A trivia book with attitude, "The Envelope, Please" is divided into chapters on the various aspects, honors, nominations, and telecasts of the Academy Awards. From statistical facts to memorable and often embarrassing moments (paging Rob Lowe and Snow White!), from the record-holding winners to all-time big losers in a variety of categories, you can test your knowledge of Hollywood's night of nights. There are Tinseltown-teasing questions about the Academy's inner workings, noteworthy achievements, heart-breaking omissions, unforgettable ovations, and much more -- from high drama to high kitsch. Complete with informative sidebars, insightful commentaries, and tasty tidbits of chatty dish, here's the supreme Academy Awards quiz.
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The questions here range from the obvious (most movie fans will be able to identify Babe as the "film about a talking pig [which] won the Visual Effects Award in 1995") to the obscure (only those utterly obsessed with Oscar will answer "1963" when asked the year in which all Best Supporting Actress nominees were foreign-born). But The Envelope, Please is more than just a big quiz. The beginning of each chapter provides a fount of interesting information about the awards. You can read about the Academy's rules for selecting nominees and winners, the reasons unexpected candidates sometimes go home with the gold, and what author Arnold Wayne Jones calls "the glorious kitsch of Oscar." If you're looking to learn more about Hollywood's biggest night, or if you want to stump your friends between commercials at your next Oscar party, grab hold of this nicely priced, brightly written book. --Raphael Efrem Shargel
About the Author
Arnold Wayne Jones was born in Georgia and attended the University of Virginia, where he received his bachelor's and law degrees. He moved to Dallas in 1990, where he heas served as film critic for The Dallas Observer, The Met,, and KDFW-TV. His writing has also appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The San Antonio Current, The L.A. New Times and other publications. He lives with his cocker spaniel, Reginald, and can be reached online at AWJonesJr@aol.com.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great idea, badly done,
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This review is from: The Envelope, Please: The Ultimate Academy Awards Trivia Book (Mass Market Paperback)
I picked up this book because I thought it would be fun to read the bits of trivia. However, I wasn't very far along into it when I began finding factual errors -- errors in major categories that easily could have been corrected had the author or editor bothered to check. In Chapter One, for instance, the author claims that Hugh Griffith won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1963 for "Tom Jones"; in reality, Melvin Douglas won for "Hud." (Griffith won in 1959, for "Ben-Hur.") Later, in a question regarding consecutive wins, the book omits Tom Hanks for his performances in "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994), although the book was published in 1999. Mistakes such as these can be found throughout the book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good trivia quizzes, but not a reference book,
This review is from: The Envelope, Please: The Ultimate Academy Awards Trivia Book (Mass Market Paperback)
This book has lots of fun information, but no useful way to look it up (like an index). So, if you want to know how many times a particular actor was nominated for a supporting role Oscar, you're out of luck.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comprehensive, fun, and insightful!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Envelope, Please: The Ultimate Academy Awards Trivia Book (Mass Market Paperback)
I found the Mr. Jones' book well written, efficiently organized, and full of tasty tidbits of information about the Oscars and the movies they honor. It's a wonderful source of information for those late night Trivial Pursuit games and discussions about the best and worst Hollywood has to offer; a must-have for the Oscar afficionado!
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