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Kodak Oscar Streak Continues; All Best Picture Winners Produced On Kodak Film for 79th Straight Year.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Whichever film prevails in the Best Picture category at the 2007 Academy Awards, Eastman Kodak Company will keep a remarkable streak alive. For 79 consecutive years, tracing back to the first Oscar presentations in 1928, the Best Picture winners have all been produced on Kodak motion picture film. That tradition continues in 2007, as all five features vying for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category were produced on Kodak film. The nominees are BABEL, THE DEPARTED, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島からの手紙, Iwo jima kara no tegami) is a 2006 Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning critically-acclaimed[1][2][3] , LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and THE QUEEN.

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 were also produced on Kodak film. The nominees are Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there  for THE BLACK DAHLIA; Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA.  for CHILDREN OF MEN; Dick Pope, BSC (Binary Synchronous Communications) See bisync.  for THE ILLUSIONIST; Guillermo Navarro, ASC, AMC for PAN'S LABYRINTH; and Wally Pfister, ASC for THE PRESTIGE.

"From the beginning of the industry, Kodak has recognized that cinema is a form of artistic expression," said Mary Jane Hellyar, President of Entertainment Imaging, and Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. "It is tremendously gratifying grat·i·fy  
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 that so many award-winning artists continue to tell their stories using KODAK film. We congratulate all of the 2007 nominees for their extraordinary achievements and look forward to many more years of partnering with the motion picture industry in the creation of all its exciting and compelling work."

Kodak has served as a driving force in filmmaking science and technology since the dawn of the motion picture industry. The company has earned an impressive eight Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical excellence.

About Eastman Kodak Company

Kodak is the world's foremost imaging innovator. With sales of $13.3 billion in 2006, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak's system of digital and traditional products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using Kodak solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; Creative Professionals rely on Kodak technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images; and leading Healthcare organizations rely on Kodak's innovative products, services and customized workflow solutions to help improve patient care and maximize efficiency and information sharing within and across their enterprise.

More information about Kodak (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: EK) is available at www.kodak.com.

Kodak, EasyShare, and Kodacolor are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.
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