THE FOREIGN CANDIDATES
Argentina's entry and TFF fave "Wild Tales"
The deadline has come and gone for nations to nominate films for Academy Award consideration for Best Foreign Language Film. HitFix/InContention reports that there are 70+ entrants for the 2014 competition and they list their ten most likely nominees in order plus a list of all the films nominated by their home countries for the Oscar. Among the top ten contenders according to them are:
"Ida" from TFF #40 as well as, "Leviathan", "Wild Tales", "Mommy" and "Two Days, One Night" from TFF #41.
The complete listing and story are here:
http://www.hitfix.com/contenders/best-foreign-language-film
"BIRDMAN" ITEMS
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood recently posted an interview with Antonio Sanchez, the man behind the percussive score for Alejandro Inarritu's "Birdman". Check that out here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/watch-how-birdman-composer-antonio-sanchez-drummed-the-score-20141003
For those who didn't catch "Birdman" at the fest thus year, or even those who did, Yahoo Movies posted an exclusive clip fro m the film this weekend ahead of it's presentation as the closing night film for the New York Film Festival which concludes this coming weekend. That's here:
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/given-hes-been-in-a-public-eye-for-three-decades-98980521627.html
"IMITATION" UK TRAILER
The British trailer for Morten Tyldum's very,very good and likely Oscar Best Picture nominee, "The Imitation Game" appeared at the end of the week. If you follow this blog then you know that the film was the top selection among those responding to my "People's Telluride" poll of films. Take a look at the story and the U.K. trailer form The Playlist here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-new-uk-trailer-for-the-imitation-game-starring-benedict-cumberbatch-keira-knightley-20141002
AS "RUDDERLESS" GETS CLOSER
"Rudderless" is just days away from release (Oct. 17th) and The Wall Street Journal has a nice interview with the film's lead, Billy Crudup. Here's your link to that:
http://online.wsj.com/articles/billy-crudup-is-still-almost-famous-1412355022?google_editors_picks=true
LATEST FEINBERG FORECAST
The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg has updated his weekly Feinberg Forecast for this year's Oscar competition. Looks like Scott really has been impressed with the "American Sniper" trailer as it makes a solid jump up. Check the latest Forecast as well as that trailer below.
"American Sniper" trailer vie YouTube
The latest Feinberg Forecast:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/feinberg-forecast-updated-projections-as-738173
More on Thursday...
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