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Saturday
21Nov2009

Three New Clips from 'Up in the Air'

DateSaturday, November 21, 2009 at 5:50PM
The Oscar race doesn't begin and end with Up in the Air, certainly, but it's one of a handful of movies expected to be represented throughout the evening on March 7th. It has a Best Actor possibility in George Clooney (which would be his fifth nomination in four years), a Supporting Actress push for Anna Kendrick, plus awards for Adapted Screenplay, Director, and Best Picture.

If it doesn't "feel" like an Oscar movie to you, that's because it doesn't fit the usual mold; it's not an epic, it's not a sweeping romance, it doesn't look like it has grandiose messages for society. But that never stopped Billy Wilder, who has more Oscar nominations than any other writer or director in history, and most of his movies wouldn't be described as modern Oscar bait.

Because it's not a movie that immediately dazzles you with anything, these three clips might not change any attitudes on their own, taken out of context as they are here. But it probably helps establish the tone a little bit more, which could put a few things you've seen into slighty better perspective.

One of the last Oscar movies to arrive, Up in the Air won't be released until December 25th.

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