Indie Killer or how I learned to quit having high expectations for Sony Pictures Classics

If you look at Sony Pictures Classics track record in the last couple of years then you will realize the term “Indie Killer” is pretty fitting for them. Some of my favorite movies of the last 2 years have been essentially put on the back burner and not given the release they deserve. The same rings true for one of my favorite movies of the year, MOON. The only downside to this unfortunate fact is that MOON deserves to bring home some hardware during next years Academy Awards and it probably wont even see a nomination.

As I am typing this, MOON is not sitting pretty for the Oscars that it would most likely have been nominated for because Sony Pictures Classics decided to not send out screeners to the Academy voters. Sam Rockwell would have easily earned a nomination for Best Actor and Clint Mansell would have probably run away with the Best Original Score. Neither of these are going to happen unless a hell of a lot of voters step up and write them in without having received a screener recently. I was lucky enough to see this film at Sundance, where it premiered, then again at SXSW, and once more when it had its ridiculously short run in theaters.

The movie is fantastic and Rockwell brings the house down with his multiple performances. So if you are an Academy voter or you know one and you/they haven’t seen MOON then get in touch with Duncan Jones through EMAIL, his WEBSITE or his TWITTER. We need to keep up this grass roots campaign to get it recognized since SPC doesnt have the desire to help its run.

Check out this clip of Duncan Jones talking about Sam Rockwell’s performance and Oscar contention:

So for all of you that are wanting to help out…here is a FYC poster I made post it EVERYWHERE: