The best picture category is in fact open to films from around the
world as long as they play for a week in LA. In my opinion this opens
up the category to much better films that tend to fall through the
cracks. For instance the best picture nominees from 2008 probably
would have included worthy films like The Dark Knight, The Wrestler,
Iron Man, Wall-E and may have even included some exceptional films
like Happy-Go-Lucky, In Bruges, Man on Wire, Gomorrah, Frozen River
and Burn After Reading. There are 10 films right there that were
better than at least 3 of the 5 that were nominated.
Russ
On Jun 24, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Phil Edwards wrote:
I'm thinking REALLY REALLY hard here, and trying to think of 10
movies worthy of Best Picture nomination... unless they open Best
Picture up to world wide.
But Joe is right. The "Oscars" are clearly now more about a TV show
and ad revenue than anything AMPAS might have thought of.
Just one more example of supermarketing "art".
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph Bonelli
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture
Nominees (from 5).
But the "public" will NOT be satisfied until the Oscars are American
Idol!!!
What a cop-out for the Academy.
Joe B in NOLA
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, David Kusumoto <[email protected]>
wrote:
From: David Kusumoto <[email protected]>
Subject: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture
Nominees (from 5).
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 1:56 PM
FYI, just out today. Next year's Oscars -- for the first time since
1943 -- will expand from 5 nominees for Best Picture -- to 10. -d.
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June 24, 2009
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82nd Academy Awards® to Feature
10 Best Picture Nominees
Beverly Hills, CA — The 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented
on March 7, 2010, will have 10 feature films vying in the Best
Picture category, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President
Sid Ganis announced today (June 24) at a press conference in Beverly
Hills.
“After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of
its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of
the year,” said Ganis. “The final outcome, of course, will be the
same – one Best Picture winner – but the race to the finish line
will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.”
For more than a decade during the Academy’s earlier years, the Best
Picture category welcomed more than five films; for nine years there
were 10 nominees. The 16th Academy Awards (1943) was the last year
to include a field of that size; “Casablanca” was named Best
Picture. (In 1931/32, there were eight nominees and in 1934 and 1935
there were 12 nominees.)
Currently, the Academy is presenting a bicoastal screening series
showcasing the 10 Best Picture nominees of 1939, arguably one of
Hollywood’s greatest film years. Best Picture nominees of that year
include such diverse classics as “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,”
“Stagecoach,” “The Wizard of Oz” and Best Picture winner “Gone with
the Wind.”
“Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going allow Academy voters to
recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show
up in the other Oscar categories, but have been squeezed out of the
race for the top prize,” commented Ganis. “I can’t wait to see what
that list of ten looks like when the nominees are announced in
February.”
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday,
February 2. The Oscar® ceremony honoring films for 2009 will again
take place at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in
Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.
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