Blanchett obviously won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and was therefore seen as the early-season Oscar favorite, but apparently some Academy members watching “I’m Not There” screeners on DVD had reportedly been turning the fractured film off before she appears (about an hour into the 2-hour, 15- minute movie). Writes the Envelope:
In an unprecedented move, director Todd Haynes agreed to create a special abbreviated version of “I’m Not There” that spotlights only Blanchett’s work.
Huh? This really seems like an odd and almost desperate move. Todd say it ain’t so.
Academy rules would of course never permit it to be sent to voting members, but it is scheduled to show up on TV, the Internet and other places where academy members might happen to see it. It’s an innovative gambit that could give new life to double nominee Blanchett’s bid for a second supporting Oscar (she won in 2004 for portraying Katharine Hepburn in “The Aviator”).
Pretty interesting. Anyone have a copy? We’d love to see this. Sell out move? Harvey Weinstein put a gun to his head? Bueller?
Update: Looks like the Weinstein co. has uploaded these greatest hits, highlight reels onto YouTube and in higher quality over at the official “I’m Not There” website. But hold the phone, didn’t voting for the Oscars already close a long time ago? Perhaps we’re misinformed…
Watch: “I’m Not There” Abriged Cate Blanchett highlights
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Pt 2 of 5
Well such a video does seem a waste. All that needs to be done is simply to create the Cate Blanchett category oscar, whereby they simply hand her one for whatever project(s) she’s got up her sleeve in any given year. This would save her supporters time and money of promotion and perhaps give other actresses an actual hope of winning.
In all actuality though, I don’t know who the actress was that won over her at the SAG’s, but I’m sure it was wrong. At this point I could really care less…the oscar’s failed already in my opinion when they gave her oscar to gwyneth paltrow back in the day (the injustice of this even is only rivaled by the time they gave grace kelly an award of judy garland’s deserved portrayal in a Star is Born). Anyhoo, Cate’s stint as Bob Dylan was simply mind bogglingly surreal and amazing in my opinion. If they don’t give her something for it, I’ll never watch the crap show again.