Tonight during the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony Jean Dujardin has just won an Oscar® for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for her performance in the film The Artist.
The Artist tells the tale of the rising star juxtaposed to that of the movie idol, during the few years when silent films faded into history and sound films came into dominance. Jean Dujardin plays matinee idol George Valentin. He is comfortable in his place in silent films and his own ego keeps him from stepping into the new world of the sound film.
For more information about silent films, check out SilentHollywood.com.
Other Nominees were:
- Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Brad Pitt for Moneyball
- Demián Bichir for A Better World
- George Clooney for The Descendants
This is Jean Dujardin’s first Academy Award® win and nomination.
The Academy Awards® hosted by Billy Crystal is telecasted around the world live from the Hollywood and Highland Center from Hollywood, California into over two hundred countries.
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Whatever your movie choice this week, please remember your movie theater etiquette: silence your cell phones & no texting, please don't talk during the film and remove your children if they become a distraction to other audience members. Don't forget that laughing, crying and cheering are always approved behavior and even encouraged. And please don't come to the movies ill, and please return when you are well!
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-Kay Shackleton is a film historian with special focus on Silent Films, see her work onSilentHollywood.com
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