Awards Watch Archive for August, 2006
Best Screenplay Chart
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment World Trade Center Babel The Queen Little Miss Sunshine Volver Borat The Good Shepherd Stranger Than Fiction Catch A Fire United 93 Goya’s Ghosts Home of the Brave Bobby BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment Little Children Dreamgirls Running With Scissors Flags of Our Fathers The History…
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BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada Miranda is this year’s Capt. Jack Sparrow Annette Bening – Running With Scissors Probably the best of her recent Oscar hopeful roles Dame Helen Mirren – The Queen Always grand. Dame Judi Dench – Notes On A Scandal There ain’t nothin’ like…
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BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness A funny guy doing drama… always a good bet Richard Griffiths – The History Boys Should be easy… unless he goes supporting George Clooney – The Good German Is he in the can’t miss groove? Nicolas Cage – World Trade Center Falls…
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BEST DIRECTOR Director – Film Comment Oliver Stone – World Trade Center Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers Steven Soderbergh – The Good German Bill Condon – Dreamgirls Alejandro Inarritu – Babel Todd Field – Little Children Nicholas Hytner – The HIstory Boys Phillip Noyce – Catch A Fire Stephen Frears – The Queen…
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BEST PICTURE Picture – Studio Comment World Trade Center Could still fall if the box office turns spotty…. FOUF is its real threat… how much America can people embrace at once? Dreamgirls I’m telling you… it’s not goin’ Flags of Our Fathers How good is the film…how much Eastwood/ Haggis fatigue is there? The History…
Read the full article »205 Days to Go: The Year Of The Huh?
About three months ago, I was excited about this being the Year of The Director. And now, a few weeks from Toronto, it feels like The Year of Who The Hell Knows. The directors I foresee racing are still pretty much familiar awards season names, but a lot of those directors’ films have simply become…
Read the full article »Academy Declares Oscar on Block a Counterfeit
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has examined the Oscar® statuette that was scheduled to be sold at an Internet auction on August 16 and declared it a “high-quality counterfeit.” Auctioneers Mastro Auctions, who brought the statuette to the Academy on Thursday so that its authenticity could be confirmed…
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