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Academy voters, if you were not already aware, MOON is screening at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3, 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, 90211. Further details >>HERE<< you can even take a friend

Poster and details courtesy of @sparrowhall from original blog post >>HERE<<

We have been campaigning long and hard to get the attention we feel is deserved for Sam Rockwell’s performance as Sam Bell in Duncan Jones’ debut feature MOON.

I am well aware of the hard work that went into bringing MOON to the screen by the whole cast, crew and production team at Liberty Films, and am still amazed that they all managed to produce such a stunning movie, with very limited time and budget.

That said, even I was moved by this heartfelt appeal from personality Brick Hardmeat on behalf of the Sam Rockwell Oscar Campaign, I was actually moved (from the sofa, to the kitchen actually, needed some tea, dry throat) and at one point I think my eye leaked, it would be unfair of me to prattle on, so please watch, listen, take notes, and act upon the:

Brick Hardmeat Sam Rockwell Oscar Appeal

This appeal was lovingly created by Chris Trevarthen and features the sad faces of MOON lovers all over the world, who face the thought upon waking every day, that Sam Rockwell may not get a nomination at this years Academy Awards. We get through the pain, one day at a time, please help us, make tomorrow a better day, for MOON lovers everywhere.

Many thanks to you all, for your support, your best wishes, your encouragement, and your car, I just borrowed it while you were sat reading this, will return it later with a full tank of Helium 3.

For those of you who are thinking “Did I leave the gas on when I left home this morning”?, pull yourself together, you should be thinking “Is that MOON DVD & Blu-Ray out to buy in the United States of America-ca-ca yet”? and that I can answer in upper case YES! MOON IS NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY TODAY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-CA-CA, go grab a copy, pop round to your local Academy voter, and watch it together, as there is the slight chance, that they did not receive one themselves.

Academy Awards voting ballots deadline approaches (Jan 23rd), let’s do all we can to get the word out on #SamRockwellOscar, and as Sam would say (if he were me paraphrasing himself) “Just under two weeks to go buddies! Rock ‘n’ Roll, God bless America-ca-ca”

Superb obama-rama Sam Rockwell Oscar HOPE poster thingy from twitter chap TizzyEnt aka R. Michael McWhorter, click the image to go through to the original source on TizzyEnt’s Twitpic account.

Quick update for you on the MOON Academy Awards screeners situation, Director Duncan Jones has just confirmed on Twitter that there WILL be a series of screeners in LA:

So! Big news on the screeners front… The powers that be will be doing a series of Academy screenings in LA! guess that’s something.

Great news, and a small victory for all who have campaigned to get more attention for MOON in the build up to the 2010 Academy Awards, lets hope they take it further and put some effort into further “For Your Consideration” advertising, especially to coincide with the release of MOON on DVD / Blu-Ray next week (12th January 2010)

We shall now have a small cake

Love these little thinglets inspired by MOON and the Sam Rockwell Oscar Campaign handmade Ltd Editions created by top #SamRockwellOscar campaigner @Mondoghosto:

They are supposed to be miniature ornamental moons, conquered by “Moon”, hence flag sticking out the top.

Highly glitterified and baked polymer clay, with interchangeable flags. Was making more worry ghosts and the like for Behland Etsy/website and thought I’d make these at the same time.

Checked www.etsy.com, and while there were plenty of results for the word “moon”, there were no search results for “sam rockwell oscar” or “duncan jones” – something that has been hastily rectified!

Etsy has high daily traffic from all over the world, so thought it’d be another place to add a shout out for the Sam Rockwell Oscar Nomination Awareness cause!

And yes, they glow in the dark!

You can also keep up to date with @Mondoghosto’s further campaigning over on her tumblr page and blog Regular readers may also recall Lynne’s subtle placement of Discovery cards in a bookshop recently

Lynne, we salute you for services above and beyond the call of duty, may your 3 years be, continually extended

Would that this were real, backed by the studio, but it is not not (see here for Sony’s reason for no Academy screeners) still, a great image, and great backing from Marq Riley, see his posterous site for further posts in support of MOON.

Certainly could not let this milestone pass without note, the Sam Rockwell Oscar campaign petition setup by @rboulding on October 15th 2009 has passed the 2000 signature mark, not bad for a cause that has no financial / PR backing, just being passed on by word of mouth through social networks (Twitter / Facebook) by people like you & me that have seen MOON and been blown away by Sam’s stunning performance. Just scanning through recent signatures it seems Sam’s peers are making their thoughts known also, with signatures / comments most recently from Director Jim Jarmusch, and Spiderman / Pineapple Express star James Franco.

We know that a petition, no matter how many signatures, is not going to get Sam an Academy Award nomination all by itself, but the aim is to draw attention to Sam’s performance, and hope that the voters interest is stimulated enough to want to see MOON, and consider nominating him in the Best Actor category.

Ballot papers have now been sent out to Academy members (5,777 of them), ballots have to be completed and returned by 17:00 PST on January 23rd 2010, nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards will be announced February 2nd 2010, and the Awards themselves presented March 2nd 2010. Further details on the various branches of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences can be found on Variety’s Awards Central site.

Thanks to all who have signed the petition so far,and left comments on this blogs Sam Rockwell Oscar section, as well as the original blog entry where we kicked it all off back in mid October. It ain’t over until the ballots are returned, some voters may already know their choices and be able to complete and return their ballots, some though may have not seen MOON and witnessed the stunning performance of Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell, so we’d encourage you to continue to plug / support our little campaign on social networks, on your sites, on your blogs, and in anyway that won’t cause you to be arrested.

MOON is released on DVD – Blu-Ray in the USA on January 12th 2010, though we’re hearing some stores are selling it already, so lovely Academy members, all 5,777 of you, if you haven’t seen MOON yet, I’m sure you will be aware of how talented Mr.Rockwell is already, so try and grab a copy and consider nominating Sam Rockwell in the Best Actor category for the 82nd Academy Awards

We are crossing everything that is crossable here (except anything that may lead to hospitalisation) – Thank you for taking the time to read this.

(ps – You may get so blown away by it all that you wang in a Duncan Jones director nom and a Clint Mansell soundtrack nom as well, I would, but I can’t so….)

Director Duncan Jones has confirmed that the Best Independent British Film of 2009 MOON will be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia AND New Zealand on Wednesday 24th February 2010.

Full details of the special features you can expect to see on our earlier post HERE

MOON has so far sold over 60,000 copies on DVD & Blu-Ray in the UK alone! And if you just can’t wait to see why we all think Sam Rockwell deserves at least an Oscar nomination for his role as Sam Bell, you can always order in the UK Blu-Ray which is multi region

As you may be aware from the info on the Sam Rockwell Oscar Page, we have a few ways we have asked you all to join in with to the spread the word about our #SamRockwellOscar campaign. As well as using the power of social media like Facebook, Twitter and your blogs and sites, we also suggested you get creative and pass on the message in other ways.

Twitters very lovely mondoghosto has done just that with my favourite method so far, popping up notes in bookstores to help point people to this blog. Yes! The message is out there in the REAL world now as well :O)

In the film section

More subtle messages!

Well we can’t let a landmark pass without noting it. The petition for Sam Rockwell to be nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award has passed the 500 signatures mark and is well on the way to 600, thanks to big support coming  in over night from our friends over at:

• Slashfilm
• Collider
• JoBlo
• HeyUGuys

Thanks for the support peeps :O) If you have not signed already, link is in the site navigation above, or click >>HERE<< Onwards and Upwards…