Het centrale filmprijsjestopic!

Bonjour .

Zo tegen het einde van het jaar beginnen ze meestal met uitdelen van allerlei awards. Hiermee bedoel ik niet de FTR-awards (daar is al een topic voor), noch de Academy Awards (ook al een topic voor) .

Nee, ik heb het natuurlijk over prijskes zoals de Golden Globes en de BAFTA's. Verder heb je natuurlijk ook nog de verschillende Guilds (Screen Actors, Directors, Writers, Boom boys, etc....) en de plaatselijke Critics Awards (LA, Boston, NY, San Francisco, Poughkeepsie,....). Tenslotte heb je ook nog Golden Satellites en Independent Spirit awards en zo. In dit topic worden ze allemaal gecentraliseerd, voor degenen die dit allemaal erg boeiend vinden (vooral Califo, Mike en mezelf ).

Califo zal hier een aantal van die prijswinnaars posten (de nominaties zal hij grotendeels overslaan, tenzij iemand daar ook in geïnteresseerd is), al dan niet voorzien van zijn eigen, totaal ongefundeerde mening.

Als Califo er niet is, zal ik het even overnemen (zo meteen dus).

Aanschouw de prijzen van de National Board of Review of Motion Pictures!!!!!

Best Film
Letters From Iwo Jima

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

Best Foreign Film
Volver

Top Five Foreign Films
Volver, (and, in alphabetical order) Curse Of The Golden Flower, Days Of Glory, Pan's Labyrinth, Water

Top Five Documentaries
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

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 Acting By An Ensemble
The Departed

Breakthrough Performance - Male
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

Breakthrough Performance - Female
(2) Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls and Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Best Directorial Debut
Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking

Best Adapted Screenplay
Ron Nyswaner, The Painted Veil

Best Original Screenplay
Zach Helm, Stranger Than Fiction

Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth

Best Animated Feature
Cars

Career Achievement Award
Eli Wallach

Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing
Jonathan Demme

William K. Everson Award For Film History
Donald Krim

Career Achievement in Producing
Irwin Winkler

The Bvlgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
Water and World Trade Center

De beste film vind ik erg verrassend, al kun je daar niet zo veel uit concluderen.

Er moet wel worden gezegd dat ze de 5 oscargenomineerden vorig jaar alle 5 in hun top 10 hadden en dat de winnaars van beste acteur en mannelijke bijrol vorig jaar ook bijna alle andere prijzen wonnen.

Van die top 10 zegt The History Boys me ook niets, opvallend dat Little Children daar niet tussen zit. Indigènes zat een maand geleden al bij mijn favorieten voor Best Foreign, dus dat was een goede gok .

Sherrybaby bij de Independents, misschien weet Maggie wel hier en daar een nominatie mee te pikken .

De prestatie van Whitaker wordt enorm gehyped, misschien wint hij verder niets, maar ik verwacht dat hij wel overal zal meedoen bij de laatste 5. Mirren zal wel een Bafta krijgen .

Whitaker staat soms zwaar te overacteren (niet noodzakelijk in deze film, meer in het algemeen), maar dat doet het altijd goed bij degenen die op dit soort dingen stemmen.

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Op donderdag 7 december 2006 18:18 schreef Lonewolf2003 het volgende:
Whitaker en overacteren, vind ik nou eigenlijk totaal niet samen gaan. Eerder onderacteren. Meestal is het enige wat die doet als een soort van grote doofstomme beer sip voor zich uitstaren, om dan af en toe wijze levensles uit te slaan.

Misschien ligt het aan het laatste wat ik van hem heb gezien, maar in The Shield en Mary doet hij toch serieus zijn best (en ik las gelijkaardige meningen over zijn Idi Amin, maar dat moet ik dan eerst zien).

Ondertussen wordt er vrij veel kabaal gemaakt over de prestatie van ene Jennifer Hudson (schijnt iets of iemand uit Idols te zijn) in Dreamgirls. Die zou vrij goed zijn.

Er gaan echter geruchten dat ze die Hudson in de supporting categorie willen dumpen omdat ze Beyonce ( ) als lead willen. Anderzijds heeft ze met een blijkbaar erg dominante performance veel meer kans in supporting.

Tot zover dit nieuws.

By the way: The Good German en Inland Empire doen het niet zo goed op RT. Blood Diamond ook niet. .

Zoals hoofdrolspeler Jamie Foxx in Collateral .

Whitaker-Mirren-Whitaker-Mirren-Whitaker-Mirren-Whitaker-Mirren. Weinig variatie daar.

Idi Amin en Queen Elisabeth. Dat een jaar na Capote en June Carter. En twee jaar na Ray Charles en Katherine Hepburn. Biopicgeilheid?

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Op maandag 11 december 2006 12:14 schreef Lonewolf2003 het volgende:
Pan's Labyrinth lijkt iig de grote favoriet bij foreign film te zijn tot nu toe.

