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Academy Award inconsistency

posted 18 years ago by beingmyself
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I'm somewhat curious about how this movie apparently ended up with Academy Awards nominations from two different years. In 1962, the year after it's release, it won the Foreign language film Award. In 1963 the film appeared at the awards again when Bergman got a nomination for his screenplay. Shouldn't a movie be disqualified from further nominations during subsequent years when it has already won an award? Or did this happen because of some old Academy Award rule which is no longer in effect?

[–] nklvr003 18 years ago

Well I think back then a foreign movie was able to be nominated for the year that it was released in it's country, and could be nominated again for when it was released in the US. So it could win best foreign language film one year, and if it was not released into theatres in the US that year, then it could be nominated the following year. Back in '65 and '66, The Shop on Mainstreet won for best foreign language film of '65, and the lead actress was up for best actress of '66. I think it's different now because foreign films can get a quicker release in the states than they used to. Hope that helped.

Kate Winslet for Best Actress 2006...Robert DeNiro for Best Director 2006

[–] Gregoire-2 17 years ago

You are correct, and in fact the rule still exists, but as you said, foreign films are better distributed.

[–] beagle-13 17 years ago

It's not possible for a film to be nominated in two years now. If it gets a foreign language nomination before its US release, then its disqualified for any further nominations. An example is Cinema Paradiso, which certainly would have received more nominations (e.g. directing, original score) had it been eligible the year of its US release.

[–] Gus-69 15 years ago

CITY OF GOD was denied a Best Foreign Film nomination in 2003 and received 4 Oscar in the following year, after its theatrical release in the US.

So, the rule still applies.

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[–] davidfcochrane 15 years ago

Day for Night was another one.

[–] rudeboy_murray 14 years ago

Not so - City of God was submitted as Brazil'a entry for best foreign language film of 2002, but was not nominated. If it had been nominated in that category, it would not have been eligible for the four nominations it received the following year. I'm not sure when the rules were changed, although I think Fellini's Amarcord - which won best foreign language film of 1973 and was nominated for directing and writing two year later - was the last film to benefit from the old rule.