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Interesting facts about the Oscar 2019, Soviet and Russian nominations and victories

The biggest night of the year is approaching: the Oscars. The 91st awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles, California at the Dolby Theater on Sunday, February 24. The nominees were announced on January 22.

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In terms of the number of nominations (10 for each film), the films “Roma” by the Mexican Alfonso Cuaron and “The Favorite” by the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos are in the lead. And while the author of “Roma” is looking for a separate room for storing figurines, the correspondent Bi-bi-si Stephen McIntosh prepared an overview of the unusual facts related to this year’s ceremony.

1. Lady Gaga took this nickname out of love for Queen and her song Radio Gaga

After more than 10 years of path to fame, the singer essentially entered into a battle with her favorite group. Her film “A Star is Born” will compete with the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the Best Picture category.

2. Mahershala Ali is a leading contender for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for her work in Green Book.

Two years ago he won this award for his role in the film Moonlight. If he wins this year, he will become the fastest-winning actor since Tom Hanks, who won Oscars for “Forrest Gump” and “Philadelphia” in 1993 and 1994, respectively.

3. His rival for the nomination, Richard Grant, is well known for his 1987 film Withnail and I

An even more famous role for the actor was in the 1997 film Spice World, starring the Spice Girls.

4. Glenn Close has the most Oscar nominations. Nominations, but no statuettes

Perhaps in a few days this situation will change. The actress was nominated for an award for Best Actress (the film “The Wife”). The actress's career included six Oscar nominations. And not a single figurine yet. Perhaps this will change soon.

5. In the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, four of the five nominees played real people

It is about Freddie Mercury, Vincent Van Gogh, Dick Cheney and George W. Bush.

6. Roma star Yalitza Aparicio has never acted in a movie before

For the sake of filming the film, she learned the Mixtec language. The Mixtecs are an ancient Mesoamerican people who inhabited the Mexican state of Oaxaca and the states north of it.

7. All four acting Oscars this year could be for gay, lesbian or bisexual roles.

This is what happened at Bafta. Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz played lovers in The Favorite, Mahershala Ali's character in Green Book is supposedly gay, and Rami Malek played the famously bisexual Freddie Mercury.

And, just like last year, the same artists who received the Bafta are nominated for an Oscar. Sam Rockwell, Frances McDormand, Allison Janney and Gary Oldman received awards at both ceremonies.

8. “The Incredibles 2” is a contender for the prize in the category “Best Animated Film”

True, sequels have historically had little chance of winning. The last such film was Toy Story 3 in 2010. On the other hand, the first "Incredibles" appeared back in 2004. Maybe after 15 years many have forgotten about this film, and this will increase the chances of a second one?

9. It's a funny coincidence that actor Christian Bale celebrates his birthday on the same day as his character Dick Cheney from the movie Vice.

It's January 30th. To be fair, we note that Bale does not support the political course of the former US Vice President under George W. Bush. In 2019, Russia nominated Konstantin Khabensky’s drama “Sobibor” in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. The film was not included in the final list of nominees.

Oscar-winning Soviet and Russian films

1. The first Oscar awarded to a foreign film was won by a Soviet film

In 1943, in the first-ever category “For the best full-length documentary film,” the winner was the film “The Defeat of German Troops near Moscow,” shot in the USSR. The brass plaque of the figurine reads: “For the heroism of the Russian people in defending Moscow and for working on the film in conditions of extreme danger.”

2. A quarter of a century later, the best foreign film was Sergei Bondarchuk’s “War and Peace”

The film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and also received a nomination for Best Art Direction.

"War and Peace". Photo: YouTube video frame/Mosfilm Cinema Concern

3. 1976 - the year of the Oscar award for the Soviet-Japanese film "Dersu Uzala"

Akira Kurosawa’s film was for the director the first color film in his career and the first film not made in Japan, and immediately brought the film Academy Award.

4. 1981 - Vladimir Menshov’s film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” wins an Oscar.

A year earlier, the film became the leader in Soviet film distribution. It was watched by about 90 million people. They say that US President Ronald Reagan watched this film as many as eight times to understand the “mysterious Russian soul.”

5. 1995 is a stellar year for “Burnt by the Sun” by Nikita Mikhalkov

The film received a statuette in the category “Best Foreign Language Film.” To date, this film is the last full-length Russian-language film to win an Oscar.

"Burnt by the Sun." Photo: video frame YouTube/VideoLand

6. In 2000, animator Alexander Petrov received an Oscar.

The award was given to the animated film “The Old Man and the Sea.” The director has three more Oscar nominations: for the films “Cow”, “Mermaid” and “My Love”.

