Awards Watch Archive for December, 2008
12 Weeks To Go, The No Awards Awards
I held off writing this week’s column until after the Golden Globes nominations… and then… well… who cares? Every year, we all beat the heck out of the HFPA members and then mine their nominations like we are going to find nuggets that matter. But we’re seeking fool’s gold… and get what we deserve. Can…
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Picture only, pre-Globe nods. Is The Dark Knight for real?
Read the full article »Best Screenplay Chart
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment Vicky Cristina Barcelona Milk – Rachel Getting Married – The Wrestler – Happy Go Lucky – – Seven Pounds Che – W. – Changling – BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment Slumdog Millionaire – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Doubt – Frost/Nixon – The Reader…
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BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Meryl Streep – Doubt Cate Blanchett – Benjamin Button Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long Kate Winslet – The Reader Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky Michelle Williams – Wendy & Lucy Melissa Leo – Frozen River…
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BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Sean Penn – Milk Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Richard Jenkins – The Visitor Brad Pitt – Benjamin Button Will Smith – Seven Pounds Benicio Del Toro – Che Josh Brolin – W. Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire BEST SUPPORTING…
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BEST DIRECTOR Director – Film Comment Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Gus Van Sant – Milk Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon Steven Soderbergh – Che Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight Mike Leigh – Happy Go Lucky Stephen Daldry – The…
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BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Frontrunners (in alphabetical order) Nov 19 Slumdog Millionaire FxSch Boyle Patel Pinto Dec 5 Frost/Nixon U Howard Langella Sheen Nov 26 Milk Focus Van Sant Penn Brolin Dec 19 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Par Fincher Pitt Summer The Dark Knight WB Nolan Ledger Dec 12…
Read the full article »13 Weeks To Go, The Year Of Ambiguity
We’ve seen The Year of the Bio-Pic, The Year of the Big Director, The Year of The Indie … but this year, it’s The Year of Ambiguity. But like years past, it is looking like the thing that it is the “year of” may turn out to be the thing that becomes the least Oscar…
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Best Picture remains a tussle, but Supporting seems etched in granite.
Read the full article »14 Weeks To Go, The Fate Of The Frontrunner
Along with, ”May you live in interesting times,” a new curse has developed into undeniable undesirability… “May your film run at the front of the Oscar pack!” Dreamgirls, Flags of Our Fathers, Cold Mountain, 21 Grams, Charlie Wilson’s War, Sweeney Todd, Memoirs of a Geisha… all members of the Fraternal Association of Ritual Takedowns. These…
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