something wierd bout forign film nom:
they nominated a film from the UK a few years ago!
huh?

Gahhhhhh!

*Rips out hair...abandones thread 'til tomorrow morning because all the crappy movies went through and all the good movies got kicked out*

Boo...this just ruined my personal favorite category of the night.

Impact..I meant for non-American directors there have been British noms. :wink:

Stupid stupid stupid...*continues mumbling under breathe*

BTW, Xia, great avatar, where's it from?

Thanks! It's from here, and the image comes from the movie 2046. BTW, have you seen In the Mood for Love?

ok thanks Dolce!

(something scary the most popular thread today i think was my razzie one!)

I'm not going to make a full list (I don't wanna!), but here are some of my predictions and some possible upsets:

- I'm still going for Hotel Rwanda over Ray for best picture. I think Hackford will take a best director nomination in place of that, though.
- I'm jumping on the Zhang Yimou train. (weeeee!!!)
- I wouldn't rule out Bad Education, especially in the screenplay category. Same for Before Sunset.
- I wouldn't rule out Kinsey either. Laura Linney's a shoo-in, as is the screenplay, but I think either Liam Neeson or Peter Sarsgaard will be getting something. Or, I dunno. I could just be dumb.

I'm so excited.

I have. I thought it was an excellent movie. Perhaps an A-, I need to re-watch it though, I've only seen it once when it first came out. I own the soundtrack too, its excellent.

They're not going to nominate Almodovar for one simple reason. They already nominated him for Talk to Her and even awarded Best Screenplay to him for that one. THey are not going to give him another split nom, I think.

Yimou is very likely because of the Hero/House of Flying Daggers pair. Mostly because of Hero which didn't have a chance to get nominated for anything... so the Academy members might make up for it, by nominating Yimou for HOFD.

What about I call Tarantino gets snuck into the final Best Director spot for Kill Bill? I think it'll happen the same way they tipped hats at Altman and Lynch a few years back because their films weren't main stream enough but their respective direction styles were still acknowledged.

I think the problem was that A Very Long Engagement was released too late in France.

Any idea why Moolaade is not eligible?

Well, I strongly hope you are right, Kill Bill deserves at least some recognition.

But something tells me, Kill Bill won't get a single nom at these awards.

Seriously, Sembene is 81 already http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2852 .

This was his last chance.

Considering that he made four movies in the last 28 years, you're right, Dolce.

He's done more actually, and a total of 13 in about 4 decades. He's written three novels as well, and is pretty much (or in the book I'm reading) considered the First International sub-Sahara Black African director to deal with African content, etc. Think about it though...I know at least up through The Money Order (1968-1970) all the film he shot had to be shipped between Senegal and Paris to be developed and then mailed back. Then put together and new scenes re-shot, and then mailed again. (The process sometimes took up to a month). Its not the same now, and apparently Senegal has produced the most cinema out of any African country, but I still have no idea why this wouldn't have been eligable?

I know that he made more movies, I just meant that he has not been very productive lately. Just like Terrence Malick...

I know why most foreign movies are not eligible this year, but no clue about Moolaade.

Maria Full of Grace - it was not Colombian" enough apparently
Bad Education - Spain submitted The Sea Inside instead
A Very Long Engagement - released in France too late
Hero - already nominated a couple of years ago
The Motorcycle Diaries - Country of origin couldn't be exactly determined (financed by multiple countries)

Too many countries maybe? I know Maria Full of Grace was ruled ineligible even though Columbia submitted it because it was deemed not Columbian enough, and that's a shame since it's No. 2 on my 2004 list, and I would have little problem to see it winning foreign film. I'm hoping for surprises in the morning, but I'll be very upset if that comes in the form of Catalina Sandino Moreno. It deserves a screenplay nod too.

Wow, 7000 posts! Congrats, Arthur!

whose sebmane?

Thanks, Michael!

