QUICK TAKES - Jan. 29, 2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has ruled that all four producers of “The Reader” will be recognized in the film’s best picture nomination, even though academy rules usually cap the number at three.
The rules allow an exception for “rare and extraordinary” circumstances, however, and they were judged to apply in this case, the academy said, since the film’s original producers, Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, died before the movie was completed. So Minghella and Pollack will be recognized along with producers Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris.
All four would receive Oscars if “The Reader” is announced as best film at the Academy Award ceremony Feb. 22.
-- Lee Margulies
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