The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the official poster for the 2012 Oscars this morning, debuting an image that includes the golden knight accompanied by images of iconic Oscar-winning films including Gone with the Wind (1939), Casablanca (1943), Giant (1956), The Sound of Music (1965), The Godfather (1972), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Forrest Gump (1994) and Gladiator (2000). Seven of the eight films won Best Picture, can you tell me which of them didn’t?
The poster art was designed by Anthony Goldschmidt, and Mark and Karen Crawford of the design firm Blood&Chocolate. You can see a selection of the work they’ve done right here, which includes the latest poster for The Iron Lady; past posters for Panic Room, The Shawshank Redemption and The Blair Witch Project; and some alternate posters for films such as Robin Hood, The Dark Knight and Zodiac.
I have started the 2012 Oscars gallery with a slightly larger version and you can select even larger versions over at Oscars.org if that’s your thing.
The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PST and the awards will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012. And, as always, I will be here to announce the nominees and winners with articles and live blogs to keep you entertained… or at least what I refer to as entertained.
Now check out the new poster directly below.
