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February 1 - 23, 2008
The fifty Oscar® statuettes to be presented at the 80th Academy Awards® ceremony will be on display at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Meet the Oscars” exhibition beginning Friday, February 1. The exhibition will be located on the fourth level of the Hollywood & Highland Center® through Saturday, February 23. Admission is free.
“Meet the Oscars, Los Angeles” will allow visitors to have a red carpet experience and hold an actual Oscar statuette. The exhibition will also feature interactive Oscar trivia kiosks, where visitors can test their knowledge of Oscar winners, movie quotes and Academy Awards factoids and register their predictions on who the Academy will honor in six categories this year.
Included in “Meet the Oscars” will be the Honorary Award that will be presented to legendary production designer Robert Boyle. Samples of Boyle’s work also will be on display.
In addition, two statuettes presented at the very first Academy Awards ceremony will be featured in the exhibition. They were won by director Frank Borzage and screenwriter Benjamin Glazer for their work on 7th Heaven. The miniature Oscar given to Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile in 1939, the year she appeared in The Wizard of Oz, also will be spotlighted.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Admission:
“Meet the Oscars" is free and open to the public.
Hours:
Friday & Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. (Saturday, February 23 from noon to 5 p.m.)
Sunday through Thursday from noon to 7 p.m.
Location:
4th level of the Hollywood & Highland Center, located on Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive.
Hollywood & Highland Center
6801 Hollywood Boulevard, 4th Level
Hollywood, CA 90028
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