Day-Lewis Does Not Merit Oscar, Claims Kaufman

Evening Standard - London › February 22, 2008

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AS A former front-bench spokesman, chairman of the Booker Prize judges and of select committees on National Heritage and on Culture, Media and Sport, the veteran Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman expects to be taken seriously when he speaks on arts matters. Particularly on films because he used to be a film critic.

So his negative remarks to be broadcast on this weekends GMTV Sunday Programme about Daniel Day-Lewis, who is expected to win an Oscar for Britain on Sunday, may be seen by the British film industry as spiteful and unpatriotic.

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Day-Lewis Does Not Merit Oscar, Claims Kaufman

Waspish Sir Gerald says hes sure Day-Lewis will win an Oscar for his part in T...

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