>>873 Your guess is as good as mine. 'Key studio execs and Oscar consultants' might just be the office Magic 8 Ball for all we know!

Maybe SPC is going to do a slow burn for MA. Premier/show at a few film festivals and then give it a second push when it goes into theatres in 2016.

I don't know about the 'problems' with ISTL. They may have been problems to some of the test audience members, but the powers that be may not consider them so. I mean, you can't please everyone.