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Academy Award Nominations
ScarletKnight41 Jan 31 2006 07:28 AM |
The List of Nominees
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seawolf17 Jan 31 2006 07:30 AM |
Yet another year when we didn't see any of the "Best Picture" nominees. Although this year, we didn't even want to see any of them, with the exception of "Good Night."
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metirish Jan 31 2006 07:57 AM |
Should be a crap night all round, especially with Jon Stewart hosting.
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Vic Sage Jan 31 2006 08:18 AM |
Did anybody notice that the title of one of the nominated documentary shorts is:
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ScarletKnight41 Jan 31 2006 09:01 AM |
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Au contraire - Stewart's great. I think he'll be a host in the Carson mold.
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Vic Sage Jan 31 2006 11:18 AM |
Best Picture
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metirish Jan 31 2006 12:13 PM |
Irish playwright Martin McDonagh was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Live Action Short Film category.
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Vic Sage Jan 31 2006 12:20 PM |
nyc is a big town, irish.
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metirish Jan 31 2006 12:33 PM |
Of course, sorry it was a dumb question.
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Edgy DC Jan 31 2006 12:35 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 31 2006 12:37 PM |
McDonagh has been a top import though.
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Willets Point Jan 31 2006 12:37 PM |
I just saw Syriana and would say George Clooney was a leading actor not a supporting actor. How are these things determined in ensemble films of this sort?
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sharpie Jan 31 2006 01:24 PM |
Studios decide and place people in categories where they think they might win.
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Frayed Knot Jan 31 2006 08:59 PM |
Yeah, those things are often manipulated.
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ScarletKnight41 Feb 01 2006 05:22 AM |
FK - I understand your point, but in this case Ledger's character has a significantly larger role than Gyllenhaal's does. Much more time and attention are given to Ledger's relationships with his wife, family, etc. than to Gyllenhaal's, and Ledger has a lot more screen time than Gyllenhaal.
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Willets Point Feb 01 2006 08:30 AM |
I always wondered if they had to debate whether to nominate Jaye Davidson for best supporting actor or best supporting actress for The Crying Game.
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ScarletKnight41 Feb 25 2006 09:25 PM |
This evening we went to a Trenton Film Society screening of the Documentary (Short Subject) nominees. Apartheid, Rwandan Genocide and Hiroshima, followed by Norman Corwin, who was a radio great I had never heard of until this evening. The first three were very heavy, while the last one was much easier to watch.
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Rotblatt Mar 04 2006 01:59 PM |
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I fucking love McDonagh. I saw the "The Cripple of Inishmaan" during a semester in London back in 1997 and it was amazing. There was recently a really interesting profile of him in either New York or the New Yorker or the New York Times (you'd think I'd be able to keep them separate but we subscribe to all three, so it gets a little confusing). I haven't seen the Pillowman, but it's on my list, as is his newest work, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore." I also haven't seen the short film, but I'd like to . . . Best Picture Brokeback Mountain - didn't see it. want to. Will win. Capote - Saw it. Liked it. Crash - Watching it tonight. Good Night, and Good Luck - meh. Not interested. Dark horse. Munich - meh. Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote" - Probably will win. Like him in it. Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow" -Love him in it. Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain" Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line" -watching it tonight David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck." Actress: Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents" - didn't see. Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica" -didn't see. Want to. Think she'll win. Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice" -didn't see. Want to. Charlize Theron, "North Country" - didn't see. Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line." -Watching tonight. Supporting Actor: George Clooney, "Syriana"; - didn't see. want to. Matt Dillon, "Crash"; - watching tonight. Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"; - didn't see. meh. Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"; - Probably win. William Hurt, "A History of Violence." - Really want to see. Might win. Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, "Junebug"; - didn't see. Catherine Keener, "Capote"; - Might win. Frances McDormand, "North Country"; - didn't see. Might win. Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"; - Movie was way over the top but entertaining. She doesn't deserve to win, though. Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain." - Probably win. Director: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"; - Probably win. Bennett Miller, "Capote"; Paul Haggis, "Crash"; George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"; - Dark horse. Steven Spielberg, "Munich." Foreign Film: "Don't Tell," Italy; "Joyeux Noel," France; "Paradise Now," Palestine; - Probably win. I really want to see this. "Sophie Scholl -- The Final Days," Germany; "Tsotsi," South Africa. I loved this movie. Kind of schmaltzy, but enjoyable. Adapted Screenplay: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"; - probably win. Dan Futterman, "Capote"; Jeffrey Caine, "The Constant Gardener"; Josh Olson, "A History of Violence"; - dark horse Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich." Original Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, "Crash"; George Clooney and Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"; - probably win. Woody Allen, "Match Point"; - might win. Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"; - should win, won't. Stephen Gaghan, "Syriana." Animated Feature Film: "Howl's Moving Castle"; - want to see. Will probably win "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"; - liked it. but not over the top.. "Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit." ditto. Art Direction: "Good Night, and Good Luck," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "King Kong," "Memoirs of a Geisha," - Oscars love movies like this, although I haven't actually seen it, so . . . "Pride & Prejudice." Cinematography: "Batman Begins," - might win. "Brokeback Mountain," - probably win. "Good Night, and Good Luck," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "The New World." Sound Mixing: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "King Kong," - probably win. "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Walk the Line," "War of the Worlds." Sound Editing: "King Kong," - probably win. "Memoirs of a Geisha," "War of the Worlds." Original Song: -"In the Deep" from "Crash," Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker; -"It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow," Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard; - Should win, -"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica," Dolly Parton. Costume: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "Pride & Prejudice," - probably this or Geisha. "Walk the Line." Documentary Feature: "Darwin's Nightmare," "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," "March of the Penguins," "Murderball," -awesome movie, Should win. Might "Street Fight."
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ScarletKnight41 Mar 04 2006 02:21 PM |
Here are my guesses, for better or worse -
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Vic Sage Mar 06 2006 12:40 PM |
i was happy CRASH won. I didn't see BROKEBACK but Mrs. Sage did, and she agreed that CRASH was the best movie of the year.
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