[Gorwingel]

The Oscar's do kind of have a bad track record, like the film that is considered the best ever "Citizen Kane" never even won best picture.<BR>I still think TTT is going to be nominated for best picture, and I will be very surprised if it is not. I do not think it will win though, I would be shocked if it did.<BR>Now I may get into some very deep movie stuff, but it is good stuff.<BR>Now in Hollywood there is kind of a club of studios that always get their pictures nominated for best picture. The main two are Miramax and Dreamworks. Miramax does films such as "Chicago" and "Gangs of New York", and Dreamworks does all the Steven Spielberg (because he partly runs the studio) films, like "Catch me if you can". Miramax is always very good at advertsing. Some insiders think that is why some films such as the "The English Patient" won best picture, and the forgettable films like "Chocolat" and "In the Bedroom" got nominated for best picture. Here is the part that is connected to LOTR. One of the producers of LOTR is Harvey Winstein, who is the head of Miramax. He originally wanted to make the films, but did not have enough money. So when the films went to New Line he got to stay on as producer. The Best Picture race is almost like running for president. It sadly has a lot to do with how much advertsing, and "buzz" that you have. New Line is new to the whole award thing, FOTR was New Line's first film ever to be nominated for best picture. So if Harvey Winstein is a producer, and he is so good at advertising and everything, why doesn't he put some of his might behind LOTR? It is just something to think about (but it must be that he does not get as much money from LOTR, than the other films).