Oscar Fever!
Okay...i'll admit it...i've been dying to talk about this for sometime now. Well not dying but very very very interested. I have not seen one of the movies that have been nominated for the various academy awards. For example i've been dying to see 'Munich'(nominated for Best Picture) because it stars Eric Bana who I think is a pretty good actor. But unfortunately due to the very pissing off 'releasing-of-movies' in Dubai we have to wait until after the Oscars are over to watch these critically acclaimed movies. Some are lucky though. They are released early in the year so we have seen some. But for movies like "Goodnight and Goodluck"(Best Picture) and "Capote", we just have to rely on the fact that they will release in Dubai, but way later. I personally find this quite pissing off, I mean like the whole world saw Harry Potter first and only in the gulf did we wait for its release.
But anyway back to the movies. For those who do not the nominations I think I'll do you guys a favour. And The Nominees for 78th Academy Awards are...
Best motion picture of the year
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
A River Road Entertainment Production
"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven,
An A-Line Pictures/Cooper's Town/ Producers
Infinity Media Production
"Crash" (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar's Bridge/
Harris Company/ApolloProscreen
GmbH & Co./Bull's Eye Entertainment
Production
"Good Night, and Good Luck." Grant Heslov, Producer
(Warner Independent Pictures)
A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Barry Mendel, Producers
Pictures Production
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow" (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney in "Syriana" (Warner Bros.)
Matt Dillon in "Crash" (Lions Gate)
Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax)
Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
William Hurt in "A History of Violence" (New Line)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
Charlize Theron in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in "Junebug" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Catherine Keener in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Frances McDormand in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)
Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features)
Michelle Williams in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Best animated feature film of the year
"Howl's Moving Castle" (Buena Vista)
Hayao Miyazaki
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" (Warner Bros.)
Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Nick Park and Steve Box
Achievement in art direction
"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)
Art Direction: Jim Bissell
Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"King Kong" (Universal)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Achievement in cinematography
"Batman Begins" (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Rodrigo Prieto
"Good Night, and Good Luck." Robert Elswit
(Warner Independent Pictures)
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dion Beebe
"The New World" (New Line) Emmanuel Lubezki
Achievement in costume design
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Warner Bros.) Gabriella Pescucci
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colleen Atwood
"Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company) Sandy Powell
"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Arianne Phillips
Achievement in directing
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Ang Lee
"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Bennett Miller
"Crash" (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis
"Good Night, and Good Luck." George Clooney
(Warner Independent Pictures)
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Steven Spielberg
And also a very badly taken video of the nominees selection night:
And This is the trailer for Brokeback Mountain (controversial best picture):
Who do you think is going to win (thats if you've seen any of the movies)?
9 comments:
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN! that is, if i ever get around to watching it... which is highly unlikely. btw, i noticed u didnt put up the nominations for best movie. shame. neway, all the movies sound good... shd be a tough one! hey walk the line isnt even nominated for best movie! how about that?
'course, i hope joaquin phoenix wins best actor. cant wait. and reese witherspoon as well... ok, cant keep richard waiting...
OOOh crap...thanks for that...i dint notice!
But i hear that Phillip Seymour Hoffman is the favourite for Capote...i cn guess why you think brokeback mountain should win juhi...i saw the cast!
Anyways goodbye and thanks for commenting!
Um.. well I don't see how anyone's going to see Brokeback, unless we download it, as the lovely UAE censors have banned it. There was a v. typical Khaleej Times report about it earlier,
im mortally wounded! thats just one of the reasons i want it to win! ;)
having seen the trailer umpteen number of times (thats the only thing i was able to download, dont ask why), it just tugged on the heart strings, and didnt u hear heath ledgers accent and voice in the movie? thats enough to make me wanna watch it! besides, its a brilliant story about love (no matter what kind) and ang lee's directing it! hello?
and to prove its a good movie, watch oprah prime time on sunday. i know its before physics, but itll be worth it!
hah well tejas - thats why u shouldnt be so hard on the anonymous ppl!
im frankly not really bothered...you see i have discovered the trash button...
Hi just wanted to say thumbs up to Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour. Joaquin is undoubtedly a top rated actor and i found it really interesting to see him on Oprah, because he said something I think really shows his ability as an actor. He said after a role like that he generally gets lost and confused and incredibly depressed because he starts doubting who he is. That really goes to show his ability to just dive into a part completely and absorb everything of the person he's portraying. It really made me respect him as an actor.
Philip seymour i have seen in the past though he never really blew me away. Good actor, sure but that was it. i saw him in Patch Adams and while that movie is very near to being one of the best i've ever seen, he didn't really have me in awe. Sure his role was small but then so was Cuba Gooding in Jerry Maguire! anyway "toodles"!
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