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GATSU



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 2:24 am Reply with quote
>Again a major Hollywood studio showed an interest, and >Dreamworks SKG licensed Millennium Actress for American >distribution. To date no details have been announced, but >Dreamworks has previously shown faith in unconventional >animated projects, and a wide release has not been ruled out.

Actually, ANS and Akadot said it would be released in Japanese with subtitles unedited.

>Metropolis’s sneak previews in late 2001 voided its Oscar >chances, and the same fate will likely befall Cowboy Bebop >and Millennium Actress next year.

"picture first theatrically exhibited outside the U.S. prior to the Los Angeles qualifying run shall be eligible for submission provided the prior exhibition takes place in a commercial motion picture theater after January 1, 2001, with the following further conditions...

"after the six-month period, the film may play in non-theatrical forms provided they are outside the U.S. (No film which is shown inside the U.S. in any non- theatrical form prior to its qualifying Los Angeles run shall be eligible for Academy Awards.)"

(That last clause was what prevented Bloody Sunday from being selected for Best Foreign Film, since it was shown on video. Bebop and Millenium Actress were not shown here through non-theatrical means-unless you count bootlegs.)
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Dan42
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 4:12 am Reply with quote
Millennium Actress is being released on DVD on February 25th. That's within 6 months of the theatrical premiere in Japan (sept 14) so if I understand everything right, that means it disqualifies the movie for Oscar nomination.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 5:18 am Reply with quote
Yeah, but the dvd is in Japan, not the U.S. Otherwise Spirited Away would've been disqualified for the same thing.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:59 am Reply with quote
Spirited Away started in Japan on July 27th 2001 and only got a DVD release about ONE YEAR later. Not within six months. Hell, 6 months later it was *still* playing in theaters. So it's not the same situation at all.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 9:17 am Reply with quote
Technically, it's still after the 6 month period. (Six months and 2 weeks.)
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Slim Shinji
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 5:41 pm Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
(That last clause was what prevented Bloody Sunday from being selected for Best Foreign Film, since it was shown on video. Bebop and Millenium Actress were not shown here through non-theatrical means-unless you count bootlegs.)


..but they were shown theatrically, which means if they were going to compete in the Academy Awards they would have to do so this year.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:04 pm Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
Technically, it's still after the 6 month period. (Six months and 2 weeks.)

Do you know how to count? 6 months after Sept 14 is MARCH 14.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:07 pm Reply with quote
Oh well. Dreamworks will find a way to convince(read: bribe) the Academy to overlook such a technicality.
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