MJ docu ‘This Is It’ may run for Oscars
By ANIFriday, October 30, 2009
LONDON - Sony believes its documentary on Michael Jackson ould well be in the race for the best picture Oscar award.
The company’s spokesman Steve Elzer said the studio would submit the documentary on the late King of Pop, titled ‘This Is It’, to the Academy Awards panel for consideration.
Although ‘This Is It’ has missed the deadline for consideration as the best documentary of 2009, it can still compete for the Oscars in other categories including sound, film editing, director and best picture.
‘This Is It’ was released across the world this week and has already won fans’ praise and critical acclaim, apart from earning 12.3 million pounds in just two days.
Jackson’s long time collaborator, Kenny Ortega has directed the film from over 100 hours of footage recorded while MJ was rehearsing for his July 2010 O2 shows.
“What we did here was focus on telling a good story and creating a film for the fans, really enabling them to understand what Michael Jackson had dreamed for them,” the Daily Express quoted Ortega, as saying.
He added that he hoped “the audience for this film will grow and that as many people come to see it as possible because I think that it’s a wonderful story about a brilliant man. … Awards, Oscars, that’s all great wishful thinking.” (ANI)
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October 31, 2009: 12:32 am
I really love him as a brilliant singer in the world. Yesterday I went to see This Is It movie with my friends. All of us are big fans of Michel Jackson. We love him very much and I think this movie is doing great tribute for him |
umara