Played Fun Run yet? Or perhaps, like me, just watched over your kid’s shoulder as he did?

Hell, even if you haven’t heard of the game, this clip’s themes are universal enough that you’ll get it. Local filmmaker/animator Kyle Roberts’ latest project is “Fun Run in Real Life,” a three-minute video that sees some wicked parkour unleashed throughout downtown Oklahoma City — especially Stage Center, which seems made for dat sh!t — as fast-paced participants use their feet and try not to lose their heads:



You may have recognized OKC rapper Jabee lending his voice. (If not, you weren’t paying attention; like all good hip-hoppers, he directly references himself in the lyrics.)

God help us all if Hollywood decides to turn Fun Run into a movie, but if it does, Roberts deserves the directing gig. —Rod Lott

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I’ll start with the obvious: The 85th annual Academy Awards air Sunday night on ABC.

Now for the not-so-obvious: A hell of a lot of Oklahomans have won or been nominated for the Oscars in years past, and three such statuettes are on display in the Oklahoma History Center’s ongoing Oklahoma @ the Movies exhibit.

To celebrate Sunday’s big event, the OHC has passed along this list of Okie-centric films, actors, actresses and behind-the-camera talent who’ve been blessed by Oscar’s gaze. —Rod Lott

Oklahoma Movies with Best Picture Oscar/Nominations:
• Cimarron (1931) Best Picture Oscar
• The Awful Truth (1937) Best Picture Nomination
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Best Picture Nomination
• Picnic (1956) Best Picture Nomination
• How the West Was Won (1962) Best Picture Nomination
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Best Picture Nomination
• The Last Picture Show (1971) Best Picture Nomination
• Bound for Glory (1976) Best Picture Nomination
• Rain Man (1988) Best Picture Oscar

Oscar-Winning Oklahomans:

Joan Crawford
• Mildred Pierce (1945) Best Actress Oscar
• Possessed (1947) Best Actress Nomination
• Sudden Fear (1952) Best Actress Nomination

Blake Edwards
• Victor/Victoria (1982) Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
• Honorary Oscar for Career Achievement (2004)

Gray Frederickson
• The Godfather, Part II (1974) Best Picture Oscar
• Apocalypse Now (1979) Best Picture Nomination

Gene Havlick
• Lost Horizon (1937) Best Film Editing Oscar
• You Can't Take It with You (1938) Best Film Editing Nomination
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Best Film Editing Nomination

Van Heflin
• Johnny Eager (1942) Best Supporting Actor Oscar

Ron Howard
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) Best Picture Oscar
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) Best Director Oscar
• Frost/Nixon (2008) Best Picture Nomination
• Frost/Nixon (2008) Best Director Nomination

Ben Johnson
• The Last Picture Show (1971) Best Supporting Actor Oscar

Jennifer Jones
• The Song of Bernadette (1943) Best Actress Oscar
• Since You Went Away (1944) Best Actress Nomination
• Love Letters (1945) Best Actress Nomination
• Duel in the Sun (1946) Best Actress Nomination
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) Best Actress Nomination

Steve LaPorte
• Beetlejuice (1988) Best Makeup Oscar

Matthew Mungle
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) Best Makeup Oscar
• Schindler's List (1993) Best Makeup Nomination
• Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) Best Makeup Nomination
• Albert Nobbs (2011) Best Makeup Nomination

Elmo Williams
• High Noon (1952) Best Film Editing Oscar
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Best Film Editing Nomination

Michael Wilson
• A Place in the Sun (1951) Best Screenplay Oscar
• 5 Fingers (1952) Best Screenplay Nomination
• Friendly Persuasion (1956) Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination

Oscar-Nominated Oklahomans:

Margaret Avery
• The Color Purple (1985) Best Supporting Actress Nomination

Lucien Ballard
• The Caretakers (1963) Best Black-and-White Cinematography Nomination

Ralph Bane
• Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) "The Trolley Song" Best Original Song Nomination
• Good News (1947) "Pass that Peace Pipe" Best Original Song Nomination

Gary Busey
• The Buddy Holly Story (1978) Best Actor Nomination

James Garner
• Murphy's Romance (1985) Best Actor Nomination

Ed Harris
• Apollo 13 (1995) Best Supporting Actor Nomination
• The Truman Show (1998) Best Supporting Actor Nomination
• Pollock (2000) Best Actor Nomination
• The Hours (2002) Best Supporting Actor Nomination

Carol Littleton
• E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Best Film Editing Nomination

Terrence Malick
• The Thin Red Line (1998) Best Director Nomination
• The Thin Red Line (1998) Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
• The Tree of Life (2011) Best Director Nomination

Jack Oakie
• The Great Dictator (1940) Best Supporting Actor Nomination

Brad Pitt
• Twelve Monkeys (1995) Best Supporting Actor Nomination
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Best Actor Nomination
• Moneyball (2011) Best Picture Nomination
• Moneyball (2011) Best Actor Nomination

Alfre Woodard
• Cross Creek (1983) Best Supporting Actress Nomination

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• Beetlejuice: 20th Anniversary Edition DVD review     
• Oklahoma @ the Movies exhibit feature     
• The Tree of Life film review