Award Season 2007!

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More Critics choice:

The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics' organization, comprising more than 200 North American members representing TV, radio and online critics.

The complete list of nominees:

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

Acting Ensemble: "Hairspray," "Juno," "No Country for Old Men," "Sweeney Todd," "Gone Baby Gone," "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."

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."

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."

Animated Feature: "Bee Movie," "Beowulf," "Persepolis," "Ratatouille," "The Simpsons Movie."

Young Actor: Michael Cera, "Juno"; Michael Cera, "Superbad"; Freddie Highmore, "August Rush"; Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, "The Kite Runner"; Edward Sanders, "Sweeney Todd."

Young Actress: Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"; Dakota Blue Richards, "The Golden Compass"; AnnaSophia Robb, "Bridge to Terabithia"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement."

Comedy: "Dan in Real Life," "Hairspray," "Juno," "Knocked Up," "Superbad."

Family Film (live action): "August Rush," "Enchanted," "The Golden Compass," "Hairspray," "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Picture Made for Television: "The Company," "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," "Tin Man," "The War"

Foreign Language Film: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days," "La Vie en Rose," "Lust, Caution," "The Orphanage."

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, "Once"; "Guaranteed," Eddie Vedder, "Into the Wild"; "That's How You Know," Amy Adams, "Enchanted."

Composer: Marco Beltrami, "3:10 to Yuma"; Alexandre Desplat, "Lust, Caution"; Clint Eastwood, "Grace Is Gone"; Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"; Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"; Alan Menken, "Enchanted."

Documentary Feature: "Darfur Now," "In the Shadow of the Moon," "The King of Kong," "No End In Sight," "Sharkwater," "Sicko."

[Morrigoon]

I hope we do the Oscar Shorts thing again this year.

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The LA Film Critics have awarded:

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/iw/2...726046800.html

Complete list of winners:
Best Picture: "There Will Be Blood" Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood" Runner-up: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose" Runner-up: Anamaria Marinca, "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days"

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood" Runner-up: Frank Langella, "Starting Out in the Evening"

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone" and "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"

Best Supporting Actor: Vlad Ivanov, "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days" Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, "Into The Wild"

Best Foreign Language Film: "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days" Runner-up: "The Diving Bell & The Butterfly"

Best Documentary: "No End in Sight," directed by Charles Ferguson Runner-up: "Sicko," Michael Moore

Best Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages" Runner-up: "There Will Be Blood," Paul Thomas Anderson

Production Design: Jack Fisk, "There Will Be Blood" Runner-up: Dante Ferretti, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Animated Film (tie): "Ratatouille," directed by Brad Bird and "Persepolis," directed by Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi

Music: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Once" Runner-up: Johnny 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"

Career Achievement: Sidney Lumet

Independent/Experimental: "Colossal Youth" (Juvenude em Marcha), directed by Pedro Costa

Special Citations:

To "New Crowned Hope," (honoring artistic director Peter Sellars and producers Simon Field and Keith Griffiths. "An extraordinary project in honor of Mozart's 250th birthday, commissioning adventurous work in multiple art forms including cinema." New Crowned Hope's films included works marking major achievements in current world film, including "Syndromes and a Century," "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone," "Paraguayan Hammock," "Daratt," "Half Moon," "Opera Jawa" and "Meokgo and the Stickfighter.

Legacy of Cinema Awards (two): To Dennis Doros and Amy Heller of Milestone Film & Video for their tireless efforts on behalf of film restoration and preservation, which in 2007 brought about the debut releases on DVD of such noteworthy films as "Killer of Sheep and "My Brother's Wedding," as well as the re-release of "I Am Cuba." To the Outfest Legacy Project, which is spearheading the rescue and restoration of lost gay and lesbian cinema, and which hosted its first presentation of a Legacy Project restoration this summer with a new print of the seminal 1986 comedy/drama "Parting Glances."

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

I hope we do the Oscar Shorts thing again this year.

Well, I always go, so everyone is welcome to come with me!

On a side note, I feel proud to be connected to five of the critic's choice nominated films!

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New York Film Critics have chosen:

COMPLETE LIST OF NYFCC WINNERS:

Best Picture: "No Country for Old Men"
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Best Actress: Julie Christie, "Away from Her"
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Best Foreign Film: "The Lives of Others"
Best Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Best Cinematographer: Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"
Best Documentary, "No End in Sight, directed by Charles Ferguson
Best First Film: Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"
Best Animated Film: "Persepolis," directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sidney Lumet Special Critics Award: "Killer of Sheep" by Charles Burnett

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Golden Globes noms are out. I left off the TV (because this is primarily a movie-awards thread.)

