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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 02-11-2003, 08:19 AM:
 
Complete list of 75th annual Oscar nominations announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:

1. Best Picture: "Chicago," "Gangs of New York," "The Hours," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "The Pianist."

2. Actor: Adrien Brody, "The Pianist"; Nicolas Cage, "Adaptation"; Michael Caine, "The Quiet American"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "Gangs of New York"; Jack Nicholson, "About Schmidt."

3. Actress: Salma Hayek, "Frida"; Nicole Kidman, "The Hours"; Diane Lane, "Unfaithful"; Julianne Moore, "Far from Heaven"; Renee Zellweger, "Chicago."

4. Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper, "Adaptation"; Ed Harris, "The Hours"; Paul Newman, "Road to Perdition"; John C. Reilly, "Chicago"; Christopher Walken, "Catch Me If You Can."

5. Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates, "About Schmidt"; Julianne Moore, "The Hours"; Queen Latifah, "Chicago"; Meryl Streep, "Adaptation"; Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Chicago."

6. Director: Rob Marshall, "Chicago"; Martin Scorsese, "Gangs of New York"; Stephen Daldry, "The Hours"; Roman Polanski, "The Pianist"; Pedro Almodovar , "Talk to Her."

7. Foreign Film: "El Crimen del Padre Amaro," Mexico; "Hero," People's Republic of China; "The Man Without a Past," Finland; "Nowhere in Africa," Germany; "Zus & Zo," The Netherlands.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, "About a Boy"; Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman, "Adaptation"; Bill Condon, "Chicago"; David Hare, "The Hours"; Ronald Harwood, "The Pianist."

9. Original Screenplay: Todd Haynes, "Far From Heaven"; Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, "Gangs of New York"; Nia Vardalos, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"; Pedro Almodovar, "Talk to Her"; Carlos Cuaron and Alfonso Cuaron, "Y Tu Mama Tambien."

10. Animated feature film: "Ice Age"; "Lilo & Stitch"; "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"; "Spirited Away"; "Treasure Planet."

11. Art Direction: "Chicago," "Frida," "Gangs of New York," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "Road to Perdition."

12. Cinematography: "Chicago," "Far From Heaven," "Gangs of New York," "The Pianist," "Road to Perdition."

13. Sound: "Chicago," "Gangs of New York," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "Road to Perdition," "Spider-Man."

14. Sound Editing: "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "Minority Report," "Road to Perdition."

15. Original Score: "Catch Me If You Can," John Williams; "Far From Heaven," Elmer Bernstein; "Frida," Elliot Goldenthal; "The Hours," Philip Glass; "Road to Perdition," Thomas Newman.

16. Original Song: "Burn It Blue" from "Frida," Elliot Goldenthal and Julie Taymor; "Father and Daughter" from "The Wild Thornberrys Movie," Paul Simon; "The Hands That Built America" from "Gangs of New York," Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; "I Move On" from "Chicago," John Kander and Fred Ebb; "Lose Yourself" from "8 Mile," Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto.

17. Costume: "Chicago," "Frida," "Gangs of New York," "The Hours," "The Pianist."

18. Documentary Feature: "Bowling for Columbine," "Daughter from Danang," "Prisoner of Paradise," "Spellbound," "Winged Migration."

19. Documentary (short subject): "The Collector of Bedford Street," "Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks," "Twin Towers," "Why Can't We Be a Family Again?"

20. Film Editing: "Chicago," "Gangs of New York," "The Hours," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "The Pianist."

21. Makeup: "Frida," "The Time Machine."

22. Animated Short Film: "The Cathedral," "The ChubbChubbs!," "Das Rad," "Mike's New Car," "Mt. Head."

23. Live Action Short Film: "Fait D'Hiver," "I'll Wait for the Next One (J'Attendrai Le Suivant)," "Inja (Dog)," "Johnny Flynton," "This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand)."

24. Visual Effects: "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "Spider-Man," "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones."
 

