Awards Season 2005

[exte]

Particularly sad that they joined the "Brokeback" bandwagon.

Have you actually SEEN the movie? How elitist are we getting here?

[Barmy]

It is hardly "elitist" to contend that a bland movie directed by one of the blandest directors ever and featuring 2 horrifically overrated actors is not THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR. Yeah, I've seen it. It was OK. I have zero desire to ever see it again. That fact alone disqualifies it from my top 50, let alone my top 10.

[kieslowski_67]

It is hardly "elitist" to contend that a bland movie directed by one of the blandest directors ever and featuring 2 horrifically overrated actors is not THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR. Yeah, I've seen it. It was OK. I have zero desire to ever see it again. That fact alone disqualifies it from my top 50, let alone my top 10.

You opinion is well taken. We must live in such a bland world that a string of bland movies made by one of the blandest directors can actually have sucked in strings of well respected, bland critics to heap on bland appraise.

I quit.

[kieslowski_67]

Las Vegas Film Critics Name Brokeback Tops

Picture: Brokeback Mountain
Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Actor: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
S. Actor: Matt Dillon, Crash
S. Actress: Frances McDormand, North Country
Screenplay: Crash
Documentary: March of the Penguins
Foreign: Kung Fu Hustle
Animated: Wallace & Gromit

San Diego Film Critics Name King Kong Best Film

Picture: King Kong
Director: Bennett Miller, Capote
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Actress: Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
S. Actor: Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers
S. Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
O. Screenplay: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
A. Screenplay: Capote
Documentary: Grizzly Man
Foreign:Innocent Voices
Animated: Howl's Moving Castle

Dallas Fort Worth Critics go Brokeback
Runners-Up
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Crash
Cinderella Man
Syriana
Pride and Prejudice
A History of Violence
King Kong
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runners-up Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain, David Strathairn for Good Night and Good Luck, Joaquin Phoenix, Cinderella Man

Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Runners-up Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Charlize Theron, North Country

Best Supporting Actor: Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney, Syriana
Jesse Eisenberg, The Squid and the Whale

Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener, Capote
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Scarlett Johansson, Match Point
Amy Adams, Junebug

Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Bennett Miller, Capote
Peter Jackson, King Kong
Paul Haggis, Crash

Foreign-language, Paradise Now
Runners-up Kung Fu Hustle
Downfall
Nobody Knows
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Documentary: Murderball
Runnsers-up March of the Penguins
Grizzly Man
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Mad Hot Ballroom

Animated; Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Runners-up

Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto, Brokeback Mountain
Emmanuel Lubezki, The New World

Best Screenplay: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain, Capote runner-up.


Southeastern Film Critics Announce - Brokeback Wins BP

SEFCA TOP TEN

1. "Brokeback Mountain"
2. "Good Night, and Good Luck."
3. "Capote"
4. "Crash"
5. "A History of Violence"
6. "The Constant Gardener"
7. "Syriana"
8. "Cinderella Man"
9. "King Kong"
10. Walk the Line"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner - "Caché"
Runner-up - "Kung-fu Hustle"

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner - Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Runner-up George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck."

BEST ACTOR
Winner - Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Runner up - Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"

BEST ACTRESS
Winner - Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
Runner-up - Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner - Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
Runner-up - George Clooney, "Syriana"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner - Amy Adams, "Junebug"
Runner-up - Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winners - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
Runners-up - George Clooney and Grant Herslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck."

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winners - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"
Runner-up Dan Futterman, "Capote"

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner - "March of the Penguins"
Runner-up - "Grizzly Man"

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"
Runner-up - "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"

[kieslowski_67]

Brokeback, Walk the Line Win Satellite Awards

1. Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Felicity Huffman -- Transamerica (IFC Films/The Weinstein Company)

2. Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Capote (Sony)

3. Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Reese Witherspoon -- Walk the Line (FOX)

4. Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Terrence Howard -- Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics)

5. Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
Laura Linney -- The Squid and the Whale (Samuel Goldwyn)

6. Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
Danny Huston -- The Constant Gardener (Focus Features)

7. Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
Rosario Dawson -- Rent (Sony Pictures)

8. Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
Val Kilmer -- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Warner Bros.)

9. Motion Picture, Drama
Brokeback Mountain -- Focus Features

10. Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Walk the Line -- FOX

11. Motion Picture, Foreign Film
Mother of Mine -- (Nordisk Film Theatrical) Finland

12. Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe -- Buena Vista Pictures

13. Motion Picture, Documentary
Mad Hot Ballroom -- Paramount Classics

14. Director
Ang Lee -- Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)

15. Screenplay, Original
George Clooney, Grant Heslov -- Good Night, and Good Luck.(Warner Independent)

16. Screenplay, Adapted
Robin Swicord -- Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony)

17. Original Score
Harry Gregson-Williams -- Kingdom of Heaven

18. Original Song
“A Love That Will Never Grow Oldâ€

[Barmy]

Oscar predictions for the 2006 calendar year:

http://www.theoscarigloo.com/2005/Speci ... s2006.html

[Jeff]

Rather than cluttering this thread with dozens of critic's top ten lists, allow me to direct your attention to this site, which compiles them meticulously and creates a concensus list. If you want to see the lists of the individual critics, go here.

