Alas, Poor Anvil ...and the Best Doc Shortlist is Revealed
Now the honeymoon is over and the yearly doldrums of Oscar shortlists is slowly gelling together. It was a wild ride at first when it seemed like Anvil: The Story of Anvil! may be a Best Documentary contender. But the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences dashed that dream today.
Among the snubbed for this year's docs include Anvil, Tyson, The September Issue and Capitalism! A Love Story. Whittled down from the original 89, the 15 films in the shortlist include Valentino: The Last Emperor, Burma VJ, The Cove and Food, Inc.
It's a little disappointing, but it would've been a true storybook ending to see Lips leaping around stage at the Oscars while a bewildered crowd sat gobsmacked. Of course, that isn't very rock n' roll, but we can dream.
The finalists are announced on February 2nd.
[h/t: matt dentler]
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