奧斯卡小金人：你可能不知道的十個真相
Oscar statuettes: 10 facts you may not know
The Oscar statuette is the symbol of the Academy Awards. Here are some facts about the trophy itself.
奧斯卡小金人是奧斯卡金像獎的象征.這里有一些關于獎杯本身的事實.
1. The original design of "Oscar" was by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons. He came up with a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader's sword. The Academy commissioned the Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley to create the design in three dimensions.
"奧斯卡"的原始設計師是米高梅公司藝術總監塞德里克·吉奔斯. 他構想出了一個騎士站在一個電影膠片卷軸上, 手里緊握十字軍之劍的雕像. 學院委托洛杉磯雕塑家喬治·斯坦利來做三維設計.
2. It was presented for the first time at the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929 to Emil Jannings, named Best Actor for his performances in "The Last Command" and "The Way of All Flesh".
3. Since then, 2,701 statuettes have been presented.
自那時起,已經有2701座小金人被頒發出去.
4. The new golden statuettes are cast, moulded, polished and buffed each January by RS Owens & Company, the Chicago-based awards manufacturer retained by the Academy since 1982.
每年一月新的黃金雕像將由RS歐文公司進行澆鑄和拋光,自1982年以來美國電影藝術與科學院就一直授權這家芝加哥獎杯制造商制造獎杯.
5. Oscar stands 13½ inches tall and weighs 8½ lbs.
奧斯卡小金人身高13½英寸,重8½磅.
6. The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. Although the statuette remains true to its original design, the size of the base varied until 1945, when the current standard was adopted.
