Can you Predict the Golden Globes’ Film Winners?
If you aren’t clued in yet, the 67th Annual Golden Globes will be announced tomorrow, this Sunday, Jan 17th 2010 (live telecast on NBC at 5 PM PST and 8 PM EST). This year’s film selections included what might be considered a few more popular choices than in recent years past. So, if you’ve got a list of favorite films from the last year or so, now’s your chance to see how your picks stack up against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s choices. We’d like to hear all about it if you think one or more of the films on the short list sucks completely. Likewise, we’d like to hear from you, if you think one or more of the Golden Globe picks is definitely worth all the hype.
Speaking of hype, some of this year’s biggest box office smashes surprisingly found their way on to the Globes’ list for statuettes. At the same time, some of the year’s most critically acclaimed films lost out on nominations. James Cameron’s buzz heavy, mega-budget film Avatar makes the list of ‘Best Motion Picture, Drama’ nominees. Avatar stands alongside a group of films that include Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Lee Daniel’s critically acclaimed Precious, Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air, and Kathryn Bigelow’s widely praised The Hurt Locker.
The ‘Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy’ category included the inventive and much loved romantic comedy 500 Days of Summer. Also included in the same category were It’s Complicated, and the musical Nine - alongside box office success stories Julie and Julia and The Hangover. Below is a full list of the nominees (and a link). Take a peek before you go! Again, feel free to make a prediction, and tell us which picks you think don’t add up, and which you think are the most deserving.
THE COMPLETE LIST OF FILM NOMINEES
Picture, Drama: "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire," "Up in the Air."
Picture, Musical or Comedy: "(500) Days of Summer," "The Hangover," "It’s Complicated," "Julie & Julia," "Nine."
Actor, Drama: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney, "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth, "A Single Man"; Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"; Tobey Maguire, "Brothers."
Actress, Drama: Emily Blunt, "The Young Victoria"; Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"; Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"; Carey Mulligan, "An Education"; Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire."
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"; James Cameron, "Avatar"; Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"; Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglorious Basterds."
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt Damon, "The Informant!"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "Nine"; Robert Downey Jr., "Sherlock Holmes"; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "(500) Days of Summer"; Michael Stuhlbarg, "A Serious Man."
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sandra Bullock, "The Proposal"; Marion Cotillard, "Nine"; Julia Roberts, "Duplicity"; Meryl Streep, "It’s Complicated"; Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia."
Supporting Actor: Matt Damon, "Invictus"; Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"; Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"; Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"; Christoph Waltz, "Inglorious Basterds."
Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Nine"; Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"; Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"; Mo’Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire"; Julianne Moore, "A Single Man."
Foreign Language: "Baaria," "Broken Embraces," "The Maid (La Nana)," "A Prophet," "The White Ribbon."
Animated Film: "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," "Coraline," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Princess and the Frog," "Up."
Screenplay: Neill Blomkamp, "District 9"; Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"; Nancy Meyers, "It’s Complicated"; Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglorious Basterds."
Original Score: Michael Giacchino, "Up"; Marvin Hamlisch, "The Informant!"; James Horner, "Avatar"; Abel Korzeniowski, "A Single Man"; Karen O, Carter Burwell, "Where the Wild Things Are."
Original Song: "Cinema Italiano" (written by Maury Yeston), "Nine"; "I Want to Come Home" (written by Paul McCartney); "Everybody’s Fine"; "I Will See You" (written by James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell); "Avatar"; "The Weary Kind (Theme from ‘Crazy Heart’)" (written by Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett), "Crazy Heart"; "Winter" (written by U2), "Brothers.
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I was happy to see James Cameron walk away with the top awards, including a best director nod for his futuristic, fight for spiritual rights, epic “Avatar” but it would have been nice to see Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” get in and get out before the nights time was up (yes, a time bomb pun related to the picture) with at least one globe. What do you think?
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I was surprised that Hurt Locker didn’t nab a win or two. It really cleaned up at some of the film critics circle awards ceremonies in December of 2009. We’ll see what Oscar has to say about all this in March. Any predictions out there?
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