On 8 February, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will be handing out their Orange British Academy Film Awards. More so now (and last year) than ever before, these awards have a lot of significance in determining how the Academy Awards will be playing out a few weeks after. Last year, the British support for Atonement, whose support for Oscar play was waning before the BAFTA rally, translated into a nod for Best Picture. The winners of the four acting awards repeated in the Oscars; this was especially significant for La Vie en Rose's Marion Cotillard, who beat British favorite Julie Christie (then already the SAG winner), and Michael Clayton's Tilda Swinton, who beat favored Cate Blanchett. This year, the Brits propelled The Reader, its director Stephen Daldry, and its lead actress Kate Winslet--who they nom'd in the right category--to [slightly] unexpected Oscar noms. What will the actual BAFTA results on 8 February say about those of the Oscars on the 22nd?
Slumdog Millionaire will win the Best Film award. After that, nothing can beat it for the Oscar gold.
Sean Penn will likely win, but Mickey Rourke can never be fully counted out.
Whoever wins Best Actress will be the likely Oscar winner of the same award. It's Kate Winslet (for The Reader) or Meryl Streep. My bet is Kate.
Heath Ledger will win. The Oscar is his.
Penelope Cruz will win and go on to claim the Oscar, too. But Viola Davis remains a serious threat.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Winners of the 15th SAG Awards
Here are the winners of the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for film:
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn (Milk)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
The Dark Kngiht
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn (Milk)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
The Dark Kngiht
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Score: 3/5. Predicted The Dark Knight and WALL-E instead of Frost/Nixon and The Reader. I hate the Dark Knight snub, especially after how well it has performed at the guilds (except SAG), but I'm learning to accept it. It was a dream after all, wishing that the Academy would finally be open to rewarding such mainstream (i.e., comic book) fare. I should have foreseen the nom for The Reader. The British have major clout; they've proven that last year with Atonement.
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
David Fincher (Slumdog Millionaire)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Nolan instead of Daldry. They should have nominated Nolan at the very least. Oh well.
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Eastwood instead of Jenkins. Too late a surge for Gran Torino, perhaps. It would have been nice to see the Man up there among the nominees. But Jenkins is the actor's actor; it's no surprise.
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Score: 3/5. Predicted Hawkins and Winslet for Revolutionary Road instead of Leo and Winslet for The Reader. The Good: Melissa Leo! She was great in the film. And a brave move for the Academy to go against the category fraud and place Winslet in the right category. The Bad: Where's Sally Hawkins?! Having won all those critics awards, she should have been a shoo-in. As I write this I realize that this makes me even sadder than the Dark Knight snub does. Was hoping Blanchett would sneak in, too (would a 14th nom for Button have hurt? hehe), but that was never a likely scenario.
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin (Milk)
Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Patel instead of Shannon. Wow, talk about surprises! A good one at that; Shannon deserves the slot. I loved Patel's performance in Slumdog, but the voters ultimately made the right decision; that was NOT a supporting perf. Yey Downey and Ledger!
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams (Doubt)
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Viola Davis (Doubt)
Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Winslet (The Reader) instead of Henson. I'm glad I'm wrong and that Henson got in for her adorable, touching performance. And now that Winslet's in the right category (don't get me wrong, I love the girl), Cruz will easily (not surely, but easily) sail into well deserved victory. Fun tidbit: Bardem, likely to present the award as is traditional (he won Best Supporting Actor last year), will be giving it to his lover Cruz.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Courtney Hunt (Frozen River)
Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
Andrew Stanton (WALL-E)
Score: 2/5. Predicted Lumet (Rachel Getting Married), Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), and Siegel (The Wrestler) instead of Hunt, Leigh, and McDonagh. I LOVE the In Bruges nod! Totally deserving. Now if only it had been able to sneak into the Best Picture and Best Actor (Farrell) categories... Glad about the Leigh nod, too, though I was rooting for one for Allen just like many other people were. Stanton deserves the nod, totally.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth. Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)
David Hare (The Reader)
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Score: 4/5. Predicted the Nolans (The Dark Knight) instead of Shanley. Another major Dark Knight snub, though this was a less likely nom that the Best Pic and Best Director ones.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
Score: 3/5. Predicted Sweden and Turkey instead of Japan and Austria.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Score: 2/3. Predicted Waltz with Bashir instead of Bolt.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Score: 3/5. Predicted Pray the Devil Back to Hell and Standard Operating Procedure instead of Betrayal and Garden. Not bad, for a category that I know nothing about (I have not seen any of the eligible films).
