Oscar voters enjoy Thanksgiving bounty of screeners

With Oscar nomination ballots due Jan. 14 — nine days earlier than last year — the schedule for screeners has also moved forward. Below is the calendar detailing when these all-important marketing tools were shipped. Still outstanding are releases from several studios which hope to be among the final films watched before voters make their selections. Among these: Lionsgate (“Rabbit Hole”); Paramount (“The Fighter,” “True Grit”); and The Weinstein Company (“Blue Valentine,” “The King’s Speech”).