There are only about 3000 seats in the Kodak Theatre (which is where the Academy Awards are held) so the invitations are extremely exclusive. Not even all of the members of the actual Academy are invited. For someone not directly involved in the film industry to have the opportunity to attend, you'd need to be the guest of someone who was invited.
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The nominees for the Oscar Awards are generally selected by the 5 500 voting members of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences. All 5 500 voters get to vote for the Best Picture nominee while others vote on other non specialized categories.
There is a limited number of tickets. The first tickets go to the nominees, then to Academy members- So after that tickets are hard to come by, and their price very high.
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At the 87th Academy Awards in 2015, Oscar nominees apparently received extravagant gift bags worth more than $160,000. According to the New York Daily News, acting and directing nominees received expensive swag from Distinctive Assets, with gifts ranging in price from $5 to $20,000.
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You win an Academy Award and are presented with a trophy which is nicknamed Oscar, so sometimes it is said you have won an Oscar at the Academy Awards.
The 1957 Best Picture nominees were: "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Peyton Place," "Sayonara," "12 Angry Men" and "Witness for the Prosecution." The Oscar went to "The Bridge on the River Kwai."