Posted January 23, 200718 yr http://media.movieweb.com/news/01.2007/oscars2007poster.jpg Source: Superherofix.com Nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced (Tuesday, January 23) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and past Oscar nominee Salma Hayek. Ganis and Hayek, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002 for her lead performance in Frida, announced the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. live news conference at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Nominations in all categories then were distributed to the over 400 international media representatives in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com. Academy members from the various branches selected the nominees in their corresponding award categories, with the exception of the Animated Feature and Foreign Language Film categories, in which nominations were determined by vote of screening committees composed of members from several branches. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Ballots were mailed to 5,830 voting members in late December and were returned directly to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the international accounting firm, for tabulation. Official screenings for members of all pictures receiving nominations will begin this weekend at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings in some categories also will be held in Hollywood, at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater, as well as in London, New York and San Francisco. The Academy's entire active and life membership is eligible to select the winners in all categories, although in five of them - the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, and Foreign Language Film categories - members can vote only after attesting that they have seen all of the nominated films in the category. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, The Road to the Oscars. The complete list of nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards are: Performance by an actor in a leading role Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson (THINKFilm) Peter O'Toole in Venus (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council) Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness (Sony Pictures Releasing) Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Jackie Earle Haley in Little Children (New Line) Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Mark Wahlberg in The Departed (Warner Bros.) Performance by an actress in a leading role Penélope Cruz in Volver (Sony Pictures Classics) Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Helen Mirren in The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada (20th Century Fox) Kate Winslet in Little Children (New Line) Performance by an actress in a supporting role Adriana Barraza in Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Best animated feature film of the year Cars (Buena Vista) John Lasseter Happy Feet (Warner Bros.) George Miller Monster House (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan Achievement in art direction Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Art Direction: Nancy Haigh Set Decoration: John Myhre The Good Shepherd (Universal) Art Direction: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins Set Decoration: Jeannine Oppewall Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Art Direction: Pilar Revuelta Set Decoration: Eugenio Caballero Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) Art Direction: Cheryl A. Carasik Set Decoration: Rick Heinrichs The Prestige (Buena Vista) Art Direction: Julie Ochipinti Set Decoration: Nathan Crowley Achievement in cinematography The Black Dahlia (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond Children of Men (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki The Illusionist (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro The Prestige (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister Achievement in costume design Curse of the Golden Flower (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man The Devil Wears Prada (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis Marie Antoinette (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle Achievement in directing Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu The Departed (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears United 93 (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass Best documentary feature Deliver Us from Evil (Lionsgate) A Disarming Films Production Amy Berg and Frank Donner An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions) A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production Davis Guggenheim Iraq in Fragments (Typecast Releasing) A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production James Longley and John Sinno Jesus Camp (Magnolia Pictures) A Loki Films Production Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady My Country, My Country (Zeitgeist Films) A Praxis Films Production Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer Best documentary short subject The Blood of Yingzhou District A Thomas Lennon Films Production Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon Recycled Life An Iwerks/Glad Production Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad Rehearsing a Dream A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon Two Hands A Crazy Boat Pictures Production Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr Achievement in film editing Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Steven Rosenblum Children of Men (Universal) Alex RodrÃguez and Alfonso Cuarón The Departed (Warner Bros.) Thelma Schoonmaker United 93 (Universal and StudioCanal) Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson Best foreign language film of the year After the Wedding A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production Denmark Days of Glory (Indigenes) A Tessalit Production Algeria The Lives of Others A Wiedemann & Berg Production Germany Pan's Labyrinth A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production Mexico Water A Hamilton-Mehta Production Canada Achievement in makeup Apocalypto (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano Click (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla The Good German (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions) Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge "Listen" from Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler Lyric by Anne Preven "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger Lyric by Siedah Garrett "Our Town" from Cars (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman "Patience" from Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger Lyric by Willie Reale Best motion picture of the year Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers The Departed (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production Nominees to be determined Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production Nominees to be determined The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) A Granada Production Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers Best animated short film The Danish Poet (National Film Board of Canada) A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production Torill Kove Lifted (Buena Vista) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Gary Rydstrom The Little Matchgirl (Buena Vista) A Walt Disney Pictures Production Roger Allers and Don Hahn Maestro (Szimplafilm) A Kedd Production Geza M. Toth No Time for Nuts (20th Century Fox) A Blue Sky Studios Production Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier Best live action short film Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production Javier Fesser and Luis Manso Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) (Kimuak) An Altube Filmeak Production Borja Cobeaga Helmer & Son A Nordisk Film Production Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson The Saviour (Australian Film Television and Radio School) An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn West Bank Story An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production Ari Sandel Achievement in sound editing Apocalypto (Buena Vista) Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Lon Bender Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) Christopher Boyes and George Watters II Achievement in sound mixing Apocalypto (Buena Vista) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount) John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff Achievement in visual effects Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall Poseidon (Warner Bros.) Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier Superman Returns (Warner Bros.) Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum Adapted screenplay Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (20th Century Fox) Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips Children of Men (Universal) Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby The Departed (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by William Monahan Little Children (New Line) Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Patrick Marber Original screenplay Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Written by Guillermo Arriaga Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Iris Yama$h!ta Story by Iris Yama$h!ta & Paul Haggis Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Written by Michael Arndt Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Written by Guillermo del Toro The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Written by Peter Morgan Any comments? :funky:
January 23, 200718 yr Early Odds on Key Awards: Best Picture: The Departed 10/11 Babel 4 Little Miss Sunshine 9/2 Letters From Iwo Jima 12 The Queen 16 Best Actor: Forest Whittaker (The Last King of Scotland) 2/7 Peter O Toole (Venus) 6 Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond) 8 Will Smith (Pursuit of Happiness) 20 Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson) 25 Best Actress: Helen Mirren (The Queen) 1/20 Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal) 10 Kate Winslett (Little Children) 20 Penelope Cruz (Volver) 20 Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada) 20 No Other Odds available at the moment.
