Give it your best shot. What do you think will be the top contenders in all races? Carry on... with the November edition.
Derbies posted by puxzkkx:
BEST PICTURE
Frontrunners "The Hurt Locker" "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Lead Ponies "The Hurt Locker" "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
In the Running "Avatar" "Bright Star" "Invictus" "The Lovely Bones" "A Serious Man" "A Single Man" "Where the Wild Things Are"
Long Shots "(500) Days of Summer" "Capitalism: A Love Story" "Crazy Heart" "District 9" "Julie & Julia" "The Last Station"
BEST DIRECTOR
Frontrunners Kathryn Bigelow, for "The Hurt Locker" Lee Daniels, for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Jason Reitman, for "Up in the Air"
Lead Ponies Ethan & Joel Coen, for "A Serious Man" Clint Eastwood, for "Invictus" Michael Haneke, for "The White Ribbon" Peter Jackson, for "The Lovely Bones" Spike Jonze, for "Where the Wild Things Are" Rob Marshall, for "Nine" Quentin Tarantino, for "Inglourious Basterds"
In the Running Jacques Audiard, for "A Prophet" James Cameron, for "Avatar" Jane Campion, for "Bright Star" Pete Docter, for "Up" Tom Ford, for "A Single Man" Lone Scherfig, for "An Education"
Long Shots Pedro Almodovar, for "Broken Embraces" Neill Blomkamp, for "District 9" Scott Cooper, for "Crazy Heart" Michael Hoffman, for "The Last Station" Marc Webb, for "(500) Days of Summer"
BEST ACTOR
Frontrunners Jeff Bridges, in "Crazy Heart" George Clooney, in "Up in the Air" Colin Firth, in "A Single Man"
Lead Ponies Daniel Day-Lewis, in "Nine" Morgan Freeman, in "Invictus" Viggo Mortensen, in "The Road" Jeremy Renner, in "The Hurt Locker" Michael Stuhlbarg, in "A Serious Man"
In the Running Matt Damon, in "The Informant!" Robert De Niro, in "Everybody's Fine" Robert Downey, Jr., in "Sherlock Holmes" Ben Foster, in "The Messenger" Hal Holbrook, in "That Evening Sun" Sam Rockwell, in "Moon" Michael Sheen, in "The Damned United" Ben Whishaw, in "Bright Star"
Long Shots Paul Bettany, in "Creation" Hugh Dancy, in "Adam" Johnny Depp, in "Public Enemies" Ricky Gervais, in "The Invention of Lying" Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in "(500) Days of Summer" Jake Gyllenhaal, in "Brothers" Sotigui Kouyate, in "London River" John Malkovich, in "Disgrace" Patton Oswalt, in "Big Fan" Clive Owen, in "The Boys Are Back" Tahar Rahim, in "A Prophet" Adam Sandler, in "Funny People"
BEST ACTRESS
Frontrunners Carey Mulligan, in "An Education" Gabourey Sidibe, in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Meryl Streep, in "Julie & Julia"
Lead Ponies Abbie Cornish, in "Bright Star" Marion Cotillard, in "Nine" Helen Mirren, in "The Last Station" Saoirse Ronan, in "The Lovely Bones" Meryl Streep, in "It's Complicated"
In the Running Penelope Cruz, in "Broken Embraces" Charlotte Gainsbourg, in "Antichrist" Michelle Monaghan, in "Trucker" Ellen Page, in "Whip It!" Natalie Portman, in "Brothers" Hilary Swank, in "Amelia" Tilda Swinton, in "Julia"
Long Shots Hiam Abbass, in "Lemon Tree" Amy Adams, in "Sunshine Cleaning" Shohreh Aghdashloo, in "The Stoning of Soraya M." Brenda Blethyn, in "London River" Sandra Bullock, in "The Blind Side" Zooey Deschanel, in "(500) Days of Summer" Julianne Moore, in "Chloe" Michelle Pfeiffer, in "Cheri" Maya Rudolph, in "Away We Go" Audrey Tautou, in "Coco Before Chanel" Rachel Weisz, in "Agora" Evan Rachel Wood, in "Whatever Works" Robin Wright Penn, in "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" Renee Zellweger, in "My One and Only"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Frontrunners Christopher Plummer, in "The Last Station" Christoph Waltz, in "Inglourious Basterds"
Lead Ponies Matt Damon, in "Invictus" Anthony Mackie, in "The Hurt Locker" James McAvoy, in "The Last Station" Alfred Molina, in "An Education" Peter Sarsgaard, in "An Education" Paul Schneider, in "Bright Star" Stanley Tucci, in "The Lovely Bones"
In the Running Jeff Bridges, in "The Men Who Stare at Goats" Robert Duvall, in "The Road" Woody Harrelson, in "The Messenger" Richard Kind, in "A Serious Man" Tobey Maguire, in "Brothers" Christian McKay, in "Me and Orson Welles" Stanley Tucci, in "Julie & Julia" Mark Wahlberg, in "The Lovely Bones"
Long Shots Niels Arestrup, in "A Prophet" Eric Bana, in "Funny People" Daniel Bruhl, in "Inglourious Basterds" Christian Friedel, in "The White Ribbon" Burghart Klaussner, in "The White Ribbon" Jude Law, in "Sherlock Holmes" Ray McKinnon, in "That Evening Sun" Christopher Plummer, in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" Seth Rogen, in "Funny People" Liev Schreiber, in "Taking Woodstock" Timothy Spall, in "The Damned United"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Frontrunners Mo'Nique, in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Julianne Moore, in "A Single Man"
