Site Tour
Welcome to the “And the Oscar Goes To . . .” Site Tour!
Place your cursor over any of the links on this page (without clicking your mouse button) and a description of that area of the site will be displayed. Move to as many areas as you like. When you’re ready to end the tour, just click on a link and it will take you to that destination.
Logo (Return to Home)
Wherever you are on the site, you can always return to the Home Page by clicking on the logo (or by clicking on any of the “breadcrumbs” links that say Home).
Site Tour
You’re here now!
What’s New
Our site is constantly growing and developing. This section alerts you to recent additions and improvements. Check back frequently to see what has been added since your last visit.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Curious about the site and the background of the Webmaster? Check out the FAQ (“Frequently Asked Questions”) for some answers. (You’ll also learn there the meaning of the abbreviation DSITYSK!)
Contact Us
Please drop us an email note here. We’d love to hear from you! Share with us your feelings about the site, and include any suggestions you have for things you’d like to see in the future.
Quick Search
Quick Search allows you to get quick answers from our Academy Award database. Select a category from the drop-down menu (such as ‘Film Title’ or ‘Award Year’) and then type in a search phrase (like ‘gone with the wind’ or ‘1952’). Click on the Search button and the information you requested will be displayed immediately!
“Breadcrumbs”
Just like the trail Hansel and Gretel left to mark their way, “breadcrumbs” on this site are used to locate your position. You can click on any of the links in the list to reach any higher level in the site’s hierarchy.
Ask Oscar
Need to find out how many films made in New Zealand were nominated for Visual Effects between 1972 and 2003? Then Ask Oscar! Here you’ll find advanced search capabilities that go beyond the simple queries you can make with Quick Search. You’ll also be able to select from listings of every film or person ever nominated for an award, as well as get additional information on statistics, rules, and see all the films eligible for awards in a given year. It’s easy and the results just might surprise you!
Short Subjects
Short Subjects (now called “Short Films”) became an Academy Award category in 1931-32. The category recognizes animated and live-action films of three reels in length (about 30 minutes) or under. On this sight, Short Subjects are essays, lists, and references to subjects that are not covered in other areas. They are intended to be an overview of a subject rather than an in-depth discussion. Hopefully, they will add to your understanding and appreciation of the movie industry.
The Grand Bijou
Trivia Machine
Here, our exclusive trivia machine churns out challenging quizzes on Academy Award trivia. You’ll be able to test your knowledge on (eventually) every Academy Award winning feature film, and additional topics that may come to mind. You’ll even be able to print a Certificate of Achievement to impress your easily-impressed friends!
Intermission
As much as we might like to, we can’t watch movies all the time. Sometimes we just feel like playing. In between movies, the Intermission section offers games, puzzles, and other amusements to challenge your abilities (and waste a little time). Naturally, they all have movie-related themes.
Gallery
Images of Academy Award winning films, actors and actresses, as well as posters and Academy publications are peppered throughout the site. They’ll show up whenever you Ask Oscar about a relevant topic, or open many of the Short Subjects. The Gallery, however, allows you to see an overview of many of the major categories of images and jump to any one of them immediately.
XHTML and CSS
Validation
Although we do not display these logos on every page of the site, every page has been validated by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to ensure that only standards-compliant XHTML and CSS code is used. It doesn’t really matter if you know what that means. But for Internet users everywhere, it ensures that the pages on this site will look as they were intended in all modern browsers.
Ask Oscar
Need to find out how many films made in New Zealand were nominated for Visual Effects between 1972 and 2003? Then Ask Oscar! Here you’ll find advanced search capabilities that go beyond the simple queries you can make with Quick Search. You’ll also be able to select from listings of every film or person ever nominated for an award, as well as get additional information on statistics, rules, and see all the films eligible for awards in a given year. It’s easy and the results just might surprise you! (This will take you to the same destination as the menu at the top left.)
Short Subjects
Short Subjects (now called “Short Films”) became an Academy Award category in 1931-32. The category recognizes animated and live-action films of three reels in length (about 30 minutes) or under. On this sight, Short Subjects are essays, lists, and references to subjects that are not covered in other areas. They are intended to be an overview of a subject rather than an in-depth discussion. Hopefully, they will add to your understanding and appreciation of the movie industry. (This will take you to the same destination as the menu at the top left.)
The Grand Bijou
Trivia Machine
Here, our exclusive trivia machine churns out challenging quizzes on Academy Award trivia. You’ll be able to test your knowledge on (eventually) every Academy Award winning feature film, and additional topics that may come to mind. You’ll even be able to print a Certificate of Achievement to impress your easily-impressed friends! (This will take you to the same destination as the menu at the top left.)
Intermission
As much as we might like to, we can’t watch movies all the time. Sometimes we just feel like playing. In between movies, the Intermission section offers games, puzzles, and other amusements to challenge your abilities (and waste a little time). Naturally, they all have movie-related themes. (This will take you to the same destination as the menu at the top left.)
Gallery
Images of Academy Award winning films, actors and actresses, as well as posters and Academy publications are peppered throughout the site. They’ll show up whenever you Ask Oscar about a relevant topic, or open many of the Short Subjects. The Gallery, however, allows you to see an overview of many of the major categories of images and jump to any one of them immediately. (This will take you to the same destination as the menu at the top left.)
Coming Attractions
This site will never be complete—we are constantly thinking of new features to add and improve. This section describes some of the things that we currently have “on the drawing board” for all areas of the site.
Copyright Notice
Everything on this site is protected by copyright and trademark laws. This section identifies the legal owner of each type of protected material used on this site, and also explains certain aspects of the doctrine of “fair use” as it applies to copyright law.
Privacy Policy
On this site your privacy is very important to us. This statement provides information about the type of information we collect and the limited ways in which we use that information.
Site Map
Can’t find what you’re looking for? The Site Map gives a hierarchical view of this website’s structure and includes links to every section and major sub-element on it.
Links to More
Movie Information
Admittedly, this site cannot offer all you need to feed an insatiable movie appetite. Therefore, listed here are some other Internet Web sites that we have found interesting and entertaining.