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Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 02-11-2003, 08:49 AM:
 
Wow, for the first time ever, an Anime title is up for an oscar.

Looks to me like Lord Of The Rings got jipped of a few here and there. They could have thrown it in to "makeup" to make that category a little more exciting. Peter Jackson did't get a Best Director nomination??

=TMP=
 

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Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 02-11-2003, 11:28 AM:
 
Lose Yourself huh. Dosn't this mean that the song has to be performed during the awards (though not necessarily by M&M) swear words and all? This reminds me of Trey Parker's Blame Canada from a couple of years ago.
 

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Posted by John Scott (Member # 520) on 02-11-2003, 11:33 AM:
 
Nope, it doesn't have to be played uncensored. Blame Canada was edited for content before the broadcast (Remember they wouldn't let them say "...that bitch Anne Murray." even though she thought it was funny and at one point was going to perform the song for the show. In fact if my memory serves me, the reason why Williams sang it for the show and not Parker and Stone was because they were afraid that Parker and Stone were going to swear and use the original lyrics and they wouldn't be able to censor fast enough.

My guess is that Eminem will perform it for the show and will be very professional and accomodating to the broadcast with regards to the broadcast standards.
 

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Posted by Mathew Molloy (Member # 666) on 02-11-2003, 11:52 AM:
 
I'm trying to find a list of noms by Title - could someone post that or direct me to a link? I can't find one...
 

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Posted by Paul Linfesty (Member # 214) on 02-11-2003, 12:45 PM:
 
Matthew

http://www.oscar.com

allows you to look up nominations by title.
 

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Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 02-11-2003, 01:06 PM:
 
WOW!!!
Look at all those Miramax nominations, 30 by its self and another
9 with the ones from "The Hours" Paramount/Miramax release.

"Chicago" 13 nominations
"Gangs of New York" 10 nominations
"Frida" 6 nominations
"Quiet American" 1 nomination

"The Hours" 9 nominations
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 02-11-2003, 01:25 PM:
 

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WOW!!!
Look at all those Miramax nominations

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All bought and paid for, fair and square.
 

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Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 02-11-2003, 02:17 PM:
 
I think Greek Wedding and Minority Report should have taken a few more noms.
 

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Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 02-11-2003, 03:05 PM:
 
How many of you guys (and gals) out there run some kind of Oscar Contest? We are required to do one every year with the newspaper. I was thinking about doing one for the Razzies as well just because I think that it might be kind of fun.
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 02-11-2003, 03:17 PM:
 
Kodak's Entertainment Imaging division runs an Academy Awards contest each year, with ballots for employees to pick the winners in about half of the catagories. Winners typically get close to 100% correct.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 02-11-2003, 04:09 PM:
 
How is My Big Fat Greek Wedding an Original Screenplay? I thought she adapted it from her play? Or was the play completely different from the movie?
 

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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 02-11-2003, 04:12 PM:
 
Bill G. left out The Two Towers -- put into turnaround at Miramax with the Weinstein family listed as executive producers.
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 02-11-2003, 04:48 PM:
 
How can "Minority Report" not be nominated for Cinematography and "The Pianist" be nominated? Believe me, this has nothing to do with my dislike of the film`s content!! I just think it didn`t even look good. It looked like home video.
 

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Posted by Paul Linfesty (Member # 214) on 02-11-2003, 05:31 PM:
 

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How is My Big Fat Greek Wedding an Original Screenplay? I thought she adapted it from her play? Or was the play completely different from the movie

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What a blow it was for him to lose the Best Sound award for EPISODE ONE" to "MATRIX" a few years ago. With the success THE LORD OF THE RIGNS" film is enjoying, I can see Lucas's time has passed. Despite his 'Fall from Grace', he still feel that he has the right to demand how his films are shown in theatres. If I was a theatre owner, I would ignore him and refuse to play "EPISODE #3

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The matrix sound was much better than episode 1. I wouldn't reuse to play episode 3 so long as I can project it with film.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-11-2003, 06:47 PM:
 

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If all theatres did that by refusing to play his 'Digital or nothing' game, "EPISODE 3" whould have to go directly to home video where his digital images would look great instead of looking like crap in a theatre.

