This in-depth and entertaining look at the Academy Awards brings to life the best of film history and the glamour of the Oscars, in words and more than 500 photographs.
Each year's awards are featured over four pages, filled with listings, information, quotes, sidebars and lots of colour photographs. Readers will learn everything from the actors originally cast as the leads in 'Casablanca' - Ronald Regan and Hedy Lamarr! - to the particulars of Marlon Brando's rejection of his Oscar for Best Actor. It is a trove of essential trivia for both hardcore and casual film fans.
Completely unauthorised, this is sassy and fun - but it is also wise and full of awe for the magic of film at its finest. It is the biggest and best look yet at moviemaking and at the industry's highest form of recognition, from the 1920s through the present.
