Attention Oscar winners: Don't forget to place your award on a tray at airport security

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Attention Oscar winners: Don't forget to place your award on a tray at airport security
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Ladies and gentleman, please remove all shoes, belts, and 8.5 pounds of pure cinematic gold.

Recently while going through airport security, the director of the Hungarian sleeper hit, Son of Saul was asked to place his coveted Oscar award inside a bin. Laszlo Nemes scored the award for the category of "Best Foreign-Language Film" at this year's Academy Awards.

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Take note, frequent flyers, even when you're carrying around a bunch of precious metal, that still doesn't mean you're immune to the thrills of TSA.

[H/T: TIME]

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