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| O.J.: Made in America | |
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| Directed by | Ezra Edelman |
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| Cinematography | Nick Higgins |
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| Music by | Gary Lionelli |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 467 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[2] |
O.J.: Made in America is a 2016 American documentary, produced and directed by Ezra Edelman for ESPN Films and their 30 for 30 series. It was released as a five-part miniseries and in theatrical format. O.J.: Made in America premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2016, and was theatrically released in New York City and Los Angeles in May 2016 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It debuted on ABC on June 11, 2016, and aired on ESPN.
The documentary explores race and celebrity through the life of O. J. Simpson, from his emerging football career at the University of Southern California, and his celebrity and popularity within American culture, to his trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman, and subsequent acquittal, and how he was convicted and imprisoned for the Las Vegas robbery 13 years later.[3]
The documentary received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards. It was the longest film in the 30 for 30 catalogue[4] and longest film to ever receive an Oscar nomination and win[5] (surpassing War and Peace).[6] The documentary became the last of its type to be nominated and win an Oscar after a new Academy rule barred any "multi-part or limited series" from being eligible for the documentary categories.[7] Edelman received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming for his work on this project. The series also received a Peabody Award for its work.
- ^ Schwindt, Oriana (January 24, 2017). "ESPN Films Scores First Oscar Nomination for O.J.: Made in America". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
- ^ Lewis, Andy (January 17, 2017). "How O.J.: Made in America's Director Found a Fresh Angle on the Simpson Murder Saga". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
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- ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (February 26, 2017). "OJ: Made in America is Longest-Ever Oscar-Winning Movie". TheWrap. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
- ^ Roy, Jessica (February 27, 2017). "O.J.: Made in America is now the longest film to ever win an Oscar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
- ^ McNary, Dave (April 7, 2017). "Oscars: New Rules Bar Multi-Part Documentaries like O.J.: Made in America". Variety. Retrieved December 6, 2017.