Posted by editor@vimooz.com on April 28, 2009 under Animation|Anime, DVD, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article
Academy Award®-nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Waltz With Bashirwill be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 23, 2009 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The winner of the Golden Globe® for Best Foreign Language Film, Waltz With Bashir was written and directed by Ari Folman.
Based on actual events, Waltz With Bashir is a powerful and groundbreaking animated feature that follows one man’s personal experience with the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. In addition to its Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe win, Waltz With Bashir was nominated for the Palme D’Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was a 2008 official selection at the New York Film Festival, the Toronto Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on February 8, 2009 under Awards | Comments are off for this article
The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) last night announced the winners of the 2009 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, and videogame writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
SCREEN WINNERS
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Waltz with Bashir, Written by Ari Folman, Sony Pictures Classic
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on January 14, 2009 under Academy award, Awards, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article
Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards®. Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Austria, “Revanche,” Gotz Spielmann, director;
Canada, “The Necessities of Life,” Benoit Pilon, director;
France, “The Class,” Laurent Cantet, director;
Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director;
Israel, “Waltz with Bashir,” Ari Folman, director;
Japan, “Departures,” Yojiro Takita, director;
Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out,” Roberto Sneider, director; (pictured)
Sweden, “Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director;
Turkey, “3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director.
The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five 2008 nominees by specially selected committees in New York and Los Angeles. The committee members will spend this Friday, Saturday and Sunday viewing three of the films each day.
The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT and the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on January 12, 2009 under Awards | Comments are off for this article
Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at the Golden Globes last night taking home four top awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Original Score. Comeback king of the year, Mickey Rourke won Best Actor for “The Wrestler,” and Kate Winslet pulled a surprise double win, snagging awards for Best Supporting Actress, for “The Reader,” and Best Actress, for “Revolutionary Road.”
The list of winners:
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
Best Original Song: Bruce Springsteen, “The Wrestler”
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, “John Adams”
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Dern, “Recount”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment”
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Outstanding Animated Feature: “WALL-E”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: “John Adams”
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Waltz With Bashir”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Laura Linney, “John Adams”
Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Paul Giamatti, “John Adams”
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy: “30 Rock”
Best Original Score, A.R. Rahman: “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg
Best Director – Motion Picture: Danny Boyle “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell, “In Bruges”
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -Drama: Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road”
Best Television Series – Drama: “Mad Men”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Motion Picture – Drama: “Slumdog Millionaire”
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on January 8, 2009 under Awards | Comments are off for this article
The Writers Guild Of America announced their screen nominees for their 2009 awards. The winners will be announced on Saturday, February 7th.
SCREEN NOMINEES
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company (pictured)
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures
The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer; Based on Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics; Batman Created by Bob Kane, Warner Bros. Pictures
Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, Based on his Stage Play, Miramax Films
Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan, Based on his Stage Play, Universal Pictures
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Written by Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker, InterPositive Media
Chicago 10, Written by Brett Morgen, Roadside Attractions
Fuel, Written by Johnny O’Hara, Greenlight Theatrical / Intention Media
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Screenplay by Alex Gibney, From the Words of Hunter S. Thompson, Magnolia Pictures
Waltz with Bashir, Written by Ari Folman, Sony Pictures Classics
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on January 7, 2009 under Awards, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article
The nominations for the Film Not in the English Language Award (foreign films), to be presented at the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2009, have been announced. The five films are:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (pictured)
Gomorrah
I’ve Loved You So Long
Persepolis
Waltz with Bashir
For the second year running, The Film Not in the English Language Chapter nominees have been announced ahead of the nominations in other categories . This early announcement of the nominations allows the voting members of BAFTA a longer period to view the five films and gives a greater profile to this year’s foreign language films.
The next Orange British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 8 February 2009 at the Royal Opera House in London. [via]
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on January 5, 2009 under Awards | Comments are off for this article
The Wrestler leads the 2009 Online Film Critics Society with five (5) nominations
Best Picture
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E”
“The Wrestler”
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, “The Wrestler”
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”
Andrew Stanton, “WALL-E”
Best Actor
Benicio Del Toro, “Che” (pictured)
Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
Michelle Williams, “Wendy and Lucy”
Kate Winslet , “Revolutionary Road”
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey, Jr., “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Eddie Marsan, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
Best Original Screenplay
“In Bruges” (Martin McDonagh)
“Milk” (Dustin Lance Black)
“Synecdoche” (New York, Charlie Kaufman)
“WALL-E” (Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon)
“The Wrestler” (Robert D. Siegel)
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Eric Roth)
“The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan)
“Frost/Nixon” (Peter Morgan)
“Let the Right One In” (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Simon Beaufoy)
Best Documentary
“Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“I.O.U.S.A.”
