Early Oscar Buzz/Nominations '06-'07

[PoppyAzura]

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
BEST PICTURE
Letters from Iwo Jima
Runner Up: The Queen

DIRECTOR
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima

ACTRESS
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runner-up: Penelope Cruz, Volver

ACTOR:
Tie - Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat and Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

SCREENPLAY
The Queen by Peter Morgan
Runner-up: Little Miss Sunshine by Michael Arndt

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Luminita Gheorghiu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Runner-up: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Sheen, The Queen
Runner-up: Sergi Lopez, Pan's Labyrinth

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Runner-up: Volver directed by Pedro Almodovar

DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim
Runner-up: Darwin's Nightmare directed by Hubert Sauper

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Eugenio Caballero, Pan's Labyrinth
Runner-up: Jim Clay, Veronica Falzon, Geoffrey Kirkland, Children of Men

ANIMATION
Happy Feet (George Miller)
Runner-up: Cars (John Lasseter, Joe Ranft)

MUSIC
Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil and The Queen
Runner-up: Thomas Newman, The Good German and Little Children

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men
Runner-up: Tom Stern, Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima

NEW GENERATION
Michael Arndt, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Robert Mulligan (previously announced)

INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL
Tie - Old Joy directed by Kelly Reichardt and In Between Days directed by So Yong Kim

SPECIAL CITATIONS
To Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film Army of Shadows which had its U.S. premiere this year, and to Jonas Mekas for his career as a critic and filmmaker.
http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/lafca.html

 

[PoppyAzura]

NY Online Film Critics Awards
Picture
THE QUEEN

Director
STEPHEN FREARS - The Queen

Screenplay
PETER MORGAN - The Queen

Cinematography
DICK POPE - The Illusionist

Actor
FOREST WHITAKER - The Last King of Scotland

Actress
HELEN MIRREN - The Queen

Supporting Actor
MICHAEL SHEEN - The Queen

Supporting Actress
JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls (tie)
CATHERINE O'HARA - For Your Consideration (tie)

Ensemble Cast
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Debut as Director
JONATHAN DAYTON, VALERIE FARIS - Little Miss Sunshine

Breakthrough Performer
JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls

Film Score
PHILIP GLASS - The Illusionist

Documentary Feature
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Animated Feature
HAPPY FEET

Foreign Language Picture
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Humanitarian Award
DEEPA MEHTA (Water) for taking risks to create films about
the difficulties of social change in India especially as it affects
women.

Ten Best Pictures (Alphabetical)
BABEL (Paramount Vantage)
THE FOUNTAIN (Warner Bros.)
INLAND EMPIRE (Absurda)
LITTLE CHILDREN (New Line)
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Fox Searchlight)
PAN'S LABYRINTH (Picturehouse)
THE QUEEN (Miramax)
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (Fox Searchlight)
VOLVER (Sony Pictures Classics)
WATER (Fox Searchlight)
http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/NYOFC.html

 

[PoppyAzura]

Boston Society of Film Critics

Best Picture
The Departed
United 93, runner-up

Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Paul Greengrass, United 93, runner-up

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson, runner-up

Best Actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal, runner-up

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
TIE: Michael Sheen, The Queen; Alec Baldwin, The Departed/Running with Scissors/The Good Shepherd, runners-up

Best Supporting Actress
Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wore Prada, runner-up

Best Ensemble Cast
United 93
The Departed, runner-up

Best Screenplay
William Monahan, The Departed
Peter Morgan, The Queen, runner-up

Best Foreign Language Film
Pan's Labyrinth
Volver, runner-up

Best Documentary
TIE: Deliver Us From Evil/Shut Up & Sing
51 Birch Street, runner-up

Best New Filmmaker
Ryan Fleck, Half Nelson
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine, runners-up

Best Cinematography
Guillermo Navarro. Pan's Labyrinth
TIE: Stuart Dryburgh, The Painted Veil; Xiaoding Zhao, Curse of the Golden Flower, runners-up
http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/Boston.html


AFI Top Ten- 2006
BABEL
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
HALF NELSON
HAPPY FEET
INSIDE MAN
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
UNITED 93
http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/AFI.html

 

[canuckcutie]

Looks like there is a lot of love for Helen and Forrest, they may be the 2 to beat. Best pic and director are all over the place, I still say Marty and The Departed will take it. I can't see The Academy rewarding Clint yet again.

