Missing Oscar found, after director forced to check it on a flight out of JFK
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After being forced to check his Academy Award on a trans-Atlantic flight, recent winner Pavel Talankin's Oscar went missing before an airline tracked it down two days later.
Missing documentary Oscar found
- Lufthansa Finds Lost Documentary Oscar for ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ The Hollywood Reporter —
- ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Oscar Statuette Found in Germany After TSA Confiscated It Rolling Stone —
- Oscar is lost and found after director forced to check it on a flight AP News —
- An Oscar is lost, then found, after director forced to check it on a flight out of JFK The Independent —
- ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Director’s Oscar Is Found After Airline Lost It The New York Times —