I don't think it is. They mean "Best Picture (Over All)," not "Best English LAnguage Film," although their choices may be dubious (and I'm not saying either way). Scott =============================================================================== Scott Andrew Hutchins http://php.iupui.edu/~sahutchi Oz, Monsters, Kamillions, and More! "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."--Noam Chomsky On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, paul wiener wrote: > I am mostly wondering how/why "Life Is Beautiful" can be considered a > domestic (USA) film. I'm sure there's a simple answer - I just won't like it. > > At 12:25 AM 2/19/99 +0200, Melis Behlil wrote: > >Well it doesn't make much sense to me either, but it's not an unprecedented > >event. Costa-Gavras' "Z" was nominated for both awards in 1970 and received > >the Foreign-Language Oscar. As well as the Golden Globe for the same > >category, the Jury Prize at Cannes, and a few other things. But I certainly > >don't get the logic behind nominating a movie for best picture in two > >categories... > > > >Melis Behlil. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: paul wiener <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > >Date: 18 Şubat 1999 Perşembe 23:37 > >Subject: Re: Academy Award question > > > > > >>And here's a dumb question: > >> > >>would someone briefly explain to me why (the highly overrated) "Life Is > >>Beautiful" is a nominee as best American film AND foreign film? Am I > >>missing something? Is it part of an effort to make this year's awards the > >>least responsible ever? > >> > >> > >>Paul B. Wiener > >>Special Services Librarian > >>SUNY at Stony Brook > >>516/632-7253 > >>[log in to unmask] > >> > >>---- > >>Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > >>University of Alabama. > > > >---- > >Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > >University of Alabama. > > > > > Paul B. Wiener > Special Services Librarian > SUNY at Stony Brook > 516/632-7253 > [log in to unmask] > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite