For anyone who is interested, here are this year's nominees for the Gotham Awards, which aim to honor films with "imprints of specific voice."

Best Feature
"The Departed"
Martin Scorsese, director; Brad Pitt, Brad Grey, Graham King, producers (Warner Bros.)

"Half Nelson"
Ryan Fleck, director; Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Roseanne Korenberg, producers (ThinkFilm)

"Little Children"
Todd Field, director; Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Todd Field, producers (New Line Cinema)

"Marie Antoinette"
Sofia Coppola, director; Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola, producers (Sony Pictures)

"Old Joy"
Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Anish Savjani, producers (Kino International)

Best Documentary
"Deliver Us from Evil"
Amy Berg, director; Amy Berg, Frank Donner, Hermas Lassalle, Matthew Cooke, producers (Lionsgate)

"Following Sean"
Ralph Arlyck, director; Ralph Arlyck, Malcolm Pullinger, producers (Shadow Releasing)

"An Inconvenient Truth"
Davis Guggenheim, director; Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns, producers
(Paramount Classics & Participant Productions)

"Iraq in Fragments"
James Longley, director; James Longley, John Sinno, producers (Typecast Releasing in association with HBO Documentary Films)

"Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple"
Stanley Nelson, director/producer (Seventh Art Releasing)

Best Ensemble Cast
"Babel"
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Koji Yakakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Said Tarchani, Boubker Ait El Caid (Paramount Vantage)

"For Your Consideration"
Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard (Warner Independent Pictures)

"Little Miss Sunshine"
Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carrell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

"A Prairie Home Companion"
Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, L.Q. Jones, Sue Scott, Tim Russell (Picturehouse)

"Shortbus"
Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Raphael Barker, Peter Stickles, Jay Brannan, Justin Bond (ThinkFilm)

Breakthrough Director
Ramin Bahrani for "Man Push Cart" (Films Philos)
Laurie Collyer for "Sherrybaby" (IFC Films)
Ryan Fleck for "Half Nelson" (ThinkFilm)
So Yong Kim for "In Between Days"
James Marsh for "The King" (ThinkFilm)

Breakthrough Actor
Abigail Breslin for "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Shareeka Epps for "Half Nelson" (ThinkFilm)
Melinda Page for "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (Roadside Attractions/Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Rinko Kikuchi for "Babel" (Paramount Vantage)
Channing Tatum for "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" (First Look Pictures)

2006 Tributes
Edward Norton
Kate Winslet

Isn't it really unusual for something like The Departed to get nominated there? Good stuff!

Last year's nominees

Brokeback Mountain
Capote
A History of Violence
Keane
Me and You and Everyone We Know

Previous year

Sideways
Before Sunset
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I Heart Huckabees
Primer

shouldnt this have been a slam dunk for UA93

Crash didn't get in last year... so... maybe not? Of course, I'm sure you'll tell me why Crash is completely different, heh.

"Imprints of specific voice?"

Anyone care to elaborate, please.

And The Queen, right?

I'm sorry but I get all giddy and have to mention it ANYTIME this film's name appears anywhere.