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More Oscar screeners turn up on Internet

Courtesy The Globe & Mail

Associated Press

Friday, January 16, 2004 - The Globe & Mail

Los Angeles — Two additional movies sent to Oscar voters have surfaced on the Internet, with a screener copy of House of Sand and Fog briefly up for sale on an auction site and Cold Mountain available for downloading, studios said.

Miramax said it was looking into how an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences screener copy of its Civil War epic Cold Mountain was posted on the Internet.

The actual videocassette copy of the grim drama House of Sand and Fog was up for sale on eBay before DreamWorks SKG contacted the website and asked that it be removed.

The Los Angeles Times reported that security features on the tape indicated it belonged to Ivan Kruglak, an academy member.

Kruglak told the newspaper he didn't know how a copy of his tape was posted for sale on-line.

Earlier in the week, the Academy said copies of Something's Gotta Give and The Last Samurai had been posted on-line. AP

Column courtesy The Globe & Mail © worldwide 2004

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