most high-profile title , the meaning of which is somewhat exaggerated Oscar Even if you are not one of those times a year with bated breath waiting until late at night to watch the ceremony , winners of the last few names Oscar you probably know . Anyway , their names are often heard more than the names of Nobel Prize winners. In some , particularly fruitful for years of American cinema , the choice was particularly difficult . Pulp Fiction gave way to Forrest Gump in three different categories , and Stanley Kubrick did not get any Oscars - for best director or for anything else. Its all pretty controversial decisions . And whose , actually? How it works: In order to determine exactly who will receive the coveted gold-plated statuette , each year passes the vote of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This is a private club with 5765 members . Welcome newcomers by invitation only full members of the club. Most of these full members - very, very elderly white men , and they are invited , as a rule, such as white and the same older men. Some statistics: 77 percent of voters - male. Well, its still all right . We have a lot of men where much larger and vice versa. But 54 percent of them - over 60 and 98 percent - over forty . The average age of voters - 62. 94 percent - are white. In other words, from 5765 people among voters may be only one black woman younger than 40 years. You can say, Theyre veterans of the Academy . Equal judged equal! Not necessarily . Academy membership - like herpes . If so you have it - its forever , even if your professional interests have long been in another area . It turns out that 19 percent of the strength of the club members have ever been nominated for an Oscar and won an award less than 14- percent. Thus, there remain two-thirds of older white men ( some of them have long been working in another area ) , which decide who to give the most prestigious prize in the world of cinema . Now you know why Driving Miss Daisy ( 1989 , ) received the award for best film.
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