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at the oscars

posted 20 years ago by hitlerberries
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how did this movie win the best foregin film at the 1974 oscars... only to get nominated for 3 major oscars the following year?

[–] ct_richard 20 years ago

It was not released in Los Angeles county until 1974. The rules at the time said that whenever a film was released in L.A. county it could compete for regular Ocars, no mater when it was initally released or what it did in previous years foreign Oscar competitions.

Now a film that is nominated for Foreign Language Oscar can not compete for other awards the next year when it released in L.A. country. Does anyone know when this rule was enacted?

[–] trex132 19 years ago

Thank you, Richard, for clearing up this mystery for me! I actually came to this board just to find that answer.

God bless IMDb:)

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] oshkar72 17 years ago

Not the only movie at all.

Jan Troell's Utvandrama (1971, aka The emigrants, with Liv Ullmann and Max Von Sydow) was nominated for Best Foreign Film in 1972 and received 4 nominations the next year too.
Sadly didn't won none.

[–] risto-luukkonen 16 years ago

Battle for Algiers was also nominated in 1967 and again in 1969.