no makeup, costume, cinematography or director for TTT? barfy smiley.
spirited away has got to win animated feature film. if it were up to me i’d replace GONY with spirited away in the best picture category.
what’s GONY doing in the original screenplay running, for that matter? and catherine zeta-jones was a fine dancer in Chicago, but she didn’t do a whole lot of acting - ditto to Queen Latifah, whom I loved, but Oscar material? the supporting categories in general are fairly thin this year, though i am glad to see ed harris up for a golden nudie.
the hours is most definitely going to win best picture [sadly]. it should have been up for best makeup, too - did you see how they managed to write ‘PLEASE GIVE ME AN OSCAR PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE THANKS’ on nicole kidman’s forehead in invisible ink? astounding!
I know that Pacino was nominated for Best Actor (SCENT OF A WOMAN) and Best Supporting Actor (GLENGARRY GLENROSS) in the same year. He won Best Actor but could legally have won both.
No, although most of them have won one of the two: Fay Bainter, Teresa Wright, Barry Fitzgerald, Holly Hunter, Al Pacino, Jessica Lange all received Lead & Supporting nominations in the same year, and they all won one of the two.
Emma Thompson and Sigourney Weaver are the only two that lost both.
I am pleased that TTT got the Best Picture nomination. It won’t win but after losing twice in a row, LOTR will have an excellent chance to win next year.
Spirited Away was bound to get a nomination since there were going to be five spots this year. Though I admit I haven’t seen the other entries this is the film I will be rooting on Oscar night not only because it’s wonderful but because an Oscar win could mean it gets the wide release it deserves. Many people seem to think that Disney won’t push another studio’s film. But from a purely commercial angle, an Oscar win will make a huge difference to Spirited Away (especially for the April DVD release) whereas it will make little difference to Lilo and Stich or Treasure Planet.
Yes, the Coen Brothers edited Fargo but used the alias Roderick Jaynes. “He” got nominated.
Robert Towne was dissatisfied with the final product of Greystoke so took his name off the credits, replacing it with the alias P.H. Vazak (supposedly named for his dog). He got nominated.
Robert Rich won the Oscar for Best Motion Picture Story for The Brave One back in 1956. Only, Robert Rich didn’t exist; he was the pseudonym for the blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo. It took the Academy almost 20 years before they gave Trumbo the Oscar.
The official line is that the book by Asbury was used as a source of reference material rather than as the source for the script. I think the language used is that the movie was “inspired” by the book.
Of course, in that case I think you would have to say that “Adaptation” was also “inspired” by the Orchid Thief, rather than based on it.
IIRC, in Oscar’s first years (late '20s), actors were nominated for their body of work in the given year–not for a particular role. (Which made sense, when actors cranked out 2 or 3 films each year). So Reilly is kind of a throwback, in that regard.
I guess someone “accepted the award on Trumbo’s behalf”, huh?
The adapted screenplay Oscar in 1957 went to Pierre Boulle for Bridge on the River Kwai. Blacklisted writers Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson weren’t listed, so the award went to Boulle alone–even though he didn’t speak English. Foreman and Wilson got their Oscars in 1984.
Wrote this big old post, but SDMB logged me out. Hate that.
They’re setting up the Best Director for Martin Scorsese, which is too bad because while he deserves some sort of lifetime achievement award, he doesn’t deserve it for this movie. PJ’s the only director on the Best Pic list not nominated for Best Director. Is that some sort of slap in the face? I know most people didn’t like TTT because of the split storylines.
Me, too. I was very sad that neither of his wonderful performances [i[The Rookie* & Far From Heaven) were acknowledged.
But Paul Newman is… Paul Newman. I liked Road to Perdition enough, and maybe people were just surprised that Paul Newman decided to play a bad guy, but I didn’t think it was much of a role for Paul Newman. I don’t think the Academy can get around the fact that Andy Serkis’ face wasn’t actually on screen. You’re an actor. Your face should always be on the screen. Maybe next year (not holding my breath though).
If My Big Fat Greek Wedding wins for anything, I will throw hard objects at my tv. Why that movie is so loved is beyond me. It’s, at best, a cute matinee movie. Blech.
Not a personal slap in the face, but there’s usually one pair of movies that way every year. I suspect that next year neither film nor director will be nominated. And it may not even get much more than technical awards noms. I don’t think the academy like sci-fi/fantasy as much as the fans do.
And if you thought the “Blame Canada” controversy was fun, I’d like to thank the Academy for nominating “Lose Yourself” from “8 Mile.” Thanks.
Can someone explain the absence of nominations for Y Tu Mama Tambien and Talk to Her in the Best Foreign Film category? Since they both got nods in other categories, I’m assuming they’re eligible, right?
Other random thoughts: I also wish Y Tu Mama Tambien was nominated for Best Art Direction - what an incredibly beautiful movie that was. I can’t believe there wasn’t more of a push to get Jennifer Aniston nominated for The Good Girl; not that I think she would’ve won, but she’s got a high enough profile that any sort of campaign probably would’ve got her a nod. And The Hours better win the award for Best Editing, if nothing else.
Actually, The Man Who, I’d argue just the opposite. They knew Jackson would deliver again next year and that the film will rake in a lot more nods. Right now, they’re taking a bit of a breather, since TTT is largely transitional, with some interesting developments but no real resolution.
The most telling indicator is the Best Picture nod. We’re not talking Empire Strikes Back here, which just got some technicals after Star Wars got a host of major nominations. The fact that TTT still got a Picture nod means that there is a significant portion of the Academy that thinks the series is worthy. So it didn’t repeat on Costumes, Score, or Cinematography; I’ll bet that’ll change next year as well. I’d argue Return of the King is already positioned as the favorite for the Big Enchilada next year.
Actually, they can only consider one film per country, and that is based on the film that country chooses to submit for consideration. Neither Spain nor Mexico chose to submit Talk and Mama, respectively (although Mexico’s submission, The Crime of Father Amaro did make the final 5), and that’s why it was already understood they didn’t have a chance in that category. Major credit goes to the writing and directing branch for selecting these films on their nominee slates.
