September 20, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:  Dawn Newell — (310) 247-3000
                         dnewell@oscars.org

Academy Issues Early Call for Oscar® Bleacher Fans
Random Drawing to be Conducted Online Only

Beverly Hills, CA — Fans of Oscar once again will have the opportunity to enter a random drawing for bleacher seats to watch the red carpet arrivals at the 77th Academy Awards®. This year’s application process will be conducted online only, over a period of seven days. Registration begins today, Monday, September 20, at noon PST and will close on Monday, September 27, at noon PST.

Fans interested in tickets for the 300 bleacher seats outside the Kodak Theatre should log on to www.oscars.org/bleachers and click on Red Carpet Bleacher Seats for the online application form. In order to be eligible, an individual must complete the form in its entirety. Applications may only be submitted online. Forms may not be returned via U.S. mail, fax or private delivery service such as UPS or FEDEX.

Online bleacher application forms can register one person or groups of up to four, but only one form will be accepted per person or group. Multiple entries will be discarded.

Applicants successful in the random drawing will be notified after Friday, October 1. Those who have been selected in this first phase of the process will be required to submit additional information for security purposes prior to final approval. Eligible attendees will be notified of their approval by December 1. Once approved, participants will receive a confirmation letter with seat number, general guidelines and instructions on when and where to arrive for admittance to the bleachers.

No one will be admitted without the official Academy confirmation letter. Those attempting to wait outside overnight for admittance will not be permitted to do so.

This marks the third year that applications will be required for bleacher seats. The process was instituted for the 74th Academy Awards and although it continued for the 75th Oscars®, the 11th-hour cancellation of the red carpet meant that no fans were seated. As a result, those same fans were invited back to view the red carpet arrivals for the 76th Academy Awards.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2004 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, beginning with a half-hour arrival segment.

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