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30 Years of Academy Award Winners 1972-2002

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I feel nothing but disappointed...I was expecting to watch some essences of Academy Award show for last 30 years, but I got nothing but the shortfilm of nominated movies...
Totally different to what I expect..
If you have same expectation as me, which is just to watch the "orginal" award show and their acceptance speeches, DON'T BUY IT

This is a rip-off. The quality of the movie footage is terrible. Most of the stills they show aren't even from the movies they are talking about. Most of the red carpet footage seems to be from the 1999 awards. They even get facts wrong, such as stating that Meryl Streep won an Oscar for "Silkwood." This is just a cheap, shoddy product. Read Damien Bona's Oscar books instead. They offer great insight.

I too was very dissapointed, i went into blockbuster video to see if i could find extra dvds for the dvd video game scene it, and ended up buying an academy award collection, to relive some of the reactions to stars winning their oscars and some acceptance speeces, and all i got was a recap of who won each year, i already have the oscar books, it almost seemed like they were not allowed to show the acceptance speeces, they talked about michael moore's controversial acceptance speech, but never showed a clip, the only clip they showed was very little about the man who ran across the oscar stage naked one year, adn showed very little of that was well, not that i really wanted to see it, very dissapointing, i wanted to see speeches, and stars sitting in their seats, and i got very little. They really need to come out with something better for academy award fans, they have a video cassette with stuff from the ceremony up till 1991, but nothing after that.

I was initially very excited about buying this DVD. Unfortunately, I bought the DVD before the viewer from Sacramento, CA. had posted his review. The only reviews that were posted at the time were glowing. Needless to say, I was very disappointed when I viewed the DVD. Not only is the quality of the movie footage terrible, but the quality of the audio is also very poor. There is even a statement on the back of the video that this product has not been endorsed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. I don't blame them.
This is truly a waste of money.

This documentary was exactly what I was searching for when I ordered it. It does a great job of covering the highlights of each academy awards year for the past 30 years. It was easy to watch all of it or to pick out certain years. I have recorded some of the recent academy awards shows but without the editing, they are extremely tedious to watch. This set is perfect for showing the important races, wins and losses, and some of the drama involved without putting you to sleep. I look forward to watching the Academy Awards each year and hope a DVD covering 2003 through 2012 is in the works.

For film buffs, it is a decent overview that spots the humorous acceptance speeches as well as a panorama of what American liked to watch since 1979. Wish it had more perspective from the directors and critics, though.

If you buy this product, be sure to inspect it immediately. My set included two Disc 1s and no Disc 2, a discrepancy I didn't notice until the return window had closed. But after watching the beginning of one of those Disc 1s, I realized I wasn't going to miss Disc 2 or ever get to Disc 3. Lackluster narration, ten aimlessly arranged minutes per year, and prints so bad they make 8mm bootlegs look good. It's hard to make watching clips from old Oscar winners unpleasant, but this set is up to the task.

This is a great compilation of the last 31 years of Academy Awards. (They say that it is for the last 30 years. Wrong. Years 1972 through and including 2002 is 31, and not 30 years.) Of note, when they are referring to the winners of the 2002 Academy Awards, they are talking about movies released in 2002, and the Academy Awards show from spring of 2003. In other words, this compilation was completely up to date as of January, 2004, given that the Academy Awards show for movies relased in 2003 didn't occur until February 29, 2004.

This set is a great trip down memory lane. At about six hours for the entire 3 disc set, each year has only 12 or so minutes devoted to the catagories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress in Leading Roles, and Best Actor and Actress in Supporting Roles, listing all of contenders and then the winners. Occasionally, they would even mention who won that year for the best screenplay, or original or adapted.

I started watching the awards for 1972 movies, and didn't stop until 6 hours later at around 3:30 a.m. One interesting facet of this collection is that I could reflect on who I likely saw these movies with, given what realtionships I was in at the time.

In watching this collection, I was able to remember some of the great movies that I've seen, and to be exposed to new movies to watch.

But I want more! First, I thought that I'd like for them to go back to include the 50's and 60's. Then I realized that I'd want to see all of those great movies just before World War II. Then I realized that they might as well go back to the first Academy Awards in the late 20's.

This collection is great fun. Every movie lover should have it in his or her library. I recommend it highly.

If you really enjoy movies and even collect them, you will appreciate this set of 30 years of history on movies,. However, this set doesn't show the Academy Awards Ceremonies, but scenes of the winner films and performances by the actors, there isn't a lot of moments when they actually get the award,..but, very entertaining, keeps you watching for several hours.

I share the same feelings as Gary on this one. This is a really great program- not only for the Academy Awards info but for film history and great footage. There's plenty of red carpet footage and interviews with the stars who won and who came close.
- This is the silver dagger of my DVD collection. I literally hugged this boxset after watching it. I hugged it. It is mine. I am Fortunato Plethora, and I hug stuff I really, really like. And I really, really like this DVD collection.