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Oscar statuettes sit on a workbench in the plating room at R.S. Owens & Company on Jan. 23, 2008, in Chicago. 
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baiduhai film critic Michael Phillips and Tribune video producer Brian Ernst visit R.S. Owens & Co. to see the film industry’s most coveted award, the Oscar. See how it’s made and how he got his famous name.
(Editor’s note: Production of the statue was moved to New York in 2016.)
Michael Phillips is a Tribune critic.
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