Helaas heb je daar weinig aan, in die categorie favoriet zijn, daar win je als jij (of beter gezegd jouw studio) erg agressief campagne voert, anders zouden weinig bijzondere films als Tsotsi nooit winnen.

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Op maandag 11 december 2006 20:20 schreef Luutgaert het volgende:
Zwartboek dingt dus niet echt mee voor beste buitenlandse film?

Hij is nog niet uit in de VS, daarom wordt er nog niet veel over gesproken. Maar ik denk sowieso dat het tussen Volver en Pan zal gaan, met Das Leben der Anderen als schaduwfavoriet, Zwartboek maakt wel een serieuze kans op een nominatie, denk ik.

Morgen worden de Golden Globe nominaties bekend gemaakt, Lorraine Nicholson zal dit jaar Miss Golden Globe zijn, dat doen ze elk jaar, het gaat steeds om de dochter van een celeb die assisteert bij de ceremonie. Mocht het nog niet duidelijk genoeg zijn, Lorraine is de dochter van Jack.

Voor de show ook even de nominaties van de Independent Spirit Awards (gehost door Sarah Silverman, ergens in maart worden ze pas verdeeld):

Best Supporting Female
# American Gun (2005) - Marcia Gay Harden
# Dead Girl, The (2006) - Mary Beth Hurt
# Friends with Money (2006) - Frances McDormand
# Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006) - Melonie Diaz
# Stephanie Daley (2006) - Amber Tamblyn

Best Supporting Male
# Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006) - Channing Tatum (I)
# Infamous (2006) - Daniel Craig (I)
# Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Alan Arkin
# Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Paul Dano
# Steel City (2006) - Raymond J. Barry

Best Director
# Bubble (2005/I) - Steven Soderbergh
# Dead Girl, The (2006) - Karen Moncrieff (I)
# Half Nelson (2006) - Ryan Fleck
# Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Jonathan Dayton; Valerie Faris
# Prairie Home Companion, A (2006) - Robert Altman (I)

Best Screenplay
# Friends with Money (2006) - Nicole Holofcener
# Illusionist, The (2006) - Neil Burger
# Painted Veil, The (2006) - Ron Nyswaner
# Sorry, Haters (2005) - Jeff Stanzler
# Thank You for Smoking (2005) - Jason Reitman

Best First Screenplay
# Conversations with Other Women (2005) - Gabrielle Zevin
# Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006) - Dito Montiel
# Half Nelson (2006) - Anna Boden; Ryan Fleck
# Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Michael Arndt (II)
# Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) - Goran Dukic

Best Cinematography
# Brothers of the Head (2005) - Anthony Dod Mantle
# Four Eyed Monsters (2005) - Arin Crumley
# Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - Guillermo Navarro
# Man Push Cart (2005) - Michael Simmonds
# Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006) - Aaron Platt (II)

Best Documentary
# Lion in the House, A (2006) - Steven Bognar; Julia Reichert
# My Country My Country (2006) - Laura Poitras
# Road to Guantanamo, The (2006) - Michael Winterbottom; Mat Whitecross
# Trials of Darryl Hunt, The (2006) - Anne Sundberg; Ricki Stern
# You're Gonna Miss Me (2005) - Keven McAlester

Best Foreign Film
# A fost sau n-a fost? (2006) - Corneliu Porumboiu - Romania.
# Crónica de una fuga (2006) - Adrián Caetano - Argentina.
# Indigènes (2006) - Rachid Bouchareb - France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium.
# Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - Germany.
# Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, Ang (2005) - Auraeus Solito - Philippines.

Best First Feature
# Day Night Day Night (2006) - Julia Loktev (director/producer); Melanie Judd (I) (producer); Jessica Levin (II) (producer)
# Man Push Cart (2005) - Ramin Bahrani (director/producer); Pradip Ghosh (producer); Bedford T. Bentley (producer)
# Motel, The (2005) - Michael Kang (I) (director); Matthew Greenfield (producer); Miguel Arteta (producer); Gina Kwon (producer); Karin Chien (producer)
# Sweet Land (2005) - Ali Selim (director/producer); Alan Cumming (producer); James Bigham (III) (producer); Ali Selim (producer)
# Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) - Goran Dukic (director); Adam Sherman (I) (producer); Chris Coen (producer); Tatiana Kelly (producer); Mikal P. Lazarev (producer)

Best Male Lead
# American Gun (2005) - Forest Whitaker
# Half Nelson (2006) - Ryan Gosling (I)
# Man Push Cart (2005) - Ahmad Razvi
# Painted Veil, The (2006) - Edward Norton (I)
# Thank You for Smoking (2005) - Aaron Eckhart

Best Feature
# American Gun (2005) - Ted Kroeber
# Dead Girl, The (2006) - Tom Rosenberg; Henry Winterstern; Gary Lucchesi; Richard Wright; Eric Karten; Kevin Turen
# Half Nelson (2006) - Jamie Patricof; Alex Orlovsky (I); Lynette Howell; Anna Boden; Rosanne Korenberg
# Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - Bertha Navarro; Alfonso Cuarón; Frida Torresblanco; Alvaro Augustin; Guillermo del Toro
# Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Marc Turtletaub; David T. Friendly; Peter Saraf; Albert Berger; Ron Yerxa

