However , now any number of producers on a film can be nominated for Best Picture , should they be deemed eligible .
The Academy can make exceptions to the limit , as when Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously among the four nominated for The Reader .
Now any number of producers on a film can be nominated for Best Picture , should they be deemed eligible .
The Academy can make exceptions to the limit , as when Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously among the four nominated for The Reader .