No thanks to the pandemic, it was a longer Oscar season than originally planned. Even though the Oscar ceremony was late this year, Searchlight fired off its campaign for Nomadland at the traditional starting gun point of early September with the multi-festival debut of Nomadland at Venice, TIFF and Telluride-sponsored drive-in at the Pasadena Rose Bowl.Speaking at the virtual backstage for tonight’s show, Nomadland producer Peter Spears spoke about the feat of releasing this ultimate Best Picture winner during Covid.“I view the ability to finish this movie in the midst of a pandemic and release it was a Herculean effort,” said the producer, “the timing was right and the story resonated for people about a community and our shared humanity.
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