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Stuntmen will compete for the right to the Oscar

Image This year's adrenaline-fueled post-apocalyptic action game Mad Max: Fury Road earned ten Oscar nominations. Despite the fact that one of the main favorites of the race for the award in the technical categories could not have been born without the help of stuntmen, The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences remains stubbornly reluctant to provide a separate nomination for understudies and stunt coordinators.

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter , the stunt community will make a new effort to gain recognition from the Academy . In 2011, tricksters already applied for their own nomination, but the academics refused them. This time, the stuntmen intend to picket in front of the headquarters of the American Film Academy in Beverly Hills and to obtain an audience with its president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, to present her with a petition, which has so far been signed by forty-five thousand people.

For almost 90 years, the Academy grossly discriminated against stuntmen and underestimated their contribution to the development of cinema, which was literally made by sweat and blood, - said the president of the Association of StuntmenJeff Wolfe. -What would most films be like if they weren't for stunts and action?. ”

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In recent years, stuntmen have received support from many Hollywood stars, and in 2008, the Screen Actors Guild of the USA even instituted a special prize for them. At the end of last month the prestigious award went to the Fury Road stunt team.

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