AWARDS WATCH | “Button,” “Nixon,” “Doubt” Atop Golden Globe Nominations by Eugene Hernandez and Peter Knegt (December 11, 2008)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon” and “Doubt” led the rather surprising 66th Annual Golden Globe Award nominations, grabbing five nominations a piece. “Button” and “Nixon” were among the best motion picture drama nominees, a category that also included “The Reader,” “Revolutionary Road” and “Slumdog Millionaire” but snubbed heavy favorites like “Milk” and “The Dark Knight.” Shocking inclusions, on in the other hand, included an acting nod for Tom Cruise for his work on “Tropic Thunder.” In the unusually Oscar-hopeful free comedy or musical categories, Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” led with four nominees, including actor (Javier Bardem), actress (Rebecca Hall) and supporting actress (Penelope Cruz). “Vicky” also got a best motion picture comedy or musical category, joining “In Bruges,” “Mamma Mia!,” “Happy-Go-Lucky” and “Burn After Reading.” After nearly across-the-board snubs from the LA critics’, NY critics’, and Critics’ Choice, both Sam Mendes’ “Revolutionary Road” and Stephen Daldry’s “The Reader” received a much-needed boost from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Globes. Each received four nods, including picture, director, and dual acting nods for the films’ shared star, Kate Winslet. Other double nominees included Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, though Eastwood’s nods came in the score and song categories, and not for his acting work in “Gran Torino,” which was expected. Major snubs, in addition to the all-but-one nod exclusions of “Milk” and “The Dark Knight” (meaning films like “Bolt,” “In Bruges,” “Mamma Mia!” and “Tropic Thunder” all received more nominations than the two critics’ faves), include Richard Jenkins work in “The Visitor,” “Frozen River”‘s Melissa Leo, “Rachel Getting Married”‘s Debra Winger and Rosemarie DeWitt, “Revolutionary Road”‘s Michael Shannon,” and perhaps suggestive of the HFPA’s overall feelings toward it, “Benjamin Button”‘s Cate Blanchett and Taraji P. Hensen. Though perhaps the most the surprising thing about the nominations was that there was only five nominees in every category.
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BROKEN EMBRACES
A Film By Almodovar, Starring Penelope Cruz Opens New York 11/20, Opens Los Angeles 12/11 Opens additional cities 12/25 Where is it opening by you? www.sonyclassics.com/brokenembraces/dates.html "Astonishing! A Masterpiece!" Jeffrey Lyons, KNBC Weekend Today "Cruz with Almodovar makes BROKEN EMBRACES soar!" Richard Corliss, TIME Written and Directed by Pedro Almodovar www.brokenembracesmovie.com www.facebook.com/brokenembracesmovie |
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