THE 8TH ANNUAL OSCARWORLD OPEN (2009)
THE PRIZES!

The winner of this year's OscarWorld Open Academy Awards predicting contest will receive this special film lovers book pack, containing three great books about the movies!

READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP - GREAT MOVIE SPEECHES: Sure you might know some great movie quotes, but how about some of the great movie monologues of all time? Author Denny Martin Flinn puts the text of some of these great movie speeches into one book to help you relive some great movie memories. "If I want to send a message, I'll call Western Union." This famous line has been attributed to various movie moguls, yet while these moguls ruled the Hollywood studio system, movies were in the midst of a golden age of dialogue. Films included more messages, ideas, themes, and pontifications than they ever have since. Although producers trembled at commands from the front office, writers (the low men and women on the totem pole) went quietly to their typewriters and, as the subversive revolutionaries that most writers are, turned out prose that did send messages. How could they resist? They had the biggest and best platform in the world: Hollywood movies. The 200 speeches collected in Ready for My Close-Up! are from some of the best - and a few of the worst - films ever made. From Groucho Marx's "I shot an elephant in my pajamas" to Julia Roberts's "What it takes to be a movie star," here is the wit and wisdom of the great Hollywood screenwriters.

DEFINING MOMENTS IN MOVIES: This book is a huge examination of film history, containing hundreds and hundreds of descriptions covering all the most important moments in film history. Talk about a guide for finding what movies you should make sure to check out! Subtitled "The Greatest Films, Stars, Scenes and Events that Made Movie Magic", Amazon.com describes it this way: Which moments have defined the silver screen: Bogey’s “Here’s looking at you, Kid,” in Casablanca? Hitchcock’s shocking shower scene in Psycho? Morphing, flying bodies in The Matrix? From the Lumière brothers’ first public film exhibition in 1895 through the arrival of sound, from the golden age of Hollywood to Italian Neo-Realism, the French New Wave, and beyond to contemporary Asian cinema, this guide captures every facet of movie magic. Worldwide in scope, and written by a team of experts, it encompasses all the major directors, brilliant stars, popular genres, and even the most significant technical developments and influential film criticism. Every film buff will treasure this! A massive 800 pages makes this a must have for anyone who loves the movies!

THE POWER OF FILM: In addition, this year's winner will be receiving what has been described as one of the best books ever written about the movies! America's most distinguished film professor, Howard Suber, provides the definitive A to Z course on the intricacies of film. Each entry in this remarkable book, which represents a lifetime of teaching film, has already inspired and educated several generations of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers and writers. This book examines the patterns and principles that make films popular and memorable, and will be useful both for those who want to create films and for those who just want to understand them better. Francis Ford Coppola said: "Howard Suber's understanding of film storytelling fills the pages of this wise, liberating book. Much of it is surprisingly contrary to what 'everyone knows.' A remarkable work." Written almost as a dictionary, it's remarkably easy to read and will give you a wonderful trip down memory lane as well, revisiting some of the most well known films of all time, and to read in detail all the various things that made those films work.

That's what you could win this year, as well as bragging rights and your name in the champions circle for all time on the website ... so definitely JOIN US THIS YEAR!