Quote It Now: Oscar Night America tickets on sale tomorrow

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, Jan. 27 for Oscar Night America, one of 52 official parties sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that will be held across the country on Oscar Night.

Nashville residents can experience the thrills and surprises of the 81st Academy Awards Feb. 22 at Nashville's Oscar Night America party, which benefits the Belcourt Theater.

This year marks the 10th year that the Belcourt's party has been officially sanctioned by the Academy.

Nashville's Oscar Night celebration will begin at 7 p.m. at the Belcourt Theater. Tickets will be on sale at www.belcourt.org and at the Belcourt box office.

The Belcourt's audience will watch the Academy Awards telecast in on the Belcourt's movie screens courtesy of the ABC Television Network, which broadcasts the Academy Awards presentation.

Official Oscar Night parties last year raised more than $3.3 million in 51 cities. All money raised stays in the local community.

The Academy will provide party guests in Nashville the same official program distributed to guests at the Oscar presentation at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. Copies of the 80th Academy Awards commemorative poster also will be available.

Just like the Oscars in Hollywood, Music City partygoers stroll the red carpet, and have their pictures taken by the "paparazzi". Attendees will also feast on foods from some of Nashville's top restaurants and bid on items in the silent auction.

For more than 80 years, The Belcourt Theatre has provided a space for entertainment in Hillsboro Village. Opening in 1925 as a silent movie house, the theatre was home to the Children's Theatre of Nashville (1930's) and the Grand Ole Opry (1934-36).

Renamed the Nashville Community Playhouse in 1937, the theatre housed both film and live theatre until 1966 when it became The Belcourt Cinema until 1997. With the conversion of the Belle Meade Theatre in 1993, the Belcourt became the last traditional neighborhood movie house in Nashville.
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