Hungry indies try DVD Oscars blitz
December 14, 2007 | 10:11
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Anne Thompson of Variety reports: "The indie distribs behind 'Starting Out in the Evening,' 'Taxi to the Dark Side,' 'Music Within,' 'Honeydripper' and 'Man in the Chair' are taking a longshot at grabbing the gold: Inspired in part by upstart Oscar contenders such as 'Crash,' 'Hotel Rwanda' and 'Half-Nelson,' they are mailing DVDs of their little-movies-that-could to some 6,000 Academy and 4,000 Screen Actors Guild voters." READ MORE
They should totally go for it. It certain worked for "Crash". They were not even consider for Best Drama at the Globes. Better yet the studios should try to woo Oprah.
Posted by: KJ | December 14, 2007 at 01:38 PM