That’s Glen Hansard, vocalist for the band The Frames. He also is the lead in the movie in which that song appears, Once. Fantastic movie.
That performance was mixed really badly, though. Marketa is the backing vocalist.
-faints-
It’s from Once. I’m not sure if it was originally written for the movie though. Glen Hansard is the lead singer of an Irish band called The Frames - I heard it on one of their albums initially.
ETA: I totally agree, interface. Her voice should have been in the background.
If it wasn’t, wouldn’t it be ineligible?
I swear if I hear one more “Movies _____ us.” speech in my life I’m going to go on an academy award writers shooting spree.
How many of those movies still have people watching them? I think I’ve seen about 20 or 25 and have no interest in watching about half of the rest.
And seriously, the only reason I know anything about Annie Hall is that I still can’t figure out how the hell it beat Star Wars.
I don’t know, I figure I have seen over 50 of the 79 winners. Doesn’t mean I like them all, but I would like the see the rest.
As to how Annie Hall won over Star Wars, I hope you are joking? The bigger question is how movies like “Shakespeare in Love” or the “Greatest Show on Earth” won.
You realize that you’ll be taking out Bruce “I wrote the Star Wars Holiday Special” Vlanch, don’t you? You’ll need a hazardous waste permit.
Shakespeare in Love is easy to know why it won: it’s a movie that if you know your Shakespeare it’s brilliant and it was handed out by a bunch of people who have worked in the theater.
The one I wonder about is Gentlemen’s Agreement.
:smack: Yeah, I guess you’re right.
I wonder how many kids are watching this guy talk about “Hitch” and think he’s talking about the Will Smith character?
You prefer that schmaltz about singing while scrubbing toilets? :eek:
<crosses Jim off movie escort for me>
This guy is cool-he’s 98 and still working at what he loves. Thank God they haven’t done the music crap. Very gracious. Can’t stand Nicole Kidman, though.
I was surprised at how many of the Best Pics I’ve seen as well.
Hmm…I don’t really like romantic comedies and I don’t like Woody Allen movies. So that’s a good enough reason for me.
That was Nicole Kidman? I thought it was Skeletor.
Um… Is Penelope Cruz now the owner of a saloon in the old west or what?
yeah-NK gets scarier every year. So does Tom Cruise–maybe they should have stayed together.
Actually, here’s what wiki says:
Hurray! No more terrible “best song” nominees to listen to after this is over!
The versatile and handsome? Gosh-the standards are slipping these days, no?
Notice they don’t say talented… (don’t know anything about him)
God-this tripe will win–it’s got Hollywood Oscar song written all over it. Blech. what’s with the dancers?
They seemed to have mixed up their historical periods here–but what the hell, it’s Hollywood. I bet this one wins. Ugh.
Over “Falling Slowly”? I will cry.
Waitadamnminnit!!! When Jon Stewart did the whole “pregnant women in the audience” schtick, Nicole Kidman was the only person who wasn’t shown actually in the audience. Then, later, she comes out to present an Oscar. And it was a good two commercial breaks before her appearance! What the heck! Was he joking about her being preggers? If so, is she too good to go along with the joke? I’m so not one one of her fans after she failed to stage an intervention to save Cruise from the Scientologists!
Razorette and I are kicking back with our Metamucil mimosas and imagining ourselves somehow part of the whole Oscar experience because … well … we are, after all, Netflix subscribers!
Oooooh, Travoltahhhh! Gotta go!
I didn’t realize three songs came from the same movie. Doesn’t say much about the music in 2007, does it?