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Quoting GSyren:
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I have a bit of a conundrum. The alternate source that I am looking at contains 128 different categories. That may be historically correct, but not very helpful. I'm wondering if one could merge some of them. For example, 22 music categories? Wouldn't "Score" and "Song" be enough? Any thoughts on which categories that could be conflated (if at all)?
May I suggest you adopt the categories listed in The Official Academy Awards Database:
https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/?search=Basic
You can then condense the various music categories under:
• MUSIC (Scoring) <== original or adaptation (there may be multiple winners in the same year)
• MUSIC (Song) <== original or adaptation
Other categories that may be condensed:
• WRITING <== [includes original story, screenplay, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, etc.)
• PRODUCTION DESIGN <== [includes art direction, art direction (B/W), art direction (color), etc.]
• CINEMATOGRAPHY <== [includes cinematography (black-and-white), cinematography (color)]
• SOUND <== [includes Sound, Sound Recording, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, last two discontinued after 2019] | Posted: Topic Replies: 32, Topic Views: 13443 |
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Quoting GSyren:
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Fun facts:
- The person with the most nominations has been nominated 49 times. Guess who? JOHN WILLIAMS
- One person has been nominated 17 times without winning. Who's the unlucky guy? GREG P. RUSSELL
My answer is in BOLD.
I believe the statistics for John Williams is incomplete, the nominations (up to 2023) should be 53. I double-checked other composers/song writers (such as Dimitri Tiomkin) and found "best original song" nominations were not included in the statistics - is this right? | Posted: Topic Replies: 32, Topic Views: 13443 |
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What a nice reference tool, reminds me of the days when I used Microsoft's Cinemania.
With regards to Thelma Ritter, it was a shame she was 6 nom./0 wins. Even worse was Glenn Close with 8/0 wins, and what about Stanley Kubrick (9/0 wins). None of these compare with sound man Greg P. Russell with 17/0 wins.
I was disappointed when I couldn't find any technical nominations for GSyren, as I believe this person deserved it! Many thanks. | Posted: Topic Replies: 32, Topic Views: 13443 |
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Quoting rdodolak:
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In this case, I'd have to agree with the other poster based on my initial research. Here's the link to the company's registration in the UK.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC406063
In Britain, Ltd. or Limited after the company name implies it's a private limited company which means it's a limited company (have limited liability). This aligns with what is shown in the link above, where the company is a private limited company and they have the Limited after the name.
For UK companies, I treat "Limited" or "Ltd" as a company suffix.
However, in the USA, "Limited" or "Ltd." is a corporation, whilst LLC is a limited liability company.
I have seen "Ltd." as part of the American company name in film credits, such as Lucasfilm Ltd, which is the trade name owned by Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC (https://uspto.report/TM/78662806).
In this example, I would treat the American company name as "Lucasfilm Ltd." and "LLC" as the company suffix:
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/201235310073 | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 6572 |
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Quoting T!M:
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A fun example in the same vein is the production company called "David Copperfield Disappearing Inc." I couldn't bring myself to drop the "Inc." from that one...
I got a good chuckle out of that. Indeed, it is true, David Copperfield's Disappearing, Inc. is a corporation based in Nevada (naturally).
Sadly, his Californian companies of the same name really did disappear, some say it was due to their missing tax records. | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 6572 |
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I would list COO as: Germany-UK-France, as per Invelos rules.
• This was a European multilateral co-production film, so you should see "A German-French-UK Co-Production" credit towards the end of the film and on credit blocks and posters. This co-production credit was a mandatory requirement of Article 12 in the "European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production": https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text/502395.
You will note there was no mention of United States participating in the co-production credit.
• Invelos rules state we use the film credit sequence when listing production companies and their COO, not the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production.
• I believe the film credits will show the following production company names:
________________________________________________________
A CONSTANTIN FILM/IMPACT PICTURES PRODUCTION <== (Germany/United Kingdom)
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IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH NEF PRODUCTIONS AND NEW LEGACY FILM <== (France/United Kingdom/Germany)
AND STUDIO BABELSBERG
________________________________________________________
NOTE:
Company countries of origin were:
• Constantin Film Produktion GmbH (Germany): https://opencorporates.com/companies/de/D2601V_HRB55385
• Impact Pictures Limited (UK): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04122251
• NEF-Productions S.A.S. (France): https://opencorporates.com/companies/fr/523333029
• New Legacy Film Limited (UK):https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04125345
• Studio Babelsberg (Germany)
For U.S. releases, Summit Entertainment was the theatrical distributor. | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 4532 |
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I seem to remember from trivia nights these trick questions:
Who won the Academy Award for Best Picture IN [yyyy]? <== the answer referred to the Award ceremony year
Who won the Academy Award for Best Picture FOR [yyyy]? <== the answer referred to the eligibily year(s)
The film eligibility period for past Academy Award ceremony years were, I believe:
Ceremony Year / Eligibily Period
• 1929-1932:
01 Aug - 31 Jul (1st-5th Academy Awards)
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony (held May, 1929) was for films released from 01-Aug-1927 to 31-Jul-1928.
The 2nd and 3rd ceremonies were held in 1930 (02Apr and 05Nov, respectively).
• 1934:
01 Aug 1932 - 31 Dec 1933 (6th Academy Awards)
There was no award ceremony held in 1933.
• 1935-2020:
01 Jan - 31 Dec (7th-92nd Academy Awards)
• 2021:
01 Jan 2020 - 28 Feb 2021 (93rd Academy Awards - held April, 2021)
• 2022:
01 Mar 2021 - 31 Dec 2021 (94th Academy Awards)
• 2023-2025:
01 Jan - 31 Dec (95th-97th Academy Awards)
So its possible for a film to have the same release year as the award ceremony year (1930 and 2021).
It is also possible for a film to be released two years before the award ceremony year.
For example, WINGS (1927) was the best picture winner at the 1st Academy Awards (award ceremony held in 1929).
Excluding ceremonies 1929-1932 and 2021, the eligibility period ended on 31 Dec and the award ceremony occurred the followng year.
Award ceremony years whose eligibility periods spanned aross two years were 1929-1932, 1934 and 2021.
I'm not familiar with the Awards tool you are using, but you can use the above ceremony/eligibilty years to determine whether the dates shown in the tool refer to the film's release year (within the eligibility period) or the subsequent award ceremony year.
Hope that helps. | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 6113 |
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Agree with Zappman.
The two different back covers (with same UPC) can be seen here:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=381176&page=9 | Posted: Topic Replies: 5, Topic Views: 5450 |
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