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Oscar-nominated short films in iTunes Store
There are two Oscar award categories with films that almost no one ever sees, and those are the live action and animated short films. Unfortunately, these films usually never make it past film festival circuits and don't receive wide distribution, and typically they are welcomed with a big "huh?" when they pop up during the Academy Awards ceremony. Anyway, this year's short film nominees are available for purchase in the iTunes Store, along with previous winners and nominees. Priced at $1.99 each, the videos are not much of a big investment and might be worth the price of admission, just to get a feel for what a Oscar-nominated short film looks like. The curious can scope them out here (warning: iTunes link).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Adam said 10:23PM on 2-26-2007
An excellent idea for sure! I know I always wanted to be able to see these films but never got the chance.
Of course, since I live in Canada I still won't get that chance (damn iTunes Canada not having anything good) but still a great idea!
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Marcos said 10:20AM on 2-27-2007
I wanted to check out the West Bank Story short.
DVD is over $20. So I got it for 2 bucks from iTunes. Not bad!
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pmsg said 11:22AM on 2-27-2007
What happened to "Lifted", from Pixar / Buena Vista Pictures? Why is that one not available, it was nominated....!?!?
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dville said 5:01PM on 2-27-2007
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smart said 6:20PM on 2-27-2007
good action
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André Luís said 7:12AM on 2-28-2007
See? Now I just don't understand why this content shouldn't be made available on all stores! Is it technical issues? Allow people from other stores to buy these items on the US store, then... I don't know, it's not up to me to figure out the technicalities, but I want to BUY these. I want to GIVE them my money and they're ignoring me. Bad move.
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