{"product_id":"the-academy-and-the-award-by-bruce-davis-9781684583218","title":"The Academy and the Award","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first behind-the-scenes history of the organization behind the Academy Awards.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor all the near-fanatic attention brought each year to the Academy Awards, the organization that dispenses those awards—the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—has yet to be understood. To date, no one has ever produced a thorough account of the Academy's birth and its awkward adolescence, and the few reports on those periods from outside the organization have always had a glancing, cursory quality. Yet the story of the Academy's creation and development is a critical piece of Hollywood's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow that story is finally being told. Bruce Davis, executive director of the Academy for over twenty years, was given unprecedented access to its archives, and the result is a revealing and compelling story of the men and women, famous and infamous, who shaped one of the best-known organisations in the world. Davis writes about the Academy with an intimate view of its workings, its awards, and its world-famous membership. Thorough and long overdue, \u003cem\u003eThe Academy and the Award\u003c\/em\u003e fills a crucial gap in Hollywood history. Available now for the first time in paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47306955227372,"sku":"9781684583218","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21535453482787.jpg?v=1771072281","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-academy-and-the-award-by-bruce-davis-9781684583218","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}