Oscar Snub: Author of Up in the Air Denied Oscar Ticket

Posted on February 18, 2010

Walter Kirn hasn't been invited to the Oscars and he's not happy. He's the author of that novel that was turned into the film Up in the Air starring George Clooney. Up in the Air has been nominated for no less than six Oscars, but Walter wasn't invited. He has been tweeting his disappointment over the snub. But he still wishes the film good luck.

caution to writers: don't expect that because you write a novel that becomes an Oscar-nominated film that you'll be invited to the Oscars
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Novelists are like oil in H'wood: they drill us, pipeline us, pump us and then burn us.
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sincerely wishes Up in the Air the best at the Oscars, all other matters aside, because art is art and the movie is art, he thinks

A Paramount rep told The New York Post that it is still hoping for more tickets to the Oscars for the film:

"The Academy has a process that we are following and we are respectfully waiting for them to allocate additional tickets. Of course, Walter Kirn is on our wish list for seats, as are producers and executive producers of our film who do not have seats yet."

This is ridiculous. Kirn wrote the book which was turned into a film that's up for six Oscars. Get the man a seat.