12 films from the USSR and Russia, which were nominated, but did not receive a film award

This year, Russia nominated Konstantin Khabensky’s drama “Sobibor” in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. But the film was not included in the final list of nominees.

Edition Bi-bi-si collected all the most interesting about Soviet and Russian films that were nominated for the award, but did not receive it.

1969 "The Brothers Karamazov"

This is the last film of director Ivan Pyryev - he died suddenly before completing work on the film. The novel itself, by the way, was the last for its author - Fyodor Dostoevsky died two months after finishing work on it.

As a result, the third episode of the film for Pyryev was filmed by the leading actors - actors Mikhail Ulyanov and Kirill Lavrov. According to Andrei Myagkov, the role of Alyosha Karamazov is his best film role.

1972 "Chaikovsky"

The film directed by Igor Talankin was nominated for two Oscars at once: for “Best Foreign Film” and “Best Adaptation of Musical Accompaniment.” It was filmed in two European countries at once - in Britain and France.

The role of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was played by Innokenty Smoktunovsky, who received the best actor prize at the San Sebastian festival in 1970 and became the best actor of the same year according to the results of an audience poll in the Soviet Screen magazine.

"Chaikovsky". Photo: YouTube video frame/Mosfilm Cinema Concern

Smoktunovsky often called himself a happy man in interviews: “Well, who else had the chance to play such roles as me - Prince Myshkin, Hamlet, Ivanov, Tchaikovsky... Fate protected me - probably so that I could play all this.”

At the end of the preface to the novel “Tchaikovsky,” its author Nina Berberova wrote that the film was made directly based on this book of hers.

1973 “...And the dawns here are quiet”

The work of Stanislav Rostotsky, a poignant film based on the story of the same name by Boris Vasiliev “...And the dawns here are quiet,” did not receive the prize. The director himself, a former front-line soldier, said that the film was made in memory of the nurse who, during the war, carried him from the battlefield and saved him from death.

The episode in the bathhouse, during which the actresses stripped naked, was censored. In Soviet cinema of that period, such explicit filming was very rarely allowed. The actresses, by the way, were shy, but Rostotsky, who persuaded them to undress in front of the camera, said that “I need to show where the bullets hit. Not into men’s bodies, but into women’s.”

All the actors who starred in the leading roles (except for Olga Ostroumova) were, in fact, debutants. “Dawns” became their first big film work. Irina Dolganova, who played Sonya Gurvich, said in an interview about the director: “He was looking for faces that were not familiar on the screen. We, the girls he selected, were just like that - pure, open, with our eyes wide open to the world.”

“Rostotsky made us believe in the reality of death,” said the performer of the role of Gali Chetvertak, Ekaterina Markova. Death was close and doubly monstrous, because young beautiful women died.

1979 "White Bim Black Ear"

Another tape of Stanislav Rostotsky. The film, about which many say that after seeing it only once, they can no longer watch: tears from the first frames. However, the film became the undisputed leader of the Soviet film distribution, and its creators received the Lenin Prize.

The role of the Scottish setter Bim was played by 2 English setters, because white Scottish setters do not exist in nature. The first dog's name was Stepka. The second is Dandy. To gain the trust of the dog actors, the leading actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov had to go hunting with them and walk a lot.

This is what he himself said about the filming: “I needed to make friends with an adult dog in a very short time. And not just to make friends, but to make sure that the audience has no doubt that this dog is mine.”

“White Bim Black Ear”. Photo: YouTube video frame/All Soviet films on RVISION

1983 "Private life"

For his role in Yuli Raizman’s drama “Private Life,” actor Mikhail Ulyanov received a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival. Julius Raizman approved Ulyanov for the role with reluctance, because, as the actor said, “he didn’t like to film those who play a lot in films.”

The protagonist of the film seems to continue the series of characters of classic Russian literature: an extra person. The big boss, who was superfluous in his own family, becomes superfluous in the public sense, losing his position.

1985 "War Romance"

Pyotr Todorovsky's drama "A War Romance" was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Foreign Language Film." Much in the main character Sasha comes from the director himself - both the real episode with the pies (shortly after the war, front-line soldier Todorovsky saw his battalion commander’s mistress, a “front-line queen” selling pies, on the street), and personal war memories.

The performer of one of the main roles, Inna Churikova, was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.

