'The Kids Are All Right' and 'The Fighter' SAG screeners available online

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For all the muscles Hollywood has pulled trying to pat itself on the back for being progressive, studios still tend to be about as technophobic as an Amish Unabomber. That’s why it’s pretty impressive that two more of them have joined Fox Searchlight’s lead and are making their SAG Awards screeners available on iTunes. According to Deadline, Focus Features’ The Kids Are All Right and Paramount’s The Fighter, both multiple nominees, will now be viewable online by members of the guild, who still have two more weeks to vote. These baby steps towards online availability possibly portend the eventual phasing out of notoriously pirate-friendly DVD screeners, although that will probably take at least a few more awards cycles. For now, it will be interesting to see if any more studios jump on the iTunes train in the coming days.

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FromChicago
Fri 01/14/11 5:52 PM

Smart move.

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m1
Fri 01/14/11 7:35 PM

I don’t know why any guild member would want to judge an awards contender by watching it on an iPod, but okay.

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- Michael
  Fri 01/14/11 8:04 PM
  
  iPod would hardly be the only way for the voters to view it. They could also do so via computer or, if they have an Apple TV, right on their own TV.
  
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  - m1
    Fri 01/14/11 8:51 PM
    
    True, true.
Mr E
Fri 01/14/11 7:47 PM

They’ve been available online for some time, but not in the way Focus/Paramount would have liked.

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