2010/03/27

This Day in History March 27歷史上的今天 3月27日

On this date in 1973, the 45th Academy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles, California. The Academy Awards celebrate the best movies made in the previous year. Two of the top movies in 1973 were The Godfather and Cabaret. The Godfather was nominated for five awards. It won three, which included Best Actor and Best Picture. However, Marlon Brando turned down his award for Best Actor. He did this in protest of the way Native Americans were portrayed in Hollywood films. Brando was the second actor to turn down an award in the history of the Academy Awards.


在1973年的這天,第45屆奧斯卡金像獎(Academy Awards 直譯為「學院獎」,每年由美國電影藝術與科學學院頒發,為奧斯卡金像獎最早的名稱)頒獎典禮在加州洛杉磯舉行。奧斯卡金像獎旨在頌揚前一年中所拍攝的傑出 影片。而1973年兩部傑出的電影是《教父》和《酒店》。《教父》這部電影獲得5個獎項的提名,結果榮獲了最佳男主角及最佳影片等3項大獎。然而,馬龍. 白蘭度卻拒絕領取最佳男演員獎。他這麼做是為了要抗議好萊塢電影呈現美國原住民的方式。白蘭度是奧斯卡金像獎史上第二個拒絕領獎的演員。

知識大補帖


電影《教父》(The Godfather)改編自馬里奧.普佐的同名暢銷小說,由法蘭西斯.柯波拉(Francis Ford Coppola )執導,馬龍.白蘭度(圖,資料照片)和艾爾.帕西諾(Al Pacino)擔綱演出。電影上映後掀起一股黑幫電影潮流,還榮獲第45屆奧斯卡最佳影片、最佳男主角及最佳改編劇本三項大獎。而馬龍.白蘭度獨特的演戲 風格使他除了《教父》外,還曾憑藉《碼頭風雲》榮獲奧斯卡最佳男主角獎。

單字片語

◎academy
n. 學院
◎ceremony
n. 典禮
◎previous
a. 之前的,先前的
例:Why did you quit your previous job?(你為何辭掉你之前的工作?)
◎cabaret
n. 卡巴萊(指有歌舞表演的餐廳或夜總會)
◎nominate
vt. 提名
˙nominate sb for...提名某人角逐……
例:The physicist was nominated for the Nobel Prize.(這位物理學家獲得諾貝爾獎提名。)
◎turn down…/turn…down
拒絕……
例:I turned down Mike's invitation to dinner because I had to work overtime.(我拒絕了麥克的晚餐邀約,因為我必須加班。)
◎protest
n. 抗議;抗議活動
˙in protest of…抗議……
例:Connie marched in protest of the unfair treatment of women in the workplace.(康妮參加遊行來抗議女性在工作場所遭遇到的不平等待遇。)
◎Native American
北美 原住民,印第安人
˙native a. 本地的;土生土長的

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