There are a few ways Angelina Jolie could get a good seat at next month's Oscars: She could serve as a presenter; she could go as presumed Best Actor nominee Brad Pitt's date; and/or, however unlikely, she could contend for Best Picture.
But, Golden Globes glory or no, she absolutely won't get there via the Foreign Language Film category.
And neither will Christian Bale.
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The Academy on Wednesday issued its short list for Best Foreign Language Film. Nine movies, out of an eligible 63, made the cut, including the Globes winner, the Iranian drama A Separation.
Jolie's In the Land of Blood and Honey, which she directed (and produced and wrote and…), and Bale's The Flowers of War, which he starred in, were MIA.
The Jolie film, despite its Globes nomination, and its Bosian and Serbian dialogue, was never in the game. The Oscars requires that its Foreign Language candidates not only feature foreign languages (i.e., not English), but be produced outside of the United States. And while In the Land of Blood and Honey was shot overseas, as many Hollywood films are, it's a U.S. release.
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