The Academy Award Nominations thread was old and dusty, didn't want to resurrect that mess.
Pretty indifferent this year, no real favorites. Would like to see Steve Martin tell some funny jokes and Scorsese to give a speech. If Charlie Kaufman wins I'll be a happy camper. It would be cool if Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep, and Day-Lewis win. It seems really stupid to get all hung up over the oscars this year with everything that is going on, but I don't know. I do think they should go on. Apparently they are really toning down the show, getting rid of all the red-carpet fashion show shit, which is a good thing.
So, post all your predictions and reactions after the awards and stuff here I guess. For all the oscar haters on the board, please don't flood this thread with all the usual "the academy awards suck" bullshit. we get it, you don't like them.
you know you're still gonna watch them.Just to remind everyone- here are the nominations.
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BEST PICTURE
CHICAGO
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE HOURS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
THE PIANIST
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody - THE PIANIST
Nicolas Cage - ADAPTATION
Michael Caine - THE QUIET AMERICAN
Daniel Day-Lewis - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Jack Nicholson - ABOUT SCHMIDT
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Chris Cooper - ADAPTATION
Ed Harris - THE HOURS
Paul Newman - ROAD TO PERDITION
John C. Reilly - CHICAGO
Christopher Walken - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Salma Hayek - FRIDA
Nicole Kidman - THE HOURS
Diane Lane - UNFAITHFUL
Julianne Moore - FAR FROM HEAVEN
Renée Zellweger - CHICAGO
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kathy Bates - ABOUT SCHMIDT
Julianne Moore - THE HOURS
Queen Latifah - CHICAGO
Meryl Streep - ADAPTATION
Catherine Zeta-Jones - CHICAGO
DIRECTING
Rob Marshall - CHICAGO
Martin Scorsese - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Stephen Daldry - THE HOURS
Roman Polanski - THE PIANIST
Pedro Almodóvar - TALK TO HER
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz - ABOUT A BOY
Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman - ADAPTATION
Bill Condon - CHICAGO
David Hare - THE HOURS
Ronald Harwood - THE PIANIST
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Todd Haynes - FAR FROM HEAVEN
Jay Cocks and Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Nia Vardalos - MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
Pedro Almodóvar - TALK TO HER
Alfonso Cuarón & Carlos Cuarón - Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN
ART DIRECTION
CHICAGO
FRIDA
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
ROAD TO PERDITION
CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHICAGO
FAR FROM HEAVEN
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE PIANIST
ROAD TO PERDITION
FILM EDITING
CHICAGO
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE HOURS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
THE PIANIST
SOUND
CHICAGO
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
ROAD TO PERDITION
SPIDER-MAN
SOUND EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
MINORITY REPORT
ROAD TO PERDITION
VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
SPIDER-MAN
STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES
MUSIC (SCORE)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
FAR FROM HEAVEN
FRIDA
THE HOURS
ROAD TO PERDITION
MUSIC (SONG)
"I Move On" - CHICAGO
"Lose Yourself" - 8 MILE
"Burn It Blue" - FRIDA
"The Hands That Built America" - GANGS OF NEW YORK
"Father And Daughter" - THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO
HERO
THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST
NOWHERE IN AFRICA
ZUS & ZO
COSTUME DESIGN
CHICAGO
FRIDA
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE HOURS
THE PIANIST
MAKEUP
FRIDA
THE TIME MACHINE
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
ICE AGE
LILO & STITCH
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
SPIRITED AWAY
TREASURE PLANET
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
DAUGHTER FROM DANANG
PRISONER OF PARADISE
SPELLBOUND
WINGED MIGRATION
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET
MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS
TWIN TOWERS
WHY CAN'T WE BE A FAMILY AGAIN?
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
THE CATHEDRAL
THE CHUBBCHUBBS!
DAS RAD
MIKE'S NEW CAR
MT. HEAD
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
FAIT D'HIVER
I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE... (J'ATTENDRAI LE SUIVANT...)
INJA (DOG)
JOHNNY FLYNTON
THIS CHARMING MAN (DER ER EN YNDIG MAND)
I saw Mikey ( :roll: ) Moore on the news last night, and he was pretty annoyed about them taking the red carpet out.
As you said Steve Martins great. Last time round, strange inside jokes with Danny De Vito involving celery dip and jabs at Russell Crowe (poor guy).
I haven't seen many of the films this year but there are a few people, that it will be nice to see. The make up award seems the strangest this year. I'm sure there's a certain fantasy film missing from that list.
i like the red carpet. everybody likes the red carpet, it gets high ratings. they're not dropping it to tone down the show, they're doing it because they're probably afraid of an attack or something. pssssh.
