I focus here on a description of the first, 1990 montage, which originates the format, utilizing many of the clips from Precious Images and establishing conventions for subsequent montages. It followed an almost giddy opening speech by Academy president Karl Malden emphasizing the newly global reach of the satellite-assisted Academy Awards telecast (the previous year was the first time it was seen in Russia): “How can you have a closed society when the skies are open from Moscow to Beijing to—you name it—Gary, Indiana?” In that context, Malden introduces Workman’s.