Best Female Lead
# For Your Consideration (2006) - Catherine O'Hara (I)
# Half Nelson (2006) - Shareeka Epps
# Land of Plenty (2004) - Michelle Williams (I)
# Sorry, Haters (2005) - Robin Wright Penn
# Sweet Land (2005) - Elizabeth Reaser

Special Distinction Award
Winners:
* Laura Dern
* David Lynch (I)

John Cassavetes Award
# Chalk (2006/I) - Mike Akel (director/writer/producer); Angela Alvarez (producer); Graham Davidson (producer); Chris Mass (writer/producer)
# Four Eyed Monsters (2005) - Arin Crumley (director/writer/producer); Susan Buice (director/writer/producer)
# Old Joy (2006) - Kelly Reichardt (director/writer); Lars Knudsen (I) (producer); Jay Van Hoy (producer); Anish Savjani (producer); Neil Kopp (producer); Jonathan Raymond (III) (writer)
# Quinceañera (2006) - Richard Glatzer (II) (writer/director); Wash Westmoreland (writer/director); Anne Clements (I) (producer)
# Twelve and Holding (2005) - Michael Cuesta (director/producer); Leslie Urdang (producer); Michael Cuesta (producer); Brian Bell (III) (producer); Jenny Schweitzer (producer); Anthony Cipriano (I) (writer)

Truer Than Fiction Award
# Chances of the World Changing, The (2006) - Eric Daniel Metzgar
# Kurt Cobain: About a Son (2006) - AJ Schnack
# Tailenders, The (2006) - Adele Horne

Producers Award
# Half Nelson (2006) - Alex Orlovsky (I); Jamie Patricof
- Also for Point&Shoot (2004).
# Nine Lives (2006) - Julie Lynn (I)
- Also for 10 Items or Less (2006).
# Shortbus (2006) - Howard Gertler; Tim Perell
- Also for Pizza (2005).

Someone to Watch Award
# Colma: The Musical (2006) - Richard Wong (III)
# Day Night Day Night (2006) - Julia Loktev
# In Between Days (2006) - So Yong Kim

De Golden Globe nominaties.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:
Babel (2006)
Bobby (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Little Children (2006)
The Queen (2006)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:
Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond (2006)
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed (2006)
Peter O'Toole for Venus (2006/I)
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:
Penélope Cruz for Volver (2006/I)
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Maggie Gyllenhaal for SherryBaby (2006)
Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006)
Kate Winslet for Little Children (2006)

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

Nominees:
Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Aaron Eckhart for Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Chiwetel Ejiofor for Kinky Boots (2005)
Will Ferrell for Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

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

Nominees:
Annette Bening for Running with Scissors (2006)
Toni Collette for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Beyoncé Knowles for Dreamgirls (2006)
Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Renée Zellweger for Miss Potter (2006)

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

Nominees:
Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland (2006)
Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls (2006)
Jack Nicholson for The Departed (2006)
Brad Pitt for Babel (2006)
Mark Wahlberg for The Departed (2006)

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

Nominees:
Adriana Barraza for Babel (2006)
Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Emily Blunt for The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006)
Rinko Kikuchi for Babel (2006)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Nominees:
Clint Eastwood for Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Stephen Frears for The Queen (2006)
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel (2006)
Martin Scorsese for The Departed (2006)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Nominees:
Babel (2006): Guillermo Arriaga
The Departed (2006): William Monahan
Little Children (2006): Todd Field, Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal (2006): Patrick Marber
The Queen (2006): Peter Morgan

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Nominees:
Bobby (2006)("Never Gonna Break My Faith")
Dreamgirls (2006)("Listen")
Happy Feet (2006)("The Song of the Heart")
Home of the Brave (2006)("Try Not to Remember")
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)("A Father's Way")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Nominees:
Babel (2006): Gustavo Santaolalla
The Da Vinci Code (2006): Hans Zimmer
The Fountain (2006): Clint Mansell
Nomad (2005/II): Carlo Siliotto
The Painted Veil (2006): Alexandre Desplat

Best Foreign Language Film

Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006)
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006)
Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Volver (2006/I)

Best Animated Film

Nominees:
Cars (2006)
Happy Feet (2006)
Monster House (2006)

