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How Many Have You Seen? The 311 Films Eligible For Oscar

Posted Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 - Comments Off on How Many Have You Seen? The 311 Films Eligible For Oscar
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ADAMS WAY
THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK BOY AND LAVA GIRL IN 3-D
AEON FLUX
ALIENS OF THE DEEP
ALONE IN THE DARK
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
ANGELS WITH ANGLES
ARE WE THERE YET?
THE ARISTOCRATS
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
ASYLUM
BAD NEWS BEARS
THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE
BALLETS RUSSES
BATMAN BEGINS
BE COOL
THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
BEAUTY SHOP
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
BEE SEASON
BEWITCHED
THE BIG WHITE
BIGGER THAN THE SKY
BLITZ ATTACK: THE ANDREA HINES STORY
BLUES BY THE BEACH
BOOGEYMAN
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
BRIDE & PREJUDICE
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
BROKEN FLOWERS
BROOKLYN LOBSTER
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
CACHE (HIDDEN)
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
CAPOTE
CASANOVA
THE CAVE
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2
CHICKEN LITTLE
CHILD MARRIAGE
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
THE CHUMSCRUBBER
CINDERELLA MAN
COACH CARTER
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
CONSTANTINE
COTE D’AZUR
CRASH
CRONICAS
CRY WOLF
CURSED
DALTRY CALHOUN
DARK WATER
DEAR FRANKIE
DERAILED
DEUCE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGOLO
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON
THE DEVIL’S REJECTS
DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN
DOMINION PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST
DOMINO
DON’T MOVE
DOOM
DOWN TO THE BONE
DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
DUMA
DUST TO GLORY
THE DYING GAUL
EATING OUT
ELEKTRA
ELIZABETHTOWN
ELLIE PARKER
END OF THE SPEAR
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
EROS
ETERNAL
ETHAN MAO
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE
THE FAMILY STONE
FANTASTIC FOUR
FASCINATION
FEVER PITCH
FIGHTER PILOT: OPERATION RED FLAG
FIGHTING TOMMY RILEY
FINDING HOME
FIRST DESCENT
FLIGHTPLAN
THE FOG
THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN
FOUR BROTHERS
FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY
FREEZERBURN THE MOVIE
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE
FUNNY HA HA
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
THE GOSPEL
THE GREAT RAID
THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED
GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS
GRIZZLY MAN
GUESS WHO
GULLIVER’S TRAVEL
GUNNER PALACE
GUS VAN SANT’S LAST DAYS
HAPPILY EVER AFTER
HAPPY ENDINGS
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
HEAD-ON
HEIGHTS
HELLBENT
HERBIE: FULLY LOADED
HIDE AND SEEK
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
HITCH
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
A HOLE IN ONE
THE HOLY GIRL
THE HONEYMOONERS
HOODWINKED
HOSTAGE
HOUSE OF D
HOUSE OF WAX
HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
HUSTLE & FLOW
THE ICE HARVEST
ICE PRINCESS
IN HER SHOES
IN MY COUNTRY
IN THE MIX
INNOCENT VOICES
INSIDE DEEP THROAT
THE INTERPRETER
INTO THE BLUE
THE ISLAND
IT’S ALL GONE PETE TONG
THE JACKET
JAMES DEAN FOREVER YOUNG
JARHEAD
JIMINY GLICK IN LALAWOOD
JUNEBUG
JUST FRIENDS
JUST LIKE HEAVEN
KEANE
THE KEEPER: THE LEGEND OF OMAR KHAYYAM
KICKING & SCREAMING
KING KONG
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
KING’S RANSOM
KISS KISS, BANG BANG
KUNG FU HUSTLE
LADIES IN LAVENDER
LAND OF THE DEAD
LAYER CAKE
THE LEGEND OF ZORRO
THE LETTER: AN AMERICAN TOWN AND THE “SOMALI INVASION”
THE LIBERTINE
LITTLE MANHATTAN
LOGGERHEADS
THE LONGEST YARD
LOOK AT ME
LORD OF WAR
LORDS OF DOGTOWN
LOST
A LOT LIKE LOVE
MAD HOT BALLROOM
MADAGASCAR
MADISON
MAKE IT FUNKY!
THE MAN
MAN OF THE HOUSE
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
MARGARET CHO: ASSASSIN
THE MATADOR
MATCH POINT
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
MELINDA AND MELINDA
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
MILLIONS
MILWAUKEE, MINNESOTA
MINDHUNTERS
MIRRORMASK
MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS
MR. AND MRS. SMITH
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
MONDOVINO
MONSTER-IN-LAW
MORNING RAGA
MUNICH
MURDERBALL
MUST LOVE DOGS
MY BIG FAT INDEPENDENT MOVIE
MY DATE WITH DREW
MY SUMMER OF LOVE
MYSTERIOUS SKIN
NAKED FAME
THE NEW WORLD
NINE LIVES
9 SONGS
THE NINTH DAY
NORTH COUNTRY
NOVEMBER
THE OIL FACTOR
OLIVER TWIST
ONE MORE ROUND
ONE SIX RIGHT
OR (MY TREASURE)
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET
THE PACIFIER
THE PAINTING
PALINDROMES
PARADISE NOW
THE PERFECT MAN
POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
PRIME
PRIMO AMORE
THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO
THE PRODUCERS
THE PROMISE
PROOF
PROTOCOLS OF ZION
RACING STRIPES
REBOUND
THE RECEPTION
RED EYE
RENT
THE RING TWO
THE RINGER
RIZE
ROBOTS
ROCK SCHOOL
ROLL BOUNCE
RORY O’SHEA WAS HERE
RUMOR HAS IT…
SAHARA
SARAH SILVERMAN: JESUS IS MAGIC
SAVING FACE
SAW II
SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES
SECUESTRO EXPRESS
SEPARATE LIES
SERENITY
SEX SELLS: THE MAKING OF TOUCHE
SEX, POLITICS & COCKTAILS
SHIZA
SHOPGIRL
THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS
THE SKELETON KEY
SKY HIGH
SMILE
SON OF THE MASK
A SOUND OF THUNDER
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH
A STATE OF MIND
STAY
STEALTH
STEAMBOY
STREETS OF LEGEND
SUPERCROSS
SYRIANA
THE TALENT GIVEN US
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
THE THING ABOUT MY FOLKS
39 POUNDS OF LOVE
THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA
THREE… EXTREMES
3-IRON
THREE OF HEARTS: A POSTMODERN FAMILY
THUMBSUCKER
TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
TONY TAKITANI
TOUCH THE SOUND
TRANSAMERICA
TRANSPORTER 2
XXX: STATE OF THE UNION
TROPICAL MALADY
2046
TWO FOR THE MONEY
UNDEAD
UNDERCLASSMAN
UNDISCOVERED
AN UNFINISHED LIFE
UNLEASHED
THE UNTOLD STORY OF EMMETT LOUIS TILL
UP AND DOWN
THE UPSIDE OF ANGER
VALIANT
VENOM
WAITING …
WALK THE LINE
WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
WAR OF THE WORLDS
THE WEATHER MAN
WEDDING CRASHERS
THE WEDDING DATE
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
THE WHITE COUNTESS
WHITE NOISE
WINTER SOLTICE
THE WORK AND THE GLORY
THE WORLD’S FASTEST INDIAN
THE YEAR OF THE YAO
YES
YOU I LOVE
YOURS, MINE & OURS
ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE

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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?

So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.

And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.

There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.

I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.

So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.

But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”

My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher

“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.

~ David Simon