Lead Ponies Penelope Cruz, in "Nine" Judi Dench, in "Nine" Vera Farmiga, in "Up in the Air" Maggie Gyllenhaal, in "Crazy Heart" Anna Kendrick, in "Up in the Air" Melanie Laurent, in "Inglourious Basterds" Susan Sarandon, in "The Lovely Bones" Rachel Weisz, in "The Lovely Bones"
In the Running Mariah Carey, in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Patricia Clarkson, in "Whatever Works" Marion Cotillard, in "Public Enemies" Diane Kruger, in "Inglourious Basterds" Sophia Loren, in "Nine" Rose McIver, in "The Lovely Bones" Samantha Morton, in "The Messenger" Rosamund Pike, in "An Education" Betty White, in "The Proposal"
Long Shots Kathy Bates, in "Cheri" Carolyn Dando, in "The Lovely Bones" Roxane Duran, in "The White Ribbon" Jessica Haines, in "Disgrace" Sari Lennick, in "A Serious Man" Susanne Lothar, in "The White Ribbon" Jane Lynch, in "Julie & Julia" Melanie Lynskey, in "The Informant!" Leslie Mann, in "Funny People" Mozhan Marno, in "The Stoning of Soraya M." Carey Mulligan, in "The Greatest" Blanca Portillo, in "Broken Embraces" Carrie Preston, in "That Evening Sun" Amanda Seyfried, in "Chloe" Charlize Theron, in "The Road" Emma Thompson, in "An Education" Sigourney Weaver, in "Avatar"
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Frontrunners "An Education" "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" "Up in the Air"
Lead Ponies "Crazy Heart" "Invictus" "The Lovely Bones" "Nine" "A Single Man" "Where the Wild Things Are"
In the Running "The Informant!" "Julie & Julia" "The Last Station" "The Men Who Stare at Goats" "The Road"
Long Shots "The Damned United" "Disgrace" "Everybody's Fine" "Julia" "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" "Taking Woodstock" "That Evening Sun" "Whip It!"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frontrunners "The Hurt Locker" "Up"
Lead Ponies "(500) Days of Summer" "Bright Star" "A Serious Man" "Inglourious Basterds" "The Invention of Lying" "A Prophet" "The White Ribbon"
In the Running "Avatar" "Broken Embraces" "District 9" "Funny People" "The Messenger" "Whatever Works" "The Young Victoria"
Long Shots "Antichrist" "Big Fan" "The Greatest" "Lebanon" "London River" "My One and Only" "Observe and Report" "Sherlock Holmes" "Tetro"
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IN THE RUNNING Bright Star The Hurt Locker The Damned United The Road Young Victoria
LONG SHOTS Star Trek Invictus Julie & Julia A Serious Man
OUT OF IT Funny People NY I Love You The Informant The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond A Single Man
BEST ACTOR FRONT RUNNERS 1. Ben Foster, The Messenger* 2. Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker 3. Viggo Mortensen, The Road 4. Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart 5. Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Sharlto Copley, District 9 Michael Sheen, The Damned United George Clooney, Up in the Air
IN THE RUNNING Sam Rockwell, Moon Robert Downey Jr., The Soloist Adam Sandler, Funny People Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man Ben Whishaw, Bright Star Luis Homar, Broken Embraces Morgan Freeman, Invictus
LONG SHOTS Rupert Friend, Young Victoria Jamie Foxx, The Soloist Woody Harrelson, Zombieland
OUT OF IT Matt Damon, The Informant Johnny Depp, Public Enemies Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer Ricky Gervais, The Invention of Lying Patton Oswalt, Big Fan Seth Rogen, Observe and Report Seth Rogen, Funny People Colin Firth, A Single Man Johnny Depp, Public Enemies
BEST ACTRESS FRONT RUNNERS 1. Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia 2. Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel 3. Shoreh Aghdashloo, The Stoning of Soraya M. 4. Helen Mirren, The Last Station 5. Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
IN THE RUNNING Carey Mulligan, An Education Emily Blunt, Young Victoria Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
OUT OF IT Zooey Deschanel, 500 Days of Summer Amy Adams, Sunshine Cleaning Sasha Grey, The Girlfriend Experience Ellen Page, Whip It Maya Rudolph, Away We Go Bryce Dallas Howard, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FRONT RUNNERS 1. Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Bastards* 2. Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen 3. Christopher Plummer, The Last Station 4. Woody Harrelson, The Messenger 5. James McAvoy, The Last Station
IN THE RUNNING Robert Duvall, The Road Peter Saarsgard, An Education Timothy Spall, The Damned United Alfred Molina, An Education Paul Schneider, Bright Star Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Watchmen Matt Damon, Invictus
LONG SHOTS Richard Kind, A Serious Man
OUT OF IT Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek Eric Bana, Funny People
WAY OUT OF IT Christian Bale, Public Enemies
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FRONT RUNNERS 1. Ellen Burstyn, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond 2. Samantha Morton, The Messenger 3. 4. 5. Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
IN THE RUNNING Emma Thompson, An Education Penelope Cruz, Broken Embraces Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
LONG SHOTS Charlize Theron, The Road Olivia Williams, An Education Miranda Richardson, Young Victoria Betty White, The Proposal Melanie Lynskey, The Informant Melanie Lynskey, Up in the Air Julianne Moore, A Single Man
OUT OF IT Amy Adams, Julie & Julia Leslie Mann, Funny People Jane Lynch, Julie & Julia Ann-Margaret, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Marion Cotillard, Public Enemies
BEST DIRECTOR FRONT RUNNERS Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Michael Hoffman, The Last Station Oren Moverman, The Messenger Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Neill Blomkamp, District 9 Jane Campion, Bright Star
IN THE RUNNING Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man Anne Fontaine, Coco Before Chanel Lone Scherfig, An Education
OUT OF IT Steven Soderbergh, The Informant Drew Barrymore, Whip It Jodie Markell, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Tom Ford, A Single Man Lee Daniels, Precious Michael Mann, Public Enemies Jean-Marc Vallee, Young Victoria Clint Eastwood, Invictus
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FRONT RUNNERS 1. 500 Days of Summer* 2. Up! 3. District 9 4. The Messenger 5. Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
IN THE RUNNING Funny People A Serious Man The Young Victoria The Hurt Locker
OUT OF IT The Invention of Lying Funny People
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY FRONT RUNNERS Up in the Air* An Education The Road The Last Station
IN THE RUNNING Star Trek Julie & Julia The Informant The Damned United The Blind Side
OUT OF IT Whip It A Single Man Invictus
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FRONT RUNNERS 1. Up in the Air 2. District 9 3. The Last Station 4. The Hurt Locker 5. An Education
Julie & Julia
IN THE RUNNING Coco Before Chanel Bright Star The Informant A Serious Man, Roger Deakins Invictus
LONG SHOTS The Young Victoria
OUT OF IT A Single Man
BEST COSTUMES FRONT RUNNERS Julie & Julia Coco Before Chanel An Education Bright Star The Young Victoria The Last Station
IN THE RUNNING The Informant Public Enemies Invictus 500 Days of Summer
OUT OF IT
BEST ART DIRECTION FRONT RUNNERS Julie & Julia Coco Before Chanel An Education Bright Star The Young Victoria The Last Station
IN THE RUNNING The Informant Public Enemies Up in the Air Invictus
OUT OF IT
BEST MAKUP FRONT RUNNERS District 9 Avatar
IN THE RUNNING
OUT OF IT
BEST ANIMATED FILM FRONT RUNNERS Up!* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
IN THE RUNNING Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox
OUT OF IT
BEST EDITING FRONT RUNNERS 1. 500 Days of Summer 2. Up in the Air 3. The Hurt Locker 4. The Damned United 5. The Last Station
The Messenger
IN THE RUNNING An Education A Serious Man The Young Victoria
OUT OF IT
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS FRONT RUNNERS Avatar* Star Trek Transformers District 9
IN THE RUNNING
DISCLAIMER/VERIFICATION I have seen ALL of these films except: Inglorious Bastards, The Soloist, Moon, Crazy Heart, The Stoning of Soraya M., Coraline, Avatar, Broken Embraces, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Transformers, The Proposal, Sherlock Holmes and most of the stuff in the "Out of It" categories
My decision to include them is based on my own critical opinion and/or the opinion of others I trust. Nothing else. I shall flesh it out during the Oscar season, as I continue to see more films.
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For those wondering, 'Mother and Child' now has a distributor. No word yet on release dates.
Per Variety:
Sony picks up 'Mother and Child' Studio nabs rights to Rodrigo Garcia's drama By SHARON SWART Sony Pictures Classics has picked up U.S. rights to Rodrigo Garcia's "Mother and Child," starring Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson. Film bowed as a gala preem at the Toronto fest in September.
