Oscar race heralds new breed of daring financier

By 2006-02-01T00:00:00

As befits the provocative subject-matter that characterises thisyear's Academy Awards race, the major Oscar categories are dominated by storiespartly bankrolled by a dynamic new breed of wealthy financier willing to takethe kind of production risks being increasingly outsourced by studioconglomerates.

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