January 23, 200718 yr My predictions: Performance by an actor in a leading role Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson (THINKFilm) Peter O'Toole in Venus (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council) Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness (Sony Pictures Releasing) Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Jackie Earle Haley in Little Children (New Line) Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Mark Wahlberg in The Departed (Warner Bros.) Performance by an actress in a leading role Penélope Cruz in Volver (Sony Pictures Classics) Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Helen Mirren in The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada (20th Century Fox) Kate Winslet in Little Children (New Line) Performance by an actress in a supporting role Adriana Barraza in Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Best animated feature film of the year Cars (Buena Vista) John Lasseter Happy Feet (Warner Bros.) George Miller Monster House (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan Achievement in art direction Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Art Direction: Nancy Haigh Set Decoration: John Myhre The Good Shepherd (Universal) Art Direction: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins Set Decoration: Jeannine Oppewall Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Art Direction: Pilar Revuelta Set Decoration: Eugenio Caballero Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) Art Direction: Cheryl A. Carasik Set Decoration: Rick Heinrichs The Prestige (Buena Vista) Art Direction: Julie Ochipinti Set Decoration: Nathan Crowley Achievement in cinematography The Black Dahlia (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond Children of Men (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki The Illusionist (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro The Prestige (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister Achievement in costume design Curse of the Golden Flower (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man The Devil Wears Prada (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis Marie Antoinette (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle Achievement in directing Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu The Departed (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears United 93 (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass Best documentary feature Deliver Us from Evil (Lionsgate) A Disarming Films Production Amy Berg and Frank DonnerAn Inconvenient Truth (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions) A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production Davis Guggenheim Iraq in Fragments (Typecast Releasing) A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production James Longley and John Sinno Jesus Camp (Magnolia Pictures) A Loki Films Production Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady My Country, My Country (Zeitgeist Films) A Praxis Films Production Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer Best documentary short subject The Blood of Yingzhou District A Thomas Lennon Films Production Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon Recycled Life An Iwerks/Glad Production Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad Rehearsing a Dream A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon Two Hands A Crazy Boat Pictures Production Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr Achievement in film editing Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Steven Rosenblum Children of Men (Universal) Alex RodrÃguez and Alfonso Cuarón The Departed (Warner Bros.) Thelma Schoonmaker United 93 (Universal and StudioCanal) Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson Best foreign language film of the year After the Wedding A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production Denmark Days of Glory (Indigenes) A Tessalit Production Algeria The Lives of Others A Wiedemann & Berg Production Germany Pan's Labyrinth A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production Mexico Water A Hamilton-Mehta Production Canada Achievement in makeup Apocalypto (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano Click (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla The Good German (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions) Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge "Listen" from Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler Lyric by Anne Preven "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger Lyric by Siedah Garrett "Our Town" from Cars (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman "Patience" from Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger Lyric by Willie Reale Best motion picture of the year Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers The Departed (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production Nominees to be determined Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production Nominees to be determined The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) A Granada Production Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers Best animated short film The Danish Poet (National Film Board of Canada) A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production Torill Kove Lifted (Buena Vista) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Gary Rydstrom The Little Matchgirl (Buena Vista) A Walt Disney Pictures Production Roger Allers and Don Hahn Maestro (Szimplafilm) A Kedd Production Geza M. Toth No Time for Nuts (20th Century Fox) A Blue Sky Studios Production Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier Best live action short film Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production Javier Fesser and Luis Manso Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) (Kimuak) An Altube Filmeak Production Borja Cobeaga Helmer & Son A Nordisk Film Production Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson The Saviour (Australian Film Television and Radio School) An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn West Bank Story An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production Ari Sandel Achievement in sound editing Apocalypto (Buena Vista) Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Lon Bender Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) Christopher Boyes and George Watters II Achievement in sound mixing Apocalypto (Buena Vista) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount) John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff Achievement in visual effects Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall Poseidon (Warner Bros.) Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier Superman Returns (Warner Bros.) Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum Adapted screenplay Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (20th Century Fox) Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips Children of Men (Universal) Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby The Departed (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by William Monahan Little Children (New Line) Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Patrick Marber Original screenplay Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Written by Guillermo Arriaga Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Iris Yama$h!ta Story by Iris Yama$h!ta & Paul Haggis Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Written by Michael Arndt Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Written by Guillermo del Toro The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Written by Peter Morgan Any comments? :funky:
January 24, 200718 yr Disappointing not to see Christian Bale there for his quite astonishing performance in "Harsh Times" - the best bit of method acting I've ever seen this side of De Niro's harrowing portrayal of Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver". Also no mention of Sacha Baron Cohen either in Best Actor... :huh: ... Out of the nominations though, Forrest Whittaker by a fukkin' MILE.... De Caprio may as well just stay at home... :lol: Best film for me from that list is "Babel", a really bloody ASTOUNDING film, it does what "Crash" does, but a damn sight better, more subtley and with more emotional, lasting impact than "Crash" could dream of.. Inarittu is my choice for best director as well... I mean, really, THE best directors and film-makers are coming out of Latin America these days - astounding, inspiring and talented film-makers who just make Hollywood's lot look like a bunch of leaden hacks.... I feel bad for Scorcese, but "Babel" is hands down a much better film than "The Departed" in all departments... Actress will obviously go to Helen bloody Mirren.... -_- , but come on, anyone who has seen "Little Children" will know that Kate Winslet bloody well deserves it more, and I am very disappointed to see that Gretchen Mol isn't nominated for her bloody fantastic performance in "The Notorious Betty Page"... <_<. Foreign Language film is "Pan's Labyrinth" for me all the way - VERY disappointed to see no nomination for either Guillermo Del Toro or Alfonso Cuaron for his absolutely MARVELLOUS feat of direction in "Children of Men" which is at the very LEAST as good as Scorcese's direction in "The Departed".. But then, I suppose if so many Latin American directors had been nominated, it just may have proved absolutely embarrassing for the Hollywood mafia... I'd like to see Adriana Barraza winning the Supporting Actress award for her incredibly moving, naturalistic and very human portrayal of the Mexican nanny... But such a shame the very talented young Japanese actress who plays Cheiko was not nominated in this category... So, my own Oscars would be - Best Film - Babel Director - Alejandro Gonzales Inarittu (Babel) Best Actor - Forrest Whittaker (Last King of Scotland) Best Actress - Kate Winslet (Little Children Supporting Actor - Jackie Earl Harley (Little Children) Supporting Actress - Adriana Barazza (Babel) Best Cinematography - Guillermo Navarro (Pan's Labyrinth) Foreign Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth Editing - Alex Rodriguez and Alphonso Cuaron (Children of Men) Best Score - Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel) Best Original Screenplay - Guillermo Arriaga (Babel) Best Adapted Screenplay - Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer (Borat)
January 24, 200718 yr Author I agree on the direction for Children of Men, the live action set piece is astounding. Have not seen Babel, is it still out?
January 24, 200718 yr I agree on the direction for Children of Men, the live action set piece is astounding. Have not seen Babel, is it still out? Certainly is... It only opened on Friday, so you should be able to catch it easily.. Unless you live in one of these small towns that only ever play mainstream sh!te in the cinemas...
January 24, 200718 yr Author Certainly is... It only opened on Friday, so you should be able to catch it easily.. Unless you live in one of these small towns that only ever play mainstream sh!te in the cinemas... Hmmm, I live in Bristol, and we are fairly arty :lol: Thanks :P
January 24, 200718 yr Certainly is... It only opened on Friday, so you should be able to catch it easily.. Unless you live in one of these small towns that only ever play mainstream sh!te in the cinemas... not an arty film: opened wide
January 24, 200718 yr thank you that´s great 16 nominations for Mexico :cheer: :yahoo: Edited January 28, 200718 yr by Mayte
January 24, 200718 yr Gretchen Mol had no buzz this year. She wasn't even mentioned as a long-shot. Hers was the best performance I saw in a film last year. I love and I hate Oscar season. I love following the awards race and I love that there's suddenly loads of films that I want to see... ...but there's too many. They're only shown once a day for a week so I never get to see even half of them in the cinema. Edited January 24, 200718 yr by Tim
January 26, 200718 yr Martin Scorsese deseres best director. It is LONG overdue -_- Yes, it is long overdue, but this is NOT one of Scorcese's best films, would you want him to win it for a slightly below par effort (not that "The Departed is in any way a bad film, but you just cannot compare it to sheer brilliance such as "Goodfellas", "Taxi Driver" or "Raging Bull", the three films he should have won the Oscar for...) just out of sympathy...? Sorry mate, but in terms of film-making excellence, "Babel" stands head and shoulders above everything on that "Best Picture" nomination list, without a shadow of a doubt, and Inarritu has accomplished a much more impressive directorial feat with his film than Scorcese has with his, so, Inarritu for me by a long, long way this year....
