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Miramax's Weinstein Blames Oscar Snub on Timing

2004-2-2 11:09:39 CRIENGLISH.com

Miramax Films co-chairman Harvey Weinstein has blamed the timing of the release of "Cold Mountain" for the film's failure to win an Oscar nomination in the best picture category.

Miramax Films co-chairman Harvey Weinstein has blamed the timing of the release of "Cold Mountain" for the film's failure to win an Oscar nomination in the best picture category.

In interviews with Time and Newsweek, Weinstein said he opened the highly acclaimed Civil War epic starring Nicole Kidman and Jude Law at Christmas time so that Oscar nominations would fuel box office sales.

"Cold Mountain" did win seven other Oscar nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, including best actor for Jude Law and best supporting actress for Renee Zellweger.

Citing the fact that the Oscars will be held in February this year instead of March, Weinstein told Newsweek that he thought the whole positioning of movies has changed because of this, and other than "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," every best-picture nominee was released prior to December.

As a result, Weinstein said Miramax would move up the release of J.M. Barrie's "Neverland" starring Johnny Depp to October and would aim to release Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" in November instead of late December. （Jiang He）

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