# Requisite Oscar Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 26, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473 "2001-03-26T02:02:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473/1 "2001-03-26T02:02:32Z")

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What was that little thing Russell Crowe was wearing on his tux? It looked almost like a military decoration, but I couldn’t tell…

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473/2 "2001-03-26T02:21:24Z")

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All I could figure was some kind of medal as well. I wouldn’t think it was a military medal though.

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473/3 "2001-03-26T05:57:22Z")

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According to a news report I saw, it was a medal that his grandfather was awarded. I didn’t get any other details on it, however.  
Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473/4 "2001-03-26T06:05:36Z")

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What was up with his _hair_? Has he been watching some 1980s John Hughes flicks or something?

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**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473/5 "2001-03-26T06:34:03Z")

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He did mention his grandfather being a cinematographer during the second world war, and touched the medal as he did. Guess I should have waited to ask the question.

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**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473/6 "2001-03-26T11:32:54Z")

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He said in an interview afterwards that the medal was his grandfather’s MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire), awarded for his services as a war photographer in WWII.

A nice picture of one may be found at [Veterans Affairs Canada.](http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group01/mbe)

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**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requisite-oscar-question/59473/7 "2001-03-26T12:09:47Z")

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If it was in fact a tribute to his grandfather, perhaps my [rant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=64976) was a bit hasty. But what was the medal that Dino di Laurentis was wearing?

And I could have sworn that I saw at least one or two others wearing medals (the winner for sound editing? Charlton Heston?).