Glad to see The Fountain and Little Children getting recognized.

Factory Girl is turning into a never ending mess so looks like Sienna's dreams of oscar glory (like they were ever going to happen) are off.

Curious to see who the GG's nominate.

 

[christina126]

Awards season 2007

The Golden Globes were announced today. They are the first of many more awards nominations to come until the Oscars.

Here's a link to the noms:
http://www.hfpa.org/news/id/42

I'm really glad Brad Pitt and Babel got nominated. Other than that I'm not really sure; haven't seen too many movies lately.

What do you all think?

 

[christina126]

Oh, forgot to mention that I'm really happy about Grey's Anatomy's nominations too!

 

[Tinetush]

I haven't seen many of the movies either, nor the series. Though I'm glad to see Helen Mirren nominated for playing both Elizabeth's, I'm glad Jeremy Irons is nominated for Elizabeth 1 as well. Also all The Thank you for smoking nominations, Steve Carell for the Office, Kyra Sedgwick for the Closer, Sarah Paulson for Studio 60, and Felicity Hufman for Desperate Housewives.

I'm quite pleased with this
- I'm sure I forgot someone though...

 

[daddyslittlegrl8]

I love that Leonardo but not one but two nods for his work! yah for him! he was splendid in the Departed.

dlg

 

[eternitygoddess]

BEYONCE?!!!

Ugh!

I'm more interested in what the nominees will bring to the fashion scene. Thank goodness for Cate Blanchett.

 

[daddyslittlegrl8]

^yes I have to agree with the beyonce assessment. Has that movie even come out yet?

dlg

 

[Miss Dalloway]

I am so happy that Brad was nominated.Babel is simply amazing and i always thought he is a great actor but wrongly overlooked because of his looks.etc
I truly hope Brad wins and not just a Golden Globe but an Oscar too.


When are Golden Globe Awards?

 

[MulletProof]

^yes I have to agree with the beyonce assessment. Has that movie even come out yet?

I think it hasnt come out ...so if no one's seen it yet, how can they be disappointed with the nomination?, maybe she did a good performance..

anyway, a proper ' ', I'm so excited for this, definitely rooting for Penelope Cruz and Will Smith...wishing Babel gets something..and crossing fingers for Pan's Labyrinth or Volver [at least] to get the best foreign film category. surprising how a movie from the USA [apocalypto] is also a nominee for foreign film... i thought this was about foreign productions and not foreign languages...

 

[MulletProof]

When are Golden Globe Awards?

monday january 15. 8 pm on NBC.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

monday january 15. 8 pm on NBC.

Thank you very much!
And yes i agree and i forgot to mention Volver!!!!!
Yes hopefully it will get a few awards even though i doubt Penelope will recive one.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

I'm more interested in what the nominees will bring to the fashion scene. Thank goodness for Cate Blanchett.

I am actually interested in the fashion ascpet of the awards too.

 

[kikidior]

and crossing fingers for Pan's Labyrinth or Volver [at least] to get the best foreign film category.

... rooting for these as well ... pan's labyrinth slightly more than volver

 

[TheGlassAngel]

Two for Di caprio. When I saw the news this morning, I was both surprised and impressed. Hmmm...no one can call him Titanic Boy now It's odd, with all the actors who are pidgeon holed after one iconic role, I'm happy that he managed to break through stereotypical castings and can hold his own as an actor

 

[*Princesse*]

I'm so pleased Emily Blunt was recognized for TDWP. She was a large supporting addition to what is already making that movie iconic, I believe. Meryl Streep, of course, carried the movie, but had it not been for Emily, Meryl alone would be what veiwers remembered leaving the theater, not the broader satire. Emily's quickly becoming a favorite of mine.

And she was nominated twice!

 

[MulletProof]

Two for Di caprio. When I saw the news this morning, I was both surprised and impressed. Hmmm...no one can call him Titanic Boy now It's odd, with all the actors who are pidgeon holed after one iconic role, I'm happy that he managed to break through stereotypical castings and can hold his own as an actor

I know. both Leonardo and Kate have really defied expectations...Kate was well-known for her work but Leonardo was often underrated.. I think it's great that he's taken seriously now... maybe because he's no longer appealing to teenagers.

 

[kellyt]

I didnt want to see the departed, or Babel...but now I sorta do.

"Little Children" was a good performance by Kate Winslet. That film was very disfunctional