Awards Season 2007

[rohmerin]

from elpais.com

.... homenajear a Jean-Luc Godard, pero no pudo, porque el agasajado declinó recibir el previsto galardón al conjunto de su carrera....
.... para Godard, que canceló a última hora su asistencia.

El director alemán Wim Wenders, fundador de la EFA y alma mater de los premios, ha elogiado desde el escenario a su colega francés con la frase "nadie ha llegado tan lejos", después de que el propio Godard les diera calabazas, porque no se veía recibiendo un premio así, según explicó a la edición online de Der Spiegel.

Sí han acudido a la gala berlinesa dos grandes divas, la francesa Jeanne Moreau, de blanco hasta los pies, y la noruega Liv Ullmann, en elegante traje negro. Las dos actrices eran las presencias más esperadas de la ceremonia, junto con el finalmente esquivo Godard.

[domino harvey]

Babelfish implicates Godard in a Cinderella story, so I'd really love a native speaker's translation.

[malcolm1980]

My pre-Precursor Oscar predictions:


BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Atonement (Focus Features) Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, producers.
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (Miramax/Kennedy-Marhsall) Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Kilik, producers.
No Country for Old Men (Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen, Ethan Coen and Scott Rudin, producers.
Once (Summit Entertainment) Martina Niland, producer.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Warner Bros.) Richard D. Zanuck, John Logan, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, producers.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Joe Wright, Atonement
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
James McAvoy, Atonement

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Romola Garai, Atonement
Kelly MacDonald, No Country For Old Men
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno
Written by Diablo Cody
Michael Clayton
Written by Tony Gilroy
Once
Written by John Carney
Ratatouille
Story by Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco and Jan Pinkava
Screenplay by Brad Bird
The Savages
Written by Tamara Jenkins

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Based on the novel by Ian McEwan
Away From Her
Screenplay by Sarah Polley
Based on the short story The Bear Came Over The Mountain by Alice Munro
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
Based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby
No Country for Old Men
Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy
There Will Be Blood
Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson
Based on the novel Oil by Upton Sinclair

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Rodrigo Prieto, Lust, Caution
Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men
Dariusz Wolski, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Pietro Scalia, American Gangster
Paul Tothill, Atonement
John Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Roderick Jaynes, No Country for Old Men
Chris Lebenzon, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Atonement
Sarah Greenwood (art direction) & Katie Spencer (set decoration)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Guy Dyas (art direction) & Richard Roberts (set decoration)
The Golden Compass
Dennis Gassner (art direction) & Nancy Haigh (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Stuart Craig (art direction) & Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Dante Ferretti (art direction) & Francesca LoSchiavo (set decoration)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Janty Yates, American Gangster
Jacqueline Durran, Atonement
Alexandra Byrne, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Rita Ryack, Hairspray
Colleen Atwood, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Alan Silvestri, Beowulf
Alberto Iglesias, The Kite Runner
Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution
Michael Giacchino, Ratatouille

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"Come So Far (Got So Far To Go)", Hairspray
music by Marc Shaiman & lyrics by Scott Whitman
"Falling Slowly", Once
music & lyrics by Glen Hansard
"Guaranteed", Into the Wild
music & lyrics by Eddie Vedder
"A Hero Comes Home", Beowulf
music & lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard
"That's How You Know", Enchanted
music by Alan Menken & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and William Sarokin, American Gangster
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson and Dennis Sands, Beowulf
Mike Prestwood Smith and Mark Taylor, The Golden Compass
Tom Johnson, Michael Semanick and Tony Dawe, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Paul Massey and David Giammarco, 3:10 to Yuma
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin, Transformers

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Michael Silvers and Randy Thom, Ratatouille
Paul N.J. Ottosson, Spider Man 3
Steve Browell, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Don Sylvester, 3:10 to Yuma
Ethan Van Der Ryn and Mike Hopkins, Transformers

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Fink, Robert Stromberg, Bryan Gill and Frank Petzold, The Golden Compass
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Paul Franklin and Greg Butler, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Scott Farrar, John Frazier, Richard Kidd and Scott Benza, Transformers

