized crime leader hires John Shaft (played by Richard Roundtree), the best black private detective in town, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter. The Academy rewarded the feature film for the best original music.
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