The UCI Orient cinema chain will hold a marathon with films Oscar nominees. Between the 9th and 10th of March, the main productions of the award will be on display in Salvador with tickets costing R$10. Unique customers, who already have exclusive benefits, pay only R$9.
Entitled “UCI Day Oscar”, the promotion is valid for cinemas in Shopping da Bahia, Shopping Barra and Shopping Paralela, except for the IMAX and Delux cinemas.
The public will be able to check out the films “Everything and Everywhere at Once”, “The Fabelmans”, “Avatar: The Path of Water”, “The Banshees of Inisherin”, “Elvis”, “Top Gun: Maverick” and “A Whale”. Tickets can now be purchased on the website. ingresso.com and at the box office of the units.
For more information about purchasing, pricing and programming, visit official site from the Web. To become a customer UCI Unique and enjoy exclusive advantages, just buy the card at the box office of any cinema in the network UCI ORIENT and register in the website. New members get a complimentary ticket that can be used Monday through Thursday, including holidays.
The Oscars take place on March 12 of this month in Los Angeles, United States.
Check out the synopsis of the films that will be showing:
“Everything Everywhere At The Same Time” is the winner of Oscar nominations and competes in eleven categories, including best film, best director and best actress. The production won four SAG Awards, an unprecedented feat, and two Golden Globes. In the film, Chinese immigrant Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) discovers the existence of the multiverse, is contacted by an alternate version of her husband and is informed that she will need to, alone, save the world and defeat the entity Jobu Tupaki (Stephanie Hsu). The screenplay and direction are by the duo Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, known as Daniels.
Inspired by the life of Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”, seven categories in total, such as best direction, best actress (for Michelle Williams), best supporting actor (Judd Hirsch) and best original screenplay. The film tells the story of Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle), a young man who falls in love with cinema and starts making his own movies at home. Directed and produced by Spielberg, the feature won two Golden Globes in 2023: best film and best direction.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” it has grossed over $2.2 billion globally and has become the third highest-grossing film of all time. James Cameron’s film is nominated for the highest awards in world cinema in the categories of best film, best sound, best visual effects and best production design. The feature continues the story of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), now with a family formed, but still threatened by the same enemies.
“The Banshees of Inisherin”, by Martin McDonagh (“Three Billboards for a Crime”), competes in nine Oscar categories, including best film and best actor (Colin Farrell), in addition to having won three Golden Globes. The film is a dramatic comedy that takes place on a fictional island in Ireland during the civil war in the country, in the 1920s, and follows the end of the friendship between Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson).
With eight nominations for the main film awards, “Elvis” brings Austin Butler in the role of the king of rock and follows decades of the artist’s life from his relationship with businessman “Colonel” Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks. The film shows his rise to fame, stardom and also the meeting with Priscilla Presley, Olivia DeJonge’s character, his source of inspiration. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the feature, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, competes in categories such as best film, best actor (Austin Butler), best sound and best cinematography.
“Top Gun: Maverick”, by Joseph Kosinski, is the most successful film of Tom Cruise’s career, grossed more than 1.5 billion dollars worldwide and competes in six Oscar categories, including best film, best adapted screenplay and best original music (” Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga). The plot follows Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) after more than 30 years serving the Navy as one of the greatest fighter pilots in a new mission.
“The whale”, directed by Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan”) is nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actor (Brendan Fraser), Best Supporting Actress (Hong Chau) and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The film accompanies Charlie, Fraser’s character, an English teacher who suffers from severe obesity and emotional problems. The protagonist tries to get back together with his daughter, played by Sadie Sink (“Stranger Things”), years after having distanced himself from his family. “A Baleia” is based on the homonymous play by Samuel D. Hunter, who is also responsible for the script for the feature.