Mark Vader Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 Yesterday the Hollywood Foreign Press announced it's nominations for their yearly Golden Globe awards. I know that some of you here prefer this awards show over the Oscars & Emmys. Here are this years nominations: 1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA a. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures b. FROST/NIXON Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures c. THE READER Mirage Enterprises; The Weinstein Company d. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD An Evamere Entertainment BBC Films Neal Street Production; DreamWorks Pictures in Association with BBC Films and Paramount Vantage e. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.; Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros. 2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA a. ANNE HATHAWAY – RACHEL GETTING MARRIED b. ANGELINA JOLIE – CHANGELING c. MERYL STREEP – DOUBT d. KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME) e. KATE WINSLET – REVOLUTIONARY ROAD 3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA a. LEONARDO DICAPRIO – REVOLUTIONARY ROAD b. FRANK LANGELLA – FROST/NIXON c. SEAN PENN – MILK d. BRAD PITT – THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON e. MICKEY ROURKE – THE WRESTLER 4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. BURN AFTER READING Working Title/Releasing Company; Focus Features in association with Studio Canal b. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY Summit Entertainment, Film4, Ingenious Film Partners, Miramax Films; Miramax Films c. IN BRUGES Blueprint Pictures; Focus Features d. MAMMA MIA! Relativity Media, Playtone, Littlestar; Universal Pictures e. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA Mediapro; The Weinstein Company 5.BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. REBECCA HALL – VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA b. SALLY HAWKINS – HAPPY-GO-LUCKY c. FRANCES MCDORMAND – BURN AFTER READING d. MERYL STREEP – MAMMA MIA! e. EMMA THOMPSON – LAST CHANCE HARVEY 6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. JAVIER BARDEM – VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA b. COLIN FARRELL – IN BRUGES c. JAMES FRANCO – PINEAPPLE EXPRESS d. BRENDAN GLEESON – IN BRUGES e. DUSTIN HOFFMAN – LAST CHANCE HARVEY 7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM a. BOLT Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures b. KUNG FU PANDA DreamWorks Animation SKG; Paramount Pictures c. WALL-E Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM a. THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (GERMANY) (DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX) Constantin Film Produktion GmbH; Summit Entertainment, LLC b. EVERLASTING MOMENTS (SWEDEN/DENMARK) (MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGONBLICK) Final Cut Productions Aps; IFC Films c. GOMORRAH (ITALY) (GOMORRA) Fandango; IFC Films d. I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (FRANCE) (IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME) UGC YM/UGC Images/France 3 Cinema/Integral Film; Sony Pictures Classics e. WALTZ WITH BASHIR (ISRAEL) Bridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films D'Ici/Razor Films/Arte France/ITVS International; Sony Pictures Classics 9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE a. AMY ADAMS – DOUBT b. PENELOPE CRUZ – VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA c. VIOLA DAVIS –DOUBT d. MARISA TOMEI – THE WRESTLER e. KATE WINSLET – THE READER 10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE a. TOM CRUISE – TROPIC THUNDER b. ROBERT DOWNEY JR. –TROPIC THUNDER c. RALPH FIENNES – THE DUCHESS d. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – DOUBT e. HEATH LEDGER – THE DARK KNIGHT 11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE a. DANNY BOYLE – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE b. STEPHEN DALDRY – THE READER c. DAVID FINCHER – THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON d. RON HOWARD – FROST/NIXON e. SAM MENDES – REVOLUTIONARY ROAD 12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE a. SIMON BEAUFOY – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE b. DAVID HARE – THE READER c. PETER MORGAN – FROST/NIXON d. ERIC ROTH – THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN e. JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY – DOUBT 13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE a. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT –THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON b. CLINT EASTWOOD – CHANGELING c. JAMES NEWTON HOWARD – DEFIANCE d. A. R. RAHMAN – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE e. HANS ZIMMER – FROST/NIXON 14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE a. “DOWN TO EARTH” — WALL-E Music by: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman Lyrics by: Peter Gabriel b. “GRAN TORINO” — GRAN TORINO Music by: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens Lyrics by: Jamie Cullum c. “I THOUGHT I LOST YOU” — BOLT Music & Lyrics by: Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele d. “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” — CADILLAC RECORDS Music & Lyrics by: Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street e. “THE WRESTLER” — THE WRESTLER Music & Lyrics by: Bruce Springsteen 15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA a. DEXTER (SHOWTIME) Showtime/John Goldwyn Productions/The Colleton Company/Clyde Phillips Productions b. HOUSE (FOX) Universal Media Studios in association with Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions c. IN TREATMENT (HBO) Sheleg, Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment d. MAD MEN (AMC) Lionsgate Television e. TRUE BLOOD (HBO) Your Face Goes Here Productions in association with HBO Entertainment 16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA a. SALLY FIELD – BROTHERS AND SISTERS b. MARISKA HARGITAY –LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT c. JANUARY JONES – MAD MEN d. ANNA PAQUIN – TRUE BLOOD e. KYRA SEDGWICK – THE CLOSER 17. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA a. GABRIEL BYRNE – IN TREATMENT b. MICHAEL C. HALL – DEXTER c. JON HAMM – MAD MEN d. HUGH LAURIE – HOUSE e. JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS – THE TUDORS 18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. 30 ROCK (NBC) Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little Stranger Inc. b. CALIFORNICATION (SHOWTIME) Showtime Presents in association with Aggressive Mediocrity, And Then... c. ENTOURAGE (HBO) Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment d. THE OFFICE (NBC) Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille LLC, Universal Media Studios e. WEEDS (SHOWTIME) Lionsgate Television 19.BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. CHRISTINA APPLEGATE – SAMANTHA WHO? b. AMERICA FERRERA – UGLY BETTY c. TINA FEY – 30 ROCK d. DEBRA MESSING – THE STARTER WIFE e. MARY-LOUISE PARKER – WEEDS 20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. ALEC BALDWIN – 30 ROCK b. STEVE CARELL – THE OFFICE c. KEVIN CONNOLLY – ENTOURAGE d. DAVID DUCHOVNY – CALIFORNICATION e. TONY SHALHOUB – MONK 21. BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. A RAISIN IN THE SUN (ABC) Sony Pictures Television, Storyline Entertainment, and Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment b. BERNARD AND DORIS (HBO Trigger Street Independent Productions in association with Little Bird and Chicago Films and HBO Films c. CRANFORD (PBS) A Co-Production of BBC and WGBH Boston. d. JOHN ADAMS (HBO) Playtone in association with HBO Films e. RECOUNT (HBO) Spring Creek/Mirage Productions in association with Trigger Street Productions, Everyman Pictures and HBO Films 22. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. JUDI DENCH – CRANFORD b. CATHERINE KEENER – AN AMERICAN CRIME c. LAURA LINNEY – JOHN ADAMS d. SHIRLEY MACLAINE – COCO CHANEL e. SUSAN SARANDON – BERNARD AND DORIS 23. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. RALPH FIENNES – BERNARD AND DORIS b. PAUL GIAMATTI – JOHN ADAMS c. KEVIN SPACEY – RECOUNT d. KIEFER SUTHERLAND – 24: REDEMPTION e. TOM WILKINSON – RECOUNT 24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. EILEEN ATKINS – CRANFORD b. LAURA DERN – RECOUNT c. MELISSA GEORGE – IN TREATMENT d. RACHEL GRIFFITHS – BROTHERS AND SISTERS e. DIANNE WIEST – IN TREATMENT 25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. NEIL PATRICK HARRIS – HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER b. DENIS LEARY – RECOUNT c. JEREMY PIVEN – ENTOURAGE d. BLAIR UNDERWOOD – IN TREATMENT e. TOM WILKINSON – JOHN ADAMS
buckeyemike Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 2008 has been a year of redemption for some...most notably, Robert Downey Jr. for "Iron Man". But there is another, potentially bigger story out there in Mickey Rourke. I haven't seen Mickey Rourke in a movie in years. But his performance in "The Wrestler" is generating all sorts of Oscar buzz and has already earned him a Golden Globe nomination. An Oscar nod is likely next. I think what a movie like this shows us is, despite the fact that society has become increasingly bitter and unforgiving, there is still such a thing as redemption. I've never been a huge wrestling fan (except for a brief fling in the mid-80s), but I'm planning on seeing this movie when it opens on January 16. Link to the trailer for "The Wrestler".
