Golden Globe 09

[svsg]

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www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/index.html


Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures

Frost/Nixon
Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures

The Reader
Mirage Enterprises; The Weinstein Company

Revolutionary Road
An Evamere Entertainment BBC Films Neal Street Production; DreamWorks Pictures in Association with BBC Films and Paramount Vantage

Slumdog Millionaire
Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.; Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie – Changeling

Meryl Streep – Doubt

Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long

Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road

Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn – Milk

Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler


Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

Burn After Reading
Working Title/Releasing Company; Focus Features in association with Studio Canal

Happy-Go-Lucky
Summit Entertainment, Film4, Ingenious Film Partners, Miramax Films; Miramax Films

In Bruges
Blueprint Pictures; Focus Features

Mamma Mia!
Relativity Media, Playtone, Littlestar; Universal Pictures

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Mediapro; The Weinstein Company


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading

Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!

Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Colin Farrell – In Bruges

James Franco – Pineapple Express

Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges

Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey


Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams – Doubt

Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis – Doubt

Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Kate Winslet – The Reader


Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder

Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder

Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight


Best Animated Feature Film

Bolt
Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Kung Fu Panda
DreamWorks Animation SKG; Paramount Pictures

Wall-E
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures


Best Foreign Language Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Country of Germany
(DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX) Constantin Film Produktion GmbH; Summit Entertainment, LLC

Everlasting Moments (Sweden, Denmark)
The Country of Sweden and The Country of Denmark
(MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGONBLICK) Final Cut Productions Aps; IFC Films

Gomorrah (Italy)
The Country of Italy
(GOMORRA) Fandango; IFC Films

I've Loved You So Long (France)
The Country of France
(IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME) UGC YM/UGC Images/France 3 Cinema/Integral Film; Sony Pictures Classics

Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
The Country of Israel
Bridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films D'Ici/Razor Films/Arte France/ITVS International; Sony Pictures Classics


Best Director - Motion Picture

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Stephen Daldry – The Reader

David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon

Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road

[Jenson71]

Out of all the movies nominated (including actors and directors), I've seen three, and two of them were the animated movies.

Kung-Fu Panda, Wall-E, and The Dark Knight

I do want to see Revolutionary Road, Frost/Nixon, and Doubt though.

[svsg]

The same here, sad state of film watching this year. I have watched 'burn after reading' to add to your list.

[jrod]

The Tom Cruise nomination for Supporting Actor is stupid.

His performance is a 15 minute joke that is not funny for the last 14 minutes. Initially, its worth a very small chuckle and that is only because its Tom Cruise. If Eric Bana or someone had given the exact same performance (or hell, a funnier one) this wouldnt have even registered for consideration.

I love Cruise's work usually, but come on.

[jrod]

and is it me or are these movies being released a hell of a lot slower than usual. I have and AMC and a Regal within a mile....none of them are showing Milk, Frost/Nixon, Slumdog, or Synedoche and all have been released in some places. I think Slumdog Millionare is showing in one theatre in the whole damn area and its in downtown Seattle where theres no parking. Bullshit.

[ronnierocketago]

Dec 11, 2008 21:59:08 GMT jrod said:

and is it me or are these movies being released a hell of a lot slower than usual. I have and AMC and a Regal within a mile....none of them are showing Milk, Frost/Nixon, Slumdog, or Synedoche and all have been released in some places. I think Slumdog Millionare is showing in one theatre in the whole damn area and its in downtown Seattle where theres no parking. Bullshit.

If Seattle can't even get them, then I'm fucked in East Tennessee.

[Omar]

I know these awards are a joke, though somehow have an impact on the Oscars, but the Tom Cruise nomination is a shit stain. Hooray for Downey though, and Franco!

Early predictions for the hell of it:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Mediapro; The Weinstein Company

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
James Franco – Pineapple Express (I wish)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Animated Feature Film
Wall-E
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Best Foreign Language Film
I've Loved You So Long (France)
The Country of France
(IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME) UGC YM/UGC Images/France 3 Cinema/Integral Film; Sony Pictures Classics

Best Director - Motion Picture
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

2008 Films I Need to See:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Revolutionary Road
Doubt
Milk
The Wrestler
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Since I have lots of free time, I will probably see these as well:
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Changeling

[Capo]

I'm intrigued by Frost/Nixon, but if Ron Howard can fuck a film up he will.

