Oscar Snubs 'Two Towers' In Makeup Voting
Only 2 Films Are Finalists For Nods
POSTED: 12:34 p.m. EST January 29, 2003
UPDATED: 1:02 p.m. EST January 29, 2003
Apparently the makeup work for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "Men in Black 2," or "The Hours" weren't enough to impress the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2002.
Only two films -- "The Time Machine" and "Frida" -- have been selected by the Academy's makeup awards committee as finalists for the Best Makeup Oscar nominations.
The artisans behind the "Lord of the Rings" and "Men in Black" films have been honored before. The Best Makeup Oscar went to "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" last year, while the original "Men in Black" won the statuette in 1998.
"The Hours" appeared to be a shoo-in with its acclaimed transformation -- nose and all -- of star Nicole Kidman into famed author Virginia Woolf.
According to the Hollywood Reporter online, the acting chairman of the committee, Leonard Engleman, said he thinks "everybody was surprised" to hear the scant field of finalists that emerged from the preliminary vote.
"But what we have to remember is we're only looking for one -- that one outstanding film," Engleman told the Reporter.
The committee is allowed to make up to seven pre-nominations. It will decide the nominations Feb. 8.
Only two films -- "The Time Machine" and "Frida" -- have been selected by the Academy's makeup awards committee as finalists for the Best Makeup Oscar nominations.
The artisans behind the "Lord of the Rings" and "Men in Black" films have been honored before. The Best Makeup Oscar went to "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" last year, while the original "Men in Black" won the statuette in 1998.
"The Hours" appeared to be a shoo-in with its acclaimed transformation -- nose and all -- of star Nicole Kidman into famed author Virginia Woolf.
According to the Hollywood Reporter online, the acting chairman of the committee, Leonard Engleman, said he thinks "everybody was surprised" to hear the scant field of finalists that emerged from the preliminary vote.
"But what we have to remember is we're only looking for one -- that one outstanding film," Engleman told the Reporter.
The committee is allowed to make up to seven pre-nominations. It will decide the nominations Feb. 8.
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