National Board of Review drops a bomb
Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima" goes from non-factor to Oscar titan in a matter of weeks.
I wish I could have told someone in October that "Letters from Iwo Jima" would be named Best Picture of the Year by the National Board of Review, "Flags of Our Fathers", "The Devil Wears Prada", and "Blood Diamond" would make the commitee's top ten, while "Dreamgirls" and "The Queen" would miss that list and only pick up an acting prize each.
Of course, if that was the case, I'd go out and buy a handful of lottery tickets tomorrow.
So, this is how the awards season begins? Consider me intrigued. I mean, I KNOW, it's only the National Board of Review. However, anyone not taking "Letters" as a serious contender now must be off their meds. Will Clint make history this season? Might the "Dreamgirls" train be slowing? Will Marty FINALLY win?!
Clint vs. Marty, Part II. Someone grab the popcorn.
Best Film: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Best Director: MARTIN SCORSESE, The Departed
Best Actor: FOREST WHITAKER, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: HELEN MIRREN, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: DJIMON HOUNSOU, Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress: CATHERINE O'HARA, For Your Consideration
Best Foreign Film: VOLVER
Best Documentary: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Best Animated Feature: CARS
Best Ensemble Cast: THE DEPARTED
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: RYAN GOSLING, Half Nelson
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: (2)
JENNIFER HUDSON, Dreamgirls and RINKO KIKUCHI, Babel
Best Directorial Debut: JASON REITMAN, Thank You for Smoking
Best Original Screenplay: ZACH HELM, Stranger Than Fiction
Best Adapted Screenplay: RON NYSWANER, The Painted Veil
Top Ten Films:
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
(and, in alphabetical order)
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
THE DEPARTED
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
THE HISTORY BOYS
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
THE PAINTED VEIL
Top Five Foreign Films:
VOLVER
(and, in alphabetical order)
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
DAYS OF GLORY
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER
Top Five Documentary Films
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
(and, in alphabetical order)
51 BIRCH STREET
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
SHUT UP & SING
WORDPLAY
Top Independent Films
(in alphabetical order)
AKEELAH AND THE BEE
BOBBY
CATCH A FIRE
COPYING BEETHOVEN
A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
HALF NELSON
THE ILLUSIONIST
LONESOME JIM
SHERRYBABY
10 ITEMS OR LESS
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Career Achievement - ELI WALLACH
Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing - JONATHAN DEMME
Career Achievement in Producing - IRWIN WINKLER
William K. Everson Film History Award - DONALD KRIM
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression - WATER and WORLD TRADE CENTER
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posted by Shawn Snead @ 12/06/2006 01:43:00 PM
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