I heard years ago that the Redgrave family and by connection Liam Neesom who is married to the daughter of one of the Redgrave's are blacklisted from the academy awards because they used to make anti Israel and pro communist comments, or something like that. I noticed Neesom wasn't nominated for Kinsey, not that I approve of the movie, but I wonder if he's being snubbed. He was snubbed in Schindler's List as well.
Neeson was nominated for Schindler.