Al Pacino’s Best Picture trailer for the 2024 Academy Awards explained

Al Pacino revealing the Best Picture winner during the 2024 Academy Awards

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Al Pacino’s unorthodox rendition of the 2024 Best Picture winner on Sunday night had some people in the audience wondering if… the Spiritual father The star was in keeping with Oscar tradition, but Pacino says he was largely following the Academy’s own script.

“There appears to be some controversy over not mentioning each film by name last night before the Best Picture award was announced,” Pacino said in a statement issued Monday. “I just want to make it clear that it was not my intention to delete these words, but rather it was the producers’ choice not to mention them again as they were highlighted individually throughout the ceremony. I was honored to be a part of the evening and chose to follow the way they would like to hand out this award.” .

Pacino continued, “I realize that a nomination represents a major milestone in one’s life, and not being fully recognized is humiliating and painful.” “I say this as someone who has deep relationships with filmmakers, actors, and producers, so my deepest sympathy goes out to those offended by this oversight, which is why I felt it was necessary to make this statement.”

During the show, Pacino announced tonight’s grand prize winner, saying: “Ten great films have been nominated, but only one will win Best Picture.” He didn’t announce all the films in this category, instead going straight to the envelope, which seemed a bit rushed and uncomfortable to some. “I have to go to the envelope for this, and I will do it,” Pacino said on the telecast. “Here she comes. And my eyes can see.” Oppenheimer. Yes. Yes.”

Throughout the night, the Academy was praising the individual Best Picture nominees with videos, and the producers felt those screenings had done enough of their job of recognizing the films. Oscars producer Molly McInerney said it was to prevent the show from running too long diverse “We didn’t give (Pacino) a clip package. We did not give him nominations to read. I apologize if our decision to not have to read all of these nominations has put us in a difficult position.

As of Tuesday, Pacino was scheduled to co-present Best Picture with him Scarface She co-starred with Michelle Pfeiffer, but Pfeiffer ended up staying in New York for family reasons, according to multiple sources. During Oscar rehearsals at the Dolby Theater on Saturday, Pacino rehearsed his performance alone, without the names of the nominees, as he had done for the telecast, according to a source who was at the rehearsals.

After the ceremony, Academy CEO Bill Kramer praised Pacino’s rendition of New York times. “Everything went beautifully,” Kramer said. “He was just having fun out there.”

The uproar surrounding Pacino’s submission on Oscar night overshadowed another piece of news the actor made on Monday, which was the announcement of his memoir, Sonny boyIt will be published this fall by Penguin Press. In this script, at least, Pacino has the last word.