Reader Harold Wexler has explained, and I understand now: it’s not SAG’s fault for leaving Roberta Maxwell out of the SAG ensemble nomination list for Brokeback Mountain. The film’s producers are responsible for submitting the lists of which cast members should be cited in the nomination, and with the notable exception of Good Night, and Good Luck (which lists everyone who has a halfway important part, up to and including Dianne Reeves), all the nominated films are represented only by those cast members with featured billing. As small as Anna Faris‘ role is in Brokeback Mountain, she’s got featured billing because she’s been in a few crap movies and played Cameron Diaz in Lost in Translation.
