In the eleventh installment of Oscar Talk, In Contention‘s Kris Tapley and I have a go at last weekend’s Governors Awards, Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, the documentary short list and Hal Holbrook’s performance in That Evening Sun. Over at Awards Daily, Sasha Stone assembles a bigger group to grapple with some of these and other questions.
On the jump, I’ve pasted Stone’s useful breakdown of the different branches of the Academy. You can see how dramatically the actors branch dominates. Want to predict the Oscars correctly? Figure out how each of those branches will vote for the contenders. The producers, executives and publicists tend to be more mainstream, while the writers and directors are more upscale, and the different crafts appreciate the art of moviemaking in a different way. Then add up the numbers.
AMPAS Breakdown
Actors-1,222
Producers-462
Executives-436
Sound-411
Writers-388
Art Directors-373
Directors-375
Public Relations-370
Members at Large-254
Shorts/Feature Ani-335
Visual Effects-272
Music-233
Editors-227
Cinematographers-197
Documentary-145
Makeup-115
Total Voting Members -approx 6,000”>
by Anne Thompson, posted to Awards, Oscars, Directors, Quentin Tarantino on November 20, 2009 at 1:31pm PST | Permalink | Comments (3)
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