Best Television Series - Drama

Nominees:
"24" (2001)
"Big Love" (2006)
"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
"Heroes" (2006/II)
"Lost" (2004)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:
"Desperate Housewives" (2004)
"Entourage" (2004)
"The Office" (2005)
"Ugly Betty" (2006)
"Weeds" (2005)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:
"Bleak House" (2005)
"Broken Trail" (2006) (mini)
Elizabeth I (2005) (TV)
Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:
Andre Braugher for "Thief" (2006)
Robert Duvall for "Broken Trail" (2006) (mini)
Michael Ealy for "Sleeper Cell" (2005)
Chiwetel Ejiofor for Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) (TV)
Ben Kingsley for Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Bill Nighy for Gideon's Daughter (2005) (TV)
Matthew Perry for The Ron Clark Story (2006) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:
Gillian Anderson for "Bleak House" (2005)
Annette Bening for Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I (2005) (TV)
Helen Mirren for Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV)
Sophie Okonedo for Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Zach Braff for "Scrubs" (2001)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Jason Lee for "My Name Is Earl" (2005)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:
Marcia Cross for "Desperate Housewives" (2004)
America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
Felicity Huffman for "Desperate Housewives" (2004)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Nominees:
Patrick Dempsey for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
Bill Paxton for "Big Love" (2006)
Kiefer Sutherland for "24" (2001)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Nominees:
Patricia Arquette for "Medium" (2005)
Edie Falco for "The Sopranos" (1999)
Evangeline Lilly for "Lost" (2004)
Ellen Pompeo for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:
Thomas Haden Church for "Broken Trail" (2006) (mini)
Jeremy Irons for Elizabeth I (2005) (TV)
Justin Kirk for "Weeds" (2005)
Masi Oka for "Heroes" (2006/II)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:
Emily Blunt for Gideon's Daughter (2005) (TV)
Toni Collette for Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) (TV)
Katherine Heigl for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
Sarah Paulson for "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006)
Elizabeth Perkins for "Weeds" (2005)

Het volledig ontbreken van United 93 valt wel op. Bij de films weinig verrassingen.

2 keer DiCaprio bij acteurs, maar 't zal wel Whitaker worden. Bij de actrices de 3 te verwachten Britse dames, aangevuld met de voorspelbare Cruz en Maggie .

Bij de komische rollen hoop ik bij de heren stiekem op Eckhart (liever dan Borat iig.). Bij de dames zal 't wel Streep worden, lijkt me ook de enige die zou overleven bij het samenvoegen van Drama en Comedy.

Bijrol is vrij surrealistisch met Nicholson en Pitt tegen Affleck, Wahlberg en Eddie Murphy. Bij de dames Hudson favoriet?

Verder: 2 keer Eastwood en geen Thank You for Smoking of Little Miss Sunshine bij screenplay , maar dat wordt elders nog opgesplitst.

Apocalypto en Iwo Jima staan ook bij Foreign Language, zo lijkt het plots veel moeilijker te gaan worden om voor Zwartboek nog een oscarnominatie te verwachten en moeten Pan en Volver serieus gaan oppassen voor Iwo Jima. Denk ik.

Op TV-vlak ben ik benieuwd naar het spannende duel tussen Hiro en Ari Gold .

Ik denk niet dat Babel veel gaat winnen, misschien bijrol met die Japanse.

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Op vrijdag 15 december 2006 01:23 schreef California het volgende:
Winst is iets anders: '88 en '98 zijn de laatste jaargangen geweest dat de Oscarwinnaar geen Globenominatie had.

Dat bedoelde ik dan ook .

Ik dacht er net aan dat er voor de foreign language oscars een shortlist van 61 films is waar Apocalypto en Iwo Jima niet opstaan, dus die mogen daar eigenlijk niet meedoen. Natuurlijk heb je nog wel dingen als die Zhang Yimou film die ook nog in de States moet uitkomen.

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Op vrijdag 15 december 2006 14:42 schreef California het volgende:

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En dat bedoelde ik dus ook . Er is natuurlijk ook weinig buitenlands aan die films.
Wel kun je denken dat Zwartboek weinig aandacht krijgt tot nu toe, en ik had een GG-nominatie ook wel verwacht.

Ach, over Tsotsi werd vorig jaar ook niet veel gezegd (al had die wel GG en Bafta-nominaties zonder daar te winnen) en die ging uiteindelijk zelfs met de Oscar aan de haal.

Anderzijds waren er 2 weken terug de European Film Awards en ook daar was er geen sprake van Zwartboek (of Een Ander Zijn Geluk for that matter ), het ging daar vooral over Das Leben der Anderen en Volver.

London Film Critics - nominaties

The Attenborough Award, British Film of the Year

Children of Men directed by Alfonso Cuaron
The Queen directed by Stephen Frears
Red Road directed by Andrea Arnold
The Last King of Scotland directed by Kevin Macdonald
The Wind That Shakes the Barley directed by Ken Loach

Film of the Year

The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Volver directed by Pedro Almodovar
United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
The Queen directed by Stephen Frears

British Producer of the Year

Paul Greengrass, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner - United 93
Al Clark, Ken Marshall, Rachel Robey, Paul Andrew Williams - London to Brighton
Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Charles Steel - The Last King of Scotland
Rebecca O’Brien - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Graham King – The Departed

Screenwriter of the Year

Peter Morgan - The Queen
Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
Guillermo del Toro - Pan’s Labyrinth
Dan Futterman – Capote
Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine

British Newcomer of the Year

Andrea Arnold - writer/director, Red Road
Paul Andrew Williams - writer/director, London to Brighton
Jodie Whittaker - actress, Venus
Clare-Hope Ashitey - actress, Children of Men
Rebecca Hall - actress, The Prestige