“Man On Wire”
“My Winnipeg”
Best Foreign Film
“A Christmas Tale”
“The Counterfeiters”
“I’ve Loved You So Long”
“Let the Right One In”
“Waltz with Bashir”
Best Animated Feature Film
“Bolt”
“Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“WALL-E”
“Waltz with Bashir”
BEST NON-FICTION FILM
1. Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh (55)
2. Trouble the Water (34)
3. Encounters at the End of the World (26)
BEST DIRECTOR
1. Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky (36)
2. Gus Van Sant, Milk & Paranoid Park (20)
3. Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (16)
BEST ACTOR
1. Sean Penn, Milk (87)
2. Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler (40)
3. Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino (38)
BEST ACTRESS
1. Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky (65)
2. Melissa Leo, Frozen River (33)
3. Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy (31)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky (41)
2. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (35)
3. Josh Brolin, Milk (29)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven (29)
2. Viola Davis, Doubt (29, on fewer ballots)
3. Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (24)
BEST SCREENPLAY
1. Happy-Go-Lucky, by Mike Leigh (29)
2. A Christmas Tale (24)
3. Synecdoche, New York (17)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle (29)
2. The Flight of the Red Balloon (22)
3. The Dark Knight (18)
4. Still Life
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
1. Razzle Dazzle, directed by Ken Jacobs
FILM HERITAGE AWARDS
The Criterion Collection for finally making Samuel Fuller’s suppressed White Dog (1982) available to a wide American audience via DVD release.
The Exiles, Kent Mackenzie’s realistic 1961 independent film about Native Americans in Los Angeles. (Restored by Ross Lipman of the UCLA Television and Film Archives and distributed by Milestone.)
Flicker Alley for releasing DVD collections of rare early U.S. and foreign silent films.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment for its DVD set “Murnau, Borzage and Fox.”
Forty-nine of the 63 members of the society voted Saturday afternoon at the 43rd annual meeting at the venerable Sardi’s restaurant in New York City. [via | via]
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on December 30, 2008 under Awards, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article
Foreign language film enthusiasts will have an additional reason to celebrate on Golden Globe Weekend as filmmakers from Germany, Sweden, Israel, France and Italy participate in the Fifth Annual Hollywood Foreign Press Association Foreign Language Film Nominees Symposium on Saturday, January 10 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood at 1:00 pm.
The free round table panel discussion with the five directors of the Golden Globe Award-nominated foreign language films will be moderated by Mike Goodridge, HFPA Vice President and U.S. Editor of Screen International.
The event follows special screenings of the nominated movies at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica January 7-9.
The five nominated foreign language films are:
– France, “I’ve Loved You So Long,” Philippe Claudel, director
– Germany, “The Baader-Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director
– Israel, “Waltz With Bashir,” Ari Folman, director
– Italy, “Gomorra,” Matteo Garrone, director
– Sweden/Denmark, “Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director (pictured)
The seminar and screenings are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian and Aero Theatres. The seminar is free but there is a ticket charge to view the nominated foreign language films. Advance tickets can be purchased at www.fandango.com. Additional information on the films is available at www.americancinematheque.com.
“The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards” will take place Sunday, January 11, 2009 at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST.
In Hebrew with English subtitles. Running time: 87 minutes. Rated: R (disturbing images and atrocities, brief nudity and sex)
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images …
Pageant
Running time: 95 minutes. Not rated (mature themes)
What do a flight attendant, a landscape architect and a devoted father all have in common? In the fun and fascinating world of Pageant, it’s an unbridled fervor for performing, a commitment to entertainment excellence and a passion for evening gowns.
Taking us behind the glitz and glamour of the 34th annual Miss Gay America, filmmakers Ron Davis and Stewart Halpern focus on five female impersonators as they descend on Memphis, Tennessee to strut their stuff and compete against 45 other contestants. The amazing physical transformation of these men into glamorous women is a wonder to behold. No hormones or body enhancements are allowed, which means these au natural drag queens become beautiful the old-fashioned way: with duct tape and lots of makeup.
But it’s the film’s focus on the people under the mascara that makes Pageant truly resonate. Interviews with the contestants and their supportive friends and family provide moving insights and intriguing details about what motivates them. Soon the real-life drama of the competition takes over as we watch extravagant performances and frantic costume changes, wondering who will walk away with the coveted crown. More than an immensely engaging story about men in women’s clothing, Pageant is an inspirational story about the power of chasing your dreams and the beauty of being yourself. – BRENDAN PETERSON [via]
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