Garcia wrote and directed the pic, which is centered around three women and the choices they've made concerning children. Filmmaker previously helmed "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" and "Nine Lives."
Garcia's producing partner Julie Lynn produced along with Lisa Maria Falcone. Helmer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu exec produced.
"Mother" is the first pic financed via Falcone's shingle Everest Entertainment, which will donate a share of its profits from the film to charities providing services and support for women and children.
Lynn previously produced "The Jane Austen Book Club," which also was released by Sony Classics.
WestEnd Films is handling foreign sales on the film at AFM this week.
According to the SAG Awards website, submissions for this year's awards closed on October 28. So the studios and various consultants have decided where to submit (and ultimately campaign) the actors in their films.
Will we find out soon the category placements for Marion Cotillard and especially Christopher Plummer? Of course the Oscars can surprise us by putting performers where they belong despite their campaigns (Keisha Castle Hughes, Kate Winslet). However, in most cases the voters follow the studios' suggestions and the award season's trends (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx).
Thanks for asking me first. But whatever. You and your flawed logic can have fun.
"Notorious was nice, but it’s not in the color purple range" "Angels and Demons may get nominated for cinematography the imagery was profound" "District Nine will definitely win for best foreign film it made money and everyone loved it" ~ 8movies
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You were asked to do it, and said you wanted to wait until December - what did MicheBel do wrong?
bocaboy7 Posted November 01, 2009 01:23 PM Hide Post Puxz, can you start a November thread since it's November now?
puxzkkx fight for the future of film Posted November 01, 2009 04:26 PM Hide Post Argh... can I wait until LAFCA, NYFCC and NBR give their awards out? It is so close and it will change the face of the race...
What I was planning to do was keep the current thread open for another two months. The last thread was open for about five months so this shouldn't have been a big deal.
If MicheBel felt strongly that there should be a November thread, she should have PMed me and asked my permission to make a thread. I would have said no, but that's not the point.
If Boomer had written to me and asked me to make a November thread, or if I had seen that the October thread had been closed, I would have made a November thread on the spot.
What is really obnoxious is that MicheBel did not even wait until I was online again. This happened while I was asleep, and I did not have a say in the matter.
"Notorious was nice, but it’s not in the color purple range" "Angels and Demons may get nominated for cinematography the imagery was profound" "District Nine will definitely win for best foreign film it made money and everyone loved it" ~ 8movies
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Regardless, I will make a December-March thread on the first of that month, that I will regularly update with each precursor award announcement. I'll let MicheBel have her, ahem, day in the sun.
"Notorious was nice, but it’s not in the color purple range" "Angels and Demons may get nominated for cinematography the imagery was profound" "District Nine will definitely win for best foreign film it made money and everyone loved it" ~ 8movies
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Several weeks ago we renamed your thread to just cover October and asked for you to provide monthly threads from that point forward. When this month started, I thought you would go ahead and start the new thread. If you want to start the November one, I'll close this one and let you take back over.
But I beg you to please make these monthly because there will be tons of comments and updates. A thread covering more than one month is not possible from October through February.
An Education, Last Station, Broken Embraces, Moon, Whatever Works, Coco Before Chanel, Damned United, Imaginarium of Dr. Parnissus. White Ribbon, The Prophet, several docs, other FL films, and I might be forgetting one or two.
They have Mother and Child now, Get Low and what the critics who I usually track with think is the best film of this year - Wild Herbs - for starters for 2010 in the US.
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I'm excited for it, but considering Resnais' recent track record I'm not convinced it'll be the best of the year.
Boomer, you can let this one stand and I'll make the December one. It'll be easier for me anyway, seeing as not much has changed since October.
Sorry about the fuss~
"Notorious was nice, but it’s not in the color purple range" "Angels and Demons may get nominated for cinematography the imagery was profound" "District Nine will definitely win for best foreign film it made money and everyone loved it" ~ 8movies
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I think that since the 70s he's been incredibly hit & miss. Lots of interesting ideas at play but he never seems to tie them together very well. Pas sur la bouche is especially terrible.
"Notorious was nice, but it’s not in the color purple range" "Angels and Demons may get nominated for cinematography the imagery was profound" "District Nine will definitely win for best foreign film it made money and everyone loved it" ~ 8movies
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Not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask, but who has seen A Single Man??? Is it Best Picture worthy? I hear buzz for Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, but what about the other supporting performances, like Nicholas Hoult (who might I mention, just like Dev Patel last year, is an alum from the UK series SKINS!) I was just curious about this film b/c I saw the unique trailer for it on youtube the other day and was wondering if this film would be a major contender...or more something like Far From Heaven with just a handful of nods and one or two major ones?
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