The Vine: All tongue-tied at Golden Globes

October 25, 2007 The Golden Globes race was thrown for a loop last year when awards-season candidates "Letters From Iwo Jima" and "Apocalypto" were pushed out of the best picture race and into the foreign-language category. Get ready for an even loopier ride this year, as studios prepare for as many as three best picture Oscar contenders to be excluded from contention for the Globes' best picture drama list when the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. announces eligible films next month. Focus Features' "Lust, Caution" and Miramax's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" -- along with, possibly, Paramount Vantage's "The Kite Runner," which offers a mix of English and Dari -- each features heavy U.S. involvement on the production and distribution sides.

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