About the Book
57 Oscar acceptance speeches, from 1940 to 2021 The Academy Award, also better known as the "Oscar" or simply "Oscar", is probably the most prestigious and oldest film award in the world (it was awarded for the first time on May 16, 1929, three years before Venice Film Festival). The volume selects and analyzes 57 Oscar acceptance speeches (from the 1940 to the 2021 edition). From that of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to be awarded in 1940 for Gone with the Wind, to those of Frances McDormand and Chloé Zhao in 2021, passing through Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Roberto Benigni, Ennio Morricone, Leonardo DiCaprio and many other great protagonists of world cinema. Ebook version with color images, expansions and hyperlinks (to the original videos and further details). Gianluca Sposito (1973) is a lawyer and university professor. He is one of the leading Italian experts in rhetoric and communication. Rhetorically Series
A paperback and e-book series published by Intra.
Global readability, Italian charm. ***
INDEX
INTRODUCTION
1940, Hattie McDaniel
1957, Yul Brinner
1968, Alfred Hitchcock
1970, John Wayne
1972, Charlie Chaplin
1973, Marlon Brando
1975, Ingrid Bergman
1976, Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher
1980, Dustin Hoffman
1981, Robert De Niro, Henry Fonda
1983, Meryl Streep
1984, Robert Duvall, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson
1985, Sally Field, Frank Murray Abraham
1986, Paul Newman
1987, Steven Spielberg
1988, Billy Wilder, Michael Douglas
1989, Dustin Hoffman
1990, Akira Kurosawa
1991, Sophia Loren
1992, Gabriele Salvatores
1993, Federico Fellini, Al Pacino
1994, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks
1997, Geoffrey Rush
1998, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck e Matt Damon
1999, Roberto Benigni
2001, Steven Soderbergh, Russell Crowe
2002, Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier
2003, Adrien Brody
2007, Forest Whitaker, Ennio Morricone
2013, Jennifer Lawrence
2014, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong'o
2015, Common e Legend, Patricia Arquette
2016, Leonardo Di Caprio
2018, Frances McDormand
2019, Rami Malek, Olivia Colman
2020, Joaquin Phoenix
2021, Frances McDormand, Chloé Zhao
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
INDEX OF NAMES
