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Le Snub of the "Penguins"
Don't be surprised if penguins start ordering freedom fries to go with their krill.
The French version of the hit documentary March of the Penguins has been bypassed as the Gallic nation's entry in the Foreign-Language category at next year's Academy Awards.
The snub was first reported by the European site ScreenDaily.com. The Academy confirmed Friday that France had not nominated La Marche de l'Empereur, the film's proper French name. Instead, the country gave its blessing to Joyeux Noel (or Merry Christmas), a World War I drama that premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival.
On ScreenDaily.com, French-based Penguins coproducer Jean-Francois Camilleri sounded as if he thought his countrymen had missed a golden opportunity in not backing his birds--"finally a foreign film that Americans love."
"It just proves the stupidity of French politics in this profession," Camilleri told the Website. "No one has seen [Joyeux Noel] except the people at Cannes, what good does that do?"
All is not lost, however, for the sharp-dressed Arctic creatures.
The American version of March of the Penguins, featuring narration by Morgan Freeman, has been submitted for consideration in the Best Documentary Feature race by its U.S. distributor, Warner Independent Pictures, the Academy said.
Though the tale of feathery love is considered a frontrunner for the Oscar, it was passed up this week by the Los Angeles-based International Documentary Association, which nominated 13 films for its top year-end award, but not Penguins. The group, however, is not exactly in sync with Academy voters. As the Hollywood Reporter pointed out, only one of the group's nominees last year made the cut at the Oscars. (The pick was a good one, though--Born into Brothels prevailed with both the association and the Academy.)
Nominations for the 78th Annual Academy Awards will be announced Jan. 31.
The Freeman-fronted version of Penguins showed some of the strongest legs at the summer box office. Through Thursday, the film had grossed $71.1 million at U.S. theaters, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. Worldwide, its total stands at a hefty $86.6 million.
Penguins began its journey in France, premiering there in January. The redubbed version with Freeman arrived in the United States in June.
The birds will continue their migration to DVD, beginning Nov. 29th.
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