Hello. Im marc ashdown. A very good morning to you. We start in hollywood and the film industrys biggest night, the oscars. The awards, which celebrate the best films of the year, finished just a few hours ago, clocking in at a spritely 3. 5 hours. The big winner of the night was, as expected, the Christopher Nolan epic, oppenheimer, which racked Up Seven Awards from its 13 nominations, including best picture. Behind that on four wins is the quirky period dramedy poor things. Heres The Moment Acting Royalty Al Pacino presented the final award of the night for best picture. And oppenheimer. Yes, yes. I think any of us who make movies i think any of us who make movies know that you kind of Dream Movies Know that you kind of dream of movies know that you kind of dream of this moment. You know you do. Dream of this moment. You know you do, right . I could deny it but i you do, right . I could deny it but i have you do, right . I could deny it but i have been dreaming about this moment for
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exactly. i think it can only help. i think that, first of all, don t underestimate something that goes, that s trending on social media, and that absolutely helps. as soon as people came up with barbenheimer, people started to make the decision we re going to see both filmings. the national association of theater owners earlier this week said 200,000 people had already bought tickets to both showings, same-day showings, so it s incredible. listen, it s a christopher nolan epic, historical biopic. people are going to want to go see that regardless, but this just makes a whole day out of it, and i think it helps sales for both films. neil: well, you were right about that. you were talking about that. ashley, i always remember the late robert oppenheimer would think about this because he was a very serious, measured guy, a genius. who is this barbie? i have no idea. would there be any misgivings from that camp to say, wait a minute, this is too campy? i think that it brings