Oscar 2005: Documentary Shortlist

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday, Nov. 17, a list of twelve semi-finalists for the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award. The twelve films were chosen by the Academy’s documentary branch, which also will select the five final nominees.

They are:

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on JournalismConspicuously absent from the Academy list, whether due to eligibility or other issues, are many of the Iraq War-related political documentaries that have surfaced this year, including Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, Control Room, and Uncovered: the War on Iraq.

Fahrenheit 9/11’s director/producer Michael Moore, winner of the 2002 Best Documentary Oscar for Bowling for Columbine, did not submit his blockbuster documentary in that category. Fahrenheit 9/11, however, is eligible in other categories, including Best Picture.

Oscar nominations will be announced on January 25, and the awards ceremony will take place on February 27.

Addendum: An Academy spokesperson told me that Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, the pro-John Kerry Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry, and the anti-Kerry Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal were never submitted for Academy consideration. Control Room and Uncovered: The War on Iraq were disqualified because they have already been shown on television. That leaves only Nickolas Perry and Harry Thomason’s The Hunting of the President, with Bill Clinton as the presidential prey and far right-wingers as the ideological hunters, which was indeed eligible but failed to make the final cut.

 


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