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The nine best picture Oscar nominees need to woo voters. Here's how they should do it

It's a thrill to be nominated, sure. But everyone wants to go home with an Oscar. And with voting about to begin, awards consultants are busy fine-tuning their pitches to academy members, making final appeals to their exquisite taste, their sense of decency and, yes, throwing in a dash of shame for good measure.

How might those overtures look for each of the movies nominated for best picture? Let's look at the nine campaigns.

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