Each of the potential nominees is given at least one official academy screening, and most of the studios pay for additional screenings and send videotape or DVD copies of the films to academy members.
Each film is afforded one official academy screening, paid for by the academy.
Did you know that for a special academy screening of "The Artist," Weinstein recruited and paraded two of Charlie Chaplin's granddaughters?
Mr. Isaac then hustled off to another Oscar campaign stop: an official academy screening of his film that was taking place elsewhere.
But the academy screening committee did not share that enthusiasm, said Jean Rouverol Butler, an actress and screenwriter, now 83, who was a member for more than 15 years.
Interviews with three people who attended a recent academy screening of "Quills," for instance, resulted in wildly different assessments of its reception, how many people showed up, what they talked about in the lobby afterward and how many, if any, walked out before the movie ended.
Every night the academy screens multiple films connected to religion.
But at a recent academy screening of his directorial effort "Hacksaw Ridge," there was a 10-minute standing ovation.
Hogan: Yes, "Argo" is a hit, and apparently its Academy screening was a complete love fest, which isn't entirely surprising.
About 400 people turned out Saturday night for its academy screening, applauding generously, particularly when McConaughey was introduced for a post-screening Q&A.
The academy screening marks the U.S. premiere of the new digital restoration of the film, which used the original 65-millimeter negative.
