Jaws' Music Cuts Off 'Life Of Pi' Visual Effects Team Oscar Speech

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Jaws' Music Cuts Off 'Life Of Pi' Visual Effects Team Oscar Speech (VIDEO) http://huff.to/YqjKdL



In his speech, Westenhofer tried to mention the protest going on outside the Oscars ceremony organized by former and current employees of the bankrupt "Life of Pi" VFX Rhythm & Hues.

About 400 protesters gathered outside the Dolby Theatre on Sunday to bring awareness to Rhythm & Hues' bankruptcy woes and to the need for unionization of the VFX industry, according to Deadline.com. This month, over 250 employees of the house were fired without pay due to the crushing financial problems.

Rhythm & Hues filed for Chapter 11 last week after winning the BAFTA Award for its work on "Life of Pi," the Guardian notes. The house has been behind some hugely acclaimed films like the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Hunger Games" and "The Golden Compass."

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1. The financial woes are due in large part to (surprise!) outsourcing....

...which sends work overseas making it hard for companies like R&H to stay afloat. American CGI companies have been going bankrupt and out of business just like so many other American businesses because however good they are (and, as "Life of Pi" shows, R&H is one of the best), American movie makers, makers of commercials, television shows, etc. want it cheap.

As with everything else in this country, what these people fail to realize that if American workers don't get paid, they won't be going to the movies--just like if they don't have jobs they can't buy products made in China, etc.

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2. P. Morgan keeps outdoing himself

at being a sleaze-ball.