Keep the red carpet. You dont have to act like a war is not happening, but you also dont have to forget about everything except the war. People like the red carpet and Joan Rivers will be without a job.
Let's do it for Joan!
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i can't believe you posted that picture... what the hell is wrong with you man???
Ebert covered this here (http://www.suntimes.com/output/eb-feature/cst-ftr-ebert19.html) and here (http://www.suntimes.com/output/eb-feature/cst-ftr-ebert21.html)
the sigur ros show is on the same night in cleveland but it's sold out and i didn't buy my tickets in time. fuckin' cleveland! :x so i guess i'll be at home watching the oscars.
I just don't want the oscars to turn into a major political thing. There's been lots of talk about no shows due to the war. I'm sure we're not in mourning over the fact that Will Smith won't be there, but it wouldn't be cool if other rumored no shows failed to make an appearance (i.e. Meryl Streep).
Quote from: BonBon85I just don't want the oscars to turn into a major political thing. There's been lots of talk about no shows due to the war. I'm sure we're not in mourning over the fact that Will Smith won't be there, but it wouldn't be cool if other rumored no shows failed to make an appearance (i.e. Meryl Streep).
The main reason I wont watch is because I cant stand to hear anti-war speeches and cheering over and over again. Thats another bad thing about war, everything becomes focused on it.
Quote from: BonBon85I just don't want the oscars to turn into a major political thing. There's been lots of talk about no shows due to the war. I'm sure we're not in mourning over the fact that Will Smith won't be there, but it wouldn't be cool if other rumored no shows failed to make an appearance (i.e. Meryl Streep).
From the Los Angeles Times:
There have been rumors that the show could see many stars bailing out at the last minute, either because of security concerns or because they deem it inappropriate given the gravity of events in Iraq.
Oscar show organizers said that to their knowledge, the only major figures to have dropped out so far are actors Will Smith and Jim Carrey, and Peter Jackson, the director of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," who expressed anxiety that he would not be able to return to his native New Zealand in time for editing another film.
Quote from: Duck SauceThats another bad thing about war, everything becomes focused on it.
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i wanna see julianne and john c. win. reilly was the best part of chicago, even if his part was small, and id love to see the look on his face if he were to win. moore deserves it more than any actress here. shes just SO FUCKING GOOD. (cbrad, youre gonna have to change your avatar, because my mother's starting to ask what happened to all her tissues.)
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i would.
i bloody would.
also it'd be nice to see little donnie kaufman win.
Evidently, this shortened red carpet thing really hasn't changed much... There's that horrible Hag-beast Joan Rivers shitting out of her mouth on E right now and the growth she removed and raised as a child, Melissa is as close to the carpet as she can get.
And the pre-show is still scheduled, evidently.
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Todd Haynes - FAR FROM HEAVEN
CINEMATOGRAPHY
FAR FROM HEAVEN
MUSIC (SCORE)
FAR FROM HEAVEN
...would bring me joy. :yabbse-smiley:
I can't believe Julianne Moore didn't win from either category
Thats so fucked up
Best Picture:
Chicago - Marty Richards
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Adrien Brody for The Pianist
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Nicole Kidman for The Hours
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Chris Cooper for Adaptation.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago
Best Director:
Roman Polanski for The Pianist
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
Hable con ella - Pedro Almodóvar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
The Pianist - Ronald Harwood
Best Animated Feature:
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi - Hayao Miyazaki
Best Foreign Language Film:
Nirgendwo in Afrika (Germany)
Best Cinematography:
Road to Perdition - Conrad L. Hall
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration:
Chicago - John Myhre, Gordon Sim
Best Costume Design:
Chicago - Colleen Atwood
Best Editing:
Chicago - Martin Walsh
Best Sound:
Chicago - David Lee, Michael Minkler, Dominic Tavella
Best Music, Original Score:
Frida - Elliot Goldenthal
Best Music, Song:
8 Mile - Eminem, Bass, Jeff, Luis Resto (For the song "Lose Yourself".)
Best Makeup:
Frida - Beatrice De Alba, John E. Jackson
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins
Best Effects, Visual Effects:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
Best Documentary: Feature:
Bowling for Columbine - Michael Moore, Michael Donovan
Best Documentary: Short Subject:
Twin Towers - Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port
Best Short Film: Animated:
The Chubbchubbs - Eric Armstrong
Best Short Film: Live Action:
Der er en yndig mand - Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen
That Micheal Moore -- such a little rascal.
im a total whore, i said i would only watch the oscars for steve, john c, julianne and donnie k, but i wound up watching almost all of it. but yknow, what else am i gonna watch? the war isnt as entertaining as it was a few days ago, its starting to get kind of boring. CNN should kick a few million more upstairs to bush and get him to kick it up a notch.
