Kodak Oscar Streak Continues

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

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, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINEand THE QUEEN.

All of the films nominated for the 2007 Oscar for Achievement in Cinematography were also produced on Kodak film. The nominees are Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC for THE BLACK DAHLIA; Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC for CHILDREN OF MEN; Dick Pope, BSC 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 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 - Kodak.