248 Feature Films Eligible for 2002 Oscar(R) Consideration

Beverly Hills, CA - The Academy Award(R) for Best Picture of 2001 will be chosen from a list of 
248 feature-length films.

Nomination ballots and a complete list of the 248 eligible films will be mailed on Tuesday, 
January 8, to the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences residing in 
California.

According to Academy rules, to qualify for consideration a feature-length motion picture must 
have a running length of more than 40 minutes and have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 
70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.  The films must open in a commercial theater, for 
paid admission, in Los Angeles County between January 1, 2001, and midnight December 31, 2001, 
and run for seven consecutive days.  Films that receive their first public exhibition or 
distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible 
for Academy Awards(R) in any category.  Official screen credit forms and copies of the main 
and end title credits must have been submitted to the Academy by December 3, 2001.

Films submitted in the Documentary, Foreign Language, Animated Feature and Short Films 
categories have different eligibility requirements and are viewed and selected by special 
voting panels of Academy members.

The 74th Academy Award nominations will be announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on 
Tuesday, February 12, at 5:30 a.m. PST.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2001 will be presented on March 24, at the 
Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland(R) and will be televised live by the ABC Television 
Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST, with a half-hour arrivals segment preceding the presentation 
ceremony.

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