The uncredited star in The Power of the Dog is the stunning central Otago landscape where it was filmed.
One sheep and beef farm in the Ida Valley was converted into 1920s Montana and on Monday the farm held its own Oscars party.
It's vast, beautiful and usually home to livestock - not Hollywood megastars. That all changed two years ago and on Monday the Oscars came to the Ida Valley farmhouse.
The Power of the Dog film introduced this stunning landscape to the world which brought much pride to Alastair McKnight and his brother Graeme, whose family have farmed here for generations.
"To see the landscapes being applauded like that on a worldwide stage was very satisfying," Alastair tells Newshub.
A location scout jumped the fence one day to ask if they could use the 5500-hectare sheep and beef farm to house a Hollywood film.
It all came to life during the hot, dry summer when director Dame Jane Campion and her cast camped down there just before New Zealand's first COVID lockdown.
"[I'm] quite proud of the money that it would have put through the area; the whole of central Otago, right from the rental cars in Queenstown to the grocery shops in Ranfurly," Graeme says.
While it may not have won the best picture, the local mayor knows how good it's been for the region.
"Anyone who's seen the film knows it's wasn't Benedict Cumberbatch and so forth that were the stars, it was really central Otago scenery," Mayor Tim Cadogan says.
Landowner Graeme is a bit more laid back about it.
"Yeah it will put us on the map I suppose," he says.
The wider Otago area also got some screen time with Oamaru's Victorian precinct and the Dunedin Railway Station used as locations.
"What a great opportunity now with this film doing very well at the Oscars; for the future of central Otago, for worldwide opportunity for filmmaking," Cadogan says.
But Hollywood history won't change a lot for those working the land, who say they'll "just carry on being farmers".
