Tupac - Resurrection Gets Acadamy Award Nomination |
Written by Robert ID756 |
Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:37 |
Nominations for the 77th Annual Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 25) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson and Oscar® -winning actor Adrien Brody. Pierson and Brody announced ten of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. news conference attended by over 400 international media. Nominations in all categories were distributed to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards Web site — www.oscar.com . Academy members selected the nominees in their respective branches, with the exception of the Animated Feature and Foreign Language Film categories, where nominations were selected by vote of screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Ballots were mailed to 5,808 members in late December and were returned directly to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the international accounting firm, for tabulation. Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2004 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST / 8 p.m. EST with a half-hour arrival segment. The complete list of nominations for the 77th Annual Academy Awards may be accessed at www.oscar.com .
Tupac – Resurrection has been nominated for an Acadamy Award for Best Documentary. Below is the complete list of Nominees in that category. Best documentary feature
“Born into Brothels” (THINKFilm) A Red Light Films, Inc. Production Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
“The Story of the Weeping Camel” (THINKFilm) A Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München Production Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa “Super Size Me” (Roadside Attractions/Samuel Goldwyn Films) A Kathbur Productions/The Con Production Morgan Spurlock “Tupac: Resurrection” ( Paramount ) An MTV - Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Production Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali
“Twist of Faith” A Chain Camera Pictures Production Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt |