Leonardo Dicaprio with his Oscar for the Revenant (PA)
THEY may be only 34cm tall, but the shimmering trophies handed out at the Oscars are one of the most iconic sights a film fan can see.
A great deal of hard work and time goes into each Oscar. Workers at the Polich Tallix fine art foundry, about 50 miles north of New York City, began work in late September to be ready for the ceremony on February 26 – meaning they will have been in the making for around six months before they are awarded to their new A-list owners.
Each of the 60 Oscars shipped from the hangar-like production floor is 13.5 inches (34cm) tall with the same distinctive Art Deco features polished to a perfect mirror finish.
A close up of the Oscar statuettes
Each glossy black base lacks only a winner’s nameplate, which is added and engraved after the ceremony.
Polich Tallix, which began making the awards last year, tweaked the look of the stylised knight with an eye toward the original statuettes handed out in 1929.
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