January 27, 200718 yr Yes, it is long overdue, but this is NOT one of Scorcese's best films, would you want him to win it for a slightly below par effort (not that "The Departed is in any way a bad film, but you just cannot compare it to sheer brilliance such as "Goodfellas", "Taxi Driver" or "Raging Bull", the three films he should have won the Oscar for...) just out of sympathy...? Sorry mate, but in terms of film-making excellence, "Babel" stands head and shoulders above everything on that "Best Picture" nomination list, without a shadow of a doubt, and Inarritu has accomplished a much more impressive directorial feat with his film than Scorcese has with his, so, Inarritu for me by a long, long way this year.... Yes, those films are far better but those are in the past therefor he cannot win based on those. I remember you saying that "The Departed" was the best hollywood film of the year after you'd seen it. Obviously now you've seen "Babel" your opinion has changed but I hope Babel gets 'Best Film' and Scorcese gets Best Director cause it would be well deserved as I think the Departed was fantastic. I have yet to see Babel but will probebly see it next weekend. I heard that the Departed is at the moment favourite to win 'Best Pictue'. Jack Nicholson should be up for 'Best Supporting Actor' most definatly imo. His performance in the Departed was brilliant. ^_^
January 27, 200718 yr Yes, those films are far better but those are in the past therefor he cannot win based on those. I remember you saying that "The Departed" was the best hollywood film of the year after you'd seen it. Obviously now you've seen "Babel" your opinion has changed but I hope Babel gets 'Best Film' and Scorcese gets Best Director cause it would be well deserved as I think the Departed was fantastic. I have yet to see Babel but will probebly see it next weekend. I heard that the Departed is at the moment favourite to win 'Best Pictue'. Jack Nicholson should be up for 'Best Supporting Actor' most definatly imo. His performance in the Departed was brilliant. ^_^ Well, I dont really regard "Babel" as being a mainstream "Hollywood" film as such for a start, and now we are in a different year (2007) in terms of actual UK film releases so... "The Departed" was pretty much the best mainstream Hollywood film released in 2006, I still stand by that, but there are a number of non-mainstream/indie/arthouse films (such as "Brick", "Pan's Labyrinth", "Hidden", "Sympathy For Lady Vengeance" and one or two others..) that I hold up as being better films than "The Departed".... Nicholson's performance was good, but it's very 'Typical Jack' really :lol: I actually was more impressed by Mark Wahlberg, he really surprised me, in his scenes with Di Caprio, he is totally acting Leo off the screen... I just think it would be wrong for Scorcese to win it for this one, by his own incredibly high standards, this is not quite up there with his very best, and there would always be this nagging doubt that he won it only because it was "about time" and not on the actual standard of the film... And the crime of robbing Inarritu of an award that should be his would be something any film lover should find abhorrent.... If Scorcese comes away with another "Goodfellas" or "Taxi Driver" any time soon, you'll find me at the front of the cheerleading squad... But not Oscars 2007 because there is something better out there, and when you see it, you'll see why I'm saying this...
February 23, 200718 yr a complete load of hyped up c**p arnt they?... i find them worse then the brits, by far, as i dont buy into that whole 'celeb circus'... these people are just that, people, no different to you or i, and to be honest i dont regard the ability to act very highly anyway.. i have more respect for a good plasterer!!! lol.
February 24, 200718 yr I'd broadly agree with that tbh... In essense it is a load of tripe and I wouldn't really waste about four hours or so of my life actually watching it.. But unlike The Sh!ts, I actually like some of the films, actors, etc that have been nominated, so on that level it kinda holds a bit more interest for me...
February 25, 200718 yr I'd broadly agree with that tbh... In essense it is a load of tripe and I wouldn't really waste about four hours or so of my life actually watching it.. But unlike The Sh!ts, I actually like some of the films, actors, etc that have been nominated, so on that level it kinda holds a bit more interest for me... and also Russel Brand wount turn up to do some dated comedy about Dr Fox :lol:
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