From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek Makes 2009 National Board of Review Top 10 Films List   
      
   Frosty wrote:   
   > Maybe but Disctrict 9 appears to be the SCI-FI film that will get nominated.    
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   That one probably will be more successful, because it wasn't a    
   big-budget flick.  Academy voters are composed of those a whole lot less    
   famous than the nominees.  No-name actors, directors, screenwriters,    
   etc., do the voting (for those in their categories), and they tend to    
   vote for underdogs, because they don't want the already money-making    
   types to get even *more* money by adding the Oscar brand.   
      
   Natalie   
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