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Originally Posted by stealthn
Do the judges get to see every movie privately?
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If you've been nominated, have a respectable body of work or have influence you can become "a member of the Academy". This gives you access to "For your consideration" copies of all the films submitted and you vote to include them in their respective categories.
They used to send them out on DVD so if you knew a member you could pretty much watch any film at home, even those currently running in theaters. As you can imagine it got abused regularly, now I think they give you an access code or something to watch them digitally. As a member of the Academy you also can attend the Oscars.
I am friends with 4 of the 5 nominated for Production Design and right now am working with last years winner for "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" (she also won for "Bugsy" back in 1991).
https://abc.com/shows/oscars/news/nominations/oscars-2021-nominations-production-design