[Andre Jurieu]

The Village Voice has released its annual poll of alt-press film critics (Take 7):

http://www.villagevoice.com/take/seven/

Participants include the Village Voice staff (J Hoberman, Atkinson, Lim, etc.), Rosenbaum, Mike D'Angelo, David Ehrenstein, Chris Fujiwara, Slant Staffers Ed Gonzalez & Nick Shager, Film Comment's Kent Jones, Dave Kehr, Simpsons character Alice Lovejoy, Ray Pride (a name that amuses my juvenile half almost as much as Wolf Blitzer), James Quandt, Carrie Rickey, Jim Ridley (who always has interesting comments), Andrew Sarris, Laura Sinagra, Gavin Smith, Chuck Stephens, David Sterritt, Chuck Taylor, Ella Taylor, (Slant's?) Keith Uhlich, and Armond White. Their comments section is usually worth reading, but they won't be posted until the 27th.

[kieslowski_67]

This is the most comprehensive data base for the nationwide critics top 10 list I have seen so far (472 lists up to now):

http://www.criticstop10.net/

The interesting thing is that the 5 movies nominated by PGA (producers guide award) include the top 4 critically aclaimed movies along with "Crash" (#7).

[Michael]

Jon Stewart is the new Oscar host.

http://oscarbeat.latimes.com/

[Andre Jurieu]

This is the most comprehensive data base for the nationwide critics top 10 list I have seen so far (472 lists up to now):

http://www.criticstop10.net/

Look back at Jeff's post just two spots above your post.

[exte]

Awesome. They couldn't have picked a brighter guy.

[Andre Jurieu]

12TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Russell Crowe / CINDERELLA MAN – Jim Braddock
Philip Seymour Hoffman / CAPOTE – Truman Capote
Heath Ledger / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Ennis Del Mar
Joaquin Phoenix / WALK THE LINE – John R. Cash
David Strathairn / GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – Edward R. Murrow

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Judi Dench / MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Mrs. Laura Henderson
Felicity Huffman / TRANSAMERICA – Bree
Charlize Theron / NORTH COUNTRY – Josey Aimes
Reese Witherspoon / WALK THE LINE – June Carter
Ziyi Zhang / MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Sayuri

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Don Cheadle / CRASH – Graham
George Clooney / SYRIANA – Bob Barnes
Matt Dillon / CRASH – Officer Ryan
Paul Giamatti / CINDERELLA MAN – Joe Gould
Jake Gyllenhaal / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Jack Twist

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams / JUNEBUG – Ashley
Catherine Keener/ CAPOTE – Nelle Harper Lee
Frances McDormand / North Country – Glory
Rachel Weisz / THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Tessa Quayle
Michelle Williams / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Alma

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
HUSTLE & FLOW


2006 Writers Guild Awards -- Screen Nominees Announced

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

CINDERELLA MAN, Screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman, Story by Cliff Hollingsworth, Universal Pictures
CRASH, Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Story by Paul Haggis, Lions Gate Films
THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, Written by Judd Apatow & Steve Carell, Universal Pictures
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, Written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov, Warner Independent Pictures
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, Written by Noah Baumbach, Samuel Goldwyn Films

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, Based on the Short Story by Annie Proulx, Focus Features
CAPOTE, Screenplay by Dan Futterman, Based on the Book by Gerald Clarke, UA/Sony Pictures Classics
THE CONSTANT GARDENER, Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, Based on the Novel by John le Carré, Focus Features
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, Screenplay by Josh Olson, Based on the Graphic Novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, New Line Cinema
SYRIANA, Written by Stephen Gaghan, Based on the Book "See No Evil" by Robert Baer, Warner Bros. Pictures

[kieslowski_67]

PGA and DGA also announced. Looks like finally this is the year that Oscar will go for character driven, instead of action drive flicks.

DGA Announces
Official Release

GEORGE CLOONEY

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Warner Independent Pictures

Mr. Clooney's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Barbara A. Hall
First Assistant Director: David Webb
Second Assistant Director: Melissa V. Barnes
Second Second Assistant Director: Richard Gonzales

This is Mr. Clooney's first nomination.

PAUL HAGGIS

CRASH
Lions Gate Films

Mr. Haggis' Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Betsy Danbury
First Assistant Director: Scott Cameron
Second Assistant Director: Simone Farber

This is Mr. Haggis' first nomination.

ANG LEE

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Focus Features

Mr. Lee's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Managers: Scott Ferguson, Tom Benz
First Assistant Directors: Michael Hausman, Pierre Tremblay
Second Assistant Director: Donald Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director: Brad Moerke

This is Mr. Lee's third nomination. He received a previous nomination for SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) and won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000).

