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incontention.com - 1/14/2009
Foreign film shortlist revealed, ‘Gomorrah’ snubbed
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This is the most vile of all Academy committees. They prove their disdain for truly great cinema year in and year out (let’s not forget last year’s snubs of “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” and “Persepolis” early on), and they’ve done it again this ...
'Gomorrah' Out Of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Race
flicksnews.net - 1/16/2009
'Gomorrah' Out Of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Race
— flicksnews.net — Cannes Film Festival winner Gomorrah has shockingly failed to progress in the race for best foreign language... film prize at the Oscars next month. The Italian mafia movie, which won the grand prix at the French gala, is not in the Academy's nine-strong shortlist. (more) 'Gomorrah' Out Of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Race

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'Gomorrah' Foreign Oscar Snub Outrage Continues
:: The Playlist :: — ... Some people are full-on outraged by the AMPAs continued blunders. InContention keenly writes, "This is the most vile of all Academy committees. They prove their disdain for truly great cinema year in and year out." L.A. Times columnist Scott Feinberg ...

The Bagger Over America: Pillars of Salt
Carpetbagger — ... , and “Gomorrah” now sleeps with fishes. The blogocracy went ballistic, including Kris Tapley over at InContention . This is the most vile of all Academy committees. They prove their disdain for truly great cinema year in and year out (let’s not forget last year’s snubs of “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” and “Persepolis” early on), and they’ve done it again this year, skewering Matteo Garrone’s blistering “Gomorrah,” leaving it for the dogs, cast aside, abandoned. Scott Feinberg spent the day trying to get to the bottom of the omission – the big gaffe is an annual affair – and ...

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