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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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 Cannes 2007 Winners
PALME D'OR - 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
Grand Prix - The Mourning Forest (Naomi Kawase)
Jury Prize TIE - Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi - Vincent Paronnaud), and Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas)
Best Director - Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Actor - Konstantin Lavronenko, The Banishment
Best Actress - Do-yeon Jeon, Secret Sunshine
Best Screenplay - Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven
Special Prize for the 60th Anniversary
Gus Van Sant, for his career
Coens got shut out.
_________________Recent watched movies: American Hustle - B+ Inside Llewyn Davis - B Before Midnight - A 12 Years a Slave - A- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A- My thoughts on box office
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Sun May 27, 2007 2:51 pm |
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roo
invading your spaces
Joined: Fri May 19, 2006 10:44 pm Posts: 6194
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Were they expected to win?
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Sun May 27, 2007 3:22 pm |
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Snrub
Vagina Qwertyuiop
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:14 pm Posts: 8767 Location: Great Living Standards
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Shame. Guess that means No Country For Old Men wasn't quite the return to form everyone's been saying. Or that the Cannes voters don't like awarding people whose names are easy to spell.
Judging by the final list of winners, I'm thinking it's the latter.
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Sun May 27, 2007 3:27 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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andaroo wrote: Were they expected to win?
They have always been a Cannes favorite, winning Golden Palm once and Best Director three times, and No Country for Old Men got rave reviews, so a lot of people were expecting it to split Picture/Director with 4 Years, 3 Months, and 2 Days.
_________________Recent watched movies: American Hustle - B+ Inside Llewyn Davis - B Before Midnight - A 12 Years a Slave - A- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A- My thoughts on box office
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Sun May 27, 2007 3:28 pm |
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Jonathan
Begging Naked
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:07 pm Posts: 14737 Location: The Present (Duh)
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Snrub wrote: Shame. Guess that means No Country For Old Men wasn't quite the return to form everyone's been saying. Or that the Cannes voters don't like awarding people whose names are easy to spell.
Judging by the final list of winners, I'm thinking it's the latter.
I don't think they ever like to award what was expected. 4 Months... was getting raves and buzz for possibly the Grand Prix, but never for the Palme D'Or.
That said, I doubt any of these films will have much of any of an impact come awards time.
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Sun May 27, 2007 5:19 pm |
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roo
invading your spaces
Joined: Fri May 19, 2006 10:44 pm Posts: 6194
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Why are we expecting American films to win in France?
Is that cynical?
No but really... this is some of the best that the world's got this year (supposedly), being that No Country for Old Men was one of the only American films in competition, it doesn't necessarily torpedo it's chances of doing well in the US awards race.
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Sun May 27, 2007 5:24 pm |
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Jonathan
Begging Naked
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:07 pm Posts: 14737 Location: The Present (Duh)
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andaroo wrote: Why are we expecting American films to win in France? Is that cynical?  No but really... this is some of the best that the world's got this year (supposedly), being that No Country for Old Men was one of the only American films in competition, it doesn't necessarily torpedo it's chances of doing well in the US awards race.
A History of Violence was snubbed by the Jury in 2005, but went on to become the only film from that competition to get any Oscar noms. And Mystic River didn't anything even though everyone was hailing that as a return to form for Eastwood. So yeah, it doesn't have much of a negative effect at all.
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Sun May 27, 2007 5:31 pm |
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Jonathan
Begging Naked
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:07 pm Posts: 14737 Location: The Present (Duh)
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Wow, I forgot Babel won Director last year? Huh.
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Sun May 27, 2007 5:40 pm |
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roo
invading your spaces
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Well... in the last 11 years none of the BP nominees match any of the Cannes winners except The Pianist (2002) and Secrets & Lies (1996).
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Sun May 27, 2007 6:34 pm |
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Jim Halpert
Stanley Cup
Joined: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:52 pm Posts: 6981 Location: Hockey Town
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who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.
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Sun May 27, 2007 6:55 pm |
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Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 9:53 am Posts: 13403
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Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.
Exhibit 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley
Don't make me send Goons around 
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Sun May 27, 2007 9:45 pm |
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Squee
Squee
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:01 pm Posts: 13270 Location: Yuppieville
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_________________Setting most people on fire is wrong.Proud Founder of the "Community of Squee." 
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Sun May 27, 2007 9:47 pm |
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makeshift
Teenage Dream
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:20 am Posts: 9247
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Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

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Sun May 27, 2007 9:51 pm |
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roo
invading your spaces
Joined: Fri May 19, 2006 10:44 pm Posts: 6194
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Masterful!
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Sun May 27, 2007 9:58 pm |
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Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
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_________________ Rosberg was reminded of the fuel regulations by his wheel's ceasing to turn. The hollow noise from the fuel tank and needle reading zero had failed to convay this message
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Sun May 27, 2007 9:59 pm |
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Jim Halpert
Stanley Cup
Joined: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:52 pm Posts: 6981 Location: Hockey Town
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why would i want to watch wind shake barley, sounds boring.
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Sun May 27, 2007 10:11 pm |
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Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 9:53 am Posts: 13403
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Jayhawk wrote: why would i want to watch wind shake barley, sounds boring.
You do realize that doesn't work on me.
_________________ Rosberg was reminded of the fuel regulations by his wheel's ceasing to turn. The hollow noise from the fuel tank and needle reading zero had failed to convay this message
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Sun May 27, 2007 10:16 pm |
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Jim Halpert
Stanley Cup
Joined: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:52 pm Posts: 6981 Location: Hockey Town
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Bonecrusher wrote: Jayhawk wrote: why would i want to watch wind shake barley, sounds boring. You do realize that doesn't work on me.
you know me too well.
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Sun May 27, 2007 10:28 pm |
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