Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:07:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Question about Long Form Drama, AKA Movies
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Nicki asked:

> One of the people there had looked up the movies and was wondering
> why "28 Days Later" was a valid nomination as it had opened in
> England in 2002 and the rest of the world in 2003.  I looked it up
> on IMDB and, yes, "28 Days Later" did open in England in Nov. 2002
> and is listed as a 2002 movie.  It opened in the rest of the world
> in 2003.

I don't know.  Have you asked the Hugo administrators?  Maybe they
made a mistake.  Or maybe the 2002 version was not "its present
dramatic form," if there was a difference between the US and UK
versions.  Or maybe it's IMDB that's mistaken, and the movie really
didn't open in Engand until 2003.

The WSFA constitution says:

  3.2.3: The Business Meeting may by a 3/4 vote provide that works
  originally published outside the United States of America and first
  published in the United States of America in the current year shall
  also be eligible for Hugo Awards given in the following year.

However, there's no mention of this movie in the Torcon 3 WSFA
business meeting minutes, so if I'm reading this rule correctly,
since the rule wasn't explicitly applied to this movie at Torcon,
it's too late.

I suggest you bring this to the attention of the Hugo administrators.
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