Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture Nominees (from 5).

2009-06-24 Thread Russ Butner
The best picture category is in fact open to films from around the world as long as they play for a week in LA. In my opinion this opens up the category to much better films that tend to fall through the cracks. For instance the best picture nominees from 2008 probably would have included

Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture Nominees (from 5).

2009-06-24 Thread Phil Edwards
I'm thinking REALLY REALLY hard here, and trying to think of 10 movies worthy of Best Picture nomination... unless they open Best Picture up to world wide. But Joe is right. The "Oscars" are clearly now more about a TV show and ad revenue than anything AMPAS might have thought of. Just one more

Re: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture Nominees (from 5).

2009-06-24 Thread Joseph Bonelli
But the "public" will NOT be satisfied until the Oscars are American Idol!!!   What a cop-out for the Academy.    Joe B in NOLA --- On Wed, 6/24/09, David Kusumoto wrote: From: David Kusumoto Subject: [MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture Nominees (from 5). To: MoPo-L@LISTSER

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[MOPO] Title Card Auction Part one Ends Today - Part Two Begins

2009-06-24 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
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[MOPO] AMPAS - 2010 Oscars expands to 10 Best Picture Nominees (from 5).

2009-06-24 Thread David Kusumoto
FYI, just out today. Next year's Oscars -- for the first time since 1943 -- will expand from 5 nominees for Best Picture -- to 10. -d. = June 24, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Teni Melidonian – (310) 247-3090 tmelidon...@oscars.org 82nd Academy

[MOPO] Oddball Movie Posters...Large Format, US, French, Italian...Nudist, Nazi

2009-06-24 Thread Gerri Farrell
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[MOPO] Heritage: Jaws, Godfather, Sea Wolf, Contempt, Roustabout, more

2009-06-24 Thread Carteron, Bruce - 1551
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Re: [MOPO] strange 007 OHMSS insert

2009-06-24 Thread Smith, Grey - 1367
This insert is pretty well known amongst Bond collectors as the mistake OHMSS insert. As far as I know, nothing has ever turned up in a copy with correct billing. As for the copy without ratings, could be international. The switch in credits would not be an agreed upon thing in this instance a