Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Catching Up: PGA Nominees, Online Film Critics, Central Ohio Critics, and Oklahoma Film Critics Picks

The Producers Guild announced yesterday, January 14; winners to be announced on Febraury 2nd. Here's a link to their site and their picks below:

THE DARRYL F. ZANUCK PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax)
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax/Paramount Vantage)
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)

THE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"Bee Movie" (Dreamworks Animation)
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation)
"The Simpsons Movie" (20th Century FOX)

THE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN DOCUMENTARY THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"Body Of War" (Phil Donahue Productions/Mobilus Media)
"Hear And Now" (HBO)
"Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song" (The Weinstein Company)
"Sicko" (The Weinstein Company)
"White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki" (HBO)

The Online Film Critics announced their nominees on January 3 and winners on January 8. Here's a link top their site and their picks, below:

PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
* No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
The Host
La Vie en Rose
The Lives of Others
The Orphanage

DOCUMENTARY
In the Shadow of the Moon
Into Great Silence
* The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
No End in Sight
Sicko

DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
* Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
David Cronenberg - Eastern Promises
David Fincher - Zodiac
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

ACTOR
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
* Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

ACTRESS
* Julie Christie - Away from Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (six nominees due to a tie)
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Jennifer Garner - Juno
Kelly MacDonald - No Country for Old Men
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
* Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Kelly Masterson - Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Steven Knight - Eastern Promises
* Diablo Cody - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Brad Bird - Ratatouille

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
James Vanderbilt - Zodiac

ANIMATED FEATURE
Beowulf
Paprika
Persepolis
* Ratatouille by Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood

EDITING
Paul Tothill - Atonement
Christopher Rouse - The Bourne Ultimatum
* Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor - There Will Be Blood
Angus Wall - Zodiac

SCORE
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Michael Brook, Kaki King & Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once
* Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood

BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
Juan Antonio Bayona - The Orphanage
John Carney - Once
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
* Sarah Polley - Away from Her

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
* Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Glen Hansard - Once
Sam Riley - Control
Carice van Houten - Black Book
Tang Wei - Lust, Caution

The 6th Annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2007, were announced on January 11, 2008. Link to their website.

Best Film
1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
3. Juno
4. Once
5. There Will Be Blood
6. Lars and the Real Girl
7. 3:10 to Yuma
8. The Savages
9. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
10. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon)

Best Director
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - (No Country for Old Men)
• Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson - (There Will Be Blood)

Best Actor
• Daniel Day-Lewis - (There Will Be Blood)
• Runner-Up: Ryan Gosling - (Lars and the Real Girl)

Best Actress
• Ellen Page - (Juno)
• Runner-Up: Amy Adams - (Enchanted)

Best Supporting Actor
• Javier Bardem - (No Country for Old Men)
• Runner-Up: Ben Foster - (3:10 to Yuma)

Best Supporting Actress
• Cate Blanchett - (I'm Not There)
• Runner-Up: Emily Mortimer - (Lars and the Real Girl)

Best Ensemble
• No Country for Old Men
• Runner-Up: 3:10 to Yuma

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Charlie Wilson's War, The Savages)
• Runner-Up: Josh Brolin - (American Gangster, Grindhouse, In the Valley of Elah, No Country for Old Men)

Breakthrough Film Artist
• Sarah Polley - (Away from Her) - (for directing and screenwriting)
• Runner-Up: Ellen Page - (Juno) - (for acting)

Best Cinematography
• Óscar Faura - (The Orphanage (El Orfanato))
• Runner-Up: Roger Deakins - (No Country for Old Men)

Best Screenplay - Adapted
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - (No Country for Old Men)
• Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson - (There Will Be Blood)

Best Screenplay - Original
• Diablo Cody - (Juno)
• Runner-Up: Tamara Jenkins - (The Savages)

Best Score
• Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová - (Once)
• Runner-Up: Dario Marianelli - (Atonement)

Best Documentary
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
• Runner-Up (tie): In the Shadow of the Moon
• Runner-Up (tie): No End in Sight

Best Foreign Language Film
• The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
• Runner-Up: The Orphanage (El Orfanato)

Best Animated Film
• Ratatouille
• Runner-Up: Paprika

Best Overlooked Film
• Air Guitar Nation
• Runner-Up: The Lookout

The Oklahoma Film Critics (link) announced way back on Dec. 23rd, just now getting around to posting their picks:

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle 2007 Film Awards

Top Ten Films

No Country For Old Men
Juno
Zodiac
Atonement
Michael Clayton
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Gone Baby Gone
Once
Eastern Promises

Best Film of 2007

No Country for Old Men

Best Director(s)

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men


Best First Feature

Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone

Best Actress

Ellen Page, Juno

Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Breakout Performance
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Documentary
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Best Foreign Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille

Obviously Worst Film
Norbit

Not-So-Obviously Worst Film
Youth Without Youth/Bee Movie (Tie)

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