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Final DRAFT of Magazine AD...and Press Release
BBMGrandma:
Here's the link to the final draft of the Brokeback AD!!! Scroll all the way down for the press release!! It's going to Variety this morning!!
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=1721.msg86680#msg86680
Aussie Chris:
Thanks for posting this Nancy, and for the head's up yesterday.
I'm so glad that I was able to contribute some funds towards the AD, and that it turned out so great. Maybe the awards "loss" is really a blessing in disguise? Without it we wouldn't have had the opportunity to come together and make this stand? I feel so honoured to be a part of this amazing BBM community, the fact that we came together like this in such a constructive way, and with such dignity. Now all I have to do is try to get a copy sent down here to Australia - I don't know if Variety is distributed here with the ADs in tact?
Lot's of love, Chris.
Impish:
Dave Cullen is also running an email campaign in which we contact the Academy directly.
Here's the one I sent in a few minutes ago:
--- Quote ---I am shocked and disappointed that you allowed homophobia to steal the Oscar from what everyone knows was the true "Best Picture."
When academy members such as Tony Curtis explicitly state they refused to even see Brokeback Mountain, how can it be anything but homophobia?
When "Crash" excludes gay bashing in a film about bigotry, how can it be anything but homophobia? I wonder what Tony Curtis and his ilk would have done had Crash included one gay character: He would have seen only "Good Night and Good Luck" and therefore voted for it.
Your rules need to be changed. As a scientist, it astounds me that voters for best picture are not required to see all nominated films. Without this requirement, the Oscars cannot possibly be representative of what it claims to honor.
As the ONLY organization not to recognize Brokeback Mountains greatness, he Academy should be embarrassed.
Shame on you.
--- End quote ---
Aussie Chris:
Yep, and here is the one I just sent:
--- Quote ---I am so very disappointed, but alas not surprised, that CRASH was awarded best picture over BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at the academy awards on Sunday night. Although CRASH is not a film without some merit, it is clear to the public that it was chosen more for its political safety than its quality.
The AMPAS has seriously discredited itself by this poor judgement, and all of the self-congratulatory rhetoric we have been force-fed about being progressive and an influential force for good is at best delusional.
The simple fact that members of the academy are not required watch all nominated films, in my mind, should disqualify those members from voting in the BP category, as being allowed to make a determination of a film's merit solely based on media-hype or personal bias (read: homophobia) is insulting to both the film makers and the viewing public.
By being the ONLY major awards group to not recognise BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN as being the best film of 2005, you have demonstrated that a BP OSCAR is of little significance and nothing for a film maker to be proud of.
--- End quote ---
BBMGrandma:
Hi Chris....I found THESE Australian papers who have been sent the press release.
Australia The West Australian - WA
Australia The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW
Australia The Australian - National
Australia The Age - VIC
Australia The Advertiser - SA
SO hopefully you'll at LEAST see that in one of your local papers. Variety is checking the "AD" now for any last minute changes.
Love....Nancy
BTW...how do we contact the Academy directly with our own personal comments?
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