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'Dark Knight' Score Disqualified From Academy Awards Consideration
cinematical.com - 11/13/2008
'Dark Knight' Score Disqualified From Academy Awards Consideration
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in their continued efforts to avoid awarding Oscars to deserving efforts in film scores, has apparently disqualified Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's work on The Dark Knight . According to Variety (by way of In Contention ), the same ...
variety.com - 11/13/2008
Academy disqualifies 'Dark' score - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
— variety.com — The score for "The Dark Knight" has been disqualified by the executive committee of the Academy music... branch. Formal letters to that effect are expected to go out this week to composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who collaborated on the ... (more) Academy disqualifies 'Dark' score - Entertainment News, ...

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variety.com - 11/13/2008
Academy disqualifies 'Dark' score - Entertainment News, Oscar News, Media
— variety.com — The score for "The Dark Knight" has been disqualified by the executive committee of the Academy music... branch. Formal letters to that effect are expected to go out this week to composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who collaborated on the ... (more) Academy disqualifies 'Dark' score - Entertainment News, ...

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variety.com - 11/13/2008
Academy disqualifies 'Dark' score - Entertainment News, Oscar News, Media
— variety.com — The score for "The Dark Knight" has been disqualified by the executive committee of the Academy music... branch. Formal letters to that effect are expected to go out this week to composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who collaborated on the ... (more) Academy disqualifies 'Dark' score - Entertainment News, ...

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The House Next Door — 1. "Batman launches suit against Christopher Nolan": That'd be the Turkish Batman. (Hattip: Ali Arikan) (Photo Credit: Bryce Edwards) Related: "'Dark Knight' Score Disqualified From Academy Awards Consideration" (from Cinematical). ["Hüseyin Kalkan, mayor of Batman, an ancient oil-producing town in south-eastern Turkey, is planning to sue Christopher Nolan, director of the recent box-office behemoth The Dark Knight, over the use of the name in the film. He claims Nolan and Warner Bros, which owns the ...

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