And then there is Mr. Rudin's baseball drama, "Moneyball," seen as lacking best picture oomph but giving its star, Brad Pitt, a very solid shot at a best actor nomination.
Mr. Franco has a very good shot at a best actor nomination for his stomach-churning turn in "127 Hours" as a hiker who severs his own arm after an accident.
Chris Sarton '96 shot a personal best of 547 points.
Campbell, four behind at the start of play, shot a best-of-day 69 and deservedly took the title.
Well, it might have been a pipe dream all along, but your shot at making a best seller list just sailed out the window.
Mr. Pressler would be a long shot, at best: a white conservative Republican from one of the most rural states running in a jurisdiction that is totally urban, overwhelmingly Democratic and 90percentt black.
The studio, and many who follow the Oscar competition, felt that the movie, a sequel to "Batman Begins" from 2005, had a legitimate shot at best picture, a rare feat for a franchise film based on a comic book series.
"To have a shot at best picture with a small movie, you really have to demonstrate that it can cross over" from core fans to the broad audience, he said.
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(Mele himself is not a compatibilist. He remains agnostic between compatibilists and incompatibilists, but offers each camp a best shot at a workable theory).
So while Nader urges voters to take the moral high ground, it's a long shot at best -- a long shot opponents say is the equivalent of "throwing your vote away".
