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Montreal91Ƶs 91ƵArrival91Ƶ sound department members mark first Oscar nominations

TORONTO 91Ƶ Champagne was flowing Tuesday morning in Montreal as key members of the sound team on 91ƵArrival91Ƶ marked the sci-fi film91Ƶs eight Academy Award nominations.

TORONTO 91Ƶ Champagne was flowing Tuesday morning in Montreal as key members of the sound team on 91ƵArrival91Ƶ marked the sci-fi film91Ƶs eight Academy Award nominations.

Sound editor Sylvain Bellemare says a small group of colleagues gathered in a local production studio to see whether they91Ƶd be in the running for Hollywood91Ƶs most prestigious golden statue.

Sitting near them was a bottle of bubbly they pledged would only be opened if their film secured nominations in both Oscar sound categories.

91ƵChampagne this early in the morning? It91Ƶs OK,91Ƶ Bellemare reasoned.

91ƵWe can start the day like that.91Ƶ

It only took a few minutes into the nominations before Bellemare91Ƶs name flashed across the screen in the sound editing category.

A moment later, Bernard Gariepy Strobl watched his name appear on the list of sound mixing nominees, alongside his collaborator Claude La Haye.

91ƵArrival91Ƶ went on to get nominations in other key categories, including best picture and director for French-Canadian Denis Villeneuve. The film also racked up a number of other nominations in the technical categories.

The cork was popped and the sound nominees marked their first Oscar nominations.

91ƵIt was a lot of joy,91Ƶ Gariepy Strobl says.

91Ƶ The Canadian Press





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