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Tony Gardner and Judy Cooper-Sealy, Hairspray
Matthew W. Mungle and Lourdes Delgado, Love in the Time of Cholera
Neal Scanlan and Nana Fischer, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis (2.4.7. Films) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parronaud
Ratatouille (Disney/PIXAR) Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie (Fox/Gracie Films) Matt Groening and David Silverman

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Counterfeiters, Austria (Stefan Ruzowitzky)
The Edge of Heaven, Germany (Fatih Akin)
Persepolis, France (Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Parronaud)
Silent Light, Mexico (Carlos Reygadis)
The Unknown, Italy (Guiseppe Tornatore)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Autism: The Musical (In Effect Films) Tricia Regan
Body of War (Mobilus Media) Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro
Lake of Fire (Anonymous Content) Tony Kaye
Operation: Homecoming, Writing the Wartime Experience (The Documentary Group) Richard Robbins
Sicko (Dog Eat Dog Company) Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara

[domino harvey]

That's not a bad list of predictions, but some thoughts:
Oscar noms are decided by your peers and for whatever reason, other directors just do not want to give PTA any credit, so while it would be nice, I doubt you're gonna see him get a Best Director nod.
Once gets only a best song nod, if that.
With Dreamgirls failing to make it last year, Sweeney Todd's chances seem dim, especially given how much darker it's supposed to be in comparison.
For what it's worth, your Best Actress predictions are 5/5 what mine would be right now.

[patrick]

After watching Talk To Me I'm going to hazard a guess that Cheadle and Ejiofor are probably the actors to beat in the Oscar race - although Philip Seymour Hoffman has had a strong year as well, but I think his Oscar for Capote might defer some of that. If Paul Dano's performance in There Will Be Blood is as good as everybody says I think he might have a better chance of winning than Daniel Day-Lewis.

I would kill to see Michael Cera get some sort of nomination, but it's not going to happen.

[domino harvey]

I don't think Talk to Me got enough coverage to garner Cheadle a nod.

[patrick]

It was in and out of theaters pretty quickly, but I think if Focus can give it another year-end push to critics via screeners Cheadle might be a lock - this is the type of performance that Academy voters seem to eat up.

[domino harvey]

For what it's worth, your Best Actress predictions are 5/5 what mine would be right now.

Actually, now that I think about it, probably Kiera Knightley in place of the Edith Piaf girl-- another movie that didn't get enough coverage to garner a nod.

[Antoine Doinel]

It was in and out of theaters pretty quickly, but I think if Focus can give it another year-end push to critics via screeners Cheadle might be a lock - this is the type of performance that Academy voters seem to eat up.

Talk To Me was an ok film, nothing to write home about. Despite Cheadle's fine performance (and Taraji P. Henson's astounding performance that nearly outshines the big names) Focus Features will probably put their attention on their Eastern Promises, Lust Caution, Atonement trifecta.

[THX1378]

Oscar predictions from the buzz I've heard and the films I've seen this year-

BEST PICTURE
Atonement *Unless it picks up some steam it's going to get knocked out and replaced by The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*
Juno *May get bumped out for Diving Bell or ???*
No Country for Old Men *lock because of Fargo guilt and critics wins*
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street *Oscar loves a musical, but can they get over the blood/gore factor?*
There Will Be Blood *Critics wins tells me that the factors may change and that this film will bump Gangster out of the running
Wild Cards American Gangster, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
If there was a God The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Zodiac

BEST DIRECTOR
Joe Wright, Atonement
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Ridley Scott, American Gangster
Paul Thomas Anderson , There Will Be Blood
Sidney Lumet, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
Wild Cards Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd- Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly- Marc Forster, The Kite Runner

BEST ACTOR
Josh Brolin. No Country for Old Men
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Denzel Washington, American Gangster
Wild Cards Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James- James McAvoy-Atonement, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page, Juno
Wild Cards Keira Knightley, Atonement- Halle Berry, Things We Lost in the Fire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Wild Cards Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men- Ethan Hawke, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead- Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton, Robert Downey, Jr.,-Zodiac