K-Gun10 Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 2008 has been a year of redemption for some...most notably, Robert Downey Jr. for "Iron Man". But there is another, potentially bigger story out there in Mickey Rourke. I haven't seen Mickey Rourke in a movie in years. But his performance in "The Wrestler" is generating all sorts of Oscar buzz and has already earned him a Golden Globe nomination. An Oscar nod is likely next. I think what a movie like this shows us is, despite the fact that society has become increasingly bitter and unforgiving, there is still such a thing as redemption. I've never been a huge wrestling fan (except for a brief fling in the mid-80s), but I'm planning on seeing this movie when it opens on January 16. Link to the trailer for "The Wrestler". Mickey Rourke was also great in Sin city as Marv.
Kelly the Dog Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 2008 has been a year of redemption for some...most notably, Robert Downey Jr. for "Iron Man". But there is another, potentially bigger story out there in Mickey Rourke. I haven't seen Mickey Rourke in a movie in years. But his performance in "The Wrestler" is generating all sorts of Oscar buzz and has already earned him a Golden Globe nomination. An Oscar nod is likely next. I think what a movie like this shows us is, despite the fact that society has become increasingly bitter and unforgiving, there is still such a thing as redemption. I've never been a huge wrestling fan (except for a brief fling in the mid-80s), but I'm planning on seeing this movie when it opens on January 16. Link to the trailer for "The Wrestler". It's very good, I saw it. Rourke is fantastic in it. In some ways it's a very typical Rocky type movie and in some ways it's really not. I won't ruin it for anyone but I would be shocked if he doesn't get an Oscar nom for it. I have no interest in Wrestling at all but the wrestling scenes, and there are a ton of them, are interesting, graphic and good.
WellDressed Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Best Picture- Frost/Nixon Best Actor-Frank Langella Best Actress- Merryl Streep
Beerball Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Best Picture- Frost/Nixon Best Actor-Frank Langella Best Actress- Merryl Streep I have no desire to see Frost/Nixon & it's for a totally stupid reason. I just can't bear to listen to Frank Langella's impersonation of Nixon. It sounds so totally non-Nixonian to me that I can't bear to watch the film. IMO Langella should have gotten the mannerisms down and left it at that. I know it won't matter to the kiddies, but it bugs me.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 I have no desire to see Frost/Nixon & it's for a totally stupid reason. I just can't bear to listen to Frank Langella's impersonation of Nixon. It sounds so totally non-Nixonian to me that I can't bear to watch the film. IMO Langella should have gotten the mannerisms down and left it at that. I know it won't matter to the kiddies, but it bugs me. Oh no! Nixon's not coming back with the smokes!
buckeyemike Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 It's very good, I saw it. Rourke is fantastic in it. In some ways it's a very typical Rocky type movie and in some ways it's really not. I won't ruin it for anyone but I would be shocked if he doesn't get an Oscar nom for it. I have no interest in Wrestling at all but the wrestling scenes, and there are a ton of them, are interesting, graphic and good. Best line in the trailer: both Rourke and Tomei's characters agreed that "the 90s sucked" as far as music was concerned. Agree 100%.
Kelly the Dog Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 I have no desire to see Frost/Nixon & it's for a totally stupid reason. I just can't bear to listen to Frank Langella's impersonation of Nixon. It sounds so totally non-Nixonian to me that I can't bear to watch the film. IMO Langella should have gotten the mannerisms down and left it at that. I know it won't matter to the kiddies, but it bugs me. I don't know if you have seen the movie but Langella is extremely good. I never really liked him as an actor but I think he was excellent in Frost/Nixon, and I wouldnt at all be surprised if he wins best actor. It's surely not enough to just mock a voice, and I agree it doesnt always sound like Nixon. But he was terrific at getting the intelligence, paranoia, loneliness, and competitive elements of Nixon in very subtle manners.
TaskerFan Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 I have no desire to see Frost/Nixon & it's for a totally stupid reason. I just can't bear to listen to Frank Langella's impersonation of Nixon. It sounds so totally non-Nixonian to me that I can't bear to watch the film. IMO Langella should have gotten the mannerisms down and left it at that. I know it won't matter to the kiddies, but it bugs me. That's cuz you're old dude.
ajzepp Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 Sean Penn is ridiculously good in Milk. He's pretty good at being a major league douche, too. That being said, I'm looking forward to seeing the film.
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