The Academy Awards have imposed time limits and introduced playoff music since the longest Oscars speech was delivered in 1943
Ah, the Oscars. Movie magic, Hollywood royalty dressed to the nines and speeches that go on way too long.
The 45-second time limit we know and love today was announced in 2010 at the annual Oscar nominees lunch in Beverly Hills. The Guardian reported that the award show’s producers played a video at the luncheon to demonstrate the pitfalls of prattling on. “Sir, you’re doing a great job. But you’re so quick with that stick. So why don’t you sit? Because I may never be here again,” she quipped.
So, how do the showrunners decide when to shut down a speech? Oscars producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss shed some light on the matter during a March 2023 interview with CNN.
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