Michael Moore Snubbed by Academy Awards! See Which Documentaries Make the Cut!
How could this be? Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" was snubbed by the Academy Awards!
Moore's new documentary was largely favored by critics, including me, but apparently, it's not good enough for the Academy. It's this year's highest-grossing documentary (it has made $10 million so far), and Overture Films even opened it on Sept. 23, in time for the Academy's Sept. 30 cutoff date.
Moore won an Oscar before in 2002 for "Bowling for Columbine." He was nominated last year for "Sicko."
But this year? He didn't even make the shortlist! But Moore is not alone, other documentaries missing from the shortlist are "The September Issue," "Tyson," "Anvil! The Story of Anvil," "It Might Get Loud," and "We Live in Public."
I love all those documentaries, what's going on?
But the Academy has chosen their shortlist There were 89 films that originally qualified but the list is now down to just 15 documentaries.
And they are:
"The Cove"
"Food, Inc." (THIS IS MY PICK! THIS WILL MAKE YOU THINK TWICE ABOUT BUYING FOOD, EVEN THE "HEALTHY, ORGANIC" KIND!)
"Valentino: The Last Emperor"
"Every Little Step"
"The Beaches of Agnes"
"Burma VJ"
"Facing Ali"
"Garbage Dreams"
"Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders"
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
"Mugabe and the White African"
"Sergio"
"Soundtrack for a Revolution"
"Under Our Skin"
"Which Way Home."
The Academy will choose the five nominees from these 15 films.
Oscar nominations will be announced Feb. 2, and the Academy Awards will be presented March 7.
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