The Academy has just revealed 84 different Oscar statuettes inspired by past winners and created by artist Olly Moss for a special edition poster for this year's Oscars. The poster, which collects all 84 images (plus a new one for this year's winner) is on sale now right here.
Moss designed the commemorative poster in collaboration with Gallery1988 and the final poster will feature 85 Oscar statuettes once the winner of this year's Oscars is announced on February 24.
The press release announcing the project included the following bio on Moss, whose work I'm sure many of you are already familiar with:
Moss, a graduate of the University of Birmingham, is best known for such works as the Thor cast poster for Marvel Entertainment, the cover artwork for the "Resistance 3" video game, and his recent book "Silhouettes" from Popular Culture. One of the most sought-after screen print artists working today, Moss has created illustrations for "The New York Times" and "The Guardian," and is commissioned by Empire magazine to design a new movie poster illustration every month.
Moss called the assignment one of the hardest he's ever had on his official website.
I have grabbed all 84 individual posters that have been released so far and included them over the next several pages and while I'm sure you'll recognize most of them, there are some that do not have the title on them, so before you begin, here's a list of all the Best Picture winners:
- 2011 - The Artist
- 2010 - The King's Speech
- 2009 - The Hurt Locker
- 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
- 2007 - No Country for Old Men
- 2006 - The Departed
- 2005 - Crash
- 2004 - Million Dollar Baby
- 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2002 - Chicago
- 2001 - A Beautiful Mind
- 2000 - Gladiator
- 1999 - American Beauty
- 1998 - Shakespeare in Love
- 1997 - Titanic
- 1996 - The English Patient
- 1995 - Braveheart
- 1994 - Forrest Gump
- 1993 - Schindler’s List
- 1992 - Unforgiven
- 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
- 1990 - Dances With Wolves
- 1989 - Driving Miss Daisy
- 1988 - Rain Man
- 1987 - The Last Emperor
- 1986 - Platoon
- 1985 - Out of Africa
- 1984 - Amadeus
- 1983 - Terms of Endearment
- 1982 - Gandhi
- 1981 - Chariots of Fire
- 1980 - Ordinary People
- 1979 - Kramer vs. Kramer
- 1978 - The Deer Hunter
- 1977 - Annie Hall
- 1976 - Rocky
- 1975 - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 1974 - The Godfather Part II
- 1973 - The Sting
- 1972 - The Godfather
- 1971 - The French Connection
- 1970 - Patton
- 1969 - Midnight Cowboy
- 1968 - Oliver!
- 1967 - In the Heat of the Night
- 1966 - A Man for All Seasons
- 1965 - The Sound of Music
- 1964 - My Fair Lady
- 1963 - Tom Jones
- 1962 - Lawrence of Arabia
- 1961 - West Side Story
- 1960 - The Apartment
- 1959 - Ben-Hur
- 1958 - Gigi
- 1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- 1956 - Around the World in 80 Days
- 1955 - Marty
- 1954 - On the Waterfront
- 1953 - From Here to Eternity
- 1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth
- 1951 - An American in Paris
- 1950 - All About Eve
- 1949 - All the Kings Men
- 1948 - Hamlet
- 1947 - Gentleman's Agreement
- 1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives
- 1945 - The Lost Weekend
- 1944 - Going My Way
- 1943 - Casablanca
- 1942 - Mrs. Miniver
- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley
- 1940 - Rebecca
- 1939 - Gone with the Wind
- 1938 - You Can't Take It with You
- 1937 - The Life of Emile Zola
- 1936 - The Great Ziegfeld
- 1935 - Mutiny on the Bounty
- 1934 - It Happened One Night
- 1932/1933 - Cavalcade
- 1931/1932 - Grand Hotel
- 1930/1931 - Cimarron
- 1929/1930 - All Quiet on the Western Front
- 1928/1929 - The Broadway Melody
- 1927/1928 - Wings
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Love the "A Beautiful Mind" one.
These are actually pretty cool.
wow. coolness
The one for "A Beautiful Mind" is probably my favorite, but I also really like the ones for Casablanca, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, One Flew, and Annie Hall.
The one for Titanic is probably the funniest, because as you're scrolling down it looks like the same poster as the one for Rocky -- and then you see the ship.
This is awesome!
Can't believe the amount of work that the artist had to go through in order to achieve this outcome....
And today was the day I learned Oscar is holding a sword...I thought he was just holding his hands to his chest...
The Lawrence of Arabia one is sick
What's up with the Crash one?
I wondered the same.
It is probably because since the film talks a lot about racism the statue is black to represent most of the characters
The Slumdog Millionaire one was very uninspiring. I bet he just phoned it in by the time he got to 2008.
No getting away from it ,the boy has considerable talent,some very clever stuff.
I did not like 1994... I don't like to see Oscar seating.
Argo?