That's nice to hear.
Two weeks until Venice!So Keira is supporting not lead? Or will this be more like Kidman for The Hours?
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| Author: | Levy [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | This year's first contender: Atonement |
After seeing it I am pretty sure Knightley is a top contender for Best Supporting Actress honors. Also James McAvoy could have a shot at Best Actor. Additional nominations for Make-Up, Cinematography, Editing (though I found it a bit confusing at times), Adapted Screenplay, Costumes and Art Direction are in the cards, quite possibly even Best Picture and Director. The women in the screening I attended absolutely adored the movie. |
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| Author: | xiayun [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
That's nice to hear. Two weeks until Venice!So Keira is supporting not lead? Or will this be more like Kidman for The Hours? |
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| Author: | Levy [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Here's a full review that echoes my sentiment: http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/rev ... ?FID=11344 |
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| Author: | Christian [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
I like the whole "book within a book" aspect of Atonement and I am intrigued to see it filmed. The character Cecilia (played by Keira) is not the main character of the book, but is the subject of Briony's "atonement" that the latter carries from when she was 13 until in her 70's. |
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| Author: | Jonathan [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
I had my eye on this right after the Oscars, but I've become weary since it apparently got appointed the status of Oscar frontrunner by followers of the race, so I wanted to hold off on anything until other people actually saw it. It appears to be the real deal, nice. And like Xia said Keira will probably be put in Lead ala Kidman in The Hours. |
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| Author: | Jonathan [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Also, which Briony do you think stand the best shot: Ronan, Garai, or Redgrave? |
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| Author: | Ishmael [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Nice to hear another positive reaction. A clip from the film has just been made available. And there are a number of featurettes also: Atonement James McAvoy Joe Wright Keira Knightley Dunkirk Three Brionys ... all found on the IMDb board. |
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| Author: | Christian [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Positive* Jon wrote: Also, which Briony do you think stand the best shot: Ronan, Garai, or Redgrave? Some reviews I have read have Redgrave as a glorified cameo? 
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| Author: | Jonathan [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
ValleyGuyChristian wrote: Positive* Jon wrote: Also, which Briony do you think stand the best shot: Ronan, Garai, or Redgrave? Some reviews I have read have Redgrave as a glorified cameo? Well, that's hardly ever stopped veterans before, no? *COUGHCOUGHwilliamhurtCOUGHCOUGH* 
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| Author: | Raffiki [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
My most anticipated movie of the year as of now. I really want to read the book before I see the film. |
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| Author: | Rod [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Well I think Away from Her/Once are the first contenders but... The trailer doesnt really show much, but at least the performances look great. |
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| Author: | Levy [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
xiayun wrote: That's nice to hear. Two weeks until Venice!So Keira is supporting not lead? Or will this be more like Kidman for The Hours? I would put Keira in supporting. The female lead is Briony - problem is that she's played by three different actresses, so there's not really a female lead in the movie. Keira has a big role in the early part of the movie but then its focus shifts to McAvoy in the war and Briony in the hospital. They would be foolish to put Keira into the lead category IMO |
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| Author: | Levy [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Positive* Jon wrote: Also, which Briony do you think stand the best shot: Ronan, Garai, or Redgrave? Most impressive was Ronan, the biggest impact has Garai. Redgrave has maybe five minutes screentime. The best chance would probably have Garai, though I don't think any of them will be nominated. That's the problem when one role is cast with different actors. |
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| Author: | snack [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
When does this come out btw? |
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| Author: | Levy [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
In the Uk in september, in Germany november and in the US in limited release on december 7th |
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| Author: | android [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
This could be a monster (and end up winning BP, who knows?). |
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| Author: | Levy [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Just found this on flickr. This is the amazing Dunkirk set in which the beach scene takes place that Empirew (rightfully) raved about. 
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| Author: | knightleyfan [ Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
will you all (who have seen the atonement movie) give any spoilers? i have read the book, but i just want to know where a particular scene from the trailer is in the move |
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| Author: | Levy [ Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
knightleyfan wrote: will you all (who have seen the atonement movie) give any spoilers? i have read the book, but i just want to know where a particular scene from the trailer is in the move You can PM me if you want to know something. The structure of the movie is very faithful to the structure of the book. |
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| Author: | knightleyfan [ Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
k i gave you a PM! thnks in advance! |
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| Author: | Christian [ Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Levy wrote: Just found this on flickr. This is the amazing Dunkirk set in which the beach scene takes place that Empirew (rightfully) raved about. Can you say Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction locks? 
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| Author: | Levy [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Daily Telegraph wrote: Next Wednesday evening, the eyes of the entire film world will focus on English director Joe Wright. To the incessant flash of photographers' clicking cameras, he will stroll along a red carpet into the imposing Palazzo del Cinema in Venice and enter its auditorium, where the whole room will rise to applaud him. His new film Atonement, an adaptation of Ian McEwan's brilliant award-winning novel, has been chosen to open this year's Venice Film Festival. At 35, Wright is the youngest director to receive that accolade. It will be an impossibly heady night, but the aftermath promises even more. Critics who have seen Atonement have reacted with breathless superlatives, and its showing at Venice and subsequent release will almost certainly catapult Wright into the ranks of world-class film directors. Quote: And Jason Solomons, in The Guardian, says the beach scene at Dunkirk could even be "the best single shot in British cinema." He writes: "Wright introduces us to the carnage with a magnificent tracking shot that winds its way through a minefield of devastation. Wright's achievement in that shot, with his cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, sums up the whole film: brilliantly, elegantly simple. |
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| Author: | Jonathan [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Yeah, if it goes over well in Venice and Britain when it opens this just might become our first Picture lock. I can feel the race's simmer growing to a boil...
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| Author: | Raffiki [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
I just checked the book out from the library. *tries to hold in excitement* |
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| Author: | Levy [ Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This year's first contender: Atonement |
Check this out: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21005 |
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