Oscar for Apocalypto?
Apocalypto is the new Mel Gibson movie that the Disney Company will release under their Touchstone Pictures Label. A High Definition trailer is online and it looks impressive.
Some people already speak of Oscar material…
An early look at the movie — which is scheduled for release by Disney on Dec. 8 — shows it to have at least some of the earmarks of an Oscar picture, including epic sweep and considerable ambition (The New York Times)
…but with his encounter with Law enforcement and his outburst Mel Gibson might already have mist his chance.
In Hollywood, meanwhile, industry observers were beginning to confront a new problem: If Mr. Gibson’s film proves to be of awards quality, should those who bestow the honors, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives the Oscars, overlook his behavior in favor of his art? (The New York Times)