When Todorovsky wrote the script for the film, all film studios refused it. Nobody wanted to make a film about everyday life, communal services and the difficult fate of former front-line soldiers. As a result, the Odessa Film Studio agreed to shoot the film. The budget for the film was 380 thousand rubles (for comparison, in 1985, the most popular 6th model Zhiguli car cost 9 thousand rubles).

1992 "Urga - the territory of love"

The film-parable by Nikita Mikhalkov was shot in three languages: Russian, Mongolian and Chinese. “Urga” is translated from Mongolian as “territory of love.”

The leading roles in the film are amateur actors, and the only professional actor on the set was Vladimir Gostyukhin. During filming, the actors actually drank Chinese vodka, which is 60 degrees. “One sip, and she, the infection, goes back,” Gostyukhin later said.

“I prefer to create an atmosphere in the frame, rather than then create the illusion in editing that this atmosphere existed,” Nikita Mikhalkov recalled about the filming of the film.

“Urga is the territory of love.” Photo: video frame YouTube/VideoLand

1996 "Prisoner of the Caucasus"

The film by Sergei Bodrov Sr. about the first Chechen war, but in the storyline of the eponymous story of Leo Tolstoy. According to the scenario of the film, two Russian servicemen are captured by a resident of the Chechen aul Abdul-Murat.

One of them was played by the director’s son, Sergei Bodrov Jr., who actually went to the filming as a laborer, but got the main role. For Bodrov Sr., it was important that he was filming a very human story, that it was already a hundred years old, the characters had changed, but the essence had not.

Tolstoy is not mentioned in the credits of the film, because it is not a film adaptation in the usual sense of the word. “It’s just a message from Tolstoy,” said the director.

1997. "Thief"

In the film by Pavel Chukhrai, the main roles were played by Vladimir Mashkov and Ekaterina Rednikova. The film took 24th place in the list of 100 main Russian films according to Afisha magazine. The film really became a hit, and little Misha Filipchuk, who played Sanya, woke up famous after the premiere of the film.

The film turned out about charm and about loneliness: a charming single mother, a charming boy, a charming thief.

Chukhrai himself said: “The Thief” is my early childhood, memories that I wanted to materialize on the screen. It's not about the plot, but rather about the atmosphere of that time... I shot a ballad about someone my age - about a boy. It is he who is the main character of the film, and not Tolyan performed by Mashkov.”

2007 "12"

Nikita Mikhalkov’s next film, nominated for an Oscar, is based on the play “Twelve Angry Men” by American playwright Reginald Rose. By the way, it was based on this play that student Mikhalkov staged his graduation performance at the Shchukin School.

Sergei Makovetsky, who played the role of one of the jurors in the film, said in an interview with the BBC Russian Service that “12” is “a very Russian film, about our problems.” “Indeed, this is a Russian picture, because thanks to the confession of each juror, we gradually learn and feel the whole life that surrounds us,” says Makovetsky.

"12". Photo: video frame YouTube/VideoLand

One of the strokes to the portrait picture: Mikhalkov recorded live sound on the set. This required perfect silence, microphones caught the slightest rustling. Therefore, the crew was given soft felt slippers.

year 2014. "Leviathan"

Andrey Zvyagintsev's film is a film interpretation of the story of the biblical Job. Leviathan is a terrible sea monster from the Old Testament. In Zvyagintsev’s film, Leviathan is a terrible state machine that grinds the life of a specific person. The film was shot in Kirovsk and the village of Teriberka on the shores of the Barents Sea.

After the premiere, the film was criticized long and persistently, called Russophobic and not reflecting reality. The head of Teriberka considered the film “useless and implausible.”

And here’s what TV presenter Vladimir Pozner wrote about the film: “You may not agree with this. You can argue with Zvyagintsev, you can argue that everything is different. But what you can’t do is accuse him of Russophobia, because such a picture could only be made by a person who loves Russia very much, whose heart aches for her.”

The whale's skeleton from the Zvyagintsev film a year later was bought by an unnamed Russian businessman, Zvyagintsev told about this at a press conference. The skeleton was made of metal in Moscow, and then transported to the Murmansk region, where the shooting took place.

2017 "Dislike"

Another tape Zvyagintsev about the difficulties and pain of adult interpersonal relationships, for the confusion that is so easy to forget about his own child: not enduring the conflict between mom and dad, the boy leaves home.

There is no happy ending in the film: the boy is still missing, his parents divorced and live with new partners, they never became happy.

In one of the interviews, the director said that his film is about dislike, which “is not a simple absence of love, but its antipode. And not the opposite side of the issue, not banal hatred or cold indifference, but something more.”

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