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Score: 3/5. Predicted Indiana Jones and Slumdog Millionaire instead of Changeling and The Duchess. Happy about the nod for Duchess; it's a criminally underrated film.
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tom Stern (Changeling)
Claudio Miranda (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight)
Chris Menges (The Reader)
Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Deakins (Revolutionary Road) instead of Stern.
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Catherine Martin (Australia)
Jacqueline West (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Michael O'Conner (The Duchess)
Danny Glicker (Milk)
Albert Wolsky (Revolutionary Road)
Score: 3/5. Predicted Hopper (Changeling) and Hemming (The Dark Knight) instead of Martin and Glicker.
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Lee Smith (The Dark Knight)
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill (Frost/Nixon)
Elliot Graham (Milk)
Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Simpson (The Reader) instead of Hanley and Hill. For a very good but not very passion-inducing film, Frost/Nixon sure got a lot of nods.
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Score: 2/3. Predicted The Reader instead of Hellboy. Good choices.
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Alexandre Desplat (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
James Newton Howard (Defiance)
Danny Elfman (Milk)
A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Howard and Zimmer (The Dark Knight) instead of Howard. Another terrible oversight. The score of The Dark Knight was one of last year's most memorable and most intense. The above are great choices, too, but I would have bumped off Elfman (though I predicted his nom).
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Jai Ho" (Slumdog Millionaire)
"O Saya" (Slumdog Millionaire)
"Down to Earth" (WALL-E)
Score: 2/3. I actually predicted 5, with only "Jai Ho" and "Down to Earth" getting in. The biggest snub: Springsteen's The Wrestler. I'm personally fine with it. Loved Slumdog and its songs, especially "Jai Ho," but two nods of three, really?
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Score: 4/5. Predicted Quantum of Solace instead of Wanted. Where did that nom for such a silly film come from? Now it's "Oscar-nominated Wanted." Eew. But I guess it was a good film in terms of the technical aspects.
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Score: 3/5. Predicted Defiance and Indiana Jones instead of Slumdog and Wanted. Make that "double Oscar-nominated Wanted." Glad I'm wrong about the Indiana Jones nods; that crappy film deserves the complete snub.
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Score: 3/3. A no-brainer.
TOTAL: 68/97. Certainly not my best, but not bad.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Score: 3/5. Predicted The Dark Knight and WALL-E instead of Frost/Nixon and The Reader. I hate the Dark Knight snub, especially after how well it has performed at the guilds (except SAG), but I'm learning to accept it. It was a dream after all, wishing that the Academy would finally be open to rewarding such mainstream (i.e., comic book) fare. I should have foreseen the nom for The Reader. The British have major clout; they've proven that last year with Atonement.
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
David Fincher (Slumdog Millionaire)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Nolan instead of Daldry. They should have nominated Nolan at the very least. Oh well.
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Eastwood instead of Jenkins. Too late a surge for Gran Torino, perhaps. It would have been nice to see the Man up there among the nominees. But Jenkins is the actor's actor; it's no surprise.
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Score: 3/5. Predicted Hawkins and Winslet for Revolutionary Road instead of Leo and Winslet for The Reader. The Good: Melissa Leo! She was great in the film. And a brave move for the Academy to go against the category fraud and place Winslet in the right category. The Bad: Where's Sally Hawkins?! Having won all those critics awards, she should have been a shoo-in. As I write this I realize that this makes me even sadder than the Dark Knight snub does. Was hoping Blanchett would sneak in, too (would a 14th nom for Button have hurt? hehe), but that was never a likely scenario.
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin (Milk)
Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Patel instead of Shannon. Wow, talk about surprises! A good one at that; Shannon deserves the slot. I loved Patel's performance in Slumdog, but the voters ultimately made the right decision; that was NOT a supporting perf. Yey Downey and Ledger!
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams (Doubt)
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Viola Davis (Doubt)
Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Winslet (The Reader) instead of Henson. I'm glad I'm wrong and that Henson got in for her adorable, touching performance. And now that Winslet's in the right category (don't get me wrong, I love the girl), Cruz will easily (not surely, but easily) sail into well deserved victory. Fun tidbit: Bardem, likely to present the award as is traditional (he won Best Supporting Actor last year), will be giving it to his lover Cruz.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Courtney Hunt (Frozen River)
Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
Andrew Stanton (WALL-E)
Score: 2/5. Predicted Lumet (Rachel Getting Married), Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), and Siegel (The Wrestler) instead of Hunt, Leigh, and McDonagh. I LOVE the In Bruges nod! Totally deserving. Now if only it had been able to sneak into the Best Picture and Best Actor (Farrell) categories... Glad about the Leigh nod, too, though I was rooting for one for Allen just like many other people were. Stanton deserves the nod, totally.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth. Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)
David Hare (The Reader)
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Score: 4/5. Predicted the Nolans (The Dark Knight) instead of Shanley. Another major Dark Knight snub, though this was a less likely nom that the Best Pic and Best Director ones.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
Score: 3/5. Predicted Sweden and Turkey instead of Japan and Austria.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Score: 2/3. Predicted Waltz with Bashir instead of Bolt.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Score: 3/5. Predicted Pray the Devil Back to Hell and Standard Operating Procedure instead of Betrayal and Garden. Not bad, for a category that I know nothing about (I have not seen any of the eligible films).
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Score: 3/5. Predicted Indiana Jones and Slumdog Millionaire instead of Changeling and The Duchess. Happy about the nod for Duchess; it's a criminally underrated film.
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tom Stern (Changeling)
Claudio Miranda (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight)
Chris Menges (The Reader)
Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Deakins (Revolutionary Road) instead of Stern.
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Catherine Martin (Australia)
Jacqueline West (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Michael O'Conner (The Duchess)
Danny Glicker (Milk)
Albert Wolsky (Revolutionary Road)
Score: 3/5. Predicted Hopper (Changeling) and Hemming (The Dark Knight) instead of Martin and Glicker.
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Lee Smith (The Dark Knight)
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill (Frost/Nixon)
Elliot Graham (Milk)
Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Simpson (The Reader) instead of Hanley and Hill. For a very good but not very passion-inducing film, Frost/Nixon sure got a lot of nods.
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Score: 2/3. Predicted The Reader instead of Hellboy. Good choices.
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Alexandre Desplat (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
James Newton Howard (Defiance)
Danny Elfman (Milk)
A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
Score: 4/5. Predicted Howard and Zimmer (The Dark Knight) instead of Howard. Another terrible oversight. The score of The Dark Knight was one of last year's most memorable and most intense. The above are great choices, too, but I would have bumped off Elfman (though I predicted his nom).
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Jai Ho" (Slumdog Millionaire)
"O Saya" (Slumdog Millionaire)
"Down to Earth" (WALL-E)
Score: 2/3. I actually predicted 5, with only "Jai Ho" and "Down to Earth" getting in. The biggest snub: Springsteen's The Wrestler. I'm personally fine with it. Loved Slumdog and its songs, especially "Jai Ho," but two nods of three, really?
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Score: 4/5. Predicted Quantum of Solace instead of Wanted. Where did that nom for such a silly film come from? Now it's "Oscar-nominated Wanted." Eew. But I guess it was a good film in terms of the technical aspects.
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Score: 3/5. Predicted Defiance and Indiana Jones instead of Slumdog and Wanted. Make that "double Oscar-nominated Wanted." Glad I'm wrong about the Indiana Jones nods; that crappy film deserves the complete snub.
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Score: 3/3. A no-brainer.
TOTAL: 68/97. Certainly not my best, but not bad.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Nominees for 2009 BAFTA Film Awards
Here are the nominees for the 2009 Orange British Academy Film Awards (taken from the BAFTA site):
BEST FILM
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
- FROST/NIXON – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
- MILK – Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
- THE READER – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- HUNGER – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh
- IN BRUGES – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
- MAMMA MIA! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson
- MAN ON WIRE – Simon Chinn, James Marsh
- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
- SIMON CHINN (Producer) – Man On Wire
- JUDY CRAYMER (Producer) – Mamma Mia!
- GARTH JENNINGS (Writer) – Son of Rambow
- STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) – Hunger
- SOLON PAPADOPOULOS, ROY BOULTER (Producers) – Of Time And The City
DIRECTOR
- CHANGELING – Clint Eastwood
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – David Fincher
- FROST/NIXON – Ron Howard
- THE READER – Stephen Daldry
- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- BURN AFTER READING – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- CHANGELING – J. Michael Straczynski
- I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Philippe Claudel
- IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh
- MILK – Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Roth
- FROST/NIXON – Peter Morgan
- THE READER – David Hare
- REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Justin Haythe
- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX – Bernard Eichinger, Uli Edel
- GOMORRAH – Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone
- I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
- PERSEPOLIS – Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud
- WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahl Ieli, Ari Folman
ANIMATED FILM
- PERSEPOLIS – Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud
- WALL•E – Andrew Stanton
- WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Ari Folman
LEADING ACTOR
- FRANK LANGELLA – Frost/Nixon
- DEV PATEL – Slumdog Millionaire
- SEAN PENN – Milk
- BRAD PITT – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler
LEADING ACTRESS
- ANGELINA JOLIE – Changeling
- KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – I’ve Loved You So Long
- MERYL STREEP – Doubt
- KATE WINSLET – The Reader
- KATE WINSLET – Revolutionary Road
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- ROBERT DOWNEY JR. – Tropic Thunder
- BRENDAN GLEESON – In Bruges
- PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Doubt
- HEATH LEDGER – The Dark Knight
- BRAD PITT – Burn After Reading
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- AMY ADAMS – Doubt
- PENÉLOPE CRUZ – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- FREIDA PINTO – Slumdog Millionaire
- TILDA SWINTON – Burn After Reading
- MARISA TOMEI – The Wrestler
MUSIC
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Alexandre Desplat
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
- MAMMA MIA! – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A. R. Rahman
- WALL•E – Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- CHANGELING – Tom Stern
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Claudio Miranda
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Wally Pfister
- THE READER – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Anthony Dod Mantle
EDITING **
- CHANGELING – Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Lee Smith
- FROST/NIXON – Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
- IN BRUGES – Jon Gregory
- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Chris Dickens
**As there was a tie in this category there are six nominations
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- CHANGELING – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
- REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Mark Digby, Michelle Day
COSTUME DESIGN
- CHANGELING – Deborah Hopper
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jacqueline West
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Lindy Hemming
- THE DUCHESS – Michael O'Connor
- REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Albert Wolsky
SOUND
- CHANGELING – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
- QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
- SLUMDOG MILLIONARE – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
- WALL•E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, – Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
- INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL – Pablo Helman
- IRON MAN – Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
- QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug
MAKE UP & HAIR
- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Peter Robb-King
- THE DUCHESS – Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
- FROST/NIXON – Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
- MILK – Steven E. Anderson, Michael White
SHORT ANIMATION
- CODSWALLOP – Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
- VARMINTS – Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
- WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH – Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
SHORT FILM
- KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER – Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
- LOVE YOU MORE – Caroline Harvey, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
- RALPH – Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
- SEPTEMBER – Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell
- VOYAGE D’AFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP) – Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
- MICHAEL CERA
- NOEL CLARKE
- MICHAEL FASSBENDER
- REBECCA HALL
- TOBY KEBBELL
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Foreign Language Film Shortlist
The following have been shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film category:
Revance (Austria)
The Necessities of Life (Canada)
The Class (France)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
Departures (Japan)
Tear This Heart Out (Mexico)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
3 Monkeys (Turkey)
Revance (Austria)
The Necessities of Life (Canada)
The Class (France)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
Departures (Japan)
Tear This Heart Out (Mexico)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
3 Monkeys (Turkey)
Nominees for 11th CDG Awards
Here are the nominees for the 11th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards:
Excellence in Period Film
Deborah Hopper (Changeling)
Jacqueline West (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Michael O' Connor (The Duchess)
Danny Glicker (Milk)
Albert Wolsky (Revolutionary Road)
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Laura Jean Shannon, Rebecca Bentjen (Iron Man)
Ann Roth (Mamma Mia!)
Patricia Field (Sex and the City)
Suttirat Larlarb (Slumdog Millionaire)
Amy Westcott (The Wrestler)
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Isis Mussenden (Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
Lindy Hemming (The Dark Knight)
Sanja Milkovic Hays (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
Excellence in Period Film
Deborah Hopper (Changeling)
Jacqueline West (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Michael O' Connor (The Duchess)
Danny Glicker (Milk)
Albert Wolsky (Revolutionary Road)
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Laura Jean Shannon, Rebecca Bentjen (Iron Man)
Ann Roth (Mamma Mia!)
Patricia Field (Sex and the City)
Suttirat Larlarb (Slumdog Millionaire)
Amy Westcott (The Wrestler)
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Isis Mussenden (Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
Lindy Hemming (The Dark Knight)
Sanja Milkovic Hays (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
Monday, January 12, 2009
Nominees for 59th ACE Eddie Awards
Here are the nominees for the 59th Annual American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards:
Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)
Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Lee Smith (The Dark Knight)
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley (Frost/Nixon)
Elliot Graham (Milk)
Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical)
Jon Gregory (In Bruges)
Leslie Walker (Mamma Mia!)
Greg Gayden (Tropic Thunder)
Alisa Lepselter (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Stephen Schaffer (WALL-E)
Best Edited Documentary
Steve Audette (Bush's War)
Stuart Levy (Chicago 10)
Jinx Godfrey (Man on Wire)
Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)
Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Lee Smith (The Dark Knight)
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley (Frost/Nixon)
Elliot Graham (Milk)
Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical)
Jon Gregory (In Bruges)
Leslie Walker (Mamma Mia!)
Greg Gayden (Tropic Thunder)
Alisa Lepselter (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Stephen Schaffer (WALL-E)
Best Edited Documentary
Steve Audette (Bush's War)
Stuart Levy (Chicago 10)
Jinx Godfrey (Man on Wire)
Grading the Frontrunners
I have now seen all of the generally presumed Oscar Best Picture nominees (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire) and what may very well be the most serious threat for the fifth slot, WALL-E. Of the other possibilities, I have yet to see Doubt, Rachel Getting Married, The Reader, and The Wrestler.
So what do I think of this year's front runners? Interestingly enough, for the first time since I started doing these things in 2002, my current top 6 favorite films of 2008 are a perfect match to the presumed top 6 in Oscar's best pic race. I've ranked WALL-E third only to Slumdog Millionaire and The Dark Knight, but the other three are up there in my list. I've given all of these films a rating of A. What a great year for cinema.
And just like the BFCA and other critics, the HFPA, and the Globes crowd (did you see and hear them go wild?), I LOVE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. How can anyone not? Its direction is topnotch, the performances are endearing (special props to Dev Patel), the splashes of color and the rousing score are amazing, and the sheer exuberance of the whole thing... I've read someone describe the ending as "giddy," and I'd have to agree. But it's not the sort of giddy of innane childishness that some films have. What I felt for most of the movie's duration and, more importantly, after watching it, is how cinema was meant to make one feel: invigorated, joyful, youthful, exhilarated, and appreciative of the medium.
Until I saw Slumdog, The Dark Knight was my favorite film of the year, and even now that I have I'm still inclined to consider it the most well crafted. It easily goes beyond Heath Ledger's performance, which is of course transcendent. The gritty look, the chaotic madness (intensified by that eerie score), the concept of White Knight vs. Dark Knight (i.e., the heroes that we need and the heroes that we deserve). It's what every serious comic book adaptation should aspire to be in terms of sheer quality and gravitas. It greatly helps that the cast is topnotch; it's my favorite ensemble of the past year.
Acting is also a primary strength of that other Best Picture favorite, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Cate Blanchett is, as always, superb (my favorite lead female perf of 2008 so far), Taraji P. Henson is adorable and moving, Brad Pitt is a strong presence, and Julia Ormond is a surprising treat. It's a tad overlong (and to think it was adapted from a short story!), with a few ounces of fat that could have been trimmed, but it's an effective film that is, above all, simply sumptuous to look at. Still, I would have to say that I understand where the comments saying that the film seems a bit detached or even cold are coming from.
Milk is a small picture compared to these big visual and aural feasts, but it packs the emotional punch that many may have missed in Button. Sean Penn gives a near-flawless performance, perhaps the best of his career (easily better than his Oscar-winning, typical-Penn Mystic River perf) as Harvey Milk. He's so convincingly gay without being overly indulgent. Assisted by a strong cast, he makes us feel what Harvey Milk and his community felt and continue to feel as their society continues to persecute them. Given recent political events, particularly in California, it is perhaps the most important of all the films vying for the top Oscar honor.
Frost/Nixon is a film that is quite easy to like. Ron Howard directs it with simplicity and honesty. Frank Langella turns in a memorable performance as Richard Nixon, and Michael Sheen is just a good a co-lead as he was in The Queen. The moments of tension during their interviews are palpable. But as great a film as I thought it was, it's not the type of film that I see inspiring passion and adoration among its viewers. It's not exciting enough.
And therein lies its problem Oscar-wise. Nominations work on a preferential ballot, with #1 votes of the Academy members counting more than #2's and so on. Frost/Nixon is critically lauded, yes, but it is not easy to see the film getting so many #1 votes among Oscar voters.
WALL-E, on the other hand, is a delightful, intelligent work of art that has impressed critics, performed very well in the box office, and is undoubtedly on top of many people's lists. Do those people include Academy members? If there weren't a Best Animated Feature category, the Best Picture nom would be in the bag and it would even be a serious threat for the win. If enough voters see past that and vote with their heart, WALL-E could definitely sneak in.
By awards consensus, these films represent the best of 2008. So far, I'm agreeing. If only for the number of very good films that came out, last year was pretty decent. I hope WALL-E sneaks past Frost/Nixon, but I wouldn't mind seeing what so many people are predicting as the final slate of Oscar nominees.
So what do I think of this year's front runners? Interestingly enough, for the first time since I started doing these things in 2002, my current top 6 favorite films of 2008 are a perfect match to the presumed top 6 in Oscar's best pic race. I've ranked WALL-E third only to Slumdog Millionaire and The Dark Knight, but the other three are up there in my list. I've given all of these films a rating of A. What a great year for cinema.
And just like the BFCA and other critics, the HFPA, and the Globes crowd (did you see and hear them go wild?), I LOVE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. How can anyone not? Its direction is topnotch, the performances are endearing (special props to Dev Patel), the splashes of color and the rousing score are amazing, and the sheer exuberance of the whole thing... I've read someone describe the ending as "giddy," and I'd have to agree. But it's not the sort of giddy of innane childishness that some films have. What I felt for most of the movie's duration and, more importantly, after watching it, is how cinema was meant to make one feel: invigorated, joyful, youthful, exhilarated, and appreciative of the medium.
Until I saw Slumdog, The Dark Knight was my favorite film of the year, and even now that I have I'm still inclined to consider it the most well crafted. It easily goes beyond Heath Ledger's performance, which is of course transcendent. The gritty look, the chaotic madness (intensified by that eerie score), the concept of White Knight vs. Dark Knight (i.e., the heroes that we need and the heroes that we deserve). It's what every serious comic book adaptation should aspire to be in terms of sheer quality and gravitas. It greatly helps that the cast is topnotch; it's my favorite ensemble of the past year.
Acting is also a primary strength of that other Best Picture favorite, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Cate Blanchett is, as always, superb (my favorite lead female perf of 2008 so far), Taraji P. Henson is adorable and moving, Brad Pitt is a strong presence, and Julia Ormond is a surprising treat. It's a tad overlong (and to think it was adapted from a short story!), with a few ounces of fat that could have been trimmed, but it's an effective film that is, above all, simply sumptuous to look at. Still, I would have to say that I understand where the comments saying that the film seems a bit detached or even cold are coming from.
Milk is a small picture compared to these big visual and aural feasts, but it packs the emotional punch that many may have missed in Button. Sean Penn gives a near-flawless performance, perhaps the best of his career (easily better than his Oscar-winning, typical-Penn Mystic River perf) as Harvey Milk. He's so convincingly gay without being overly indulgent. Assisted by a strong cast, he makes us feel what Harvey Milk and his community felt and continue to feel as their society continues to persecute them. Given recent political events, particularly in California, it is perhaps the most important of all the films vying for the top Oscar honor.
Frost/Nixon is a film that is quite easy to like. Ron Howard directs it with simplicity and honesty. Frank Langella turns in a memorable performance as Richard Nixon, and Michael Sheen is just a good a co-lead as he was in The Queen. The moments of tension during their interviews are palpable. But as great a film as I thought it was, it's not the type of film that I see inspiring passion and adoration among its viewers. It's not exciting enough.
And therein lies its problem Oscar-wise. Nominations work on a preferential ballot, with #1 votes of the Academy members counting more than #2's and so on. Frost/Nixon is critically lauded, yes, but it is not easy to see the film getting so many #1 votes among Oscar voters.
WALL-E, on the other hand, is a delightful, intelligent work of art that has impressed critics, performed very well in the box office, and is undoubtedly on top of many people's lists. Do those people include Academy members? If there weren't a Best Animated Feature category, the Best Picture nom would be in the bag and it would even be a serious threat for the win. If enough voters see past that and vote with their heart, WALL-E could definitely sneak in.
By awards consensus, these films represent the best of 2008. So far, I'm agreeing. If only for the number of very good films that came out, last year was pretty decent. I hope WALL-E sneaks past Frost/Nixon, but I wouldn't mind seeing what so many people are predicting as the final slate of Oscar nominees.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Winners of the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Hurray for Slumdog Millionaire!
Here are the winners of the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards:
BEST MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
BEST MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Colin Farrell (In Bruges)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WALL-E
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"The Wrestler" (The Wrestler)
Here are the winners of the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards:
BEST MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
BEST MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Colin Farrell (In Bruges)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WALL-E
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"The Wrestler" (The Wrestler)
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Final Oscar Predictions coming soon...
I'll be posting my final predictions for the 81st Academy Award nominees a day or two after the winners of the Golden Globe Awards are announced on Sunday, 11 January 2009.
Winners of the Critics Choice Awards
Here are the winners of the recently concluded Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (aka Critics' Choice):
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actor
Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) AND Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Best Writer
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Foreign Language Film
Waltz with Bashir
Best Animated Feature
WALL-E
Best Documentary
Man on Wire
Best Composer
A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Song
"The Wrestler" (The Wrestler)
Best Acting Ensemble
Milk
Best Young Actor/Actress
Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Action Film
The Dark Knight
Best Comedy Movie
Tropic Thunder
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actor
Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) AND Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Best Writer
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Foreign Language Film
Waltz with Bashir
Best Animated Feature
WALL-E
Best Documentary
Man on Wire
Best Composer
A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Song
"The Wrestler" (The Wrestler)
Best Acting Ensemble
Milk
Best Young Actor/Actress
Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Action Film
The Dark Knight
Best Comedy Movie
Tropic Thunder
Nominees for 61st DGA Awards
Here are the [widely expected] nominees for the 61st Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards. I had thought that Darren Aronofsky would sneak in, displacing Ron Howard. Oh well.
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Nominees for 45th Cinema Audio Society Awards
Here are the nominees for the 4th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards:
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Nominees for 2009 WGA Awards
Here are the nominees for the 2009 Writers Guild of America Awards:
Original Screenplay
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Burn After Reading)
Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Tom McCarthy (The Visitor)
Robert Siegel (The Wrestler)
Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Original Screenplay
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Burn After Reading)
Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Tom McCarthy (The Visitor)
Robert Siegel (The Wrestler)
Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Nominees for 23rd ASC Awards
Here are the nominees for the 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards:
Roger Deakins (Revolutionary Road, The Reader)
Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Chris Menges (The Reader)
Claudio Miranda (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight)
Roger Deakins (Revolutionary Road, The Reader)
Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Chris Menges (The Reader)
Claudio Miranda (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight)
Monday, January 05, 2009
Nominees for 20th PGA Awards
Here are the nominees for the 20th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards:
Theatrical Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture
Man on Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water
Animated Theatrical Motion Picture
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Theatrical Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture
Man on Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water
Animated Theatrical Motion Picture
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
281 Films Eligible for Oscar
To see or download a copy of the list of the 281 films eligible for the 81st Academy Awards, go here.
Critics Awards Thus Far
The following critics groups have announced their nominees or winners for this film year: Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), St. Louis Film Critics Association (SLFCA), Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC), Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC), New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO), Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA), San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC), Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS), San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS), Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS), Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA), Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS), Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA), London Film Critics Circle (LFCC), Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC), Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (OFCC), National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC), Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC), and Online Film Critics Society (OFCS).
These are reflected in the profiles of the films/actors in my prediction pages.
These are reflected in the profiles of the films/actors in my prediction pages.
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