Changes and Contention Over Foreign-Film Oscar
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The Ang Lee spy thriller âLust, Cautionâ is no longer Taiwanâs entry for the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, The Associated Press reported. The academy ruled that the movieâs sponsor country did not certify that the filmâs personnel, like those involved in cinematography, costumes and music, âexercised artistic controlâ over the project, a requirement. âAn insufficient number of Taiwanese participated in the production of the film,â said Teni Melidonian, a spokeswoman for the academy. âLust, Cautionâ (with Wang Leehom, above), was replaced by Chen Huai-enâs âIsland Etude,â about a university studentâs bicycle tour of Taiwan. Stanley Hung, secretary general of the Motion Picture and Drama Association of Taiwan, has appealed the ruling on âLust, Caution.â Mr. Lee won the Oscar for best director for âBrokeback Mountain.â ... A director who challenged âEklavya: The Royal Guard,â Indiaâs foreign-language submission, withdrew her petition yesterday. Court hearings had gone on past the academyâs entry deadline. So Bhavna Talwar, the director of the shortlisted âDharm,â who had claimed bias in the selection process, said: âEklavyaâ has already gone to the Oscars, and thatâs fine. We let that go.â ... A record 63 countries will compete in the foreign-language film category, Agence France-Presse reported. The 63 will be reduced to 5 nominees for the Oscar, to be awarded at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony, in Hollywood on Feb. 24.
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The Academy Awards presentation is still two months away but the world's top film awards ceremony found itself embroiled on Tuesday in the worst Hollywood labor clash in two decades. The screenwriters union, on strike since November 5 against major mov...
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The movie-going public may not think much of this year's major Oscar contenders judging by their weak box-office performances. But for US movie critics, the nominations announced amid a debilitating writers' strike and a global market meltdown were a sign that the US movie machinery is at least doing one thing right.
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Deepa Mehta's Water loses out to The Lives of Others in the best foreign film category at the Oscars.
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For weeks, Britons Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie have looked like sure bets to win the coveted best actor and actress Academy Awards, but in the days ahead of Sunday's gala ceremony, momentum has shifted.
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Disqualified for an Oscar and disinvited to a Mideast film festival, âThe Bandâs Visitâ has seen its fair share of problems.
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Deepa MehtaÂs Water is headed to the Oscars but no it is not IndiaÂs entry but rather CanadaÂs official
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A division between American dramatic competition and documentaries could be seen in this year's competitive selections.
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The national award winner Marathi film Shwaas and India's entry to the Oscars for the best foreign language film is striving its way to reach to the Oscar bandwagon.
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For weeks, Britons Daniel Day-Lewis  and Julie Christie have looked like sure bets to win the  coveted best actor and actress Academy Awards, but in the days  ahead of Sunday's gala ceremony, momentum has shifted.
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The list of Academy Award nominations reflects Hollywoodâs bleak state of mind.
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Zhang Yimou's martial arts epic "House of Flying Daggers" and Alejandro Amenabar's social issue drama "The Sea Inside" are among the 49 vying for a foreign-language Oscar nomination.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fatih Akin is riding two horses as the Oscar race for foreign-language feature rounds the far bend, heading to the January 22 announcement of Academy Award nominations.
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The awards season has begun in right earnest. And the outcome of the first popular awards at GIFA has left its own trail of mixed responses.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - Although the  shrinking gap between a movie's release in theaters and on home  video is a hot-button issue with theater owners, when it comes  to Oscar nominations, a multinominated film can earn a pass.
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The guessing game is almost over at the  Venice film festival, where few clear frontrunners for the  Golden Lion award for best picture have emerged ahead of the  prize ceremony on Saturday evening. By the end of the annual  11-day marathon of movies, press conferences, interviews and  parties, critics and journalists normally agree on a handful of  films they think could win the top honor, although their  predictions are not always correct.
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There&#39;s no official  starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for  the 80th Annual Academy Awards isn&#39;t until February 24. But a  number of races already have begun -- some quietly, some not so  quietly.