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27 March 2008 11:30 PM, PDT | From Digital Media Law | See recent Digital Media Law news

Crash producer Bob Yari wanted the opportunity to thank the Academy. The movie won an Oscar, but all Yari got was the chance to sue the Academy -- a poor substitute for a golden statuette, even in litigation-happy Hollywood. And even more of a letdown, his suit isn't winning any awards either.

The backstory: Crash won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2006. Best Picture Oscars are given to the producers of the winning movie. Yet, of the six Crash producers, only two received Oscars, and Yari wasn't one of them.

That's because the Academy -- relying on judgments rendered by the Producers Guild -- only awards Oscars to producers who perform the "major portion of the producer function" on the winning movie (and, even then, there's a limit of three producers). That rule was adopted in 2005 in response to the proliferation of producer credits.

So, the Producers Guild evidently

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26 March 2008 8:02 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

A Los Angeles appeals court has ruled Crash producer Bob Yari cannot sue the Producers Guild Of America (Pga) and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (Ampas) in an effort to be awarded an Oscar retroactively.

Yari was one of six producers on Crash, but only two producers are eligible to be nominated in the Best Picture category - an Academy Award the movie won in March 2006.

The Pga selected writer/director/producer Haggis and Cathy Shulman for Crash, a decision approved by Oscar bosses at Ampas.

Yari, who helped finance the film, was furious when he learned he and three other producers had been left out, and took legal action in February 2006.

A court ruled that same year that private organisations can make their own decisions regarding awards, a decision upheld by the 2nd District Court Of Appeals on Tuesday.

Yari describes the ruling as "unfortunate".

As well as Best Picture, Crash also won Oscars for Best Screenplay (Haggis) and Best Editing (Hughes Winborne).

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29 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Movie channel Starz, which, unlike other pay-TV cable outlets like HBO and Showtime, has never produced original dramatic programming, has signed a deal with Lionsgate to develop a series based on the 2004 movie Crash. Several of the movie's producers, including Paul Haggis, Don Cheadle, Bobby Moresco, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, and Tom Nunan, will also oversee the TV series. Haggis, who also co-wrote the screenplay of Crash, told Broadcasting & Cable magazine that he had originally envisioned it as a TV show. "I am thrilled that it's coming full circle and can't wait to see how it expands and transforms," he said.

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