The 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented on March 7, 2010, will have 10 feature films vying in the Best Picture category, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced today (June 24) at a press conference in Beverly Hills.
"After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year," said Ganis. "The final outcome, of course, will be the same - one Best Picture winner - but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009."
For more than a decade during the Academy's earlier years, the Best Picture category welcomed more than five films; for nine years there were 10 nominees. The 16th Academy Awards (1943) was the last year to include a field of that size; "Casablanca" was named Best Picture. (In 1931/32, there were eight nominees and in 1934 and 1935 there were 12 nominees.)
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The decision has prompted s... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Rosa | June 29, 2009 12:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The decision has prompted strong reactions: http://www.newsy.com/videos/oscars_and_then_there_were_ten
I think the Academy should take this opportunity to get rid of ghettoized categories like " Animated feature" and "Documentary" which can now fit under the expanded best picture category.
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