The Washington Post, March 26th, 2000
It's a chunk of alloy britannium, plated in copper, nickel, silver and, finally, 24 karat gold. The raw materials, plus 20 hours' labor over four weeks and air shipping from Chicago to Los Angeles should add up to, say, a few thousand bucks. But to the recipients of the 13 and one-half-inch androgynous figure at Sunday's annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, the statuette carries far more weight than its 8 and one-half pounds. In the previous 71 ceremonies, 2,328 Academy Awards have been presented; only those destined for George C. Scott, Marlon Brando and writer...
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