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Hurt Locker producer banned from Oscar night

#1

Cajungal

Cajungal

Nicolas Chartier has been barred from the event after sending an e-mail to voters urging them to name his movie as best film over rival Avatar.

Academy rules prohibit the mailing of members to promote or disparage a film.

But should The Hurt Locker win best picture, Chartier will still receive his Oscar statuette at a later date.
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Too bad, but rules are rules I guess. So there's no campaigning allowed in movies, eh? I was never familiar with this rule.


#2

Dave

Dave

You can pimp yourself out all you want, but you can't say anything about the other films.

Had he just mentioned The Hurt Locker he'd have been fine.


#3

MindDetective

MindDetective

It says promote or disparage. You can send out gifts to people and remind them of you (and thus your movie), though.


#4

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

It is that he did not buy an ad in Variety. You just can't contact the voters directly. You have to use ad-space.

I hope he wins. Just to cut 5 mins off of the broadcast.


#5

Dave

Dave

The promoting has been official but not enforced for years. People promote their stuff all the time and they just look away.


#6

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

Yeah, I imagine that somehow sending emails the way he did "crossed the line" mysteriously.


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