奥斯卡小金人：你可能不知道的十个真相
Oscar statuettes: 10 facts you may not know
The Oscar statuette is the symbol of the Academy Awards. Here are some facts about the trophy itself.
奥斯卡小金人是奥斯卡金像奖的象征.这里有一些关于奖杯本身的事实.
1. The original design of "Oscar" was by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons. He came up with a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader's sword. The Academy commissioned the Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley to create the design in three dimensions.
"奥斯卡"的原始设计师是米高梅公司艺术总监塞德里克·吉奔斯. 他构想出了一个骑士站在一个电影胶片卷轴上, 手里紧握十字军之剑的雕像. 学院委托洛杉矶雕塑家乔治·斯坦利来做三维设计.
2. It was presented for the first time at the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929 to Emil Jannings, named Best Actor for his performances in "The Last Command" and "The Way of All Flesh".
3. Since then, 2,701 statuettes have been presented.
自那时起,已经有2701座小金人被颁发出去.
4. The new golden statuettes are cast, moulded, polished and buffed each January by RS Owens & Company, the Chicago-based awards manufacturer retained by the Academy since 1982.
每年一月新的黄金雕像将由RS欧文公司进行浇铸和抛光,自1982年以来美国电影艺术与科学院就一直授权这家芝加哥奖杯制造商制造奖杯.
5. Oscar stands 13½ inches tall and weighs 8½ lbs.
奥斯卡小金人身高13½英寸,重8½磅.
6. The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. Although the statuette remains true to its original design, the size of the base varied until 1945, when the current standard was adopted.