Loved Adrian Brody and Polanski winning. Loved the Michael Moore 'incident'. Loved Peter O Toole, Olivia DeHaviland and the Oscar family reunion, and the moviemakers who have past away gets me every year, especially with the list ending with Billy Wilder. :yabbse-cry: Also, Conrad Hall's son accepting his father's award.
Low point: the Spike Lee Pepsi commercial.
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Best Director:
Roman Polanski for The Pianist
cool.
was there a speech?
not a word.
good
Chris Cooper winning- best speech I've heard in a while. He da man.
Adrian Brody winning shocked the hell outta me. He gave a great speech too.
Pedro Almodovar- wooohooo!
Steve Martin actually telling some funny jokes- esp. his recovery from the Michael Moore incident.
Roman Polanski winning- bet he was shittin his pants.
Peter O'Toole's speech and Meryl Streep's tribute to him was great.
bad
Chicago sweeping awards like sound is stuuupid. Okay, Gangs getting beat by Chicago in set and costume design is absurd. Chicago was on a fucking stage! Set design? Uhh, Gangs did recreate 19th century New York, right? Gangs losing all 10 oscars was a shame.
Michael Moore- err, uhhh.....
Far From Heaven not even winning score was sad. It should have been up there instead of The Hours. (Julianne Moore god damnit!)
The Oscar ceremony was particularly drab this year- all the 'old movie' montages lacked, uhhh, goodness. I thought the show was poorly directed, did it not seem like it took the actors an extremely long time to get to the microphone?
I have never been so thrilled after an Oscar ceremony, and considering that most of my predictions turned out to be wrong, that is saying something. In a ceremony that completely redeemed the politically correct tripe of the 74th ceremony, the show that I saw tonight proved that Academy voters not only know good films when they see them, but that they still have the courage to vote for who they truly believe is the best, and not just the most publicized media darling of a favourite [that said, Chicago did indeed blitz the thing. But rightly so].
Before I go on I'd like to address the subject of my failed predictions. The ones that grate at me are the ones that I changed at the last minute, namely Talk To Her for best screenplay [I had that picked for a month! Until three hours before the show began! I changed it to Far From Heaven!] and Twin Towers, the live action short film, which I changed at the last minute, thanks to Ebert. I didn't listen to Ebert when it came to foreign language film, however, and [what do you know?] he got it right. But no matter. I am just as pleased with my failures as I am pissed off; never have I been happier to get predictions in two of the major categories completely and utterly wrong [Adrien Brody gave the most astounding Oscar speech I'd ever heard and Martin Scorsese shall forever remain the greatest unrecognised American director in cinematic history because Polanski won best director].
This year, for the first time since 1998, I was able to keep myself completely out of reach from Internet, television, radio and carrier pigeon until the show began. It was the first virgin Oscar experience I've had since '98, dammit, and what a glorious experience it was after having deprived oneself of all information regarding the award winners.
I just feel happy after this evening, you know what I mean? The Academy members have proven, I feel, that they're not merely a group of saps who can be bought out and swayed around at the drop of a hat, and that if they have had a dose of bad taste in the past [case study 2001], they've still got it; at least every now and then. An upset is a rare thing, and when the underdog is the cause of that upset, well, it is even rarer. Tonight was the night of the underdog, and the Academy has proven [to me at least] that it still relevant.
The show was not perfect, of course. Steven Martin is no Billy Crystal, and he never will be [although I am not sure that Billy Crystal would have really been the right guy for this year, either]. Martin was good [sometimes very good], but overall he just felt a little, I don't know, detached. His smugness is hilarious to a point, and then it becomes sort of distancing; he never really connects, which would have been fine last year, but there needed to be more between host and audience when the tone for this year was so deliberately somber. I was also pretty disappointed by the usually poignant In Memoriam tribute, which last year was [simply put] beautifully done. This year there were a number of truly important people on the list that did not get the tribute they deserved. It was so nothingy. Bland. Surely Richard Harris, James Coburn and Conrad Hall deserved more than they got! Billy Wilder definitely did.
The worst part of the evening was Michael Moore, and this is coming from someone who agrees with most of what he has to say, and loved Bowling For Columbine. The film is genius and the man is [mostly] right, but his outburst was completely out of line. It was not the time, nor the place for such a demonstration, and the jeers from the audience just added to how disgusting it all was. It was the first time I have covered my face in embarrassment while watching an event that took place six hours earlier on the other side of the planet. It was one of the most disgusting examples of how war fucks up everyone; right or wrong, left or right. No one needed Michael Moore to do what he did. The show didn't need it. I didn't need it. I sure as Hell didn't want it.
