I'm surprised there isn't a thread for this film yet. Admittingly, this might be a tad bit early but since the news came of its official release for December, here we go.
On top of this news A Single Man has been set for release on December 11 in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco and will also expand on Christmas Day.
Director - Tom Ford Screenplay - Tom Ford & David Scearce Based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood
Cast: Colin Firth Julianne Moore Matthew Goode Ginnifer Goodwin Nicholas Hoult Lee Pace
Story - Centers on an English professor who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles.
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Not to be a total square and post in a thread I JUST created but--
The film performed well at the Venice Film Festival back in September, winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Colin Firth and the Queer Lion for best gay-themed film. It was also nominated for the Golden Lion.
Also, after the film screened at Toronto, it was the center of a huge bidding war in which The Weinstein Company ultimately won distribution rights.
Moore's great in this and collectively has had a superb career that by now would certainly warrant a win (I loved her in Far From Heaven), but Mo'Nique is so superb & raucous and larger than life and gives such a wow performance that it's hard to miss. Also, let's face it, oscar hasn't been overly generous to certain acting groups (partly because of lack of good roles) so appears to be playing catch up this decade which will surely help Mo'Nique.
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It would be too bad for Julianne Moore to win solely because she's overdue or because they want to avoid the label of people saying it's just "racial guilt."
Also, after the film screened at Toronto, it was the center of a huge bidding war in which The Weinstein Company ultimately won distribution rights.
It wasn't a huge bidding war; Weinstein got it pretty cheaply (only around $2 million) with others dropping out pretty quickly.
Firth likely will be a real competitor, the film could get other nominations, but the acquisition price indicates distributors did not think it was breakout film.
Originally posted by Jilpen: Well, she's certainly good enough.
It would be too bad for Julianne Moore to win solely because she's overdue or because they want to avoid the label of people saying it's just "racial guilt."
That's certainly true.
I'm taking a "wait and see" approach.
Julianne Moore is one of my personal favorites, so all things being equal, I'd rather see her get it.
Originally posted by OnMyBirthday: I hope Julianne Moore wins for this.
It would be too bad if Mo'Nique won solely because of racial guilt.
The strong reviews for Mo'Nique suggest that would not be the reason she would win at all. I fully expect her to dominate the critics awards.
From the reviews thus far, the performance strikes me as too "one-note" for her to dominate the critics' awards.
My prediction is she might nab the NBR prize, and then won't win anything else until the Globe and/or SAG.
I am going to gave to disagree as many of those critics raving over the performance are NY Critics Circle members. I fully expect her to win the majority of the major critics prizes with some minor competition from Vera Farmiga and maybe Julianne Moore. I also expect the supporting actor race to be dominated by one person- Christoph Waltz.
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Originally posted by OnMyBirthday: I hope Julianne Moore wins for this.
It would be too bad if Mo'Nique won solely because of racial guilt.
What?
Why is it that any black performer on these boards who gains any type of oscar buzz gets criticized for getting it only because they are black for some posters?
People always jump to that conclusion when it's a black performer that they don't like, but never come up with a reason relating to race when it's a white performer that they don't like. I find this a little frustrating.
The thing that bugs me about it is that we can always say someone has the buzz or won because they are black but we can't say they lost because they are black. The race card is only appropriate when it's being used against a black performer and that bothers me.
I think Viola Davis transcended that last year; my sense was people thought it was the performance that got her the nomination, that she was competitive to the end, and that Cruz won because of the quality of her performance, the much bigger role and importantly because she had a body of work that was also helpful to her.
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