Posted on 08/03/2004 9:18:28 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Fahrenheit 911 was apparently shown last week on Fidel Castro's Cuban state run TV!
According to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rules, a motion picture feature is disqualified for documentary Oscar if it airs on TV or over the Internet within nine months of its bigscreen run..
You don't expect the left to be bound by RULES, don't you? Even their own rules?
BTTT!!
Isn't Moore guilty of violating the Cuba Trade Embargo???
Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, but please be reminded that we're talking about DEMOCRATS here. They'll just change the rules. I'll take bets now on it.
OH the IRONY!!!
AAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAHA!!!!
A commie undermined by a commie.
It all works out in the wash, they say.
lol, Arrest him now!
FYI.
Curses!
Done in by one of your own
Awwww.... com'on. It's more of....a guideline. Yeah.
Besides, it didn't show in the United States! We can't be responsible for what other countries do!
Besides, it's only about sex! Opps.. er...
They'll no more observe this "rule" than they'd clean their own house.
Here are the rules; can you find the applicable one in here?
http://www.oscars.org/77academyawards/rules/index.html
Moore wants best picure against Mel's Passion of the Christ, he's already won best doc before..
This rule could very well insure a F911 vs. Passion of the Christ showdown.
B.) In addition, one of the following two requirements must be met:
(1) The film must have theatrical runs in at least four additional cities, each engagement to be a minimum of two consecutive days. All screenings of the film must begin between 10:00 AM and midnight, and must commence by the day nominations are announced for the 2004 awards year. No television or internet transmission shall occur at any time prior to, or within the nine months following, the first day of the qualifying exhibition, and not before completing the minimum four-city two-day theatrical runs. Any documentary which is transmitted anywhere in the world in any version as a television or internet program within this period will automatically be disqualified from award eligibility.
OR
(2) If exhibition requirements of the above are not met [III.2.B.(1)] then the submitted film must be withheld from television and/or internet transmission until the day nominations are announced for the 2004 awards year. Should the film be nominated, it must be withheld from television and/or internet transmission for an additional nine months following the day nominations are announced.
They would have to change the rules first.
There was an excellent film about the Irish Troubles entitled Bloody Sunday that came out in 2002.
Many people thought it would be real contender, but because it was considered so compelling, the BBC invoked its contractual rights and showed it on TV within the six months from premiere (not 9 months) period required by Academy Rule 3.
Fahrenheit 9/11 premiered at Cannes on May 17, less than four months ago.
If the election goes badly for the Democrats, Moore may not be quite the hero come Oscar time that he is today.
Im not so sure, I think Mirimax's 'Hero' import was banned last year for much the same reason from the cinemtography categories.
Im not so sure, I think Mirimax's 'Hero' import was banned last year for much the same reason from the cinemtography categories.
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