However, such things aside, it was the best Oscar ceremony I have seen since, coincidentally, '98 [when Crystal hosted and sang and Hoffman presented that wonderful clip show of every best picture winner up until that point]. The only major mishap [in my opinion] was that the Academy failed to recognise Charlie Kaufmann again [but even then they made it up by recognising Almodovar despite the odds of him winning being slim to none]. All up I am thrilled. Kidman won, and this makes me unbearably pleased. Peter O'Toole proved that he is the most gracious human being alive. Brody delivered an astoundingly resonant speech. Kirk Douglas has still got the touch. And Martin Scorsese shall remain in a league with the Gods.
well put. I have to agree with you on Michael Moore, I thought he made himself look like a fucking idiot.
nah, michael moore was good.
the whole thing was pretty ekzellent this year.
The higlight for me was Chris Coopers accepance - which cbrad4d has rightly highlighted. I haven't even seen adaptation but he's great in everythingelse I've seen him in. Those are the kind of moments that I remember most from the ceremonies.
Ditto, Michael Moore's outburst was really annoying. Having said that I still thought the time limits they imposed were really unfair. Especially to the Lord of the Rings effects people, who were the first to accept. Adrian Brody put an end to that though.
Also lots of great coverage of Jack Nicholson being cool.
What I saw of the show was pretty dull and predictable. I want to see Moore's speech, but that is about it.
Full backstage videos in the press room of every winner (even Michael Moore):
http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/press_video.html
Best Oscar telecast in years. Silver Bullet pretty much nailed it up there. But I liked Moore's speech, I thought it was funny. Brody's was a hell of a lot better, though, as far as anti war sentiment goes. And Susan Sarandon's was great...she completely stuck to her script, but her diction was so precise that you could tell exactly what she meant. Brilliant performance.
Eminem winning is the coolest thing ever. That song was so much better than anything else nominated (except maybe the Frida song, that was worthwhile). That made me happy.
it made me happy too . I just wish eminem was there to perform.
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Julianne Moore, nominated for both actress and supporting actress honors, epitomizes Hollywood glamour in a vivid green Yves St. Laurent gown.
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"Chicago's" John C. Reilly is nominated for best actor in a supporting role.
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Actor Andy Serkis from "The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers" makes his political position clear.
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Roman Polanski who of course couldn't be there on Sunday night to accept the Best Director award for "The Pianist", has now issued a statement: "I am deeply moved to be rewarded for the work which relates to the events so close to my own life, the events that led me to comprehend that art can transform pain. I believe this still holds true today. My most heartfelt thanks to the members of the Academy for this wonderful award".
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Spirited Away Rerelease in Theaters on Friday!
Spirited Away, the 2003 Academy Award winning animated feature from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, is set to open in theaters across the country on Friday March 28, it was announced today by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. The film, which claimed top honors in its category at the Sunday night Oscar ceremonies, was one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2002 and was selected by many leading journalists as one of their "top ten" films of last year. Spirited Away has previously received the Annie Award (from ASIFA-Hollywood), the Golden Bear Award (from the Berlin Film Festival), and was honored as the year's best animated film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, and National Board of Review.
Commenting on the announcement, Cook said, "We're thrilled that the Academy has chosen to honor 'Spirited Away' for its incredible achievement in storytelling and artistry and we're proud to be associated with legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki in bringing his masterpiece to moviegoers across the country. The film is far and away the most successful film to ever play in Japan and it has always been our desire to share this film with the widest possible audience here in the U.S. With this important Oscar recognition, the film will have the additional awareness and appeal needed to find a welcome reception. All of us at Disney are extremely proud to have had three of this year's nominees in the Best Animated Feature category and to have played a part in bringing the award-winning 'Spirited Away' to moviegoers."
Spirited Away follows the fanciful adventures of a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro, who discovers a secret world when she and her family get lost and venture through a hillside tunnel. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, Chihiro must fend for herself as she encounters strange spirits, assorted creatures and a grumpy sorceress who seeks to prevent her from returning to the human world.
Hayao Miyazaki's The Princess Mononoke broke the all-time box office record in Japan in less than four months (previously established by "E.T." in 1982).
Check your local listings for theaters participating in this rerelease! The movie will hit DVD & Video on April 15.
Was it just me or did you guys get an extra big laugh and think of the boards when this was came up?
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CLEARLY under the influence
can't remember who was using that avatar
Yes, that was funny.
I think it belongs to the Satchenator.