Documentary "Inside Job" has inside track to Oscar  LOS ANGELES
Fri Feb 4, 2011 2:04pm EST  1 of 3. Charles Ferguson, director
of the documentary film ''Inside Job'' which has been nominated
for an Academy Award, is shown during an interview with Reuters
in Los Angeles, California February 1, 2011.  Credit:
Reuters/Fred Prouser  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Documentary
director Charles Ferguson knew he had a great global story in
the 2008 financial crisis, but he still worried that "Inside
Job" could fall into the category of a boring film if not jazzed
up properly.  So he applied tools normally associated with
feature films, like expansive cinematography and what he calls
"cool music" to help illustrate how America and the world ended
up in the deepest financial disaster since the Great Depression.
Hollywood took notice. Ferguson won the best documentary award
last month from the Directors Guild of America, making "Inside
Job" a safe bet to claim the Oscar for non-fiction film when the
world's top movie honors a