LOS ANGELES, Feb 23 — A poll commissioned by the Hollywood Reporter in the lead up tot the Oscars finds that only 40 per cent of US adults know any of the films in contention for the year’s biggest award.

The study of 800 movie-going adults (400 of whom voted Hillary Clinton and 400 of whom voted Donald Trump) found that those that aligned with the democratic candidate were the most likely to have seen any of the films up for this year’s best picture prize.

However, there was one exception.

While 31 per cent of Clinton supporters had seen Arrival and 22 per cent Manchester By The Sea (28 per cent and 19 per cent respectively for Trump supporters) just 18 per cent of Clinton supporters had seen Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, compared with 27 per cent of Trump voters.

Fortunately for the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 70 per cent of all people polled said that despite their cinematic shortcomings, they’re going to be watching this year’s Oscars anyway. — AFP-Relaxnews