BENNETT MILLER

CAPOTE
United Artists / Sony Pictures Classics

Mr. Miller's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Managers: Ellen Rutter, Caroline Baron
First Assistant Directors: Ronaldo Nacionales, Richard O'Brien Moran
Second Assistant Director: Charles Crossin

This is Mr. Miller's first nomination.

STEVEN SPIELBERG

MUNICH
Universal Pictures

Mr. Spielberg's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Ian Hickinbotham
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
Second Second Assistant Director: Pierre Ellul

Producers Guild Nominees
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA
ANNOUNCES NOMINEES AND PRODUCERS
FOR THE 2006 PGA AWARDS

Sunday, January 22nd at The Universal Hilton

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006 (Los Angeles, CA)-- The Producers Guild of America is pleased to announce the nominated productions and eligible producers for the 2006 Producers Guild Awards, hosted by Intel and sponsored by Volvo. The event will take place on Sunday, January 22nd at the Universal Hilton.

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award
Theatrical Motion Pictures

Brokeback Mountain
(Focus Features)
Diana Ossana
James Schamus

Capote
(USA/Sony Pictures Classic)
Caroline Baron
William Vince
Michael Ohoven

Crash
(Lions Gate Films)
Paul Haggis
Cathy Schulman

Good Night, and Good Luck
(Warner Independent Pictues)
Grant Heslov

Walk the Line
(Twentieth Century Fox)
James Keach
Cathy Konrad

[Andre Jurieu]

Film Comment's 2005 Critics' Poll

[Andre Jurieu]

MetaCritic's Best of 2005 Feature is up, which includes a tracking of Awards & Nominations and a compilation of Critics' Top Ten Lists.

[Andre Jurieu]

BAFTA Nominations have been announced.

[Dylan]

http://www.oscars.com/nominees/list.html

Pretty boring for the most part. I saw far more new films this year than I've tried previous years, and God, basically nothing I would personally hail got any nominations, save for a solitary nom for "Match Point" as best original screenplay; at least what I feel may be Allen's greatest film didn't get entirely left out.

Where is 2046 for best cinematography?

[toiletduck!]

And in a shocking turn of events, the tightest catagory is...

Animated Feature?!?

Interesting aside: For perhaps the first time in my life, I've seen one of the animated shorts BEFORE the ceremony. Go Badgered!

Sad aside: Jeff Daniels, I still love you.

-Toilet Dcuk

[Andre Jurieu]

Sad aside: Jeff Daniels, I still love you.

-Toilet Dcuk

When I was young, I would never have thought that I would share so many similar sentiments with a toilet cleaner, but here we are...

I was hoping for a little love for Laura Linney as well. These two really were the filet of performances this past year (despite what Armond White thinks).

Well, even if I haven't seen the movie yet, my irrational crush on Catherine Keener will make me cheer for her potential win.

[postmodern-chuck]

I particularly love the fact the Animated Film category completely shuts out the hideous, soulless CGI animation in favor of the more traditional forms. It's funny; the same year Disney announces they're abandoning cel animation, the only film of theirs nominated for anything is the meticulously hand-drawn import from Miyazaki. The rest? Stop motion. And all three films are faaaaaar more adventurous than anything the House of Mouse has crapped out in a long, long time.

[kieslowski_67]

4 of my top 5 English language films for 2005 were nominated for BP. If "pride and prejudice" had gotten in instead of "crash", that would have made my life perfect.

Keener was great in "Capote" even if her role was minor. She has no chance though while Weisz has already had the gold man in her bag.

This will be one of those boring Oscars as mostly all the major categories are locked up already. The only races still open are best supporting actor and best foreign language film ("paradise now" is a favorite, but not a lock).

[backstreetsbackalright]

Sad aside: Jeff Daniels, I still love you.

-Toilet Dcuk

When I was young, I would never have thought that I would share so many similar sentiments with a toilet cleaner, but here we are...

I was hoping for a little love for Laura Linney as well. These two really were the filet of performances this past year (despite what Armond White thinks).

Well, even if I haven't seen the movie yet, my irrational crush on Catherine Keener will make me cheer for her potential win.

Linney's performance was my favorite of the year too. That said, I must admit that I'd be perfectly pleased to see Reese Witherspoon walk away with the Oscar.

[leo goldsmith]

best foreign language film ("paradise now" is a favorite, but not a lock).

Paradise Now is perfect foreign language Oscar material. It's basically a Hollywood movie made elsewhere. Anyway, I've never heard of any of the others. So much for 2046.

And, for that matter, Grizzly Man.

[ben d banana]

Sad aside: Jeff Daniels, I still love you.

-Toilet Dcuk

When I was young, I would never have thought that I would share so many similar sentiments with a toilet cleaner, but here we are...

Me and you both.

I was hoping for a little love for Laura Linney as well. These two really were the filet of performances this past year (despite what Armond White thinks).

Still agreeing.

Well, even if I haven't seen the movie yet, my irrational crush on Catherine Keener will make me cheer for her potential win.

And yes oh yes, three for three. Nothing irrational about it my dear man.

I will watch the Oscars as usual for what is life without disappointment? That and the gf insists upon it.