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Yes, but then George would get 400 million less dollars, and that isn't acceptable!
 

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 02-11-2003, 10:47 PM:
 
All I have to say is let the man put out episode 3 because after that. You will probably never hear from him again.

#3 will be the best one of the first three. THe one I have been waiting for the most.
 

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Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 02-12-2003, 04:42 AM:
 
Best Picture: CHicago - Shitcago was more like it. My review in the review section pretty much sums my hatred for this movie. If voters were dying to reward a musical, they missed the boat 2 years ago on Hedwig the Angry Inch which had better songs , acting and was visually superior.
The Hours: Great acting, average plot. Lame selection.
Gangs Of NY: I love scoresese movies, but Gangs of NY was just good. OK selection. Pianist: havent seen it. Will soon. The Two Towers- I liked it a lot and while I think it deserves a nomination, I am not all fanatical about this movie.

Overlooked: Punch Drunk Love, Adaptation. Hell, I wouldnt mind even One Hour Photo or the erratic 25th Hour or the imperfect but very interesting Minority Report over the first 2 movies.
Even Catch Me If YOu Can was more entertaining than some of the movies here. If the academy doesn;t mind nominating shallow musicals based on perceived entertainment value, what about action movies?

Best Actors: Liked all the nominees. Glad Gere didnt get it. Wish Sandler or Robin Williams got some consideration. Cage is my favorite on the list. Wouldn't mind DanielDayLewis getting it either despite a hammy performance.

Best Actresses: I thought Streep should have gotten something for the Hours. I thought Streep was a lead in Adaptation. But what do I know. Renee is the only weak nominee here. She was solid at best. she was better in other movies like Nurse betty and Bridget Jones. I find the praise for her baffling. She didn't even look glamorous. Emily Watson was preferable.

Best supporting Actress: No real bad choices here. Kathy Bates and Streep are two excellent choices. I would give the nod to Bates mainly becuase I consider Streep a lead. Once again, not too jazzed about the chicago nods. Zeta Jones did have 2 good song dance performances. Otherwise, she acted pretty much the same way she always has. Queen Latifah was more impressive in Set It Off. She really didnt have much to do in Chicago. I was hoping for at least one of the following to sneak in (not all of them): Samantha Morton from Minority Report, Anna Paquin from 25th Hour, or someone in a similar small but effective performance.

Best Supporting Actor: Cooper is the best of the lot. While he has been great in other movies, he had a different kind of role in adaptation- he exuded charisma in the role. Ed Harris and Walken are desrving too. A lot of good actors here. But this is one area where 25th Hour should have been represented. Barry Pepper(surprisingly, the best presence in the movie) and Phillip Hoffman were both excellent.

Best Director: Spike Jonez got robbed. I wish Paul THomas Anderson was rewarded too. It was nice to see Anderson show some restraint after his last two movies. Scorsese is one of my all time faves, but he was just decent this year. Rob Marshall was better than these guys? Please. No Peter Jackson here? Daldry was not bad, but the choice doesnt nothing for me.

Best Cinematography: This is probably the worst nomination for Chicago. If anything was weak in that movie, it was the less than big musical look that Chicago had. Lots of dull blues like they filmed the broadway play live bored me. Had that stage like look. I wouldnt have given it art direction either.
One Hour Photo, Punch Drunk Love and Two Towers were missed here. The clips of Perditiion I did see showed Conrad Hall to be in fine form. Hope he wins it.Maybe Conrad Jr will accept on his late dad's behalf.

Best Song: refreshing to see Eminem song nominated. never thought that would happen after Public Enemy's Fight the Power never had a chance for Do The Right Thing(i think they made that song for the movie first before the album came out). Never heard of the other songs.

Best Score: except for the Hours score, I don't really recall the other scores. Glass made the movie seem more compelling that it actually was.