I didn't even notice

Check out this thread...I've been feeding info into it about him, his early films, literature, and Moolaade.

http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2852

I may actually pull an all-nighter tonight because I really really want to see the Federer/Agassi match live at 12:30am PST. I also see how long I can stay.

Someone should give me a call at 5:30am. :razz:

Whenever predicting Tarantino, it's very important to remember that he is not a member of the Director's Guild.

im going now!, need to sleep, ill be up at 5:20am!!

cant wait!

I just copied this from my nominations game, since I have just about the same predix still!

1. Best Picture
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
Sideways

2. Best Director
Clint Eastwood
Martin Scorcese
Alexander Payne
Mar Forster
Micheal Mann
(Mike Nichols could be there instead of Mann)

3. Best Actress
Annette Benning, Being Julia
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Hillary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine
Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
(Uma instead of Delpy possibly)

4. Best Actor
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
(Clint instead of Johnny Depp is a weak possibility)

5. Best Orgibnal Screenplay
The Aviator
Eternal Simshine
The Incredibls
Hotel Rwanda
Kinsey

6. Best Adapted Screenplay
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
Finding Neverland
Before Sunset
Closer

7. Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchet, The Aviator
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
NataliePortman, Closer
Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland

8. Best Animated Film
Incredibles
Polar Express
Shrek 2

9. Best Visual Effects
The Aviator
the Dat After Tomorrow
Spider-Man II

10. Best Supporting Actor
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Thomas Hayden Church, Sideways
Clive Owen, Closer
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Freddie Highmore, Finding Neverland
(I think there will be one double nominee this year and that's KAte, but it has been Jamie's year so i dunno. Peter Sarsgaard I'm almsot POSITIVE will get in, but don't know if I should take out Freddie or Jamie!!)

11. Best Foreign Picture
The Sea Inside
House of Flying Daggers
The Chorus
The Five Obstructions
Downfall

12. Best Song
Learn to be Lonely-Phantom of the Opera
Believe-Polar Express
Old Habits Die Hard-Alfie
Million Voices-Hotel Rwanda
Accidently in Love-Shrek 2

These are my predictions.

BEST PICTURE:

The Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda


BEST DIRECTOR:

Martin Scorcese, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Marc Foster, Finding Neverland
Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers


BEST ACTOR:

Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda


BEST ACTRESS:

Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind
Annette Benning, Being Julia
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Julie Delpy, Before Sunser


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Laura Linney, Kinsey
Virgina Madsen, Sideways
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Natalie Portman, Closer
Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Clive Owen, Closer
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Freddie Highmore, Finding Neverland


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind
Garden State
Hotel Rwanda
The Incredibles


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Before Sunset
Sideways
Closer
The Motorcycle Diaries
Million Dollar Baby


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

House of Flying Daggers
The Aviator
Collateral
Sky Captain
The Passion of the Christ


BEST ART DIRECTION:

The Aviator
The Phantom of the Opera
The Terminal
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Finding Neverland


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

The Aviator
House of Flying Daggers
The Phantom of the Opera
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ray


BEST SOUND:

The Aviator
Collateral
Spider-Man 2
Ray
The Bourne Supremacy


BEST SOUND EDITING:

Spider-Man 2
The Aviator
Day After Tomorrow


BEST EDITING:

Collateral
Sideways
The Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Ray


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

The Aviator
The Day after Tomorrow
Spider-Man 2


BEST MAKE-UP:

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Hellboy
The Passion of the Christ


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

Learn To Be Lonely, The Phantom Of The Opera
Million Voices, Hotel Rwanda
Old Habits Die Hard, Alfie
Believe, The Polar Express
I'm So Ronery, Team America


BEST SCORE:

Sideways
The Terminal
Finding Neverland
Spanglish
Hotel Rwanda


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

The Incredibles
Shrek 2
The Polar Express


BEST FOREIGN PICTURE:

Downfall
The Sea Inside
The Chorus
House of Flying Daggers
The Five Obstructions

Are the nominations gonna be live on tv, if so anyone know what channel?