Originally Posted by Hollywood Foreign Press

Best Motion Picture - Drama
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Actress - Drama
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement

Best Actor - Drama
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Lewis - There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington - American Gangster

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Across The Universe
Charlie Wilson's War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Actor - Musical Or Comedy
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
John C. Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

(cont. after the break)
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
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson's War
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Director
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement

Best Screenplay
Diablo Cody - Juno
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War

Best Foreign Language Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days (Romania)
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (France, United States)
The Kite Runner (United States)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)

Best Animated Feature Film
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Best Original Score
Into the Wild
Grace is Gone
The Kite Runner
Atonement
Eastern Promises

ORIGINAL SONG
''That's How You Know,'' Enchanted
''Grace Is Gone,'' Grace Is Gone
''Guaranteed,'' Into the Wild
''Despedida,'' Love In the Time of Cholera
''Walk Hard,'' Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

[LSPoorEeyorick]

My heart is in the "Original Song" race this year - I've been drawn to it since Pop! went my heart (after watching Music and Lyrics.) Then there was the lovely and terrific Once, with so many wonderful songs that I thought it would fill the category. Then along came Enchanted, with a couple solid possibilities, and the Walk Hard songs I've heard so far have been terrific. (see the walkhardmovie.com EPK clip section for some samples.) (Side note, go Apatow productions! Only two noms, sadly - both for Walk Hard - but noms are noms!)

I was a bit worried when I saw the front-runners for the films were, in my opinion, not the songs that were used best, but which were the most typical. "Walk Hard" from Walk Hard, not "Let's Duet." "That's How You Know" from Enchanted, not "Happy Working Song." "Falling Slowly" from Once, not "When Your Mind's Made Up." In the context of the films, I really thought those songs were more clever, or had more emotional impact.

But, gah! Not a single nominee I wanted. The wrong songs from Enchanted and Walk Hard, and zippo, zero, zilch for Once. Ugh!

But I have a little more faith in the Academy's music taste. Of late, anyway. Some of their more recent choices have been bolder and more interesting. I cite the "Hard Out Here For a Pimp" win - instead of nominating the titular song ("Hustle and Flow") they chose the one that was had the most impact. And it won! So maybe there's still a good chance for the underdog songs. And if AMPAS knows what's good for them, they'll nominate a song from Once. (And if I hope really hard - or, rather, if I rally - maybe even for the right song.)

Alas, though, I think there isn't a snowball's chance in hell for "Pop! Goes My Heart" - which was a terrific parody of 80s pop.

[Alex]

Any best song category that does not at least include a nomination for Once is a fraud so far as I'm concerned.

I've heard though, that there is some controversy over whether the songs are Oscar eligible since they were released on a CD before the movie was released (the songs were written and performed for the movie but they didn't know if they'd get distribution so released the album). Was that resolved?

And if you're going to have a Comedy category I think you're pretty much obligated to include Knocked Up or Superbad (preferably the latter) in it. Lars and the Real Girl, while wryly amusing at times, is neither a musical nor a comedy. I haven't seen it yet but I'm guessing that I'd say the same about Charlie Wilson's War. The Golden Globes apparently define a "comedy" as "a dramatic film where you smile at least once."

And what is up with nominating Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, an all around disaster except for set design and costuming instead of I'm Not There?

On the assumption that list is copy & paste from some official source it is kind of embarrassing that they dropped half of Daniel Day-Lewis's last name.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

They did resolve the issue - because a song can be nominated if written specifically for the movie but released after it is made bu before it is released (as was the case.) It's on the AMPAS shortlist.

I agree it's a snub for Knocked Up or Superbad. I guess the HFP has a lame sense of humor (and preferred the musicals; they make up three of the five in the category.)

Blanchett was nominated for both films.

I cut and pasted from Awards Daily, so it's possible that the Day-Lewis error was Awards Daily's fault

[innerSpaceman]

I haven't even seen Once, and I'm shocked at the total omission of nominated songs. And yeah, the wrong song was picked for Enchanted. Best Musical Number, sure ... but Happy Working Song was the best song of the small bunch in that film. (Heheh, they distributed a free soundtrack CD in every copy of Daily Variety yesterday, so that was a minor score ... 'cause I love Happy Working Song.)


As usual, the nominated films are drastically weighted towards releases in the last month. While that's usually when the studios deign to release their serious, "Oscar-worthy" films ... surely there were some contenders released in the other 11 months.


Of course, I can't think of any offhand. Can anyone come up with any snubs of great films or performances that had the misfortune to be in theaters January through October??