During last night's Academy Awards presentation, they did a video tribute to actors, actresses, directors, screen writers, stunt men, artistic producers and producers who passed away in 2007 and early 2008. They do some kind of tribute every year to honor those members of their entertainment profession that passed away.
There were two notable names missing from their tribute. Actor Brad Renfro died a week before Heath Ledger did; Ledger's name and a videoclip from "Brokeback Mountain" were shown; Renfro was not mentioned at all.
Also missing was Roy Schneider, the lead actor in "Jaws." Schneider might be mentioned at next year's Academy Awards as his death fell outside the time frame of February 1, 2007-January 31, 2008 that the Academy uses to put their video together for this year.
They also didn't mention Jonathan Brandis in last year's Academy Awards.
I don't think that they need to be members of the Academy, or a past Oscar winner. So I'm also wondering what the criteria are for this tribute, other than the time frame.
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