FBI Investigates Oscar Screener Tapes
The FBI has joined the investigation into how a screener tape sent to an Oscar voter, actor Carmine Caridi, became the source of a pirated Internet copy of the romantic comedy “Something’s Gotta Give.”
An FBI spokesperson confirmed the bureau was looking into “the entire screener matter.” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it would continue its own inquiry into how screeners intended for two academy members, Caridi and Ivan Kruglak, made it onto the Internet.
Screener tapes for several films have turned up online in recent weeks, including “Mystic River,” “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” “The Missing,” “Cold Mountain” and “Kill Bill.”
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