If they want to be innovative, maybe they could use the extra five slots to showcase lower budget worthy "little" movies. Or have 5 picks for "over $100 million budget" and 5 for "under $100 million budget"
I just hope Simon Cowell doesn't express his views of the nominees on the show. Bruce On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Dave Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe they'll string the whole thing out over 12 weeks like American > Idol...;-) > > Dave > > Posteropolis Vintage Movie Posters > www.posteropolis.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Franc <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:34 AM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture > Nominees (from 5). > > Can you just imagine having to sit through 10 best songs? FRANC > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Phil Edwards [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:16 AM > *To:* Franc; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture > Nominees (from 5). > > While I understand the voting on the Best Picture, doesn't the 10 Best > Picture Nominees really double all the other nominees in other categories? > > > Still cynical about it, I'm afraid. > > Phil > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Franc <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 1:07 AM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture > Nominees (from 5). > > I'm also going to be interested to see if the extra five films that get > nominated are actually good films or just films the Academy wants to give a > commercial push to. FRANC > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kirby > McDaniel > *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:32 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture > Nominees (from 5). > > I agree with Russ here. At first I was taken back by the idea, but I think > in this category, which is voted on by all the members of the academy, > doing this presents the opportunity to spotlight five more good films. > It's one thing to say skeptically, were there really TEN good films last > year etc, but we all know that there are good movies that get overlooked. I > think it's a good move. I'll be interested to see how they > handle the TV presentation. > > Kirby > > > On Jun 25, 2009, at 6:56 AM, Phil Edwards wrote: > > Oscar nominees for Best Picture also give a shot in the arm to those > films still in release, and those that have already gone to DVD. > Cynical? > Me, no, never. > Phil > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:25 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture > Nominees (from 5). > > The answer seems obvious. There were so many wonderful movies this past > year that it was a necessity to greatly expand the number of nominees. > > 1939 the best year for movies? Fageddaboutit. It was 2008! > > Bruce > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:56 PM, David Kusumoto < > [email protected]>wrote: > >> *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.* >> >> >> ============================= >> >> >> June 24, 2009 >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> CONTACT: Teni Melidonian – (310) 247-3090 >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> *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. 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