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The number of Academy votes it takes to get an Oscar nom

Dec 15th, 2009 by Debra Murphy

For those of you who, like me, are disappointed three out of four years when the Oscar nominations come out, as they are about to now, here may be the reason why, beyond differences in values and notions of good storytelling, etc: A director needs only 64 of his colleagues to nominate him/her, and a cinematographer, 32. Etcetera. Granted, these are “peer” votes, which should count for something, but we also all know what happens when big decisions are made by small and somewhat “inbred” (culturally speaking) groups.

Here’s the story from The Wrap.

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