DAY 2: Academy Decides Producer Credits in “The Hurt Locker” and “Blind Side”

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Academy rules limit nominations for Best Picture three producers, except in extreme cases. I’ve learned that it was decided after discussions today that Greg Shapiro, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal and Nicolas Chartier all pulled their weight and deserve the honor. The departure of a potential dispute Crash in the category of Best Picture, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week cleared the way for the 4 producers accredited by The Hurt Locker standing on stage and receive Oscars if the film should go victorious on 7 March. A spokesman for the Summit said that all producers were relieved by the decision today
However, additional rules allow a producer to be appointed under extraordinary circumstances . In finding that the producers of The Hurt Locker had functioned fully as genuine producers of the film, the committee chose to exercise “extraordinary” circumstances provision of the rules. “* 3rd UPDATE: Tampa said, “Academy rules state that usually no more than three producers may be nominated as candidates in the category of Best Picture all.
The Academy also approved the trio of producers on the blind side, which means that Gil Netter and Alcon Entertainment partners Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson will go up on stage if the film wins Best Picture. In both cases, the Academy adopted the same recommendation made by the Producers Guild of following its own audit process
The only pity is producer Jeffrey Clifford, who was deemed ineligible by the PGA of Up in the Air. The PGA decided – and the Academy accepted his recommendation – only Daniel Dubiecki and Ivan and Jason Reitman were eligible to compete for the trophy for Best PictureIt is the second consecutive year in which Oscar has allowed four producers: last year, allowed the quartet in the reader after two of them, Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, died when the film was in post-production.