Cannes cemented one of those slots for Apple/Paramount and Martin Scorseses 3 1/2 hour epicKillers Of The Flower Moon.

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This all leaves seven more slots for that coveted Best Picture nomination.

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How many have been revealed at the Fall Festival Trifecta?

That is the master plan for both these foreign highly acclaimed films.

They will have to overcome Oscar voters generally feeling animated belongs in its own lane.

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Leading that pack I think are two films that scored big in multiple Fall Fests.

There are numerous other films out of the fests that can land slots.

Neon head Tom Quinn told me atTIFFhe is very high on this film and he should be.

It also has some spectacular racing sequences.

Fortunately, the actors strike kept the usually terrific and likeable Pine away.

It next heads to London in a couple of weeks.