British Actress of the year in support

Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
Juliet Stevenson – Pierrepoint
Emily Watson - The Proposition
Helen McCrory - The Queen

British Actor of the year in support

Eddie Marsan – Pierrepoint
Michael Caine - The Prestige
Bill Nighy - Notes on a Scandal
Leslie Phillips – Venus
Dominic Cooper - The History Boys

British Actress of the Year

Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslett - Little Children
Loraine Stanley - London to Brighton
Kate Dickie - Red Road

British Actor of the Year

Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
Toby Jones – Infamous
Timothy Spall – Pierrepoint
James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland
Christian Bale - The Prestige

British Director of the Year

Andrea Arnold - Red Road
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Christopher Nolan - The Prestige
Kevin Macdonald - The Last King of Scotland
Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Foreign Language Film of the Year

L’Enfant directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
The Death of Mr Lazarescu directed by Cristi Piuiu
Volver directed by Pedro Almodovar
Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Black Book directed by Paul Verhoeven
Apolcalypto directed by Mel Gibson

Actress of the Year

Helen Mirren - The Queen
Penelope Cruz – Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger

Actor of the Year

Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys
David Strathairn - Goodnight, and Good Luck
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland

Director of the Year

Guillermo del Toro - Pan’s Labyrinth
Pedro Almodovar - Volver
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men

De nominaties van de Golden Satellites.

MOTION PICTURES

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Penelope Cruz -- "Volver" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Helen Mirren -- "The Queen" (Miramax)
Judi Dench -- "Notes on a Scandal" (Searchlight)
Gretchen Mol -- "The Notorious Bettie Page" (HBO)
Maggie Gyllenhaal -- "Sherrybaby" (IFC)
Kate Winslet -- "Little Children" (New Line)

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Derek Luke -- "Catch a Fire" (Focus)
Joshua Jackson -- "Aurora Borealis" (Regent)
Forrest Whitaker -- "The Last King of Scotland" (Fox Searchlight)
Ryan Gosling -- "Half Nelson" (ThinkFilm)
Patrick Wilson -- "Little Children" (New Line)
Leonardo DiCaprio -- "Blood Diamond" (Warner Bros)

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Julie Walters -- "Driving Lessons" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Annette Bening -- "Running with Scissors" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Meryl Streep -- "The Devil Wears Prada" (20th Century Fox)
Toni Collette -- "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
Jodie Whitaker -- "Venus" (Miramax)
Beyonce Knowles -- "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Joseph Cross -- "Running with Scissors" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Aaron Eckhart -- "Thank You for Smoking" (Fox Searchlight)
Sasha Baron Cohen -- "Borat" (20th Century Fox)
Peter O'Toole -- "Venus" (Miramax)
Will Ferrell -- "Stranger than Fiction" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Abigail Breslin -- "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
Lily Tomlin -- "Prairie Home Companion" (New Line)
Blythe Danner -- "The Last Kiss" (Dreamworks)
Rinko Kikuchi -- "Babel" (Paramount/Vantage)
Cate Blanchett -- "Notes on a Scandal" (Fox Searchlight)
Jennifer Hudson -- "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Donald Sutherland -- "Aurora Borealis" (Regent)
Adam Beach -- "Flags of our Fathers" (Dreamworks)
Leonardo DiCaprio -- "The Departed" (Warner Bros)
Alan Arkin -- "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
Brad Pitt -- "Babel" (Paramount/Vantage)
Jack Nicholson -- "The Departed" (Warner Bros)

MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
"Half Nelson" (ThinkFilm)
"The Departed" (Warner Bros)
"The Queen" (Miramax)
"The Last King of Scotland" (Fox Searchlight)
"Babel" (Paramount/Vantage)
"Little Children" (New Line)

MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
"Thank You for Smoking" (Fox Searchlight)
"The Devil Wears Prada" (20th Century Fox)
"Stranger than Fiction" (Sony/Columbia)
"Venus" (Miramax)
"Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)

MOTION PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Lives of Others" (Germany - Sony Pictures Classics)
"Volver" (Spain - Sony Pictures Classics)
"Changing Times" (France - Koch Lorber Films)
"Water" (Canada - Fox Searchlight)
"Syrian Bride" (Israel - Koch Lorber Films)
"Apocalypto" (Mexico - Icon Entertainment International)

MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA
"Cars" (Disney/Pixar)
"Ice Age 2: The Meltdown" (20th Century Fox)
"Happy Feet" (Warner Bros)
"Flushed Away" (Dreamworks)
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Picturehouse)

MOTION PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY
"Deliver Us from Evil" (Lions Gate)
"Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" (Firelight Media/PBS)
"An Inconvenient Truth" (Paramount/Vantage)
"The US vs. John Lennon" (Lions Gate)
"Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man" (Lions Gate)
"The War Tapes" (Senart Films)

DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese -- "The Departed" (Warner Bros)
Clint Eastwood -- "Flags of Our Fathers" (Dreamworks/Warner Bros)
Pedro Almodovar -- "Volver" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Stephen Frears -- "The Queen" (Miramax)
Alejandro González Iñárritu -- "Babel" (Paramount/Vantage)
Bill Condon -- "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)

SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
André Téchiné, Laurent Guyot, Pascal Bonitzer -- "Changing Times (Koch Lorber)
Elena Soarez, Luiz Carlos Barreto, Andrucha Waddington -- "House of Sand" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Guillermo Arriaga, Alejandro González Iñárritu -- "Babel" (Paramount/Vantage)
Pedro Almodovar -- "Volver" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Peter Morgan -- "The Queen" (Miramax)
Paul Laverty -- "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (IFC)

SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
William Broyles, Jr.; Paul Haggis -- "Flags of Our Fathers" (Dreamworks/Warner Bros)
Jason Reitman -- "Thank You for Smoking" (Fox Searchlight)
William Monahan, Siu Fai Mak, Felix Chong -- "The Departed" (Warner Bros)
Todd Field, Tom Perrotta -- "Little Children" (New Line)
Garrison Keillor -- "A Prairie Home Companion" (New Line)
Bill Condon -- "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)

ORIGINAL SCORE
Gabriel Yared -- "The Lives of Others" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Clint Eastwood -- "Flags of Our Fathers" (Dreamworks/Warner Bros)
Philip Glass -- "Notes on a Scandal" (Fox Searchlight)
Nathan Johnson -- "Brick" (Focus)
Hans Zimmer -- "Da Vinci Code" (Columbia)
Gustavo Santolalla -- "Babel" (Paramount/Vantage)

ORIGINAL SONG
"Upside Down" -- Jack Johnson, "Curious George" (Imagine/Universal)
"You Know My Name" -- Chris Cornell, "Casino Royale" (MGM/Sony)
"Love You I Do" -- Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett, "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)
"Never Let Go" -- Bryan Adams, Trevor Rabin, Eliot Kennedy, "The Guardian" (Disney)
"Listen" -- Henry Krieger, Anne Previn, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé Knowles, "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)
"Till the End of Time" -- Nick Urata, Devotchka, "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ricardo Della Rosa -- "House of Sand" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tom Stern -- "Flags of Our Fathers" (Dreamworks/Warner Bros)
Vilmos Zsigmond -- "The Black Dahlia" (Universal)
Philippe Lesourd -- "A Good Year" (Fox 2000)
Dante Spinotti -- "X-Men: The Last Stand" (20th Century Hotel)
Matthew Libatique -- "The Fountain" (Warner Bros)
Zhao Xiaoding -- "Curse of the Golden Flower" (Sony Pictures Classics)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Owens, Matthew Butler, Bryan Grill, Steven Riley -- "Flags of Our Fathers" (Dreamworks/Warner Bros)
John Knoll -- "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (Disney)
John Bruno -- "X-Men: The Last Stand" (20th Century Fox)
Dan Glass -- "V for Vendetta" (Warner Bros)
Jeremy Dawson, Daniel Schrecker -- "The Fountain" (Warner Bros)
Everett Burrell, Edward Irastorza -- "Pan's Labyrinth" (Picturehouse)
Kevin Ahern -- "The Da Vinci Code" (Columbia/Sony)

FILM EDITING
Mark Helfrich, Mark Goldblatt -- "X-Men: The Last Stand" (20th Century Fox)
Joel Cox -- "Flags of Our Fathers" (Dreamworks/Warner Bros)
Stephen Mirrione, Douglas Crise -- "Babel" (Paramount Vantage)
William Goldenberg -- "Miami Vice" (Universal)
Virginia Katz -- "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)

SOUND (EDITING & MIXING)
Steve Maslow, DM Hemphill, John A. Larsen, Rick Klein -- "X-Men: The Last Stand" (20th Century Fox)
Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman, Walt Martin, John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff -- "Flags of Our Fathers" (Warner Bros/Dreamworks)
José Garcia, Jon Taylor, Chris Minkler, Martin Hernandez -- "Babel" (Paramount/Vantage)
Willie Burton, Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Richard E. Yawn -- "Dreamgirls" (DreamworksParamount)
Chic Ciccolini III, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell -- "The Da Vinci Code" (Columbia/Sony)

ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN
K.K. Barrett -- "Marie Antoinette" (Columbia)
Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr., Richard Goddard -- "Flags of Our Fathers" (Warner Bros)
John Myhre, Tomas Voth, Nancy Haigh -- "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)
Eugenio Caballero -- "Pan's Labyrinth" (Picturehouse)
Owen Paterson, Marco Bittner Rosser, Sarah Horton, Sebastian T. Krawinkel, Stephen Gessler -- "V for Vendetta" (Warner Bros)

COSTUME DESIGN
Milena Canonero -- "Marie Antoinette" (Columbia)
Jenny Beavan -- "The Black Dahlia" (Universal)
Yee Chung Man -- "Curse of the Golden Flower" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sharen Davis -- "Dreamgirls" (Dreamworks/Paramount)
Patricia Field -- "The Devil Wears Prada" (20th Century Fox)

