Voting for the Oscar winners does not start until February 14th and for certain a composer that doesn't seem to confident about his song, it means he wants to start getting pushy with the voters. Bruce Broughton wrote "Alone Yet Not Alone" for a movie with that title, he is also apart of the academy's music branch. according to people in that branch Broughton emailed most of the voters urging them to consider his song. People complained and Bruce was in trouble. The voting is conducted in a "fair and ethical manner" and due to Broughton's pushing he was punished by getting his nomination taken away.
I'm really surprised at this, first of all the film was only released in 11 theaters and made about $100,000 so not many people know about it, second, why push people? Just to win, this really brings me to believe that Bruce was not confident in his work. This is the first time this is happening in Oscar history and now there is an opening for another nominee. The film "Alone Yet Not Alone" will be released later this year on a larger scale which intrigues me, so I think i will get a chance to see it.
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