By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Best Picture Chart
BEST PICTURE
|
||||
Release
Date |
Picture
|
Studio
|
Globe
Nom |
Comment
|
Nov 9
|
No Country For Old Men
|
Mira
|
D
|
The most locked |
Oct 5
|
Michael Clayton
|
WB
|
D
|
The most likely consensus builder |
Dec 21
|
Sweeney Todd
|
DW
|
M/C
|
The most muscled one |
Dec 7
|
Atonement
|
Focus
|
D
|
The most in need of Leno and Letterman |
Sept 21
|
Into The Wild
|
ParVan
|
Willing to fight and fight hard… would be interesting to see an anti-campaign campaign at this point… full of oddball events | |
Dec 5
|
Juno |
FoxS
|
M/C
|
If you are in love with this film, what other film would you choose as “more likely?” It may be unique enough to get in… or too unique to be more than Actress and Screenplay |
Nov 2 |
American Gangster
|
U
|
D
|
It doesn’t have the senior love of Seabiscuit or the actor love of Ray… but it feels like a film that could be shoehorned in (and it’s better than either of the previous UniMiracles). |
Nov 30
|
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly |
Mir
|
F
|
Can it find the traction? |
Dec 26
|
There Will Be Blood
|
ParVan
|
D
|
Can this be “the critics’ pick” with No Country For Old Men also in the top group? |
Sept 7
|
3:10 To Yuma
|
Lions
|
SAG offers hope. | |
Nov 28
|
The Savages |
FoxS
|
SAG offers doom | |
Dec 14
|
The Kite Runner
|
ParVan
|
F
|
SAG didn’t notice… but was always a tough get for SAG, given little known names |
Oct 26
|
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead |
Think
|
SAG seems to have forgotten, though Phil Hoffman didn’t come kiss up either | |
Dec 21
|
Charlie Wilson’s War
|
U
|
M/C
|
Would have to be shot from a really challenging angle |
July 20
|
Hairspray
|
NL
|
M/C
|
If SAG didn’t go for Travolta, the nod becomes a longshot… even if there is an Ensemble nod |
Sept 14
|
Eastern Promises
|
Focus
|
D
|
Looking more interesting in Actor and Screenplay again |
Dec 25
|
The Great Debaters
|
TWC
|
D
|
|
Oct 12
|
Lars & The Real Girl
|
MGM/
Kim |
Nancy Oliver has the best shot… Ryan Gosling next… and BP? Loooooooongshot. | |
Sept 14
|
Across The Universe
|
Sony
|
M/C
|
Just not a BP player… but craft awards? |
– | ||||
Pretty Much Out Of The BP Race (by release date)
|
||||
Jun 1
|
Knocked Up
|
U
|
||
June 8
|
La Vie En Rose
|
PictH
|
||
June 22
|
A Mighty Heart
|
ParVan
|
||
May 4
|
Away From Her
|
Lions
|
||
July 13
|
Rescue Dawn
|
MGM
|
||
Aug 24
|
Ressurecting The Champ
|
Yari
|
||
Sept 14
|
The Brave One
|
WB
|
||
Sept 14
|
In The Valley Of Elah
|
WIP
|
||
Sept 28
|
Lust, Caution
|
Focus
|
||
Sept 29
|
The Darjeeling Limited
|
FoxS
|
||
Oct 12
|
Elizabeth: The Golden Age |
U
|
||
Oct 26
|
Things We Lost In The Fire |
DW
|
||
Nov 9
|
Lions For Lambs
|
UA
|
||
Nov 16
|
Beowulf
|
Par
|
||
Nov 16
|
Love In the Time Of Cholera
|
NL
|
||
Nov 16
|
Margot At The Wedding |
ParVan
|
||
Nov 21
|
I’m Not There
|
TWC
|
||
Dec 7
|
Grace Is Gone
|
TWC
|
||
Dec 7
|
The Golden Compass
|
NL
|
||
Dec 14
|
Youth Without Youth
|
SPC
|
||
Dec 25
|
The Bucket List |
WB
|