ANTHONY MINGHELLA - IN REVERSAL, ACADEMY ALLOWS 4 PRODUCER NODS FOR READER

IN REVERSAL, ACADEMY ALLOWS 4 PRODUCER NODS FOR READER

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has backed off from its insistence that no more than three producers can be nominated for an Oscar for a single film in the best picture category, allowing Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris to qualify as nominees for The Reader. The Academy indicated that Minghella's and Pollack's deaths during the production of the film (they were the original producers) produced "a rare and extraordinary circumstance" that the rules reference. Another producer, Scott Rudin, had his name removed from the credits after losing a battle with Harvey Weinstein over the release date.

28/01/2009