{"product_id":"the-academy-and-the-award-the-coming-of-age-of-oscar-and-the-academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences-by-bruce-davis-9781684581191","title":"The Academy and the Award – The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first behind-the-scenes history of the organisation 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 organisation that dispenses those awards—the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—has never been well-understood. The organisation itself has never produced a thorough account of its birth and its touch-and-go adolescence, and the few reports on those periods from outside have always had a glancing, cursory quality. Yet the story of the Academy’s birth and maturation 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. No one has ever written about the Academy with as intimate a view of its workings, its awards, and its world-famous membership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThorough and long overdue, \u003ci\u003eThe Academy and the Award\u003c\/i\u003e fills in a crucial gap in Hollywood history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384014520556,"sku":"9781684581191","price":88.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21515183482787.jpg?v=1773395737","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-academy-and-the-award-the-coming-of-age-of-oscar-and-the-academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences-by-bruce-davis-9781684581191","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}