Presenters Name(s)Īnnouncers for the 84th annual Academy Awards The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. The following three films received multiple awards: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 The following 18 films received multiple nominations: With her latest win for Best Actress, Meryl Streep became the fifth performer to win at least three acting Oscars. Best Actor winner Jean Dujardin became the first French actor to win an Oscar.
Moreover, it was also the first black-and-white feature to win Best Picture since 1993's Schindler's List. The 1927 film Wings was the first such film to achieve this distinction at the inaugural awards ceremony in 1929. The Artist was the second silent feature to win Best Picture.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 26, 2012. Hugo led all nominees with eleven nominations The Artist came in second with ten. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the academy, and the actress Jennifer Lawrence. The nominees for the 84th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2012, at 5:38 a.m. The telecast garnered more than 39 million viewers in the United States. Morris Lessmore, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Midnight in Paris, The Muppets, Rango, Saving Face, A Separation, The Shore, and Undefeated with one. Other winners included Hugo with five awards, The Iron Lady with two awards, and Beginners, The Descendants, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. The Artist won five awards, including Best Picture. On February 11, 2012, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Milla Jovovich. In related events, the academy held its third annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12, 2011. On June 14, 2011, academy president Tom Sherak announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to further revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2012 ceremony would feature between five and ten Best Picture nominees depending on voting results, as opposed to a set number of nominees. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 76th ceremony held in 2004. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the ninth time. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, with Mischer also serving as director. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. But the approach may have only highlighted the fact that watching the ceremony from home was far less exciting than going to the movies or sitting behind celebs in the theater formerly known as the Kodak.The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 in the United States and took place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. It makes sense that the Academy would want to promote moviegoing - the number of tickets sold in 2011 dropped 4 percent from 2010. Cirque de Soleil performers swung over the audience - an experience certainly better experienced in the flesh, rather than at home.
The awards ceremony seemed geared to promote the experience of going to a theater: a montage featured actors talking about their first trip to the movies and their all-time favorite films, and popcorn was handed out in the aisles. But these are simply not blockbusters.ĬNBC: Best picture winners with the biggest ‘Oscar bump’ Both the Weinsteins and Paramount should benefit from a post-Oscar boost. And 'Hugo,' has grossed less than $70 million in the U.S., though it reportedly cost more than $150 million to make. 'The Artist' has one of the lowest box office tallies for any film to win 'Best Picture' - just $32 million. appealing to mainstream America - and what wins awards. Once again, there is a massive disconnect between what's successful at the box office - i.e.
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