Donations Received by Film Academy Collection Include Eminem’s ‘8 Mile’ Outfit and Mike Myers’ ‘Austin Powers’ Ensemble


Eminem in '8 MILE.'

Eminem in ‘8 MILE.’

Universal/politeness Everett Collection

An outfit used by Eminem in his function as Jimmy, that passed the phase name “B-Rabbit,” in 8 Mile (2002) has actually been contributed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and also Sciences’ extensive collection, which is housed at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Margaret Herrick Library and also Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles.

In March 2003, “Lose Yourself” from that movie came to be the initial hip-hop tune to win an Oscar for ideal initial tune. Eminem shared the honor with Jeff Bass and also Luis Resto. The shatter covered the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 successive weeks in 2002-03.

The blue velour match used by Mike Myers as Austin Powers in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), the initial of 3 movies because franchise business, was additionally contributed to the collection.

Other newly-acquired products consist of:

  • Costumes used by Oscar champions Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and also Jamie Lee Curtis and also Oscar candidate Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). The movie won 7 Oscars, consisting of ideal image, in March 2023.
  • Coat, hat, shirt, and also trousers used by Regina King in her Oscar-winning function as Sharon Rivers in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).
  • Costumes used by Christian Bale and also Amy Adams in their Oscar-chosen duties as Dick and also Lynne Cheney in Vice (2018)
  • Pinstripe match used by Raul Julia as Gomez Addams in Addams Family Values (1993), the follow up to The Addams Family.
  • Two loads outfit layout illustrations highlighted by Julio Martinez for Diana Ross to use in Mahogany (1975), her initial movie after her Oscar-chosen launching in Lady Sings the Blues. Ross sang the Oscar-chosen ballad “Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To),” which was a No. 1 appeal the Hot 100.
  • Clapboards from The Omen (1976), Thelma & Louise (1991), and also Sleepy Hollow (1999).
  • Typewriter utilized by Frank Pierson to create his Oscar-chosen movie scripts to Cat Ballou (1965) and also Cool Hand Luke (1967).
  • Oscar statuette provided to blacklisted film writer Nedrick Young under the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas for ideal initial movie script for The Defiant Ones (1958).
  • Conceptual attracting for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), highlighted by Academy Award-winning unique impacts musician Carlo Rambaldi.
  • Large design pirate ship, three-dimensional prop head of One-Eyed Willy, and also prize map from The Goonies (1985).
  • Harold Ramis documents: Materials recording Ramis’ job as an author, supervisor and also star, consisting of transcribed and also annotated manuscripts for National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), Ghostbusters (1984), Groundhog Day (1993), and also Analyze This (1999).
  • Steven Spielberg Animation Collection: 157 items of initial computer animation art, dated from 1932-52, consisting of cels and also arrangements from movies consisting of Snow White and also the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and also Pinocchio (1940), and also computer animation arrangements and also cels for personalities consisting of Goofy, Pluto, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny and also Woody Woodpecker. This was contributed by Spielberg and also his better half, starlet Kate Capshaw. The Academy kept in mind: “Their generous donation will be commemorated by the renaming of the Margaret Herrick Library’s Graphic Arts Department as the Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw Graphic Arts Department.”

“We are thrilled and honored to expand the Academy’s collection with these exceptional pieces,” Academy CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Bill Kramer claimed in a declaration. “To be housed at our archive, library and museum, these vital components of the filmmaking process highlight the collaborative disciplines that develop and produce the movies we love. They also demonstrate the Academy’s unique capacity to preserve the full range of film history formats. We are incredibly grateful to our donors for their remarkable gifts to the Academy and for their commitment to illuminating our film history.”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and also Sciences has actually been accumulating and also protecting movie and also film-related product considering that 1927. Its long-term collection includes greater than 13 million pictures, 8.3 million cuttings, 95,000 movie scripts, 73,500 posters, 145,000 manufacturing and also outfit layout illustrations, 45,000 audio recordings, 39,000 publications, 1,900 unique collections, 242,000 movie and also video clip properties, and also 8,000 props, procedure, and also manufacturing products.

 

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