As will Danny Boyle, actually, from my inexperienced experience.

I have little hope in Changeling; without having seen it, I know it'll be a let-down, focussed to much on being a "women's picture" than a serial killer noir - not my thing.

I've seen the trailers for Fincher's film and it looks amazing.

The Wrestler could go either way; am I going to be overwhelmed by Rourke enough to jump on the Day-Lewis-like bandwagon of last year, or will it be another Ledger-meh-fest?

Woody Allen's film is getting good reviews, and better distribution than Scoop. But I'm reserving judgement; Match Point was awful.

I missed I've Loved You for So Long, but the fact that everyone is raving about it makes me dubious; I guess I've become increasingly sceptical in my approach to other people's tastes (in relation to my own). I want to see it, though.

I saw Waltz With Bashir at the cinema last week, and it's by far the best film I've seen all year. It's the only excellent candidate so far. Not much competition, true (Cloverfield and WALL-E are up there, I suppose), but it was an excellent, gorgeous, moving account of memory, time and history. Beautifully constructed, with Max Richter soundtrack(!!!).

[jrod]

i loved Match Point, didnt hate Scoop, and thought Cassandras Dream was one of his 3 or 4 worst ever. Excited for VCB though.

[ronnierocketago]

Dec 12, 2008 20:05:00 GMT Capo said:

I'm intrigued by Frost/Nixon, but if Ron Howard can fuck a film up he will.

Well the script draft I read was actually pretty darn good.

But Opie is the great question here. I mean can the asshole behind A BEAUTIFUL MIND pull off something like FROST/NIXON, a good written drama with good actors but fucked by his auteur decisions?

[jrod]

anyone watch?

I dont know how the fuck Kate Winslet was supporting in The Reader and not lead.


Funny:
RDJ looking pissed off when he lost to Ledger.
Tracy Morgan speech
Tina Fey speech
Sasha Baron Cohen's getting booed for being what the crowd considered tasteless and what I considered hilarious.
Winslet's interactions with Leo vs. her husband

[RNL]

"Gather... Gather... Oh, you have no idea how much I am not wrapping up."

[ronnierocketago]

Hey svsg, how about your movie SLUMDOG winning? hehe

[Omar]

Yeah for Woody Allen's film! And Winslet.

[jrod]

did you see Woody Allens movie yet? Im really looking forward to it. Out on DVD Jan 27

[Omar]

No, but I am going through his filmography now. Next up is "Husbands and Wives". I can not wait for VCB.

[jrod]

Husbands and Wives is my 4th favorite of his (Crimes and Misdemeanors, Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters). Enjoy.

I had been going through his filmography too, putting on of his works every 3rd movie or so in my Netflix queue. Only feature length films I havent seen of his now are VCB, Alice, Everyone Says I Love You, Whats Up Tiger Lily (unavailable on Netflix), and Dont Drink the Water.

[svsg]

Jan 12, 2009 20:10:42 GMT ronnierocketago said:

Hey svsg, how about your movie SLUMDOG winning? hehe

Undeserving and very over-rated I am just returning from India and everyone there is going ape shit over that movie and its oscar nominations, including the music by A R Rahman ( who I like a lot, but this is far from his best). Bollywood has been making such movies for decades now and it took a British film to give this genre the kind of credibility it has received now. Funny.

[ronnierocketago]

Jan 29, 2009 19:38:41 GMT @svsg said:

Jan 12, 2009 20:10:42 GMT ronnierocketago said:

Hey svsg, how about your movie SLUMDOG winning? hehe

Undeserving and very over-rated I am just returning from India and everyone there is going ape shit over that movie and its oscar nominations, including the music by A R Rahman ( who I like a lot, but this is far from his best). Bollywood has been making such movies for decades now and it took a British film to give this genre the kind of credibility it has received now. Funny.

or basically THE DEPARTED II