The Clown Prince
02-13-2003, 08:51 PM
....nominations come in January and that the month of December will not count anymore for movies that want to be eliglible. So now that if New Line decides to still release Return of the King in December, it wouldn't be eligible until the 2005 Academy Awards. Here is a small quote from my local newspaper, The Oregonian Living Section from yesterday's paper.
The article was talking about movies and people that got snubbed, how the biggest grossers of 2002 got snubbed and how for the first time since 1989, and the second time in Oscar history that all 5 films nominated for best picture, opened in December. Anyways, here is the closing quote and at the end of the post will be the link to the whole article...
Box office is, of course, a large part of the reason that the Oscars exist in the first place: The awards give a big boost to the late-year releases during the winter months, when people might otherwise not want to leave the house to see a movie. This year, that tendency is especially evident. For the first time since 1989, and only the second time in Academy history, all of the nominees for best picture were released in December.
Ironically, this novelty occurs in what be the last true December in the Oscar calender. Starting next year, the Academy Awards ceremony will be moved up one month, which is likely to force more films with greedy eyes on the prizes to choose release dates earlier in the winter and perhaps even in the fall.
Which means next year's Oscar race will probably start around Labor Day.
Now that would be really cool if Peter Jackson and New Line bumped Return of the King to November so it could be eligible for February's Oscars. It seems that September to November may be a crowded time for movies that really want to be nominated.
(Crosses fingers for ROTK to open a month early!) :D
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/1045054776150750.xml?oregonian
The Clown Prince
The article was talking about movies and people that got snubbed, how the biggest grossers of 2002 got snubbed and how for the first time since 1989, and the second time in Oscar history that all 5 films nominated for best picture, opened in December. Anyways, here is the closing quote and at the end of the post will be the link to the whole article...
Box office is, of course, a large part of the reason that the Oscars exist in the first place: The awards give a big boost to the late-year releases during the winter months, when people might otherwise not want to leave the house to see a movie. This year, that tendency is especially evident. For the first time since 1989, and only the second time in Academy history, all of the nominees for best picture were released in December.
Ironically, this novelty occurs in what be the last true December in the Oscar calender. Starting next year, the Academy Awards ceremony will be moved up one month, which is likely to force more films with greedy eyes on the prizes to choose release dates earlier in the winter and perhaps even in the fall.
Which means next year's Oscar race will probably start around Labor Day.
Now that would be really cool if Peter Jackson and New Line bumped Return of the King to November so it could be eligible for February's Oscars. It seems that September to November may be a crowded time for movies that really want to be nominated.
(Crosses fingers for ROTK to open a month early!) :D
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/1045054776150750.xml?oregonian
The Clown Prince