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Marisa Tomei, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
Wild Cards Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton- Kelly Macdonald, No Country For Old Men- Susan Sarandon In The Valley of Elah- Jennifer Garner, Juno- Ruby Dee, American Gangster

[domino harvey]

God I hope you're wrong about American Gangster

[THX1378]

God I hope you're wrong about American Gangster

The only thing that would knock Gangster out of the running would be for The Kite Runner or The Diving Bell and The Butterfly to pick up some heat if they start to win some critics awards starting today with National Board of Review. I think ether it's going to get a nom for best picture, or Scott gets a nom for best director, or both. The Envelope.com still has both riding in at #3. With what people have said about There will be Blood, is that it's too black hearted to get a nom, and Before the Devil Knows your Dead will get a director nom for Sidney Lumet
Edit about the Suporting Actor and Actress race also with Jennifer Garner as a wild card for Juno, and that Philip Seymour Hoffman should knock Tommy Lee Jones out of the running to wild card for Charlie Wilson's War

[THX1378]

National Board of Review picked No Country for Old Men as Best Picture-
George Clooney won the best actor award for Michael Clayton and and Julie Christie won the best actress award for Away From Her.

[Antoine Doinel]

Full list of National Board Of Review winners here.

[Shrew]

I doubt the Kite Runner has a chance. I saw a preview screening and it was pretty damn bleh, even by Oscar standards. I haven't seen American Gangster yet, but given it's commercial success and fairly warm reception, it has a good chance at sneaking in.

I don't think Juno has enough time to build up steam like Little Miss Sunshine, but who knows.

[Barmy]

I'm glad Michael Douglas finally got that career achievement award.

[Jeff]

The main NBR winners are swell, but their Top 10 list is especially silly this year. They kicked Annette Insdorf off the team for some reason. She was the last vestige of credibility they had.

[domino harvey]

The main NBR winners are swell, but their Top 10 list is especially silly this year. They kicked Annette Insdorf off the team for some reason. She was the last vestige of credibility they had.

I was like "What's he talking about," and then I got to the Bucket List.

I guess we should look forward to another fucking unearned nomination for ol' JACK

[Jeff]

I was like "What's he talking about," and then I got to the Bucket List.

That was the one that got to me, but I shouldn't criticize without seeing it. I really hated Lars and the Real Girl, which also made their list, but I know that one has its fans. I'll reiterate though that I really love their main choices of No Country, Clooney, Christie, Affleck, and Ryan. For me, the jury's still out on Burton.

[postmodern-chuck]

I'm still confounded by the There Will Be Blood snub. If anything, I'm surprised it was not considered for Day-Lewis, let alone short-listed on the top 10. Seriously. What's the what?

American Gangster and Charlie Wilson, on the other hand... those are two snubs that give me a sliver of hope...

[domino harvey]

Has Charlie Wilson even screened for critics yet though?

[Antoine Doinel]

I would imagine screeners have already gone out.

[Jeff]

Has Charlie Wilson even screened for critics yet though?

Yeah. It's had a couple of screenings in both NY and LA. The trades have already run their reviews and so have a few other awards pundits.

[THX1378]

I'm still confounded by the There Will Be Blood snub. If anything, I'm surprised it was not considered for Day-Lewis, let alone short-listed on the top 10. Seriously. What's the what?

Lots of people are saying that There Will Be Blood is a take it or leave it film thats going to dived a lot of people as to if it's a masterpiece or not. Most say that it's to dark and black hearted for Oscar to nom it for best picture or director, but that Day-Lewis has good odds along with Dano to get the acting noms.

[Dylan]

I'm still confounded by the There Will Be Blood snub. If anything, I'm surprised it was not considered for Day-Lewis, let alone short-listed on the top 10. Seriously. What's the what?

Lots of people are saying that There Will Be Blood is a take it or leave it film thats going to dived a lot of people as to if it's a masterpiece or not. Most say that it's to dark and black hearted for Oscar to nom it for best picture or director, but that Day-Lewis has good odds along with Dano to get the acting noms.

And Robert Elswit for cinematography.