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What Oscar(s) do these contenders need to win in order to take best picture?

Stellan Skarsgard as Baron Harkonnen in "Dune," which is favored in several crafts categories.

LOS ANGELES — Even with cowboys that look, at least to one pair of tired eyes, like Chippendales dancers, Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog" is looking like it's going to win best picture when the Oscars are handed out March 27.

But that doesn't mean that some of the other contenders don't have a pathway to taking that award. In some cases, all it might take is a victory in one other category — probably a category in which it bests "The Power of the Dog." Some of these projected wins feel like long shots ... but I'm telling you there's a chance. Let's

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