3 Chinese hits in line for best picture Oscar nomination

Updated: 2004-12-31 10:31

3 Chinese hits in line for best picture Oscar nomination

美国当地时间12月28日，美国电影艺术和科学学院公布了今年入围奥斯卡最佳影片奖的267部影片名单。中国总共有三部影片入围——《十面埋伏》、《盲井》和《天地英雄》。美国电影学院对参加奥斯卡奖评选的影片提出了严格的要求。其中最主要的规定就是必须是40分钟以上的长片，而且必须至少在美国洛杉矶商业院线上映连续七天以上的影片。

3 Chinese hits in line for best picture Oscar nomination

Chinese films "Blind Shaft", "House of Flying Daggers" and "Warriors of Heaven & Earth" have all made the initial nominations for this year's Best Picture Oscar.

"Hero", Chinese director Zhang Yimou's first martial-arts epic, which has topped the North American box office for two weeks, was not nominated for the 77th-annual Academy Awards

Only five films out of the 267 will make the Best Picture shortlist, which is unveiled on January 25th after a public vote. Studios are desperately battling for Oscar voters' attention with a blitz of television, radio and newspaper advertisements in preparation for the final frenzied phase of Hollywood's awards season.

Oscar pundits say that Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator," Clint Eastwood's boxing flick "Million Dollar Baby" and Alexander Payne's road movie "Sideways" look good for best picture nods.

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Vocabulary:

blitz: a rapid and violent military attack with intensive aerial bombardment（闪电战）

frenzied : excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion（狂热的）

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