TELEVISION

MINISERIES
"To the Ends of the Earth" (PBS)
"Elizabeth I" (HBO)
"Bleak House" (PBS)
"Thief" (FX)
"Cassanova" (PBS)

MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"A Little Thing Called Murder" (Lifetime)
"High School Musical" (Disney Channel)
"Mrs. Harris" (HBO)
"In From the Night" (Hallmark/NBC)
"Gideon's Daughter" (BBC)

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Judy Davis -- "A Little Thing Called Murder" (Lifetime)
Helen Mirren -- "Elizabeth I" (HBO)
Gillian Anderson -- "Bleak House" (PBS)
Annette Bening -- "Mrs. Harris" (HBO)
Miranda Richardson -- "Gideon's Daughter" (BBC America)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Andre Braugher -- "Thief" (FX)
Ben Kingsley -- "Mrs. Harris" (HBO)
Hugh Darcy -- "Elizabeth I" (HBO)
Charles Dance -- "Bleak House" (PBS)
Bill Nighy -- "Gideon's Daughter" (BBC America)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Vanessa Williams -- "Ugly Betty" (ABC)
Elizabeth Perkins -- "Weeds" (Showtime)
Jean Smart -- "24" (Fox)
Fionnula Flannagan -- "Brotherhood" (Showtime)
Julie Benz -- "Dexter" (Showtime)
Laurie Metcalf -- "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Robert Knepper -- "Prison Break" (Fox/Rat)
Forrest Whitaker -- "The Shield" (FX)
Jeremy Piven -- "Entourage" (HBO)
Michael Emerson -- "Lost" (ABC/Touchstone)
Tony Plana -- "Ugly Betty" (HBO)
Philip Baker Hall -- "The Loop" (Fox)

TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
"24" (Fox)
"House" (Fox)
"The Wire" (HBO)
"Rescue Me" (FX)
"Dexter" (Showtime)
"Heroes" (NBC)

ACTRESS IN A SERIES, DRAMA
Sarah Paulson -- "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC)
Kyra Sedgwick/B> -- "The Closer" (TNT)
Kristen Bell -- "Veronica Mars" (CBS/CW)
Emily Deschanel -- "Bones" (Fox)
Jeanne Tripplehorn -- "Big Love" (HBO)
Amanda Peet -- "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC)

ACTOR IN A SERIES, DRAMA
Denis Leary -- "Rescue Me" (FX)
Bradley Whitford -- "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC)
Bill Paxton -- "Big Love" (HBO)
Hugh Laurie -- "House" (Fox)
Matthew Perry -- "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC)
Michael C. Hall -- "Dexter" (Showtime)

TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"The Office" (NBC)
"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)
"Everybody Hates Chris" (UPN)
"Entourage" (HBO)
"Ugly Betty" (ABC)

ACTRESS IN A SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
America Ferrera -- "Ugly Betty" (Fox)
Julia Louis Dreyfus -- "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (CBS)
Lisa Kudrow -- "The Comeback" (HBO)
Mary Louise Parker -- "Weeds" (Showtime)
Marcia Cross -- "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)
Laura Kightlinger -- "Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman" (IFC)

ACTOR IN A SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Steve Carrell -- "The Office" (NBC)
James Spader -- "Boston Legal" (ABC)
Ted Danson -- "Help Me Help You" (ABC)
Stephen Colbert -- "The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)
Jason Lee -- "My Name is Earl" (NBC)
James Roday -- "Psych" (USA)

BEST ENSEMBLE, TELEVISION
"Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)

BEST ENSEMBLE, MOTION PICTURE
"The Departed"

MARY PICKFORD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Martin Landau

BEST OVERALL DVD
"Superman" Ultimate Collector's Edition (Warner Home Video)
"Pandora's Box" (Criterion)
"Changing Times" (Koch Lober)
"V for Vendetta" (Warner Home Video)
"Jarhead" (Universal)
"Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½" (Criterion)
"A History of Violence" (New Line Home Video)
"Good Night and Good Luck" (Warner Home Video)
"Capote" (Sony Pictures)
"The Seven Samurai" (Criterion)

DVD EXTRAS
"The Omen" (20th Century Fox)
"The Towering Inferno" (20th Century Fox)
"The Poseidon Adventure" (20th Century Fox)
"Mission Impossible III" (Paramount)
"Good Night and Good Luck" (Warner Home Video)
"The New World" (New Line Home Video)
"Harry Potter" Years 1-4 (Warner Home Video)
"The Da Vinci Code" (Sony Pictures)
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" (Warner Home Video)
"The Chronicles of Narnia" (Buena Vista)

YOUTH DVD
"The Little Mermaid" (Walt Disney)
"Cars" (Walt Disney)
"Ice Age: The Meltdown" (20th Century Fox)
"Lady and the Tramp" (Walt Disney)
"Akeelah and the Bee" (Lions Gate)
"Nanny McPhee" (Universal)
"Eight Below" (Walt Disney)
"The Greatest Game Every Played" (Walt Disney)
"Wallace and Gramit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (Dreamworks)

