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? > -----Original Message----- > From: Lang Thompson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 7:41 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Academy Award question > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- > Lang Thompson > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/wlt4 > > Coming Soon: World Cinema Review > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite