'I'm Not There' feels the Spirit
Todd Haynes film nabs five nominations
"I'm Not There" squeaked ahead of the pack for this year's Spirit Award kudos with four nominations plus receiving the inaugural Robert Altman award.
Also receiving four nominations each (including best feature and director) are "Juno," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and "The Savages."
Lisa Kudrow and Zach Braff announced the nominations Tuesday morning at the Sofitel Hotel in West Hollywood. The lighthearted duo set the tone for the day, with darker fare such as "A Mighty Heart" and "Lust Caution" earning three nominations each. "Rocket Science" also landed three nods.
Gus Van Sant's latest, "Paranoid Park" rounded out the best feature category -- an IFC pic that debuts next year but screened at Cannes.
With four noms and two wins, Van Sant has been a Spirit favorite since 1989's "Drugstore Cowboy." Ryan Werner, IFC vice president for marketing, said the writer-director "exemplifies independent spirit" with his history of personal and experimental filmmaking.
Tamara Jenkins, helmer of "The Savages" and past first feature nominee, joins Todd Haynes ("I'm Not There"), Jason Reitman ("Juno"), Julian Schnabel ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") and Van Sant in the director category, with those film's producers also vying for best feature.
In the acting categories, names like Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett are up against first-time nominees such as Tang Wei in "Lust Caution." Other female thesps up for a leading award include Sienna Miller in "Interview," Ellen Page in "Juno" and Parker Posey in "Broken English" (her second nod).
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who took home the male lead prize two years ago for "Capote," is up again this year for "The Savages," as are Pedro Castaneda in "August Evening," Don Cheadle in "Talk to Me," Frank Langella in "Starting Out In the Evening" and Tony Leung in "Lust Caution."
Writer-director Zoe Cassavetes is up for two prizes for her first film, "Rocket Science": first feature and first screenplay. Contenders for the John Cassavetes Award, which was named for her father and honors films made for less than $500,000, are "August Evening," "Owl and the Sparrow," "The Pool," "Quiet City" or "Shotgun Stories."
Other scribes to earn noms include "Diving Bell's" Ronald Harwood, Jenkins, Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner for "Starting Out in the Evening," Adrienne Shelly for "Waitress" and Mike White for "Year of the Dog.
Fox Searchlight was the clear winner of the day with 11 noms, thanks mostly to its dysfunctional-family pics "Juno" and "The Savages." Four other shingles, including Paramount Vantage, Miramax, Focus Features and the Weinstein Co., trail with five bids each.
Missing this year is a breakout commercial success like 2006's "Little Miss Sunshine." Of the feature and director contenders, only "I'm Not There" has opened, but it's yet to break the $1 million mark. Of all the nominees, "A Mighty Heart's" $9 million domestic take is the B.O. leader.
Film Independent will host the awards — which have gone green this year — in typical fashion one day before the Oscars, on Feb. 23 in a tent on the Santa Monica beach. A telecast will air on the Independent Film Channel live (and uncensored) at 2 p.m. PST.
And the 2008 Spirit nominees are...
FEATURE (Award given to the producer)
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
"I'm Not There" - Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern
"Juno" - Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
"A Mighty Heart" - Producers: Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt
"Paranoid Park" - Producers: Neil Kopp, David Cress
FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
"2 Days in Paris" - Director: Julie Delpy; Producers: Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok
"Great World of Sound" - Director: Craig Zobel; Producers: Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel
"The Lookout" - Director: Scott Frank; Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes
"Rocket Science" - Director: Jeffrey Blitz; Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch
"Vanaja" - Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli; Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli
DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes - "I'm Not There"
Tamara Jenkins - "The Savages"
Jason Reitman - "Juno"
Julian Schnabel - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Gus Van Sant - "Paranoid Park"
MALE LEAD
Pedro Castaneda - "August Evening"
Don Cheadle - "Talk To Me"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Savages"
Frank Langella - "Starting Out in the Evening"
Tony Leung - "Lust, Caution"
FEMALE LEAD
Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
Sienna Miller - "Interview"
Ellen Page - "Juno"
Parker Posey - "Broken English"
Tang Wei - "Lust, Caution"
SUPPORTING MALE
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Talk To Me"
Marcus Carl Franklin - "I'm Not There"
Kene Holliday - "Great World of Sound"
Irrfan Khan - "The Namesake"
Steve Zahn - "Rescue Dawn"More than one option(Person) Irfan Khan
(Person) Irrfan Khan
SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett - "I'm Not There"
Anna Kendrick - "Rocket Science"
Jennifer Jason Leigh - "Margot at the Wedding"
Tamara Podemski - "Four Sheets to the Wind"
Marisa Tomei - "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"More than one option(Person) Jennifer Jason Leigh
(Person) Jennifer Jason Leigh
SCREENPLAY
Ronald Harwood - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Tamara Jenkins - "The Savages"
Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner - "Starting Out in the Evening"
Adrienne Shelly - "Waitress"
Mike White - "Year of the Dog"
FIRST SCREENPLAY
Jeffrey Blitz - "Rocket Science"
Zoe Cassavetes - "Broken English"
Diablo Cody - "Juno"
Kelly Masterson - "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
John Orloff - "A Mighty Heart"
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mott Hupfel - "The Savages"
Janusz Kaminski - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Milton Kam - "Vanaja"
Mihai Malaimare, Jr. - "Youth Without Youth"
Rodrigo Prieto - "Lust, Caution"
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
"August Evening" - Writer/Director: Chris Eska; Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling
"Owl and the Sparrow" - Writer/Director: Stephane Gauger; Producers: Nguyen Van Quan, Doan Nhat Nam, Stephane Gauger
"The Pool" - Director: Chris Smith; Producer: Kate Noble; Writer: Chris Smith & Randy Russell
"Quiet City" - Director: Aaron Katz; Producers: Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler
"Shotgun Stories" - Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols; Producers: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Jeff NicholsMore than one option(Film) The Pool
(Film) The Pool
DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
"Crazy Love" - Director: Dan Klores
"Lake of Fire" - Director: Tony Kaye
"Manufactured Landscapes" - Director: Jennifer Baichwal
"The Monastery" - Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær
"The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair" - Directors: Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker
More than one option(Film) Love Is a Dog From Hell
(Film) Crazy Love
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
"I'm Not There"
Director: Todd Haynes; Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal; Ensemble Cast: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw
IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Ramin Bahrani, director of "Chop Shop"
Ronnie Bronstein, director of "Frownland"
Lee Isaac Chung, director of "Munyurangabo"
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Laura Dunn for "The Unforeseen"
Gary Hustwit for "Helvetica"
John Maringouin for "Running Stumbled"
PRODUCERS AWARD
Anne Clements, producer of "Ping Pong Playa" and "Quinceañera"
Alexis Ferris, producer of "Cthulhu" and "Police Beat"
Neil Kopp, producer of "Paranoid Park" and "Old Joy"More than one option(Person) Anne Clements
Assistant, Production Assistant
(Person) Anne Clements
out of all these, i don't think paranoid park and a mighty heart will get much recognition in the months to come. the diving bell, i'm not there, juno, and lake of fire should stick around for the long haul. with surprise appearances by marisa naked tomei as supporting actress, but she won't win, especially if cate is gonna be in that category. and what the hell is The Savages?
EDIT: bigideas, see what i did here is i went and found out something on my own:
Quote from: MacGuffin on October 24, 2007, 10:29:53 PM
Next month he's featured with Laura Linney in Tamara Jenkins' affecting "The Savages," an equally downbeat story about siblings dealing with their father's dementia.
and the actual thread (http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=9991.0)
NBR picks 'No Country'
Tim Burton picks up directing award
Source: Variety
The Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men," from Miramax and Paramount Vantage, was named best picture of the year by the National Board of Review, while Tim Burton drew the director nod for DreamWorks-Warner Bros. musical "Sweeney Todd."
"No Country" also picked up the awards for adapted screenplay and ensemble cast, which includes Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Kelly Macdonald. With three nods, pic won the most of any film.
There's always a certain amount of mystery surrounding the NBR, a group of film educators and other professionals with no official Hollywood ties, but the org's yearly announcement is considered an early bellwether of potential award winners, and its top 10 list, which it releases in alphabetical order, is among the first that roll out in December.
George Clooney picked up NBR's actor nod for his performance in Warner Bros.' "Michael Clayton," while Julie Christie won the actress prize for Lionsgate's "Away from Her."
Casey Affleck received the supporting actor prize for Warner's "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," while Amy Ryan won supporting actress for "Gone Baby Gone."
NBR lauded Disney-Pixar's "Ratatouille" for animated feature, while French film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" took foreign film. Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro's Iraqi war doc "Body of War" drew the documentary nod. Ben Affleck won for directorial debut with "Gone Baby Gone." Both "Gone" and "Diving Bell" are distributed by Miramax.
In previous years, the NBR included the winning film in its list of the top 10 films of the year. This round, the org changed its rules to keep the year's best film separate, creating what amounts to a top 11 list.
Warner took three of the spots on the list: Andrew Dominik's "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," Rob Reiner's "The Bucket List" and Tony Gilroy's "Clayton." Vantage took two with Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" and Marc Forster's "The Kite Runner."
"Sweeney," which DreamWorks- Paramount is distributing domestically, also made the list, as did Focus Features' "Atonement," Universal's "The Bourne Ultimatum," Fox Searchlight's "Juno" and MGM-Sidney Kimmel's "Lars and the Real Girl."
"We screened 328 films, and the diversity of these narratives is reflected in our 2007 ten best films," NBR prexy Annie Schulhof said. "No Country for Old Men" is a "brilliant convergence of extraordinary directing, a masterful screenplay and incredible ensemble performances."
Miramax is distributing the pic domestically.
A number of the films landing on the top 10 roster haven't yet opened in the U.S., so distribs will try to use the NBR mention to up the profile of their pics. Joe Wright's "Atonement" opens Friday, "Kite Runner" opens Dec. 14, "Sweeney" unspools Dec. 21, and "Bucket List" bows Christmas Day.
"Juno," which opened Wednesday, will look for an immediate boost. Ellen Page won NBR's prize for breakthrough performance by an actress for her role in the pic, while Emile Hirsch took breakthrough perf by an actor for "Into the Wild."
"Juno" scribe Diablo Cody and "Lars and the Real Girl" scribe Nancy Oliver tied for the original screenplay prize; Joel and Ethan Coen drew adapted screenplay kudos for "No Country," based on the tome by Cormac McCarthy.
Among the pics on NBR's list of top 10 independent movies were Sarah Polley's "Away from Her," Craig Zobel's "Great World of Sound" (Magnolia Pictures), John Sayles' "Honeydripper" (Emerging Pictures), Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent), Michael Winterbottom's "A Mighty Heart" (Vantage) and Andrew Wagner's "Starting Out in the Evening" (Roadside Attractions).
Searchlight scored four of the spots on the indie list with Mira Nair's "The Namesake," Tamara Jenkins' "The Savages," John Carney's "Once" and Adrienne Shelly's "Waitress."
Making the shortlist of top foreign films were "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," "The Band's Visit," "The Counterfeiters," "La Vie en rose" and "Lust, Caution."
"Darfur Now," "In the Shadow of the Moon," "Nanking," "Taxi to the Darkside" and "Toots" were named the top five docus.
Michael Douglas will receive NBR's career achievement award, while the William K. Everson Film History Award will go to Robert Osborne. Longtime Coen brothers collaborator Roger Deakins will receive the award for career achievement. The Bulgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression will go to films "The Great Debaters" and "Persepolis."
Kudos will be handed out during a Jan. 15 gala dinner at Cipriani in Gotham.
And the nominees are...
Director:
Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"
Actor:
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Actress:
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Supporting Actress:
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Foreign Film:
"The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
Documentary:
"Body Of War"
Animated Feature:
"Ratatouille"
Ensemble Cast:
"No Country For Old Men"
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor:
Emile Hirsch, "Into The Wild"
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress:
Ellen Page, "Juno"
Best Directorial Debut:
Ben Affleck, "Gone Baby Gone"
Best Original Screenplay (tie):
Diablo Cody, "Juno" and
Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"
Besides "No Country," here's NBR's top ten, in alphabetical order:
"The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Bucket List"
"Into The Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"Lars And The Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Sweeney Todd"
congratulations, National Board of Retards, for the year's first batch of wrong.
no cmb, no lake off, no credibility.
Just out of interest, did TWBB qualify for these awards? At first I thought not, but then other films that haven't yet been released did get recognition... Just wondering.
wow, 1 whole movie from the first 2/3rds of the year!
Quote from: Pubrick on December 06, 2007, 01:17:40 AMcongratulations, National Board of Retards, for the year's first batch of wrong.
hah, totally.
sad that zodiac will be completely ignored this year.
Quote from: ©brad on December 06, 2007, 10:30:50 AMsad that zodiac will be completely ignored this year.
It will only be ignored by those organizations, publications, etc. that aren't worthy of your attention anyway. It could be thought of as a sort of litmus test for critical credibility. NBR flunked it. We'll see who's next. I would guess it will be in contention for Xixax best picture, and if it were any other year it may have had a chance.
In a week the globes are announced (the 13th) and we'll see which route cmbb will take:
1. the ronnie howard route - awards all over the place.
2. the little miss indy darling route - few nods here and there, some wins.
3. the malick route - some nods, no wins.
4. the kubrick route - :yabbse-undecided:
i can't believe its december already. besides 1 film i've never been less excited about the crop of nominees/awards contenders.
Really? I've thorougly enjoyed this year. Normally I have a hard time filling out a top ten anything, but this year it will be hard to pick and choose. Are you just upset at NBR's picks? I mean, sure CMBB and Zodiac and others are missing, but I think some good work is being recognize. By this, I mean Casey Affleck in Assassination and all the love for Juno. I can't wait for more people here to see Juno.
yeah i saw Juno a month ago and i really liked it. i just feel like normally in december there are like 5 or 6 last minute prestigey releases i'm dying to see but other than Blood i have a vague interest in Sweeney Todd and thats about it. but honestly, i have complained about every year sucking since i joined this board. haha, so maybe i suck now.
2007 Poll by Sight & Sound: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/pdf/films-of-the-year-2007.pdf
Still no love for Blood, but a much more legitimate list (if you read through the individual lists, however, a few of the UK critics that have seen Blood and K. Jones recognize it). {fixed}
And I would have to side with Gamblour in that I think 2007 has been a remarkable year.
Quote from: Sunrise on December 08, 2007, 10:42:03 AM
2007 Poll by Sight & Sound: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/pdf/films-of-the-year-2007.pdf
(if you read through the individual lists, however, the American critics do routinely recognize Blood).
hardly.
of the 7 americans surveyed, only ONE mentions blood. of the 66 respondents in total, it gets listed 5 times, and the only person to rank it #1 is a brit i've never heard of. here are the entries..
Ryan Gilbey (Critic, New Statesman, UK)2. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)As much as Coppola or Kubrick, Anderson is a film-maker obsessed with scale. Scale has been the subject of his last three pictures, and here the tension between the intimate and the epic pays its most handsome dividends. It's a frightening and beautiful film, pregnant with dread. Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano (a revelation) contribute muscular, reckless performances.
Nick James (Editor, Sight and Sound, UK)3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)Daniel Day Lewis gives us the best example of total body acting seen since Raging Bull in Paul Thomas Anderson's demonology of pioneer asset-strippers and parasitic evangelicals.
Kent Jones (Critic and Programmer, Film Comment, US)3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)An astonishing film - a tour de force by Daniel Day Lewis, but also from Anderson, who - along with Lewis, Jack Fisk, Robert Elswit and Johnny Greenwood - gives us as ferocious a vision of American fanaticism as I've seen in movies.
Tim Robey (Critic, The Telegraph, UK)1. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)All we could have hoped for, and more: mad, scalding, masterly.
Jason Wood (Critic, UK)4. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)Already touted as Giant meets Citizen Kane, add a touch of Nicolas Roeg's Eureka and you just about have the measure of Paul Thomas Anderson's return to filmmaking. Uncompromising
isn't it possible that it hasn't been seen by many critics yet?
Quote from: JG on December 08, 2007, 09:41:54 PM
isn't it possible that it hasn't been seen by many critics yet?
are you saying that in response to my post and the BFI thing?
cos no one is making either argument. that was just a 99% british constituency, the majority of which obviously havn't been to america to see it or been sent screeners. the point i made, which i thought was obvious, was in response to Sunrise's claim that "if your read through individual lists, the american critics routine recognize blood" -- not true. the reasons were not addressed.
the other awards discussed in this thread hav not been exclusively determined by critics, so again the argument that they hav or havn't seen the movie has not been brought up as it's irrelevant. it also won't be an issue in future awards, such as the golden globes or oscars, which are not about critics either.
what you're saying is true, no one has ever said otherwise.
Quote from: JG on December 08, 2007, 09:41:54 PM
isn't it possible that it hasn't been seen by many critics yet?
That is absolutely the case.
Quote from: Pubrick on December 08, 2007, 09:58:48 PM
it also won't be an issue in future awards, such as the golden globes or oscars, which are not about critics either.
That will likely be the case, but not sure if that is a good thing. For what they're worth (very little in the long run), the critics' lists, especially from respected publications like Film Comment or Sight and Sound, are a much more consistent indicator of quality than the oscars and certainly the golden globes. Now, accidents do happen as The Departed topped the FC list last year and won the oscar.
Y'all seen the LA Film Critics award list? :yabbse-grin:
Quote from: Find Your Magali on December 09, 2007, 06:35:54 PM
Y'all seen the LA Film Critics award list? :yabbse-grin:
2007 LAFCA Awards
Best Picture: "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"
Runner-up: Anamaria Marinca "4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days"
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Frank Langella, "Starting Out In The Evening"
Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
Runner-up:Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"
Supporting actress: Amy Ryan for "Gone Baby Gone" and "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Supporting actor: Vlad Ivanov, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Foreign language film: "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Documentary/Non-fiction film: "No End in Sight" directed by Charles Ferguson
Runner-up: "Sicko" directed by Michael Moore
Production design: Jack Fisk, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Dante Ferretti, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Animation: "Persepolis" and "Ratatouille" (tie)
Music: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Once"
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Runner-up: Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"
New generation: Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"
Douglas Edwards Indie Award: "Colossal Youth" directed by Pedro Costa
Career Achievement: Sidney Lumet
Legacy Awards: Milestone Film and Video and the Outfest Legacy Project
So 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days is a better foreign language film than The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, but The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a better film than 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days?
good list though, better than any of the others, assuming Blood is good.
yes!
i don't even mind diving bell beating it. ratat tie with persep, also yes!
once for music.. uh. no.
Quote from: Astrostic on December 09, 2007, 09:03:18 PM
assuming Blood is good.
fair enough, you want to be different. good luck with that.
Washington D.C Critics:
BEST PICTURE
Winner: No Country for Old Men
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ethan and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
BEST ACTOR
Winner: George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Julie Christie (Away from Her)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Diablo Cody (Juno)
BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: No Country for Old Men
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: Ratatouille
BEST ART DIRECTION
Winner: Sweeney Todd
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Winner: Ellen Page (Juno)
New York Film Critics Online:
Picture - (tie) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly/There Will Be Blood
Actor - Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Actress - Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Director - PT Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Breakthrough Performer - Ellen Page (Juno)
Debut Director - Sarah Polley (Away from Her)
Ensemble Cast - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Screenplay - The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola)
Documentary - Sicko
Foreign Language - (tie) Lives of Others/Persepolis
Animated - Persepolis
Cinematography - There Will Be Blood (Robert Elswit)
Film Music - There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
Top Ten Films (Alphabetical - 11 Films)
Atonement (Focus Features)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (THINKFilm)
The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company)
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)
Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Picture
No Country For Old Men
Best Actor
Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Best Director
Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Screenplay
Brad Bird for Ratatouille
Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Documentary
Crazy Love
Best Foreign-Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best New Filmmaker
Ben Affleck for Gone Baby Gone
Best Ensemble Cast
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Quote from: modage on December 09, 2007, 07:14:19 PM
2007 LAFCA Awards
Supporting actor: Vlad Ivanov, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Excellent, although i wish he would've won.
Hey, what do you know, all of a sudden I actually want to see some movies.
the latest batch confirms that to know it is to love it. to see it is to award it.
they've got LA and NYC covered, they just need to EXPAND!
yeah i'm seriously convinced that any critics group that doesn't have Blood in ANY categories has not seen it. i am convinced of this on blind faith.
N.Y. critics applaud Coens, Day-Lewis, Christie
Source: Hollywood Reporter
NEW YORK -- The New York Film Critics Circle has voted Sarah Polley's "Away From Her" as best first film, its star Julie Christie as best actress and "There Will Be Blood" star Daniel Day-Lewis as best actor, with the award for best picture forthcoming. Joel and Ethan Coen took home best director and best screenplay honors for "No Country for Old Men."
The list of winners as of 12:30 p.m. EST follows:
Best director
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax Films/Paramount Vantage)
Best screenplay
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax Films/Paramount Vantage)
Best actress
Julie Christie, "Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
Best actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage/Miramax Films)
Best supporting actress
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax Films)
Best supporting actor
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax Films)
Best cinematography
Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage/Miramax Films)
Best animated feature
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best nonfiction film
"No End in Sight" (Magolia Pictures)
Best foreign-language film
"The Lives of Others" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best first film
"Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
Best Picture went to No Country. oh well.
"Into the Wild" leads Critics' Choice nominations
Sean Penn's adventure tale "Into the Wild" garnered the most Critics' Choice award nominations on Tuesday, including best picture, best actor for Emile Hirsch and best director for Penn.
With seven nominations, "Into the Wild," directed by Penn, edged out "Juno," the offbeat comedy about a pregnant teenager played by Ellen Page that received six nods, including best picture and best actress for Page.
Five films snagged five nominations apiece: "Atonement," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "Sweeney Todd" and "Hairspray."
Joining "Into the Wild" and "Juno" with best picture nods were: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "The Kite Runner," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "Sweeney Todd," and "There Will Be Blood."
Besides Hirsch, best actor nominations went to George Clooney for "Michael Clayton," Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood," Johnny Depp for "Sweeney Todd," Ryan Gosling for "Lars and the Real Girl," and Viggo Mortensen for "Eastern Promises."
Along with Page, others getting best actress nods were Amy Adams for "Enchanted," Cate Blanchett for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," Julie Christie for "Away From Her," Marion Cotillard for "La Vie en Rose," and Angelina Jolie for "A Mighty Heart."
"No Country for Old Men," the dark crime thriller from brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, has already won top film honors from New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. The Coens scored a best director nod from the Critics' Choice awards on Tuesday.
Such critical nods are helpful for the studios' marketing campaigns as they vie for Oscar attention for their films. Next on the awards season's agenda are the Golden Globe nominations on Thursday.
The Critics' Choice nominees were announced by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which has more than 200 members in the United States and Canada representing television, radio and online critics. The winners will be announced on January 7.
A full list of the nominations is available at http://criticschoice.vh1.com
The complete list of nominees follows:
Best Picture
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Into the Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Sweeney Todd"
"There Will Be Blood"
Best Actor
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"
Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Emile Hirsch, "Into the Wild"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
Best Actress
Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
Ellen Page, "Juno"
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Catherine Keener, "Into the Wild"
Vanessa Redgrave, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"
Best Acting Ensemble
"Hairspray"
"Juno"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Sweeney Todd"
"Gone Baby Gone"
"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Best Director
Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Sidney Lumet, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Sean Penn, "Into the Wild"
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Joe Wright, "Atonement"
Best Writer
Diablo Cody, "Juno"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Sean Penn, "Into the Wild"
Aaron Sorkin, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Best Animated Feature
"Bee Movie"
"Beowulf"
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"The Simpsons Movie"
Best Young Actor
Michael Cera, "Juno"
Michael Cera, "Superbad"
Freddie Highmore, "August Rush"
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, "The Kite Runner"
Edward Sanders, "Sweeney Todd"
Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"
Dakota Blue Richards, "The Golden Compass"
AnnaSophia Robb, "Bridge to Terabithia"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Best Comedy Movie
"Dan in Real Life"
"Hairspray"
"Juno"
"Knocked Up"
"Superbad"
Best Family Film
"August Rush"
"Enchanted"
"The Golden Compass"
"Hairspray"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
Best Picture Made for Television
"The Company"
"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"
"Tin Man"
"The War"
Best Foreign Language Film
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days"
"La Vie en Rose"
"Lust, Caution"
"The Orphanage"
Best Song
"Come So Far", Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, "Hairspray"
"Do You Feel Me", Anthony Hamilton, "American Gangster"
"Falling Slowly", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Jesse L. Martin and Cast, "Once"
"That's How You Know", Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
Best Composer
Marco Beltrami, "3:10 to Yuma"
Alexandre Desplat, "Lust, Caution"
Clint Eastwood, "Grace Is Gone"
Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"
James Horner, "The New World"
Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"
Alan Menken, "Enchanted"
Best Documentary
"Darfur Now"
"In the Shadow of the Moon"
"The King of Kong"
"No End In Sight"
"Sharkwater"
"Sicko"
I guess being both a titular character and having the most screen time and being the protagonist still means one can be a "Supporting Actor" if they're working with Brad Pitt. Sorry Casey.
AP Critics Pick `No Country' As Top Film
It's never happened in all the time we've been doing this: Associated Press reviewers David Germain and Christy Lemire agree on the year's best film. Here's how the rest shake out.
The top 10 films of 2007, according to AP Movie Writer David Germain:
1. "No Country for Old Men" With weird hair and businesslike savagery, Javier Bardem could teach Hannibal Lecter a thing or three about pitiless bloodletting. Bardem as a killer, Tommy Lee Jones as a wayworn lawman and Josh Brolin as a good old boy who stumbles on a fortune in drug money are one of the great triumvirates of modern film. Aided by cinematographer Roger Deakins' desolate landscapes, Joel and Ethan Coen bring Cormac McCarthy's Texas crime saga to life with all the regional authenticity they applied to their Minnesota tale "Fargo."
2. "Once" This may be as real as new love gets on screen: Awkward, inspiring, nervous, hopeful, passionate, impossible, frustrating, and in the end, left in limbo for another day. The micro-budgeted tale from writer-director John Carney stars two non-actors, musicians Glen Hansard as an Irish busker and Marketa Irglova as an Eastern European immigrant. They meet, fall head over heels and, literally, make beautiful music together.
3. "Juno" Jason Reitman's second film could have drowned in its own cleverness if it weren't so warm and funny and tart and, well, clever. This could be a star-making role for Ellen Page as the inconceivably cool and caustic title character, a pregnant teenager who challenges Katherine Heigl as the real darling of 2007's knocked-up set. Page and a brilliant supporting cast bring bottomless heart and humor to first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody's delicious dialogue.
4. "Away From Her" Speaking of darlings, beloved indie actress Sarah Polley makes one of the most impressive behind-the-camera transitions ever, while the hermitic Julie Christie comes out of seclusion for a role that could bring her a second Academy Award to go with the trophy she won 42 years ago for "Darling." Christie, co-star Gordon Pinsent and director Polley have crafted a gem of outer stillness and inner turmoil as a husband watches the love of his life fade into the oblivion of Alzheimer's.
5. "Into the Wild" Great an actor as he is, Sean Penn really just wants to direct. He makes a strong case for the career change with his latest film, turning a story with the worst sort of downbeat ending into an enormously inspiring rumination on the possibilities of life and the necessity of conviction. Emile Hirsch is a force of nature in this real-life story of a fierce idealist who comes to a tragic end in the wilds of Alaska.
6. "American Gangster" Denzel Washington as a classy bad guy, Russell Crowe as a slovenly good guy, their crime smackdown directed by Ridley Scott. Who could ask for more when it comes to big Hollywood entertainment? Scott's slick direction is virtually flawless in this story of Harlem heroin baron Frank Lucas and the cop who brought him down. Both actors are at the top of their game, and the closing image perfectly captures the sense of how times change and players are forgotten.
7. "Stardust" If a falling star takes human form, let her turn out like Claire Danes. If an evil, life-sucking witch simply must chase you, let it be Michelle Pfeiffer. If you have to ride on a flying schooner with a cross-dressing skipper, let the captain be Robert De Niro. Director Matthew Vaughn crafts a sparkling fairy tale for adults with this fantasy romance between Danes' celestial object and the boy (Charlie Cox) who falls in love with her.
8. "Starting Out in the Evening" The aging writer's life: Your dusty novels unremembered, your body and mind near their end, yet the desire to finish that last big fiction never fading. Then along comes a beautiful young admirer to distract and titillate. Frank Langella is quietly masterful as the novelist, Lauren Ambrose is a fetching muse and temptress, and Lili Taylor provides warm support in Andrew Wagner's sly commentary on creativity in all forms.
9. "The Band's Visit" With the nocturnal restlessness of a Jim Jarmusch flick, this wondrous little comic drama captures a wayward day in the life of an Egyptian police band stranded in the middle of nowhere during a visit to Israel. Writer-director Eran Kolirin presents a beautiful story of cultural chasms vanishing through music and spiritual kinship, anchored by tremendous rapport between Sasson Gabai as the stoically lovable bandleader and Ronit Elkabetz as a vivacious Israeli diner owner.
10. "Year of the Dog" With his directing debut, veteran screenwriter Mike White has done his job well if his tale of a canine fanatic can hook a confirmed cat lover who finds dogs unnecessary, even detestable. Molly Shannon is hilarious and heartbreaking as a woman who lives for her dog, then goes to canine extremes to fill the void after the little mutt dies. The film is a marvelous examination of obsession, and how giving in body and soul to your compulsions may not be the worst thing for you, after all.
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AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire:
1. "No Country for Old Men" The Coen brothers return to form with this breathtaking saga of crime and carnage along the Rio Grande. That includes the boldly enigmatic ending, which many find frustrating. In adapting Cormac McCarthy's novel about the repercussions of a ruined drug deal, Joel and Ethan Coen (and the great cinematographer Roger Deakins) have created an evocative, beautifully bleak landscape. Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones both give subtly powerful performances, but Javier Bardem is chilling as an eccentric serial killer.
2. "Gone Baby Gone" An authentic slice of Boston, gripping in its realism and startling in its dramatic turns. Ben Affleck steps behind the camera for the first time and wisely places versatile younger brother Casey front and center as a private investigator looking for a missing girl. As a director, Affleck has found his calling, an avenue for using his obvious intelligence while getting out of the way of his own celebrity. Amy Ryan does memorable supporting work as the girl's junkie mom.
3. "Once" A true original. Writer-director John Carney deconstructs and reinvents the movie musical as something wholly new, inspired and alive. He also breathes fresh life into the idea of screen romance with the unexpected relationship he depicts between an Irish street performer (the riveting Glen Hansard, lead singer of the Frames) and a young Czech immigrant (Marketa Irglova). No one ever bursts into song, but the folk-rock tunes that emerge organically will grab you nonetheless.
4. "Knocked Up" How does Judd Apatow do it? As writer and director, he has the rare ability to find just the right tone all the time a bold yet delicate balance of humor that's raunchy without being mean, sweet without being saccharine. This comedy about a beautiful blonde (Katherine Heigl) who gets pregnant from a drunken fling with an aimless stoner (Seth Rogen) features a cavalcade of pop culture references that never feel gratuitous, as well as some in-jokes that never seem smug.
5. "Away From Her" In quiet, understated ways, Sarah Polley proves herself as a powerfully talented new director. The 28-year-old Canadian actress moves behind the camera for her first feature with the confidence and precision of a seasoned veteran. And she draws a delicately heartbreaking performance from the still radiant Julie Christie as a woman slowly descending into the hazy abyss of Alzheimer's. It's a story told with grace and surprising humor, and never turns maudlin.
6. "There Will Be Blood" An inventively gorgeous yet wildly weird epic about greed, lies, manipulation and insanity, with a terrifying leading turn from Daniel Day-Lewis as a California oil man. Except for its inescapable intensity, you'd never know this was a Paul Thomas Anderson movie. All of his usual stylistic tricks are gone; the "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia" director now seems more focused on character and storytelling. This one will leave you gasping.
7. "The Lives of Others" A miracle of a film that manages to be both subtle and intense at the same time. What's even more astounding is that this is the feature debut from German writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who confidently paints a claustrophobic picture of East Berlin in the mid-1980s through the relationship between a playwright, his girlfriend and the secret police captain assigned to spy on them. It's a political thriller but also a portrait of unexpected humanity a marvel of controlled storytelling and mood with brilliant performances. (Winner of the foreign-language Oscar this year, it was only released theatrically in February so it counts for our purposes.)
8. "Lars and the Real Girl" It may sound like a contradiction in terms to say that a movie about a guy in love with a sex doll is bursting with humanity, but that's really the most apt way to describe this warm little charmer. Ryan Gosling reinforces that he can do anything as a fiercely anti-social twentysomething who orders a life-size doll online, then thinks she's real and gets everyone else in town to play along. Director Craig Gillespie uses absurd humor but also shows a sweet, deft touch.
9. "Into the Wild" Emile Hirsch offers a tour de force as the doomed Christopher McCandless, whose search for nature, beauty and truth left him dead in Alaska at 24. In adapting Jon Krakauer's best-seller, writer-director Sean Penn gives him a wealth of material to work with. Hirsch gets to be charming, passionate and idealistic but also impetuous, stubborn and self-righteous. Penn depicts this flawed figure in both his selflessness and selfishness without once judging him or turning him into a martyr.
10. "The Bourne Ultimatum" In a summer packed with threequels, this was easily the best of all. Clever and smart, fast and fun, it's the first one that doesn't feel like a dragged-out continuation of a series but rather a climactic, satisfying culmination. Director Paul Greengrass has made an action film that's both delicate and aggressive, a difficult balance to strike. And Matt Damon remains a strong, stoic force in the center as amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne. The year's best blockbuster.
San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2007
Best Picture
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Director
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Actress
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley, Away from Her
Best Documentary
No End in Sight
Best Foreign Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
The SFFCC issued a Special Citation to recognize the under-looked independent film "Colma: The Musical," a homegrown song-and-dance extravaganza about the paradoxical drudgery and surreality of life in a city where the dead outnumber the living one thousand to one.
Lastly, the group presented its Marlon Riggs Award, honoring a Bay Area filmmaker or individual who represents courage and innovation in the world of cinema, to filmmaker Lynn Hershman-Leeson. Hershman-Leeson's films include "Conceiving Ada," "Teknolust," and this year's "Strange Culture," the true story of a Bay Area artist's Kafkaesque experience as a suspected terrorist in the era of the Patriot Act.
28th London Critics' Circle Film Awards Nominations
Film of the Year
No Country For Old Men (Paramount)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros)
There Will Be Blood (Miramax)
Zodiac (Warner Bros)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)
The Attenborough Award for British Film of the Year
Once (Icon)
Control (Momentum Pictures)
Atonement (Universal)
Eastern Promises (Pathe)
This Is England (Optimum Releasing)
Director of the Year
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others (Lionsgate UK)
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood (Miramax)
Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men (Paramount)
David Fincher – Zodiac (Warner Bros)
Cristian Mungui – 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Artificial Eye)
British Director of the Year
Anton Corbijn – Control (Momentum Pictures)
Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)
Shane Meadows – This Is England (Optimum Releasing)
Joe Wright – Atonement (Universal)
Danny Boyle – Sunshine (20th Century Fox)
Actor of the Year
Ulrich Muhe – The Lives of Others (Lionsgate UK)
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros)
George Clooney – Michael Clayton(Pathe)
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah (Optimum Releasing)
Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood (Miramax)
Actress of the Year
Laura Linney – The Savages (20th Century Fox)
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose (Icon)
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherry Baby (Metrodome)
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart (Paramount)
Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Artificial Eye)
British Actor of the Year
Sam Riley - Control (Momentum Pictures)
James McAvoy – Atonement (Universal)
Christian Bale – 3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate UK)
Jim Broadbent - And When Did You Last See Your Father (Walt Disney)
Jonny Lee Miller – The Flying Scotsman (Verve Pictures)
British Actress of the Year
Samantha Morton – Control (Momentum Pictures)
Julie Christie – Away From Her (Metrodome)
Keira Knightley – Atonement (Universal)
Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd (Warner Bros)
Sienna Miller – Interview (The Works)
British Actor in a Supporting Role
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton (Pathe)
Toby Jones – The Painted Veil (Momentum Pictures)
Alfred Molina – The Hoax (Momentum Pictures)
Tobey Kebell – Control (Momentum Pictures)
Albert Finney – Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (Entertainment)
British Actress in a Supporting Role
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement (Universal)
Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros)
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton (Pathe)
Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men (Paramount)
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement (Universal)
Screenwriter of the Year
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others (Lionsgate UK)
Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men (Paramount)
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood (Miramax)
Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Pathe)
Christopher Hampton – Atonement (Universal)
British Breakthrough – Acting
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement (Universal)
Sam Riley - Control – (Momentum Pictures)
Thomas Turgoose – This Is England (Optimum Releasing)
Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazing Grace (Momentum Pictures)
Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass (Entertainment)
British Breakthrough – Film-making
John Carney, writer and director – Once (Icon)
Sarah Gavron, director – Brick Lane (Optimum Releasing)
Anton Corbijn, director – Control (Momentum Pictures)
Matt Greenhalgh, writer – Control (Momentum Pictures)
Stevan Riley, writer, director, producer – Blue Blood (Miracle/Warner Music)
Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Pathe)
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Artificial Eye)
The Lives of Others (Lionsgate UK)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros)
Tell No One (Revolver Entertainment)
i keep checking where There Will Be Blood made it on these lists... i already forgot No Country came out :yabbse-undecided:
Daniel Day Lewis: so good they don't even know he's British.
Quote from: MacGuffin on December 13, 2007, 08:50:09 PM
28th London Critics' Circle Film Awards Nominations
Film of the Year
No Country For Old Men (Paramount)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros)
There Will Be Blood (Miramax)
Zodiac (Warner Bros)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)
Director of the Year
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others (Lionsgate UK)
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood (Miramax)
Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men (Paramount)
David Fincher – Zodiac (Warner Bros)
Cristian Mungui – 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Artificial Eye)
Nice.
'Savages,' 'Wild,' 'Blood' make AFI top 10
Awards presented on Jan. 11
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Lending its imprimatur to the tradition of the year-end 10-best list on Sunday, the American Film Institute announced its eighth annual list of the 10 most outstanding motion pictures and TV programs of 2007.
The films earning the AFI's seal of approval are "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Into the Wild," "Juno," "Knocked Up," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "The Savages" and "There Will Be Blood."
The awards are reserved for narrative features with significant creative and/or production elements from the United States, although the films need not be presented in English as was the case with the French-language "Diving Bell."
The designated TV programs are "Dexter," "Everybody Hates Chris," "Friday Night Lights," "Longford," "Mad Men," "Pushing Daisies," "The Sopranos," "Tell Me You Love Me," "30 Rock" and "Ugly Betty." "Dexter" and "Friday Night Lights" also earned a spot on the AFI's 2006 list.
The awards, which will be officially presented at a luncheon on Jan. 11 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, recognize the entire creative ensemble behind each film or TV show.
For the second consecutive year, Hewlett-Packard, which sponsors the awards, has created 20 scholarships, one for each honoree, to the AFI Conservatory.
The 13-person jury that decided the film honorees consisted of Frank Pierson, David Ansen, Donn Cambern, Mary Corey, Lawrence Kasdan, Leonard Maltin, Tara McPherson, Diana Ossana, David Picker, Tom Pollock, Richard Schickel, Gary Winick and Kristal Brent Zook.
The TV jury was comprised of Rich Frank, Dick Askin, Neal Baer, Anna Everett, Nancy Franklin, Barry Garron, Melissa Gilbert, Horace Newcomb, Del Reisman, Matt Roush, Maureen Ryan, Robert Thompson and Ron Underwood.
Southeastern critics prefer 'Old Men'
'No Country' takes writing, directing honors
Source: Variety
"No Country for Old Men" took top honors from the Southeastern Film Critics Association on Monday. In addition to naming "No Country" the best film of the year, org gave Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay to Ethan and Joel Coen. Pic's Javier Bardem was also named Best Supporting Actor.
Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie won Best Actor and Best Actress for "There Will Be Blood" and "Away From Her," respectively. "Juno" scribe Diablo Cody continued her hot streak with another win for Best Original Screenplay while Amy Ryan added another accolade to her mantelpiece, winning Best Supporting Actress for "Gone Baby Gone."
Elsewhere, Pixar's "Ratatouille" was named Best Animated Feature and France's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" was chosen as Best Foreign Language Film. Best Documentary went to "No End in Sight."
And the winners are:
BEST PICTURE
1. "No Country for Old Men"
2. "There Will Be Blood"
3. "Atonement"
4. "Juno"
5. "Michael Clayton"
6. "Zodiac"
7. "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford"
8. "Gone Baby Gone"
9. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
10. "Into the Wild"
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Runner-up: Ellen Page, "Juno"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Runner-up: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"
Runner-up: Joe Wright, "Atonement"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, "Juno"
Runner-up: Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"
Runner-up: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," France
Runner-up: "La Vie en rose," France
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"No End in Sight"Runner-up: "Sicko"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
""Ratatouille""
Runner-up: "The Simpsons Movie"
WYATT AWARD
"Waitress"
Runner-up:"Black Snake Moan"
Dallas critics pick Coens' 'Country'
'Old Men' wins trio of honors from Texas org
Source: Variety
"No Country for Old Men" continues to win critics' hearts as the Coen brothers' film won top honors from the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Assn.
In addition to being recognized as the best film of 2007, the thriller also earned praise for Javier Bardem as supporting actor, with the Coens named best director.
The top acting prizes went to Julie Christie for "Away From Her" and to Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood." Tilda Swinton won in the supporting actress category for "Michael Clayton."
"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" won best documentary and "Ratatouille" was named as the top animated feature.
"Once" won the Russell Smith Award, which honors the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film. The award is named after the late Dallas Morning News film critic.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Assn. consists of 32 journalists in north Texas.
And the winners are:
TOP TEN
"No Country for Old Men"
"Juno"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Atonement"
"Michael Clayton"
"Into the Wild"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"The Kite Runner"
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Charlie Wilson's War"
ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Runners-up:
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Frank Langella, "Starting Out in the Evening"
Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"
Emile Hirsch, "Into the Wild"
ACTRESS
Julie Christie, "Away from Her"
Runners-up:
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Ellen Page, "Juno"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men""
Runners-up:
Philip Seymour Hoffman For "Charlie Wilson's War"
Casey Affleck, "The Assassintion of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"
Runners-up:
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Cate Blanchett, "I'M Not There"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Margot at the Wedding"
DIRECTOR
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Runners-up:
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will be Blood"
Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Sean Penn, "Into the Wild"
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Runners-up
"La Vie En Rose"
"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
"Lust, Caution"
"Black Book"
DOCUMENTARY
"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters"
Runners-up:
"Sicko"
"No End In Sight"
"My Kid Could Paint That"
"Crazy Love"
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, "The Assassination Of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Runners-up:
Janusz Kaminski, "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
Roger Deakins, "No Country For Old Men"
RUSSELL SMITH AWARD
"Once"
i'm sorry you guys. it's my fault.
i wanted the coens to avoid strike three SO BAD that i didn't spare a thought for anyone else.
and now i'm getting what i wished for..
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi5.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy154%2Fpubrick%2Fsimps%2Fpoochie.jpg&hash=c8205253d40ceec9c4e29b820fde5f605bf850aa)
TO THE EXTREME!
I'm using Zodiac as the measuring stick of credibility this award season.
Quote from: Sleepless on December 18, 2007, 07:38:26 AM
I'm using Zodiac as the measuring stick of credibility this award season.
It appears to be doing better than we thought. I really love MovieCityNews' Top Ten Scoreboard:
http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2008/top_ten/00index.html
It's in the early stages, because only a handful of critics have turned in their top 10s. But like I said, Zodiac is definitely on some lists.
another reason why Austin rules
http://moviecitynews.com/awards/2008/critics/austin.html
2007 Austin Film Critics Awards
Top Ten
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old men
Juno
Into the Wild
310 to Yuma
Knocked Up
Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead
Atonement
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
Best Film
There Will Be Blood
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney, Juno
Best Foreign Film
Black Book
Best Documentary
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Best Animated Film
Ratatouille
Best First Film
Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay
Ethan & & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men
Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood
Best Original Score
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood
Breakthrough Artist
Michael Cera, Superbad, Juno
Austin Film Award
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, Grindhouse
Phoenix critics adore 'Country'
Coen brother film sweeps annual awards
Source: Variety
Critics continue to embrace the Coen Brothers as "No Country for Old Men" swept the 8th Annual Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards. In addition to best picture, the Texas-based thriller also won prizes for direction, acting ensemble, supporting actor for Javier Bardem, adapted screenplay and editing.
"There Will Be Blood" star Daniel Day-Lewis and "Away from Her" thesp Julie Christie won the top acting awards, while Amy Ryan was named best supporting actress for her role as a junkie mother in "Gone Baby Gone."
The youth performance awards went to Edward Sanders for his role in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and Saoirse Ronan for "Atonement."
"Stardust" was recognized as the overlooked film of the year.
PICTURE: "No Country for Old Men"
Runners-up (in alphabetical order):
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Atonement"
"Away from Her"
"Hairspray"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Zodiac"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly "by Julian Schnabel
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:
"Sicko" by Michael Moore
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION:
Ethan and Joel Coen for "No Country for Old Men"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Julie Christie for "Away from Her"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Javier Bardem for "No Country for Old Men"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Ryan for "Gone Baby Gone"
ACTING ENSEMBLE:
"No Country for Old Men"
SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN:
Diablo Cody for "Juno"
SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM:
Joel and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men"
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
"Ratatouille" by Brad Bird
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Seamus McGarvey, "Atonement"
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING:
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
ORIGINAL SCORE:
Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"
ORIGINAL SONG:
"Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Once"
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Dante Ferretti, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN:
Colleen Atwood, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS:
"300"
ACHIEVEMENT IN STUNTS:
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
BREAKTHROUGH ON CAMERA:
Ellen Page for "Juno"
BREAKTHROUGH BEHIND THE CAMERA:
Sarah Polley for "Away from Her"
PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE - MALE:
Edward Sanders for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE - FEMALE:
Saoirse Ronan for "Atonement"
OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR:
"Stardust" by Matthew Vaughn
LIVE ACTION FAMILY FILM:
"Enchanted" by Kevin Lima
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Toronto critics salute 'No Country'
Coen film wins best film, director, screenplay
Source: Variety
Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men" dominated the Toronto Film Critics Assn. Awards, picking up four prizes, including one for best film Tuesday.
The Coen brothers' crime thriller also nabbed awards for director and screenplay, and thesp Javier Bardem took the honors for supporting actor for his turn as a serial killer.
Viggo Mortensen won the actor prize for his role as a Russian mob driver in "Eastern Promises."
The actress category had a distinctly Canadian flavor, with the award going to both British thesp Julie Christie for her role as a woman with Alzheimer's in Canuck helmer Sarah Polley's "Away From Her" and to Halifax thesp Ellen Page for her starring role in fellow Canuck Jason Reitman's "Juno."
"Away From Her" won three awards in total, also garnering the nod for best Canadian film and first feature.
The supporting actress award went to Cate Blanchett for Todd Haynes' Quebec-lensed "I'm Not There."
Helmer Brad Bird's "Ratatouille" won for animated feature, Cristian Mungiu's Romanian Cannes prize-winner "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" for foreign-language film, and Charles Ferguson's Iraq-themed "No End in Sight" for documentary.
there really aren't enough award shows these days.
Please Para/Van, send me a screener *crosses fingers*
Screen Actors Guild nominations
'Into the Wild' leads the pack
By VARIETY
"Into the Wild" led the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations on Thursday morning with four nods. The drama nabbed best actor for Emile Hirsch, supporting actor for Hal Holbrook and supporting actress for Catherine Keener, as well as ensemble cast.
The other ensemble cast nominees are "3:10 to Yuma," "American Gangster, " Hairspray" and "No Country for Old Men."
"Michael Clayton" and "No Country for Old Men" tied with three noms apiece.
On the TV front, "Ugly Betty," "The Sopranos" and "30 Rock" each got three nominations from the Screen Actors Guild.
Charles Durning will receive the Guild's lifetime achievement award.
Actors Jean Tripplehorn and Terrence Howard joined SAG prexy Alan Rosenberg for the announcements from the Pacific Design Center.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards is the only industry kudofest dedicated solely to actors and their craft. The winners will be announced on Jan. 27 from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
MOTION PICTURES
ACTOR
George Clooney - "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"
Ryan Gosling - "Lars And The Real Girl"
Emile Hirsch- "Into the Wild"
Viggo Mortensen - "Eastern Promises"
ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie - "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard - "La Vie en rose"
Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
Ellen Page - "Juno"
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem - "No Country For Old Men"
Tommy Lee Jones - "No Country for Old Men"
Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee - "American Gangster"
Catherine Keener - "Into the Wild"
Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"
ENSEMBLE CAST
"3:10 to Yuma" - Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts, Vinessa Shaw, Ben Foster, Alan Tudyk, Logan Lerman
"American Gangster" - Armand Assante, Josh Brolin , Russell Crowe, Ruby Dee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Carla Gugino, John Hawkes, Ted Levine, Joe Morton, Lymari Nadal, John Ortiz, Rza, Yul Vazquez, Denzel Washington
"Hairspray" - Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Paul Dooley, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Elijah Kelley, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Jerry Stiller, John Travolta, Christopher Walken
"Into the Wild" - Brian Dierker, Marcia Gay Harden, Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, William Hurt, Catherine Keener, Jena Malone, Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn
"No Country for Old Men" - Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
"300" (Warner Bros.)
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal)
"I Am Legend" (Warner Bros.)
"The Kingdom" (Universal)
"Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
TELEVISION
ACTOR IN A TELEFILM OR MINISERIES
Michael Keaton - "The Company" (TNT)
Kevin Kline - "As You Like It" (HBO)
Oliver Platt - "The Bronx is Burning" (ESPN)
Sam Shepard - "Ruffian" (ABC)
John Turturro - "The Bronx is Burning" (ESPN)
ACTRESS IN A TELEFILM OR MINISERIES
Ellen Burstyn - "Mitch Albom's For One More Day" (ABC)
Debra Messing - "The Starter Wife" (USA)
Anna Paquin - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (HBO)
Queen Latifah - "Life Support" (HBO)
Vanessa Redgrave - "The Fever" (HBO)
Gena Rowlands - "What If God Were the Sun?" (Lifetime)
ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close - "Damages"
Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
Sally Field - "Brothers & Sisters"
Holly Hunter - "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"
ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
James Gandolfini - "The Sopranos"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"
James Spader - "Boston Legal"
ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
Ricky Gervais - "Extras"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"
Tony Shalhoub - "Monk"
ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate - "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds"
Vanessa Williams - "Ugly Betty"
DRAMA ENSEMBLE
"Boston Legal" - Rene Auberjonois, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Saffron Burrows, Christian Clemenson, Taraji P. Henson, John Larroquette, William Shatner, James Spader, Tara Summers, Mark Valley, Gary Anthony Williams, Constance Zimmer
"The Closer" - G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Gina Ravera, Corey Reynolds, Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney
"Grey's Antatomy" - Justin Chambers, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Katherine Heigl, T.R. Knight, Chyler Leigh, Sandra Oh, James Pickens, Jr., Ellen Pompeo, Sara Ramirez, Elizabeth Reaser, Brooke Smith, Kate Walsh, Isaiah Washington, Chandra Wilson
"Mad Men" - Bryan Batt, Anne Dudek, Michael Gladis, Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Robert Morse, Elisabeth Moss, Maggie Siff, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton
"The Sopranos" - Gregory Antonacci, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, James Gandolfini, Dan Grimaldi, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli , Arthur Nascarella, Steven R. Schirripa, Matt Servitto, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, Aida Turturro, Steven Van Zandt, Frank Vincent
COMEDY ENSEMBLE
"30 Rock" - Scott Adsit, Alec Baldwin, Katrina Bowden, Tina Fey, Judah Friedlander, Jane Krakowski, Jack Mcbrayer, Tracy Morgan, Keith Powell, Lonny Ross,
"Desperate Housewives" - Andrea Bowen, Marcia Cross, Dana Delany, James Denton, Nathan Fillion, Lindsy Fonseca, Teri Hatcher, Zane Huett, Felicity Huffman, Kathryn Joosten, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman , Joy Lauren, Eva Longoria Parker, Kyle Maclachlan, Shawn Pyfrom, Doug Savant, Dougray Scott, Nicolette Sheridan, John Slattery, Brenda Strong
"Entourage" - Rhys Coiro, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Adrian Grenier, Rex Lee, Jeremy Piven, Perrey Reeves
"The Office - Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, John Krasinski, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Oscar Nuñez, Phyllis Smith, Rainn Wilson
"Ugly Betty" - Alan Dale, America Ferrera, Christoper Gorham, Mark Indelicato, Ashley Jensen, Judith Light, Eric Mabius, Becki Newton, Ana Ortiz, Tony Plana, Rebecca Romijn, Kevin Sussman, Michael Urie, Vanessa Williams
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
"24" (FOX)
"Heroes" (NBC)
"Lost" (ABC)
"Rome" (HBO)
"The Unit" (CBS)
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Charles Durning
Fucking eh, the Unit got nominated for best ensemble in a television series. That's neat.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 20, 2007, 11:33:26 AM
Fucking eh, the Unit got nominated for best ensemble in a television series. That's neat.
dude. read the category again.
Quote from: Pubrick on December 20, 2007, 03:03:54 PM
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 20, 2007, 11:33:26 AM
Fucking eh, the Unit got nominated for best ensemble in a television series. That's neat.
dude. read the category again.
Haha, ah well. The stunt guys are good, too.
Las Vegas critics gamble on duo
'No Country,' 'Blood' win at Sierra Awards
Source: Variety
"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" shot their way to the top as the Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced the winners of their 2007 Sierra Awards. The two films tied for the most kudos from the org at three apiece.
Miramax's ensemble effort "No Country for Old Men" took picture, director (Joel and Ethan Coen) and supporting actor (Javier Bardem).
"There Will Be Blood" winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for actor, Robert Elswit for cinematography and Jonny Greenwood for score.
Actress nod went to Ellen Page in "Juno," supporting actress to Cate Blanchett for "I'm Not There." "Juno" also drew kudos for screenplay (original or adapted) for Diablo Cody.
Disney-Pixar's "Ratatouille" was doubly recognized for animated pic and family film. France's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" won for foreign film, Michael Moore's "Sicko" for documentary.
The William Holden lifetime achievement award was given to James Hong, seen this year in "Balls of Fury."
Now in its 11th year, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society is comprised of 12 print, television and Internet film critics in the Las Vegas area.
PICTURE
"No Country for Old Men"
ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
ACTRESS
Ellen Page, "Juno"
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
SCREENPLAY (Original or Adapted)
Diablo Cody, "Juno"
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"
FILM EDITING
Christopher Rouse, "The Bourne Ultimatum"
COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
ART DIRECTION
Andrew Ackland-Snow, Mark Bartholomew, Alastair Bullock and Gary Tomkins, "Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix"
VISUAL EFFECTS
"Transformers"
SCORE
Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"
SONG
"Walk Hard" by Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, from "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," performed by John C. Reilly
ANIMATED FILM
"Ratatouille"
FAMILY FILM
"Ratatouille"
DOCUMENTARY
"Sicko"
FOREIGN FILM
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
YOUTH IN FILM, MALE
Ed Sanders, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
YOUTH IN FILM, FEMALE
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
DVD (Packaging, Design and Content)
"Blade Runner" (Five-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition), Warner Home Entertainment
WILLIAM HOLDEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Hong
TOP TEN FILMS FOR 2007
(in alphabetical order):
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Eastern Promises"
"Into the Wild"
"Juno"
"The Lookout"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Sunshine"
"Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Zodiac"
so all signs point to DDL for the oscars.. but let's face it, everyone's gonna vote for clooney and xixax will shut down in protest. :yabbse-sad:
Quote from: MacGuffin on December 11, 2007, 10:06:58 AM
"Into the Wild" leads Critics' Choice nominations
Best Composer
Marco Beltrami, "3:10 to Yuma"
Alexandre Desplat, "Lust, Caution"
Clint Eastwood, "Grace Is Gone"
Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"
James Horner, "The New World"
Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"
Alan Menken, "Enchanted"
is it just me or did one of those movies come out 2 years ago?
Florida critics praise 'Old Men'
Ellen Page awarded duo of prizes for 'Juno'
By VARIETY
The 12th annual Florida Film Critics Circle Awards named "No Country for Old Men" the top film of the year, as well as awarding the thriller trophies for best supporting actor for Javier Bardem, best director for the Coen brothers and a cinematography prize for Roger Deakins.
"Juno" star Ellen Page was also a big winner with Florida crix as she nabbed the award for best actress, as well as the Pauline Kael Breakout Award. Writer Diablo Cody was also honored with a screenplay win.
The Florida Film Critics Awards were handed out on Dec. 21.
PICTURE:
"No Country for Old Men" by Joel and Ethan Coen
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Julian Schnabel
DOCUMENTARY:
"No End in Sight" by Charles Ferguson
DIRECTORS:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
ACTOR:
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
ACTRESS:
Ellen Page, "Juno"
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
SCREENPLAY:
"Diablo Cody," Juno
ANIMATED FILM:
"Ratatouille" by Brad Bird
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Roger Deakins, "No Country for Old Men" and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD:
Ellen Page, "Juno"
ORIGINAL SONGS:
"Once"
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Utah critics pick 'No Country'
'King of Kong' named best documentary
By VARIETY
The Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men" won the best feature and director honors at the 2007 Utah Film Critics Association Awards. The dark thriller also won the supporting actor trophy for Javier Bardem and screenplay for Joel and Ethan Coen.
Daniel Day-Lewis nabbed the top acting trophy for "There Will Be Blood" and Ellen Page took home the actress honors for "Juno."
Vidgame pic"The King of Kong" was named best docu by the crix, while "The Host" was awarded the best non-English language prize.
The Utah Film Critics Association Awards announced their picks on Dec. 21.
FILM: "No Country for Old Men" by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runner-up: "Juno" by Jason Reitman
Other runners-up (in alphabetical order): "The Assassination of Jesse James" by the Coward Robert Ford
"I'm Not There"
"Into the Wild"
"Juno"
"Knocked Up"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Once"
"There Will Be Blood"
"3: 10 to Yuma"
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FEATURE: "The Host" by Bong Joon-ho
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Julian Schnabel
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" by Seth Gordon
Runner-up: "My Kid Could Paint That" by Amir Bar-Lev
DIRECTOR: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood"
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
ACTRESS: Ellen Page, "Juno"
Runner-up: Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
SCREENPLAY: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Runner-up: Diablo Cody, "Juno"
ANIMATED FEATURE: "Ratatouille" by Brad Bird
Runner-up: "The Simpsons Movie" by David Silverman
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St. Louis critics rally behind 'Country'
'Juno' wins for actress, writer, comedy
By VARIETY
"No Country for Old Men" won top honors at the third annual St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards for best feature and director for the Coen brothers.
"Juno" nabbed a trio of prizes for actress Ellen Page, writer Diablo Cody and best comedy for helmer Jason Reitman.
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" won for supporting actor for Casey Affleck and cinematography for Roger Deakins.
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards is made up of local critics who promote film appreciation in the St. Louis area. The award winners were announced on Dec. 21.
PICTURE
"No Country for Old Men" by Joel and Ethan Coen
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Julian Schnabel
DOCUMENTARY
"Sicko" by Michael Moore
DIRECTOR
Ethan and Joel Coen - "No Country for Old Men"
ACTRESS
Ellen Page - "Juno"
ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
SCREENPLAY
"Juno" - Diablo Cody
CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" - Roger Deakins
SCORE
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by Stephen Sondheim (for the Broadway play)
VISUAL EFFECTS
"300"
BEST COMEDY
"Juno" by Jason Reitman
BEST ANIMATED OR FAMILY FILM
"Ratatouille" by Brad Bird
MOST ORIGINAL OR INNOVATIVE FILM
"I'm Not There" by Todd Haynes
right. fuck florida and pauline kael's breakouts.
No Country for Old Men is a great film but it does not have to win every goddamn award in existence.
it's a trend now and it must end. that's NOT the best film of the year. it's officially overrated. it's too bad because any other year i probably would not be saying this. the coens made a fantastic movie. too bad p's wish got granted to the extreme. it's fucking everything up.
is No Country going to win best picture at the oscars? i think so.
will this annoy me? sorta, yeah.
...
bonus question: are the onion AV club guys a bunch of stupid FUCKS (http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_year_in_film_2007)? yes. the Onion AV club listed (of course) No Country for Old Men as the #1 film of the year .. and then to pour salt in the wound, put ONCE above CMBB. idiots.
every year is a different sort of painful:
the crash year was bad because crash is a piece of shit.
the departed year was bad because scorsese deserved to be awarded centuries ago for movies that were a million times better than the departed.
the no country year is painful because it's a really good movie that's stealing thunder from a MASTERPIECE.
in the wise words of marcie, this is bullshit muthafucka!
and it looks like Juno will win for screenplay.
of course, i won't know until jan 17th if this is a bad thing.
Quote from: Hedwig on December 24, 2007, 10:38:05 PM
every year is a different sort of painful:
the crash year was bad because crash is a piece of shit.
the departed year was bad because scorsese deserved to be awarded centuries ago for movies that were a million times better than the departed.
the no country year is painful because it's a really good movie that's stealing thunder from a MASTERPIECE.
in the wise words of marcie, this is bullshit muthafucka!
hey, merry christmas to you too buddy!
pta is sk ftw...its the only way to roll.
Critics picks: A good year, but no leaders
'Diving Bell' a common favorite for THR reviewers
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Top 10 films of 2007 as perceived by six film critics at The Hollywood Reporter only confirms what critics groups and nominations from guilds and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. already have demonstrated: 2007 was a year of many good movies but few great ones. So there are no clear front-runners here.
Only one film made all six lists. Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," a remarkable work about a seemingly unfilmable subject -- an immobilized man who writes his memoir by blinking an eye. Even so, only two critics made it the top choice. Other top choices were "Zodiac," about the journalists and detectives who searched for a Bay Area serial killer; "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," a serio-comic thriller about a botched robbery; "No Country for Old Men," a bloody melodrama with philosophical underpinnings; and "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford."
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Three of the five top films deal with real-life events, which might lead you to look for more documentaries on these lists. They are there -- "Sicko," "No End in Sight," "Deep Water" and "In the Shadow of the Moon."
Studio films did not fare well. I included the most on my list -- "Ratatouille," "Michael Clayton," "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "Charlie Wilson's War." In the last two "Bourne" movies, Paul Greengrass -- whose "United 93" made five Hollywood Reporter lists last year -- has, in my opinion, redefined and redesigned the action-thriller genre. Both "Michael Clayton" and "Charlie Wilson's War" dove deep into political and ethical issues, one as a high-minded drama and the other as sophisticated comedy. And
Disney/Pixar's "Ratatouille," which was one of the best-reviewed movies of the year, only made one other list.
The studios do get represented through their specialty divisions. Fox Searchlight has "The Savages," "Juno" and "Once"; Miramax handled "Diving Bell" and (produced with Paramount Vantage) "No Country"; Vantage bravely backed "There Will Be Blood" and "Into the Wild"; and Focus has "Atonement" and "Eastern Promises." "The Kite Runner" came from DreamWorks and Paramount Classics just as "Sweeney Todd" came from DreamWorks and Paramount. So perhaps the term "studio film" needs reappraisal.
In all, 34 films made these lists. A complete list by reviewer follows:
Kirk Honeycutt
1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
3. The Kite Runner
4. Ratatouille
5. Michael Clayton
6. The Bourne Ultimatum
7. The Savages
8. No Country for Old Men
9. Charlie Wilson's War
10. Eastern Promises
Sheri Linden
1. Zodiac
2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
3. The Savages
4. Deep Water
5. Syndromes and a Century
6. In the Shadow of the Moon
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. Control
9. The Water Horse
10. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Frank Sheck
1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2. There Will Be Blood
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Sweeney Todd
5. Eastern Promises
6. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
7. Into the Wild
8. The Savages
9. Michael Clayton
10. Sicko
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Stephen Farber
1. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2. I'm Not There
3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. The Kite Runner
5. The Lookout
6. Juno
7. Gone Baby Gone
8. Michael Clayton
9. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
10. Eastern Promises
Michael Rechtshaffen
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Atonement
3. Juno
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Blame It on Fidel
6. Ratatouille
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. No End in Sight
9. Once
10. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Ray Bennett
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. The Band's Visit
3. I Served the King of England
4. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5. Atonement
6. Michael Clayton
7. The Bourne Ultimatum
8. The Savages
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
10. Zodiac
fuck kirk honeycutt, sheri linden, frank scheck, stephen farber, michael rechtshaffen, and ray bennett.
it's a sad world when Ain't it Cool News is the only group who gets it right (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35156):
Quote from: AICNAnd for AICN'S Pick For The BEST PICTURE of 2007:
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Honorable Mention: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 01:44:26 AM
fuck kirk honeycutt, sheri linden, frank scheck, stephen farber, michael rechtshaffen, and ray bennett.
Jesus, go to IMDB. I understood the attack on the Slant review because it was bad but that's ridiculous.
is one of them related to you or something?
i don't get your reaction.
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 01:59:58 AM
is one of them related to you or something?
i don't get your reaction.
Of course you don't.
uh, ok then.
the problem is that Blood isn't being being recognized as the movie of the year by ANYBODY and they're part of that problem. i'll just have to assume that you have some personal attachment to kirk honeycutt, sheri linden, frank scheck, stephen farber, michael rechtshaffen, and ray bennett since you refuse to explain your (over)reaction. i don't think i even commented on the slant review so i'm not sure why you brought that up. :|
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 02:20:34 AM
uh, ok then.
the problem is that Blood isn't being being recognized as the movie of the year by ANYBODY and they're part of that problem. i'll just have to assume that you have some personal attachment to kirk honeycutt, sheri linden, frank scheck, stephen farber, michael rechtshaffen, and ray bennett since you refuse to explain your (over)reaction. i don't think i even commented on that slant review so i'm not sure why you brought that up. :|
they're part of what problem? Until you dig up their reviews and start finding intellectual faults with their arguments it isn't a problem. It's just a disagreement between some critics and some members of the audience. I understand the general sadness that There Will Be Blood isn't getting recognized by critics if you love the film, but you don't need to make it a personal mission to accost everyone who comes within an inch of disagreement. It just makes you look like a spammer. You're not doing the fans of the film any favors.
It wasn't an overreaction on my part. It isn't like you were presenting something for debate. You made a slam you wholeheartedly believed in.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 28, 2007, 02:31:52 AM
they're part of what problem? Until you dig up their reviews and start finding intellectual faults with their arguments it isn't a problem. It's just a disagreement between some critics and some members of the audience. I understand the general sadness that There Will Be Blood isn't getting recognized by critics if you love the film, but you don't need to make it a personal mission to accost everyone who comes within an inch of disagreement. It just makes you look like a spammer. You're not doing the fans of the film any favors.
they're part of the problem of CMBB being ignored. that's my whole point! it has nothing to do with accosting dissenters. sure, blood-negligence aside, those people might be great film critics..
i'm just frustrated by the continuation of an annoying trend. that's all. i don't care about kirk honeycutt.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 28, 2007, 02:31:52 AM
It wasn't an overreaction on my part. It isn't like you were presenting something for debate. You made a slam you wholeheartedly believed in.
the IMDB remark was an overreaction. and yeah i guess i wasn't "presenting something for debate" unless somebody wants to argue that so many critics are justified in not listing Blood as their top film of the year.
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 02:45:10 AM
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 28, 2007, 02:31:52 AM
they're part of what problem? Until you dig up their reviews and start finding intellectual faults with their arguments it isn't a problem. It's just a disagreement between some critics and some members of the audience. I understand the general sadness that There Will Be Blood isn't getting recognized by critics if you love the film, but you don't need to make it a personal mission to accost everyone who comes within an inch of disagreement. It just makes you look like a spammer. You're not doing the fans of the film any favors.
they're part of the problem of CMBB being ignored. that's my whole point!
It's their duty to represent There Will Be Blood? They have to love it and give it the limelight of #1 on a top ten list? I remember a film called 2001: A Space Odyssey doing well for itself after missing the boat with most critics. If you're so convinced There Will be Blood is a masterpiece you have to understand most films of those kind don't come to easy acclaim.
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 02:45:10 AM
it has nothing to do with accosting dissenters. and sure, blood-negligence aside, those people might be great film critics, just like ebert used to be.
As of 3:51am, Roger Ebert hasn't even posted his review of There Will Be Blood. You haven't read it. Take aim at him for other reviews but don't step on him and others for reviews it looks like you haven't even read.
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 02:45:10 AM
i'm just frustrated by the continuation of an annoying trend. that's all. i don't care about kirk honeycutt.
I'm frustated with a few annoying trends myself.
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 02:45:10 AM
the IMDB remark was an overreaction. and yeah i guess i wasn't "presenting something for debate" unless somebody wants to argue that so many critics are justified in not listing Blood as their top film of the year.
You're still proving your IMDB candidacy. Worry about your own justification to why There Will be Blood is a great film.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 28, 2007, 02:54:59 AM
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 02:45:10 AM
the IMDB remark was an overreaction. and yeah i guess i wasn't "presenting something for debate" unless somebody wants to argue that so many critics are justified in not listing Blood as their top film of the year.
You're still proving your IMDB candidacy. Worry about your own justification to why There Will be Blood is a great film.
ok clearly you missed the sarcasm there. i
wasn't presenting something for debate because i don't really think it makes any sense for someone to argue with me over being annoyed that the movie's not getting a lot of awards. i'm not making some grand statement here. if anything, it would turn into a discussion of the movie itself which would obviously take place in another thread.
so the point is that i am NOT trying to spark a debate here. i think that's pretty obvious. i don't know what kind of serious analytical film discussion you're expecting from a reaction to a bunch of awards.
ok. this is pretty stupid. you can take the last word here, GT.
Quote from: Hedwig on December 28, 2007, 03:14:06 AM
so the point is that i am NOT trying to spark a debate here. i think that's pretty obvious. i don't know what kind of serious analytical film discussion you're expecting from a reaction to a bunch of awards.
Good job latching onto a fragment of my argument against you. I'm not always interested in debate. It isn't a button I press to answer everyone with. The point here is that I am interested in you being somewhat decent to critics who have opinions different from you. I still don't know if you truly believe critics have to love this film. I still do not know if you really do think they are imbeciles (which is what you've let on to thinking earlier). I don't even know if you've even read a few of the reviews.
that's fine. i'll respond to just to clarify a few things you mentioned.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 28, 2007, 03:23:49 AM
The point here is that I am interested in you being somewhat decent to critics who have opinions different from you.
haha ok, maybe it was a bit harsh to say fuck them. instead i bite my thumb at them.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 28, 2007, 03:23:49 AM
I still don't know if you truly believe critics have to love this film.
nope.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 28, 2007, 03:23:49 AM
I still do not know if you really do think they are imbeciles (which is what you've let on to thinking earlier).
not all of them, no.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on December 28, 2007, 03:23:49 AM
I don't even know if you've even read a few of the reviews.
i have.
now if you'll excuse me, i have IMDB boards to spam. :salute:
haha, the world is right again, but I'm a hypocrite too. I post on IMDB boards occasionally.
"There Will be Blood" wins top critics' awards
"There Will Be Blood" took top honors from the National Society of Film Critics on Saturday, scoring wins for best picture, best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and best director for Paul Thomas Anderson.
The strong showing by "There Will be Blood," a grim tale of power, corruption and greed surrounding an early 20th-century oil prospector (Day-Lewis), put the epic drama in solid contention for next month's Oscars.
The movie by Anderson, renowned for such offbeat fare as "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia," was his loose adaptation of a 1927 Upton Sinclair novel, "Oil!"
Julie Christie was named best actress by the critics' association for her role as a woman struggling with Alzheimer's disease in "Away From Her."
With the win, Christie added to a list of prizes that position her as a front-runner for the best-actress Oscar. She already has been cited by several well-known groups, including the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, and nominated for best actress by the Screen Actors Guild among others.
The National Society of Film Critics includes 61 members from major newspapers in Los Angeles, Boston, New York and Chicago as well as from Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker and Salon.com.
Critics' awards are important in helping build momentum heading toward the Academy Awards, or Oscars, which are the world's top film awards given out on the final Sunday in February by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Honors for best supporting performances went to Casey Affleck for the biopic "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," and Cate Blanchett in a gender-bending performance as one of six characters embodying an aspect of musician Bob Dylan's life and work in "I'm Not There."
The award for best foreign language film was won by Romania's "Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days," about a woman's attempts to secure an illegal abortion. The film also won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The film critics, in their 42nd annual awards, named "No End in Sight," the documentary about the Bush administration's policies in Iraq and the war there, as the year's best nonfiction film.
Shut out of the awards were highly touted films including "Sweeney Todd" and the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men" that won several prizes in the award season's early weeks.
Tamara Jenkins won best screenplay for "The Savages," a comic drama she also directed, starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman as siblings coping with their ailing father.
"No Country" tops favorites at film critics awards
"No Country for Old Men," a gritty thriller about a killer who cuts a path of destruction across Texas, was named best film at the Critics Choice Awards on Monday, leaving contenders such as "Into the Wild" and "Juno" by the wayside.
"No Country" also took home the directing prize for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, while Spanish actor Javier Bardem was honored for his supporting role as a cold-blooded hitman with a novel means of dispatching his victims.
Britain's Daniel Day-Lewis was named best actor for his role as a tough oilman in "There Will Be Blood," and compatriot Julie Christie won best actress for playing an Alzheimer's victim in "Away With Her." Amy Ryan was honored for her supporting role as the deadbeat mother of a missing child in "Gone Baby Gone."
The Critics Choice Awards have an enviable track record as an Oscar predictor. In the past 12 years, half of the acting and best picture winners have gone on to claim Oscar glory, along with 75 percent of the directing winners.
But Bardem, an Oscar nominee in 2001 for his lead role in "Before Night Falls," was philosophical about his chances this time around.
"I don't think about Academy Awards, or anything. I'm from Spain," he told reporters backstage at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
The event, televised on cable channel VH1, is organized by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, a group of more than 200 television, radio and online critics in the United States and Canada.
'WILD' OUT IN THE COLD
Sean Penn's adventure saga "Into the Wild" went home empty-handed despite leading the field with seven nominations. The pregnant teen comedy "Juno," which had six nominations, had to settle for best writer (Diablo Cody) and best comedy.
"No Country" was among five pictures with five nominations each. Three others, legal thriller "Michael Clayton," bloody musical "Sweeney Todd" and period drama "Atonement," all were snubbed. Musical "Hairspray," also with five nominations, took home awards for best acting ensemble and best young actress.
"There Will Be Blood" also was a double-winner, with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood winning for best composer.
The awards ceremony took place hours after the shock announcement that next Sunday's Golden Globes telecast would be canceled as a result of the Hollywood writers strike, which is now in its third month. Party plans and costume choices have been thrown into disarray.
"There are about 16 awards shows a year," said actor Don Cheadle, who received a special award in recognition of his efforts to publicize African genocide. "The Golden Globes is a glitzy one and it's one that is fun and they give liquor at the table and that's nice. I think the world will be all right."
In other categories, the French drama "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" was named best foreign language film while director Michael Moore's health-care study "Sicko" was best documentary.
One of the year's biggest box office hits, "Ratatouille," about a rat who cooks in a French kitchen, was named best animated feature, and fairy tale "Enchanted" was singled out as best family film.
Afghan Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada was named best young actor for his role as a rape victim in "The Kite Runner," and best song went to the Irish musical romance "Once."
The Oscars, which are the world's top film honors, will be given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on February 24.
The DGA Noms!
Coens, Penn among the nominated directors.
The Directors Guild of America announced its nominees today for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2007. The announcement was made by DGA president (and Voyage of the Dawn Treader helmer) Michael Apted.
The nominated directors are: Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men; Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will be Blood; Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton; Sean Penn for Into the Wild; and Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. All were first time nominees save for the Coen brothers.
"2008 marks the 60th Anniversary of the DGA Awards. We are very proud to have today's five nominees join the illustrious list of directors that have been nominated for directorial excellence in feature filmmaking over the past 59 years," said Apted. "What makes this award truly meaningful to directors is the knowledge that only this one is decided by their peers – the men and women who know first-hand the passion, sweat and fear that goes into each production."
The winner will be named at the 60th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 26, 2008, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
WGA announces noms, poops its own party
Source: Hollywood Reporter
The WGA West said Thursday it's canceling its awards banquet, blindsiding the WGA East with the guilds jointly announced a list of feature film nominees for WGA Awards tilting heavily toward art films.
Six of the 10 noms for WGA Awards in the categories of original and adapted screenplays involve films that were released by studio specialty divisions. Following a bevy of DGA Award noms similarly dominated by adult-oriented fare, it appears the town is headed for the year of the art pic -- and of the strike-fractured awards season.
The WGAW issued a terse statement regarding its change of plans regarding an awards gala. It had been scheduled to stage a splashy -- though non-televised -- show at the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 9, with the WGAE to hold a simultaneous banquet at the Millennium Hotel's Hudson Theatre in New York.
"The Writers Guild of America, West will be announcing the 2008 Writers Guild Awards winners," the WGAW said. "There will be no Writers Guild of America, West show until the strike is over."
A WGAE spokeswoman said the New York-based guild -- which is a separate operation from the WGAW, though the guilds negotiate jointly -- had just learned of the WGAW plans.
"We are exploring our options, and we will let you know when we have made a decision," WGAE spokeswoman Sherry Goldman said.
Among the nominated writers and their films, three of the four exceptions involved projects that can hardly be described as overtly commercial. In the original screenplay category, Tony Gilroy was nominated for Warner Bros.' edgy thriller "Michael Clayton" and Nancy Oliver for the quirky and modestly budgeted comedy "Lars and the Real Girl," an MGM release of a Sidney Kimmel Entertainment production, while James Vanderbilt fetched a nom for adapting Paramount's serial-killer tale "Zodiac."
Judd Apatow also was nominated for his original screenplay for Universal's "Knocked Up," the closest thing to a popcorn movie in the mix of films figuring in the WGA noms announced Thursday. Completing noms in the original category were Diablo Cody for the Fox Searchlight comedy "Juno" and Tamara Jenkins for Searchlight's family drama "The Savages."
Others attracting noms in the adapted screenplay category included the writing team of Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for "No Country for Old Men," released by Miramax; Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood," released by Paramount Vantage; Ronald Harwood for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" from Miramax; and Sean Penn for "Into the Wild" from Par Vantage.
The WGA also announced nominations for documentary screenplay.
Michael Moore's "Sicko," the top-grossing docu of 2007, was among the nominees along with Anthony Giacchino's "The Camden 28," Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman and Elizabeth Bentley's "Nanking," Charles Ferguson's "No End in Sight," Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen's "The Rape of Europa" and Alex Gibney's "Taxi to the Dark Side."
Six of the nominations in the original and adapted screenplay categories went to writer-directors. They include Gilroy, the Coens, Anderson and Penn, all of whom also were recently nominated for directing honors on their films by the DGA Awards (HR 1/9). In addition, "Diving Bell" which secured a DGA nom for Julian Schnabel, was represented with its WGA nom for Harwood.
Jenkins and Aptow round out the list of writer-directors who scored WGA noms.
Gilroy is a longtime film scribe and WGA member, with "Clayton" his first directing credit.
"I've been voting for myself for 20 years," he said after learning of the WGA nom. "So this means a tremendous amount to me."
On Wednesday, Gilroy joined a protest rally outside Viacom headquarters in New York's Times Square. There was "great energy" at the strike event, he said, but the ongoing writers strike won't keep WGA members and others from joining in an energetic celebration of honorees at the WGA Awards.
Harwood noted he also was nominated for a Golden Globe on "Diving Bell."
"I'm very disappointed and sad they had to cancel (the Globes gala), because the guild's fight is not with the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.," he said.
Harwood added that he won't be participating in a slimmed-down Globes program, because "it would be wrong to attend in the current circumstances."
Apatow said he was "very surprised and thrilled to hear the news" of his WGA nom.
"Hopefully, now I will get to meet at least one of the Coen brothers," he added.
Meanwhile, the overlap in nominations between the DGA and WGA left several of this seasons prestige films in this year's awards hunt without a nomination from either group. Among the missing are ThinkFilm's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Kelly Masterson; Focus Features' "Atonement," helmed by Joe Wright and penned by Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton; and Universal's "Charlie Wilson's War," directed by Mike Nichols and written by Aaron Sorkin.
WGA Award-eligible screenplays involved feature films released in 2007 and produced "under the jurisdiction of Writers Guild of America, East and West or affiliate guilds in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland and New Zealand." There were 164 eligible original screenplays and 103 adapted screenplays, officials said.
Eligible docus featured an onscreen writing credit and were exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles or New York for one week in 2007. The credited writers of these docus were required to join the WGAW's Nonfiction Writers Caucus or WGAE Nonfiction Writers Caucus in order to be considered.
A complete list of nominees follows:
Original screenplay
"Juno," written by Diablo Cody, Fox Searchlight
"Michael Clayton," written by Tony Gilroy, Warner Bros. Pictures
"The Savages," written by Tamara Jenkins, Fox Searchlight
"Knocked Up," written by Judd Apatow, Universal Pictures
"Lars and the Real Girl," written by Nancy Oliver, MGM
Adapted screenplay
"No Country for Old Men," screenplay by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, Miramax
"There Will Be Blood," screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel "Oil" by Upton Sinclair, Paramount Vantage
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," screenplay by Ronald Harwood, based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Miramax
"Into the Wild," screenplay by Sean Penn, Based on the Book by Jon Krakauer, Paramount Vantage
"Zodiac," screenplay by James Vanderbilt, Based on the Book by Robert Graysmith, Paramount Pictures
Documentary screenplay
"The Camden 28," written by Anthony Giacchino, First Run Features
"Nanking," screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman, ThinkFilm
"No End in Sight," written by Charles Ferguson, Magnolia Pictures
"The Rape of Europa," written by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, Menemsha Films
"Sicko," written by Michael Moore, Lionsgate/The Weinstein Co.
"Taxi to the Dark Side," written by Alex Gibney, ThinkFilm
Editors unveil their Eddie noms
Winners are precursors to Oscars
Source: Hollywood Reporter
American Cinema Editors have announced 10 feature film nominations for the 58th annual ACE Eddie Awards, set for Feb. 16 at the Beverly Hilton.
Christopher Rouse for "The Bourne Ultimatum," Jay Cassidy for "Into the Wild," John Gilroy for "Michael Clayton," Roderick Jaynes for "No Country for Old Men" and Dylan Tichenor for "There Will Be Blood" will compete for best edited dramatic feature.
Nominees for best edited feature, comedy or musical are Michael Tronick for "Hairspray," Dana E. Glauberman for "Juno," Craig Wood and Stephen Rivkin for "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," Darren Holmes for "Ratatouille" and Chris Lebenzon for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
Two-thirds of the films that won Eddies during the past 15 years have also been best picture nominees.
Competing in the documentary category are Edgar Burcksen & Leonard Feinstein for "Darfur Now," Leslie Iwerks & Stephen Myers for "The Pixar Story" and Geoffrey Richman, Chris Seward & Dan Swietlik for "Sicko."
In television, the nominees for half-hour series are Ken Eluto for "30 Rock" ("The C Word" episode), Shannon Mitchell for "Californication" ("Hell-A Woman") and Grady Cooper for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" ("The Bat Mitzvah"). Contenders for their work on one-hour series for commercial TV are Norman Buckley for "Chuck (Pilot)," Malcolm Jamieson for "Damages (Pilot)" and Karen Stern for "Law & Order: SVU ("Paternity")."
Stewart Schill for "Dexter" ("It's Alive"), David Siegel for "Rome" ("De Patre Vostro") and Sidney Wolinsky for "The Sopranos" ("Made in America") are nominated for one-hour series for non-commercial TV.
Three will compete for editing of a miniseries or motion picture for non-commercial television: Michael Ornstein and Michael Brown for "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," Mary Jo Markey for "Life Support" and Tatiana S. Riegel and Leo Trombetta for "PU-239."
Contenders for editing of a miniseries or motion picture for commercial television are Scott Vickery and Robert Ferretti for "The Company" ("Part 2"); Henk Van Eeghen, Mark J. Goldman, Stephen Semel and Christopher Nelson for "Lost" ("Through the Looking Glass"); and Paul Dixon for "Pictures of Hollis Woods."
This year, ACE created a new category for best edited reality series. The nominees are Chuck Montgomery & Michael Glickman for "Cops" ("Country Love"); Pam Malouf, Hans Van Riet & David Timoner for "Dancing With the Stars (404)"; and Ben Holder & Mike Denny for "Man vs. Wild" ("Everglades").
how the hell did zodiac not go up for an Eddie?
PGA unveils film nominations
'Diving Bell,' 'Juno,' 'No Country' nab nods
Opting for specialty fare, the Producers Guild of America has tapped Miramax's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," Fox Searchlight's "Juno," Warner Bros.' "Michael Clayton," Miramax/Paramount Vantage's "No Country for Old Men and Vantage/Miramax's "There Will Be Blood" as the nominees for its top feature film award.
The winner of the PGA's Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year award will be announced Feb. 2 in ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton. The event isn't telecast, so it won't be picketed by the Writers Guild of America.
The PGA, which has more than 3,300 members, announced the noms Monday morning but did not disclose the names of the nominated producers. It will do so prior to the awards show.
All five of the nominated pics received WGA mentions last week for best screenplay. The DGA matched on four of the five nominees but opted for "Into the Wild" rather than "Juno."
The org overlooked both Golden Globe best picture winners, "Atonement" and "Sweeney Todd."
The PGA and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have diverged on their final pic choice in the past three years (the Acad has 464 members in its producers branch). The PGA selected "Little Miss Sunshine" last year, while the Oscar went to "The Departed"; in 2006, the PGA chose "Brokeback Mountain" and the Acad went with "Crash"; in 2005, "The Aviator" won at the PGA, while "Million Dollar Baby" took the Oscar.
"Diving Bell" producer Kathy Kennedy noted that specialty fare, such as last year's winner "Little Miss Sunshine," has been receiving growing recognition among producers.
"This one took a little over five years, and I think that producers appreciate the tenacity it takes to keep an independent film going," Kennedy added. "I'd like to believe that our film's originality, emotion and hope is what resonated among members."
The PGA's determination of eligible producers for the Zanuck trophy will be used by AMPAS as a guideline for naming the eligible producers on best picture Oscar nominations. The PGA has no limits on the number of producers; the Academy limits the number to three, though it modified that policy last June to allow for exceptions.
The PGA also announced Monday that it had nommed DreamWorks' "Bee Movie," Pixar's "Ratatouille" and Fox's "The Simpsons Movie" for its animation award.
Documentary noms went to Phil Donahue Prods./Mobilus Media's "Body of War," HBO's "Hear and Now," the Weinstein Co.'s "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song," TWC's "Sicko" and HBO's "White Night/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
Longform TV mentions went to HBO's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," ESPN's "The Bronx Is Burning," Disney Channel's "High School Musical 2," PBS and BBC's "Jane Eyre" and USA's "The Starter Wife."
The PGA previously announced TV noms in four other categories along with its honorary awards.
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"The Diving Bell And The Butterfly" (Miramax)
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
"No Country For Old Men" (Miramax/Paramount Vantage)
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"Bee Movie" (Dreamworks Animation)
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation)
"The Simpsons Movie" (20th Century FOX)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN DOCUMENTARY THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"Body Of War" (Phil Donahue Productions/Mobilus Media)
"Hear And Now" (HBO)
"Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song" (The Weinstein Company)
"Sicko" (The Weinstein Company)
"White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki" (HBO)
THE DAVID L. WOLPER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN LONG-FORM TELEVISION
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" (HBO)
"The Bronx Is Burning" (ESPN)
"High School Musical 2" (The Disney Channel)
"Jane Eyre" (PBS/BBC)
"The Starter Wife" (USA Network)
2008 British Academy Awards
FILM
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Brian Grazer/Ridley Scott
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Scott Rudin/Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – JoAnne Sellar/Paul Thomas Anderson/Daniel Lupi
BEST BRITISH FILM
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster/Joe Wright/Christopher Hampton
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Frank Marshall/Patrick Crowley/Paul L Sandberg/Paul Greengrass/Tony Gilroy/Scott Z Burns/George Nolfi
CONTROL – Orian Williams/ Todd Eckert/Anton Corbijn/Matt Greenhalgh
EASTERN PROMISES – Paul Webster/Robert Lantos/David Cronenberg/Steve Knight
THIS IS ENGLAND – Mark Herbert/Shane Meadows
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
CHRIS ATKINS (Director/Writer) – Taking Liberties
MIA BAYS (Producer) – Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
SARAH GAVRON (Director) – Brick Lane
MATT GREENHALGH (Writer) – Control
ANDREW PIDDINGTON (Director/Writer) – The Killing of John Lennon
DIRECTOR
ATONEMENT – Joe Wright
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Paul Greengrass
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Paul Thomas Anderson
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Steven Zaillian
JUNO – Diablo Cody
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
MICHAEL CLAYTON – Tony Gilroy
THIS IS ENGLAND – Shane Meadows
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ATONEMENT – Christopher Hampton
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – Ronald Harwood
THE KITE RUNNER – David Benioff
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Paul Thomas Anderson
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
nominations announced on Friday 4 January
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – Kathleen Kennedy/Jon Kilik/Julian Schnabel
THE KITE RUNNER – William Horberg/Walter Parkes/Rebecca Yeldham/Marc Foster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
LUST, CAUTION – Bill Kong/James Schamus/Ang Lee
LA VIE EN ROSE – Alain Goldman/Olivier Dahan
ANIMATED FILM
RATATOUILLE – Brad Bird
SHREK THE THIRD – Chris Miller
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE – Matt Groening/James L Brooks
LEADING ACTOR
GEORGE CLOONEY – Michael Clayton
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – There Will Be Blood
JAMES McAVOY – Atonement
VIGGO MORTENSEN – Eastern Promises
ULRICH MÜHE – The Lives of Others
LEADING ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
JULIE CHRISTIE – Away From Her
MARION COTILLARD – La Vie en Rose
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – Atonement
ELLEN PAGE – Juno
SUPPORTING ACTOR
JAVIER BARDEM – No Country for Old Men
PAUL DANO – There Will Be Blood
TOMMY LEE JONES – No Country for Old Men
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Charlie Wilson's War
TOM WILKINSON – Michael Clayton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT – I'm Not There
KELLY MACDONALD – No Country for Old Men
SAMANTHA MORTON – Control
SAOIRSE RONAN – Atonement
TILDA SWINTON – Michael Clayton
MUSIC
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Marc Streitenfeld
ATONEMENT – Dario Marianelli
THE KITE RUNNER – Alberto Iglesias
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jonny Greenwood
LA VIE EN ROSE – Christopher Gunning
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Harris Savides
ATONEMENT – Seamus McGarvey
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Oliver Wood
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Roger Deakins
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Robert Elswit
EDITING
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Pietro Scalia
ATONEMENT – Paul Tothill
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Christopher Rouse
MICHAEL CLAYTON – John Gilroy
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Roderick Jaynes
PRODUCTION DESIGN
ATONEMENT – Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Guy Hendrix Dyas/Richard Roberts
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Stuart Craig/Stephenie McMillan
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jack Fisk/Jim Erickson
LA VIE EN ROSE – Olivier Raoux
COSTUME DESIGN
ATONEMENT – Jacqueline Durran
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Alexandra Byrne
LUST, CAUTION – Pan Lai
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Colleen Atwood
LA VIE EN ROSE – Marit Allen
SOUND
ATONEMENT – Danny Hambrook/Paul Hamblin/Catherine Hodgson
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Kirk Francis/Scott Millan/Dave Parker/Karen Baker Landers/Per Hallberg
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Peter Kurland/Skip Lievsay/Craig Berkey/Greg Orloff
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Christopher Scarabosio/Matthew Wood/John Pritchett/Michael Semanick/Tom Johnson
LA VIE EN ROSE – Laurent Zeilig/Pascal Villard/Jean-Paul Hurier/Marc Doisne
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Peter Chiang/Charlie Noble/Mattias Lindahl/Joss Williams
THE GOLDEN COMPASS – Michael Fink/Bill Westenhofer/Ben Morris/Trevor Woods
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Tim Burke/John Richardson/Emma Norton/Chris Shaw
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END – John Knoll/Charles Gibson/Hal Hickel/John Frazier
SPIDER-MAN 3 – Scott Stokdyk/Peter Nofz/Kee-Suk Ken Hahn/Spencer Cook
MAKE UP & HAIR
ATONEMENT – Ivana Primorac
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Jenny Shircore
HAIRSPRAY – Nominees TBC
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Ivana Primorac
LA VIE EN ROSE – Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne
SHORT ANIMATION
THE PEARCE SISTERS – Jo Allen/Luis Cook
HEAD OVER HEELS – Osbert Parker/Fiona Pitkin/Ian Gouldstone
THE CRUMBLEGIANT – Pearse Moore/John McCloskey
SHORT FILM
DOG ALTOGETHER – Diarmid Scrimshaw/Paddy Considine
HESITATION – Julien Berlan/Michelle Eastwood/Virginia Gilbert
THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS WALLIS ISLAND – Charlie Henderson/James Griffiths/Tim Key/Tom Basden
SOFT – Jane Hooks/Simon Ellis
THE STRONGER – Dan McCulloch/Lia Williams/Frank McGuinness
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
(voted for by the public) – nominees announced on Tuesday 8 January
SHIA LABEOUF
SIENNA MILLER
ELLEN PAGE
SAM RILEY
TANG WEI
Lohan, Murphy lead Razzie worst-of noms
Advice for actors looking to get nominated for worst performance: multiple roles help. Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy scored multiple nominations Monday for the Razzies, which sort out the worst that Hollywood dredged up the previous year.
Lohan's thriller, "I Know Who Killed Me," in which she plays two characters who may or may not be the same person, received a leading nine Razzie nominations, among them worst picture of 2007.
Murphy's "Norbit," released amid a film-honors season that earned Murphy an Academy Awards nomination for "Dreamgirls" last year, received eight Razzie nominations, five of them for Murphy alone, more than anyone has ever gotten in a single year.
Besides worst picture, "Norbit" had nominations for Murphy as worst actor in the title role, supporting actress as Norbit's beefy wife, supporting actor as an Asian man and worst screen couple for Norbit opposite either of Murphy's other characters. Murphy also shared a screenplay nomination for co-writing "Norbit."
"We decided that each of his characters was so offensive that he deserved individual nominations," said Razzies founder John Wilson.
According to Wilson, Murphy's closest competition for worst screen couple is Lohan in "I Know Who Killed Me," in which she plays a small-town girl abducted by a psychopath and an alter-ego, a stripper who's missing body parts.
Lohan's movie played like a cross between the torture tale "Hostel" and "The Patty Duke Show," Wilson said.
For worst actress, Lohan polled more heavily than any actor since Sofia Coppola in "The Godfather Part III," Wilson said.
"`I Know Who Killed Me' is the most fabulously brainless movie since `Showgirls,'" which Razzie voters picked as the worst movie of the 1990s, Wilson said. "By the end of it, you still don't know what happened. Are they twins or aren't they? Did she imagine it? Can I please have my hour and 50 minutes back?"
The other worst-picture nominees were "Bratz," a live-action take on the cartoon about four chic young girls; "Daddy Day Camp," with Cuba Gooding Jr. starring in a sequel to Murphy's "Daddy Day Care"; and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," Adam Sandler and Kevin James' comedy about firefighters posing as a gay couple.
Sandler and Gooding joined Murphy in the worst-actor category, along with Nicolas Cage for "Ghost Rider" and Jim Carrey for "The Number 23."
Lohan was cited twice as worst actress for "I Know Who Killed Me," while the four "Bratz" stars — Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Nathalia Ramos and Skyler Shaye — shared a nomination. Also nominated were Jessica Alba for three films, "Awake," "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" and "Good Luck Chuck"; Elisha Cuthbert for "Captivity"; and Diane Keaton for "Because I Said So."
Along with Murphy, supporting actor included Orlando Bloom for "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," James and Rob Schneider for "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" and Jon Voight for "Bratz," "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," "September Dawn" and "Transformers."
Besides Murphy, supporting actress nominees were Jessica Biel for "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" and "Next," Carmen Electra for "Epic Movie," Julia Ormond for "I Know Who Killed Me" and Nicollette Sheridan for "Code Name: The Cleaner."
A spoof of Hollywood awards, the Razzies made their announcement the day before the Oscar nominations come out. Razzie "winners" will be announced Feb. 23, a day before the Oscars.
Elswit wins cinematographers' award
Robert Elswit won the American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Award in a feature film Saturday for the oil epic "There Will Be Blood."
The dark drama, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, about greed and oil prospecting has earned Elswit the recognition of several critics' groups this award season: He is also nominated for an Academy Award. Elswit was last nominated by the ASC two years ago for "Good Night, and Good Luck."
The 22nd annual ASC Awards were presented during a gala ceremony at the Hollywood & Highland Grand Ballroom Saturday evening.
The other contenders for the feature film award were Roger Deakins for both "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and "No Country for Old Men," Janusz Kaminski for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and Seamus McGarvey for "Atonement."
Ben Nott won the ASC award in the movie/miniseries/pilot category for the TNT miniseries "The Company." Glen Winter received the award for episodic TV for the "Noir" installment of the CW series "Smallville."
The ASC Board of Governors Award was given to actress Annette Bening in "recognition of her artistry in front of the lens and contributions to filmmaking." The award was presented to her by cinematographer Allen Daviau, who shot her 1991 film "Bugsy."
The ASC Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Stephen H. Burum; the ASC International Award was presented to Walter Lassally; the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award was handed out to George Spiro Dibie; and the ASC Presidents Award was given to visual effects creator Richard Edlund.
Coens win for 'No Country for Old Men'
Joel and Ethan Coen won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday for "No Country for Old Men," giving them the inside track for the same honor at the Academy Awards — assuming the Oscars go on amid the writers strike.
"Oh, we get two of them," Ethan Coen said when he and his brother were presented with their trophies.
The Coens were only the second two-person team to win the Directors Guild honor, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for 1961's "West Side Story."
"Ethan and I have a bookshelf in our office where we keep various plaques and such that we've gotten over the years that we call our ego corner," Joel Coen said.
When brother Ethan is having a bad day, he goes over with Windex and silver polish and "spit shines his medals for an hour or two," Joel Coen said. "It makes him feel better. This is a really big one, in every respect. It's going to keep him busy."
As with Martin Scorsese, who as last year's winner for "The Departed" presented the award to the Coens, the Directors Guild winner almost always goes on to win the same prize at the Oscars.
The fate of the Oscars remains uncertain, though. Writers, who have been on strike for nearly three months, have refused to work on some major awards shows, among them the Golden Globes, whose ceremony was scrapped for lack of stars.
The Coens' former cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld, also was a guild winner. Sonnenfeld, whose films include the "Men in Black" series, won a small-screen prize, receiving the award for television comedy for directing an episode of "Pushing Daisies."
"Mad Men" earned the TV drama honor for Alan Taylor, while Yves Simoneau won the TV movie award for "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."
Other TV winners included Glenn P. Weiss for musical variety for "The 61st Annual Tony Awards"; Bertram Van Munster for reality programming for "The Amazing Race"; Paul Hoen for children's programs for "Jump In"; and Larry Carpenter for daytime serials for "One Life to Live."
Asger Leth won the documentary honor for "Ghosts of Cite Soleil," his portrait of two brothers who are gang leaders in a notorious Haitian slum.
Unlike other major honors, such as Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards, the DGA ceremony is untelevised, making it a more laid-back gathering of Hollywood's elite and shielding it from some of the attention the industry's labor strife has brought to other ceremonies.
The Golden Globes banquet was canceled after stars made clear they would stay away in support of the Writers Guild of America strike, and the Oscars may face the same dilemma come Feb. 24.
Still, the writers' strike did cast a pall over the directors' big night, even though their guild last week negotiated a new contract after just days of meetings with producers. A fair number of Directors Guild members also belong to the writers union, whose strike has shut down TV shows and postponed movies, throwing thousands in the entertainment industry out of work.
Hal Holbrook, nominated for the supporting-actor Oscar for Directors Guild nominee Sean Penn's "Into the Wild," said before the Directors Guild awards that the "strike is becoming really dangerous. They're losing their homes. ...
"All I can hope is since we all have to share in producing anything — from the studio to the actors to the camera person to the costume lady, whatever, the set dresser — we all share," Holbrook said.
Many in Hollywood hope the Directors Guild deal will help resuscitate talks between writers and producers, whose negotiations broke down Dec. 7, a month after guild members walked off the job.
Dan Glickman — who heads the Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood's top trade group — said before the directing awards that the union's new contract "offers a very good template for the other guilds," which could jump-start the labor impasse in time to let the Oscars go on.
"I sure hope so. The Oscars are kind of the link between the world of consumers and the world of entertainment," Glickman said. "I mean, a billion people or more watch the Oscars, and so it would be a real shame if we weren't able to keep that precedent, that history of this event going."
Winners, presenters and host Carl Reiner generally ignored Hollywood's labor problems during the Directors Guild ceremony, keeping the tone celebratory. There were only a few passing references to contract negotiations.
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Day-Lewis, Christie win top honors at key Oscars indicator
Daniel Day-Lewis and British veteran Julie Christie underscored their status as Oscars front-runners on Sunday after winning the top prizes at the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
British-born star Day-Lewis was crowned best actor for his performance as a tyrannical oil prospector in "There Will Be Blood" while Christie earned the best actress prize for playing an Alzheimer's sufferer in "Away From Her."
Day-Lewis and Christie's wins shorten the odds on them claiming the equivalent acting awards at the Oscars, which take place on February 25.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards have been a reliable indicator of likely Oscars success. For the past three years, the best actor and actress winners have gone on to win Academy Awards.
Day-Lewis dedicated his award to Heath Ledger, who died aged 28 in New York last week, saying the Australian actor was someone whose performances inspired him to keep working.
"There are many actors in this room tonight including my fellow nominees who've given me that sense of regeneration. Heath Ledger gave it to me," he said, to loud applause. Ledger's performance in the 2005 gay cowboy drama "Brokeback Mountain" had been "unique," Day-Lewis said.
"That scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything I've ever seen and I'd like to dedicate this to him," he added.
Christie, 66, meanwhile paid tribute to the cast and crew of her drama about a woman slowly descending into dementia and joked: "If I've forgotten anybody it's just that I'm still in character."
In other awards, Javier Bardem cemented his status as an Oscars certainty after picking up the best supporting actor award for his portrayal of a psychopathic hitman in "No Country for Old Men."
The Spanish star paid tribute to the film's directors, Joel and Ethan Coen, after collecting his prize.
"Thank you for hiring me and showing the hard work and dedication to get the good takes instead of the ones where I really sucked," Bardem said.
"To receive this is thoroughly unbelievable. I'm a Spanish actor and being welcomed this way from all of you it's more than I can express in words."
"No Country for Old Men," a favorite to dominate at the Oscars after earning eight nominations, also won the award for best ensemble cast.
The best supporting actress saw a surprise win for 83-year-old Ruby Dee, winning for her performance in the Ridley Scott-directed crime drama "American Gangster." The heavy pre-awards favorite had been Australian icon Cate Blanchett for her portrayal of Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There."
Dee was also last week nominated for an Oscar for the role.
A complete list of winners of the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:
Movies:
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood."
Actress: Julie Christie, "Away From Her."
Supporting actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men."
Supporting actress: Ruby Dee, "American Gangster."
Cast: "No Country for Old Men."
Stunt ensemble: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
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Television:
Actor in a movie or miniseries: Kevin Kline, "As You Like It."
Actress in a movie or miniseries: Queen Latifah, "Life Support."
Actor in a drama series: James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos."
Actress in a drama series: Edie Falco, "The Sopranos."
Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock."
Actress in a comedy series: Tina Fey, "30 Rock."
Drama series cast: "The Sopranos."
Comedy series cast: "The Office."
Stunt ensemble: "24."
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Lifetime Achievement: Charles Durning
"No Country" takes Hollywood producers' top prize
Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men," a tale of moral decline wrapped in a gritty crime drama, won the top film prize from Hollywood's producers on Saturday, making it the clear front-runner in the race to the Oscars.
One week ago, the Coen Brothers were also named the year's best directors by the Directors Guild of America for their adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel about a drug deal gone wrong along the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas.
Last Sunday, the cast of "No Country," including Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem, was cited for best ensemble performance by the Screen Actors Guild.
Honoring the film's makers -- Scott Rudin and Joel and Ethan Coen -- with the Producers Guild of America's (PGA) award for producer of the year solidifies the movie's top position in the race for best motion picture at the February 24 Oscars, the world's top movie honors.
Many of the members of Hollywood's guilds also belong to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose roughly 6,000 members vote for the Oscars.
The PGA named Brad Lewis as the best animated movie producer for "Ratatouille," the Disney/Pixar tale of a rat who becomes the chef in a French kitchen.
Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara were singled out as the top producers for a documentary with "SiCKO," a scathing look at the U.S. healthcare system.
Among television honors, the producers gave their top prize for best drama to the makers of HBO mob show "The Sopranos." The award for best comedy production went to NBC's "30 Rock."
`Juno,' `No Country' honored by WGA
"Juno" and "No Country for Old Men" won top honors Saturday at the Writers Guild of America Awards.
The guild announced the winners after canceling its awards ceremony set for Saturday night because its members were on strike. Writers on both coasts were meeting to review a tentative agreement that could end a walkout that began Nov. 5.
Diablo Cody won the original screenplay prize for "Juno," a tale of a wisecracking teen who gets pregnant and decides to give her baby up for adoption.
Brothers Ethan and Joel Coen received the adapted screenplay award for "No Country for Old Men," which features a relentless hit man played by Javier Bardem searching for Josh Brolin, who makes off with a fortune left behind at a drug deal gone awry.
Cody and the Coen brothers are nominated in the same categories for the Academy Awards later this month. Both films also are competing for the best-picture prize.
Alex Gibney won the WGA's documentary screenplay award for "Taxi to the Dark Side," which is nominated for best documentary at the Oscars.
In the television categories, "The Wire" won for dramatic series, while "30 Rock" earned an award for best comedy series.
Other awards included:
• New Series: "Mad Men."
• Episodic Drama: "The Sopranos" (The Second Coming).
• Episodic Comedy: "The Office" (The Job).
• Comedy/Variety: "The Colbert Report."
• Daytime Serials: "The Young & the Restless."
List of winners at Spirit Awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Reuters) - Following is a complete list of winners announced Saturday at the 23rd annual Spirit Awards, which honor the top independent, low-budget movies of the year.
BEST FEATURE - "Juno"
BEST DIRECTOR - Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
BEST MALE LEAD - Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Savages"
BEST FEMALE LEAD - Ellen Page, "Juno"
BEST SUPPORTING MALE - Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Talk To Me"
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE - Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
BEST SCREENPLAY - Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY - Diablo Cody, "Juno"
BEST FIRST FEATURE - "The Lookout"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Janusz Kaminski, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
BEST DOCUMENTARY - "Crazy Love"
BEST FOREIGN FILM - "Once"
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD - Rahmin Bahrmani ("Chop Shop")
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD - Neil Kopp ("Paranoid Park," "Old Joy")
PRODUCERS AWARD - Laura Dunn ("The Unforeseen")
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD - "August Evening" (best feature under $500,000)
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD - "I'm Not There" (previously announced)