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‘9/11’ Won’t Be Disqualified From Oscars

Unauthorized Cuban television broadcasts of “Fahrenheit 9/11” will not keep the movie out of the Academy Awards race for best documentary.

The broadcasts in Cuba originated from pirated copies of Michael Moore’s film, according to Lions Gate Films, one of the distributors of “Fahrenheit 9/11.”

John Pavlik, spokesman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (news - web sites), said Wednesday that would not disqualify “Fahrenheit 9/11” for the best-documentary Oscar, which Moore won for his last film, 2002’s “Bowling for Columbine.”

Oscar rules prohibit television or Internet broadcast of documentary contenders anywhere in the world within nine months of their theatrical release. But “Fahrenheit 9/11” would not be affected by the Cuba broadcasts since they were not sanctioned by the distributors, Pavlik said.

“The rule was never intended to punish people for something like this,” Pavlik said.

Once again, I’m calling shenanigans on this whole fucking mess.  I think we all know exactly what went on here.  And no one can investigate it until someone comes forward.