DOCUMENTARY DVD
"Thinking XXX" (HBO)
"An Inconvenient Truth" (Paramount)
"Wordplay" (IFC/Genius)
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" (Magnolia)
"Dave Chappelle's Block Party" (Universal)
"The Aristocrats" (Velocity/ThinkFilm)
"Marie Antoinette" (PBS/Paramount)
"49 Up" (First Run Features)
"Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film" (PBS/Paramount)
"Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation" (Koch Vision)

CLASSIC DVD
"Sam Peckinpah's Legendary Westerns Collection" (Warner Home Video)
"Grease" (Paramount)
"Rogers and Hammerstein Box Set Collection" (20th Century Fox)
"Wicker Man" (Anchor Bay)
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" Anniversary Edition (Paramount)
"Valley of the Dolls" (20th Century Fox)
"The Conformist" (Paramount)
"1900/Novecento" (Paramount)
"Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition" (Warner Home Video)
"Cabin in the Sky" (Warner Home Video)

DVD RELEASE OF A TV SHOW
"Alias" - The Complete Fifth Season (Walt Disney)
"Desperate Housewives" - The Complete Second Season (Buena Vista)
"Slings and Arrows" - Season Two (Acorn)
"Six Feet Under" The Complete Series Gift Set (HBO)
"Police Squad!" The Complete Series (Paramount)
"The Simpsons" - The Complete Eighth Season (Fox)
"Liza with a 'Z' - A Concert of Television" (Collector's Edition) (Showtime)
"Mission: Impossible" The Complete First Season (Paramount)

Die Golden Satellites lijken bewust overal wat speciaal te doen. 6 i.p.v. 5 nominaties en die zesde is dan vaak een beetje apart: Joshua Jackson, Gretchen Mol, Half Nelson, Venus, Syrian Bride, Almodovar bij regie, etc...

Die DVD-awards vond ik wel leuk om ook eens te vermelden.

“Casino Royale”
“Eragon”
“Night at the Museum”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Poseidon”
“Superman Returns”
“X-Men The Last Stand”

De shortlist van de kanshebbers voor de oscar van de visual effects. Er staat er geen enkele tussen die me echt heeft weggeblazen.

Tot slot

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists

BEST FILM
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro

BEST DRAMA BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Little Children - Todd Field

BEST COMEDY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Little Miss Sunshine - Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

BEST SCREENPLAY WRITTEN BY A WOMAN
Half Nelson - Anna Boden

BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
Dame Helen Mirren - The Queen

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS OR ACTOR IN SUPPORT OF A FEMALE PROTAGONIST OR FEMALE PERSPECTIVE
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FOR A YOUNG ACTRESS
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Little Miss Sunshine

HANGING IN THERE FOR THE BEST PERSISTENCE
Deepa Mehta - Water

BEST DEPICTION OF NUDITY OR SEXUALITY
Little Children

DON'T STICK YOU HEAD IN THE SAND AWARD
Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing and Rachel

2006's OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY A WOMAN IN THE FILM INDUSTRY
Cate Blanchett

THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Judi Dench.

AWFJ AWARD FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTIVISM
Angelina Jolie

AN ACTRESS DEFYING AGE AND AGISM
Dame Helen Mirren

ACTRESS MOST IN NEED OF A NEW AGENT
Uma Thurman

MOVIES YOU WANTED TO LOVE BUT JUST COULDN'T
Marie Antoinette

AWFJ HALL OF SHAME AWARDS
A Good Year
Basic Instinct 2
Beerfest
Black Dahlia
Little Man
My Super-Ex Girlfriend
You, Me and Dupree

and

Mel Gibson, who has been awarded his place in the AWFJ Hall of Shame in recognition of the sexism he displayed when, according to police reports, he called a female officer 'sugar tits,' during his more famously anti-Semitic rant. We wish to assure Mr. Gibson that we heard the full scope of his rage that evening-- not just the Jewish part.

Dit moet het dan toch gaan worden voor Scorsese denk ik. Hij wint niet alles, maar wel het vaakst. Hoeft niets te betekenen, maar hij is nu toch wel de favoriet voor Globes en Oscars. En BAFTA's.

Misschien wordt Eastwood dit jaar wel degene met heel veel nominaties die met lege handen achterblijft. Ja, tuurlijk .

Ik vrees iets gelijkaardigs voor Babel en Little Children.

Hehe, Winstone supporting . Nauwelijks iemand in The Proposition met meer screentime, maar vooruit dan maar weer .

Ook opvallend dat The Prestige nergens wordt vernoemd (OK, wel bij de Britten). Het was geen daverend kassucces, maar kreeg wel goede kritieken/waarderingen en heeft nog altijd meer opgebracht dan Babel, Little Children, Flags of our Fathers en The Queen.