Costume Design: all the nods seem fine including that of Chicago's.

Screenplays: I really think Adaptation should be considered an original screenplay. It wasn't like the final product we see on screen is an adaptation of the Orchid Thief. The movie is a fictionalized account of the adaptation of the Orchid Thief. The Orchid Thief is just a subplot. Donald kaufman rocks! Too bad he announced himself unavailable for the ceremony.

Foreign Movies: Where is City of God??
 

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Posted by Paul Linfesty (Member # 214) on 02-12-2003, 09:07 AM:
 
As a follow-up to Nia Vardalos's nom for original screenplay, from today's L.A. Times:

Vardalos, who was not available for comment Tuesday, has maintained in recent interviews that the screenplay preceded the play.

But in April 2002, Vardalos told Backstage West that she had started with 20 minutes of workshop material and developed it into a one-woman show seen at the Hudson Theater and two other venues. In a Times interview that month, Vardalos said she did not write a screenplay until after she wrote her one-hour stage show. Vardalos said at the time that never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that her one-woman show would become a movie. "Greek Wedding" has gone on to become the highest-grossing independent film ever made.

There are no written rules to determine what qualifies as an adapted or original screenplay. Each studio submits films in the category it prefers, but it is up to the 12-member executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' writers' branch to make the final decision on a category. All 409 members of the writers' branch then select the five nominees for each category.

The committee decided "Gangs" was so different from the Asbury book that it could be considered an original screenplay. With "Greek Wedding," the committee decided that Vardalos intended to write the story for a film.

"We are not an investigative body," said one committee member, who requested anonymity. "We are taking her word, and I have no reason to doubt her."
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 02-12-2003, 09:18 AM:
 

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If the academy doesn`t mind nominating shallow musicals based on perceived entertainment value, what about action movies?

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The same applies to shallow comedies. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is just a succession of banalities and clichés. Even though the story is completely different, it stole a lot of the way it was made from the Australian film "Wog Boy". When I saw it, I had deja-vus all the time.
If THAT is a contender for an Academy Award, then they could also
nominate Vin Diesel as best actor.
 

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Posted by Daniel Boisson (Member # 1027) on 02-12-2003, 08:56 PM:
 
I would like to know why Gangs of New York in under almost every catagory .......I'm not saying it was a bad film, but....I think 8 Mile was way better in many aspects...
 

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Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 02-12-2003, 09:41 PM:
 
For the Academy Awards Nominations:

Five nominations are made in categories with balloting for these
nominations restricted to members of the Academy branch concerned: Film Editors for instance, nominate only for Achievement in Film Editing. All voting members nominate for Best Picture. Awards are given in two categories which are not represented by branches: Foreign Language Films and Documentaries. Nomination for awards in these categories are made by large committees of members drawn from all branches.
Final winners are determined by vote of the entire membership.
 

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Posted by Paul Linfesty (Member # 214) on 02-12-2003, 11:51 PM:
 

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I think 8 Mile was way better in many aspects...

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I happen to agree. I generally don't like Eminen(sp?) But any personal bias I have can be overlooked for a truly natural performance. The film itself is dynamic and has an engaging story that really draws the audience in.

Gang of New York has a visual style that really drew me in (I respond to great visuals) but the story was all over the map, reducing the film to an uncomprehensible mess. I even liked DiCaprio's performance, but I never understood what this film was trying to say.

I hate to say this, but MAYBE Charles is RIGHT!
 

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Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 02-13-2003, 05:19 AM:
 
What a shame

No French Films nominated this year. Even Pinnochio (Italian) didn't make it in.

Is this a snub for the French given their anti-war stance? never mind next year's Foreign Language Oscar Winner (Un Long Dimanche De Fiancailles) should be along shortly. (and yes Jeunet was robbed for Amelie)

cheers Peter
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 02-13-2003, 08:08 AM:
 
C'est la vie!
 

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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 02-13-2003, 11:09 AM:
 
Bad: Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Two Towers. Fixed for Miramax!

