It isn’t that big of a surprise that the courts opted out of giving the long-suffering Crash producer, Bob Yari, a retroactive Oscar. Yesterday, the 2nd District Court of Appeals denied the “right of fair procedure” as applicable to this case. According to the AP, “Private organizations can make their own decisions when it comes to their awards.”
Bruce Davis was pleased to know this and added, “it is nice to be assured that the courts don’t want to be in the business of deciding who wins an Academy Award.”
Okay, fine, Bruce Davis, but if someone produced the movie and the movie won Best Picture should not that person also win an Oscar? Deserved retroactive Oscars would open a can of worms you KNOW the AMPAS would rather avoid. The AMPAS is like the Pope, loathe to admit and atone for past mistakes.