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Oscar undressed

From molten metal to finished award
From molten metal to finished award
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Each Oscar statuette takes about a week for Chicago manufacturer R.S. Owens to produce. To start, brittanium, a form of high-grade pewter, is melted at 960 degrees and poured it into a mold.


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What:
81st annual Academy Awards
When:
Sunday, February 22, 2009
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Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
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