Good: Far from Heaven, El Crimen del Padre Amaro, Adaptation, About Schmidt, The Pianist.

Great: Bowling for Columbine, The Quiet American. Miramax has no choice but to expand The Quiet American -- it opens in NYC/Philly suburbs on the eve of major antiwar marches around the world.

Perfect Timing: Talk to Her -- it expands to Philly tomorrow and 3 nearby Regals are picking it up.

Shafted: Monsoon Wedding, Frailty, xXx, 8 Women, The Ring, Jackass, 8 Mile. I wanted to see 8 Women but no stadium theaters near me played it (not even the Regals) and Focus Features does not bribe the Oscar nominators (unlike Miramax).

Scott: Y Tu Mama Tambien was eligible this year in all categories except foreign-language feature. It was eligible for foreign-language feature last year but was not submitted as such.

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Posted by Paul Linfesty (Member # 214) on 02-13-2003, 03:29 PM:
 
[quote]The Quiet American. Miramax has no choice but to expand The Quiet American -- it opens in NYC/Philly suburbs on the eve of major antiwar marches around the world.[\quote]

Charles

Has no choice? Was a law passed or somthing? Interesting the FOUR movies you mentioned as BAD all had a least some small part to do with Miramax.

Also, 8 Women was in your opinion overlooked, yet you admit to not even seeing it. Why? because it played at NO stadium theatres in your area. So is this the ONLY criteria that you will accept when attending a cinema? Are all non-stadium theatres beneath you and unworthy of your patronage?

And you're feeling sorry for Focus features? Doesn't this company ALSO make those artsy snob movies you claim to abhor? (I'm sure Focus sends out DVD's and VHS screeners to the academy members, just like everyone else, including Miramax). You make it sound like one of the reasons you didn't see it was because Focus doesn't bribe the nominators. If so, does that mean you only support movies from companies like Miramax, because, as you clam, they DO bribe?
 

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Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 02-13-2003, 05:37 PM:
 

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Bill on page 1 wrote:WOW!!!
Look at all those Miramax nominations, 30 by its self and another
9 with the ones from "The Hours" Paramount/Miramax release.

"Chicago" 13 nominations
"Gangs of New York" 10 nominations
"Frida" 6 nominations
"Quiet American" 1 nomination

"The Hours" 9 nominations

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I don't see Quiet American on the nominations list?? Am I missing something?

EDIT: Oh I see. Michael Caine as best actor.
 

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Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 02-13-2003, 06:06 PM:
 
Charles, Monsoon Wedding was last year. I remember the British awards nominating Monsoon Wedding for best foreign picture last year. And XXX? Man, please tell me you are joking. I wanted to like it so much, but it was just watchable at best. Which category did you think it deserved? I don't think it even excelled on a technical level. I liked Pitch Black and even the silly Fast and the Furious. But about the only cool thing about XXX was the casting of Asia Argento. And what is the obsession with stadium seating? I like it too. If you watch a movie with less people during a weeknight, then a sloped hall should not be a problem for you unless you are a midget. But I think there are far more problems with theaters now like not showing the freaking proper aspect ratio and dim projector bulbs.

How do you say a movie like 8 Women was shafted when you didn't even see it? I do agree Miramax is really annoying when it comes to oscars where even its very average movies have gotten numerous nominations and wins.
 

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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 02-13-2003, 06:32 PM:
 
Pravin: Monsoon Wedding was eligible for this year's Oscars -- it opened in the US on 2/8/2002.

For most categories the US release date determines eligibility. That's why Miramax rushed to open Confessions of a Dangerous Mind on 12/31, the last possible date.
 

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Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 02-13-2003, 06:33 PM:
 
Pravin

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Charles, Monsoon Wedding was last year.

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"Monsoon Wedding" was part of the features, Focus Features
released last year. Because Focus Features ran Academy screenings
in December thru early January in New York. Because I handled
the screenings. It just did not get any nominations
 

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