Under this AMPAS definition, it would possible for a U.S. film to be
eligible for "best foreign language picture?"
A yiddish or spanish language film? For that matter, maybe a film w/
dialogue comprised of urban patois or ebonics would be elgible?
I can't think of this every happening. Anyone else?
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> Canada is considered part of the American "domestic"
> >market for weekly box-office records; perhaps this is why
> English-Canadian
> >films are never considered for best foreign film. Only French-language
> >films from Quebec seem to qualify.
>
>
> It's because the award is Best Foreign-Language Film or as the rules state
> "produced with a basically non-English dialogue track."
>
> LT
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