Rodrigo Cortése filmi "Elusalt maetud" käsikirja autor Chris Sparling rikkus Ameerika Filmikunsti ja -teaduste Akadeemia reegleid e-mailiga, kus õhutas selle liikmeid valima tema stsenaariumi üheks antud kategooria Oscar nominendiks.

Akadeemia reeglistikus seisab selgelt, et "Kirjad ja saadetised, mis ülistavad teatud filmi, saavutust või individuaali, ei ole lubatud Oscari auhinna nominentideks". Ometi tegi Sparling oma e-kirjaga seda kõike.

Tema e-mail pealkirjaga "For Your Consideration", nägi välja järgmine:

"Dear Screenwriter,

Here’s your writing prompt.

You are to write a feature-length screenplay with only one on-screen character. This character is to remain in only one location for the entire duration of the film, and that one location must be a 2' x 7' wooden box. You cannot use flashbacks, cut-aways, or any other narrative device that would take the action outside that box.

And…

The film based on your screenplay must be met by incredibly high critical praise. Roger Ebert must give it 3 1/2 out of 4 stars and give it two thumbs up; Variety must remark that the film is “…an ingenious exercise in sustained tension that would have made Alfred Hitchcock proud;” Jeffrey Lyons must describe the film you wrote as “Mesmerizing;” and you must be awarded Best Original Screenplay of 2010 by the National Board of Review.

Sound impossible? It’s not. In fact, all this exactly describes the film BURIED.

Every second of the film described above takes place inside the aforementioned 2' x 7' wooden box. Again, not a single cutaway or flashback occurs; we are complete [sic] immersed in this world from Fade In to Fade Out. This year has seen many great films hit theaters, many of which were based on original material; however, no film this year - or ever - has done so much with so little.

If you have not yet seen BURIED, I respectfully ask that you at least read the screenplay before casting your Academy Award vote for Best Original Screenplay. And while BURIED might not end up being your first choice (or even second or third), please consider it for fourth or fifth. This project represents the hard work of so many people — people who were willing to take a chance on my so called "impossible" script, and I speak for all of them when I say we would be honored to land on your ballot for Best Original Screenplay.

Thank you so very much.

Best regards,
Chris Sparling
Screenwriter of BURIED"

Toimetas: Ralf
4. jaanuar 2011, kell 14:39