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OSCAR BRACES FOR CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS--CUBAN TV AIRING COULD ALTER MOORE CHANCES FOR ACADEMY AWARDS
Variety.com ^
| 8/3/04
| Tim Grey
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..
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To: Petronski
Well. I guesss that settles it!
To: gopwinsin04
If and when Bush is re-elected, I will greatly enjoy watching the idiot lefties in Hollywood wallowing in their bath of Bush-hatred yet again in the Spring when Oscar time rolls around. So much distilled loser angst in one room should make for a great scene.
Now we just have to make sure Bush is re-elected. If you needed any further motivation, imagine the scene as Moore's Oscar is the capping glory in the successful attempt to unseat the President and punt on the War on Terror. That ought to get ya' to the polls!
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posted on
08/03/2004 2:18:36 PM PDT
by
bondjamesbond
(We live in a wonderful country where any child can grow up to be the next Ronald Reagan.)
To: bondjamesbond
To: Howlin
Betcha they break their own rules to get Moore in
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posted on
08/03/2004 5:19:06 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
To: paleocon patriarch
I predict that Moore will bypass the DVD market and release a cleaned up version of Farenheit 911 to TV, most likely cable and satelite alternative stations (like ITV, FSTV, LINK) to air for free about a month prior to the election. Doesn't that violate campaign finance laws??
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posted on
08/03/2004 5:21:50 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
To: Howlin; gopwinsin04
Thanks for ping, Howlin. Good story, gopwinsin04
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posted on
08/03/2004 6:28:42 PM PDT
by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: Petronski
You don't expect the left to be bound by RULES, don't you? Even their own rules?
Well said.
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posted on
08/04/2004 8:37:49 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: gopwinsin04
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posted on
08/04/2004 6:20:21 PM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: Mo1
Plans seem to be for Sony to release this film to DVD (Moore is hoping by October so it can be seen by election day).
If it is released to video, it can be shown in schools (college at least, if not some high schools in spite of the R rating).
Media Bias has no limits from CFR, YOU are just barred from buying the airtime to counter Mr. Moore's film (which presumably would be paid TO Mr. Moore FROM the station, not the other way around).
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posted on
08/04/2004 6:26:47 PM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: Tatze
Exactly, the first statement that I saw from the film owners that they opposed the Cuban broadcast came today. The MPAA should have already issued a statement that this piracy will not be tolerated (although it is because the director seems to have sanctioned it as you mentioned in that interview).
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posted on
08/04/2004 6:30:02 PM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: weegee; Howlin
If it is released to video, it can be shown in schools (college at least, if not some high schools in spite of the R rating). I have no doubt they would do that
I also have a feeling it may back fire on the teachers and schools
Hey Howlin .. I heard on Shep's show tonight that Moore's movie will be on the ballot because the one showed in Cuba was a bootleg copy
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posted on
08/04/2004 6:37:38 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
To: Mo1
Cuban 'Fahrenheit' Telecast Raises Oscar Questions
However, an unauthorized or pirated display of a film would not render the movie ineligible, academy spokesman John Pavlik said on Tuesday. "If somebody steals your movie and puts it on TV, we're not going to penalize you for it," he told Reuters.
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posted on
08/04/2004 7:28:30 PM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: weegee
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posted on
08/04/2004 7:46:14 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
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