Abstract paintings

Abstract paintings
Angel painting
Often major studios will spend $5 million or more promoting a film as they push for Academy Award votes — in addition to the original marketing costs of the film — while hoping to see a payoff in the form of higher box-offices grosses. "It's an expensive proposition, and if you don't win the best picture, that can hurt," notes Dergarabedian. "But you would be remiss not to try to get that win."And for some studios, it's a valuable long-term investment. Miramax has seen its profile raised dramatically with a string of Oscar successes in the last several years."Miramax having that run of winners in the mid-1990s with The Piano and The English Patient had a big impact," says Davis.Since then the studio has seen Shakespeare in Love — for which it ran an assertive Oscar-lobbying campaign — win the 2000 Academy Award, while Chocolat is considered a dark horse for this year's award. [Miramax and ABCNEWS.com are both owned by the Walt Disney Co.]