Golden Globe Awards 2005

[hengcs]

The nominations will be announced on Monday, Dec 13!

With 3 days to go ...
keen on making any guesses?

Here is my guess in a few categories ...

However, there is always the contention of which deserves to get nominated and which will actually get nominated ...
Anyway, you can add the rest ... hee hee

Best Picture (Drama)
- The Aviator
- Finding Neverland
- Hotel Rwanda
- Kinsey
- (Maybe) Million Dollar Baby

Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
- Phantom of the Opera
- Sideways
- The Incredibles?! (eligible?!)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Director
- Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)

Best Screenplay
- Sideways
- Closer
- Kinsey

(Very competitive male performances this year, but for Golden Globe, there are 2 male performances categories: Drama and Musical/Comedy)

Best Actor In A Leading Role - Drama
- Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
- Javier Bardem (The Sea Inside)
- Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland)
- Liam Neeson (Kinsey)
- Kevin Bacon (The Woodsman)

Best Actor In A Leading Role - Musical/Comedy
- Jamie Foxx (Ray)
- Paul Giamatti (Sideways)

Best Actress In A Leading Role - Drama
- Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
- Catalina Sandino (Maria Full of Grace)
- Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)

Best Actress In A Leading Role - Musical/Comedy
- Annette Bening (Being Julia)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
- Clive Owen (Closer)
- Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
- Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
- Laura Linney (Kinsey)
- Natalie Portman (Closer)

Best Cinematography (another competitive category)
- House of Flying Daggers
- The Aviator
- Phantom of the Opera
- Passion of the Christ
- A Very Long Engagement
- (Maybe) The Motorcycle Diaries
- (Maybe) Finding Neverland
- (Maybe) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Best Foreign Film
- China, "House of Flying Daggers"
- Iran, "Turtles Can Fly"
- Mexico, "Innocent Voices"
- Spain, "The Sea Inside" or Spain, "Bad Education"
- France, "The Chorus" or France, "A Very Long Engagement"
- (Maybe) Germany, "Head On"

[cinemabon]

I wouldn't want to be the director competing against Scorsese this year. I would say this Oscar is long overdue. He'll certainly take the Guild and will probably take the Globe, although his dealing with foreign press in the past was a bit shakey. However, everyone will have to agree that nothing is on the plate this year that will knock Marty off. Unless you go global... eh, Oscar?

[hengcs]

Originally posted by cinemabon
I wouldn't want to be the director competing against Scorsese this year. I would say this Oscar is long overdue. He'll certainly take the Guild and will probably take the Globe, although his dealing with foreign press in the past was a bit shakey.


That was why I did not bother to list others in the category. ha ha ha
I am really looking towards the MOST COMPETITIVE CATEGORY this year -- Best Male Performance (esp. in Oscar, with only 1 category, rather than 2 in Golden Globe).

I felt that Best Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume are also rather competitive this year. However, I think Golden Globe only has Best Cinematography category?!

[wpqx]

I really could care less about the Golden Globes, but it does serve some indicator of what films I should watch before the Oscars. Since I haven't seen The Aviator I can't tell if Scorsese should win an Oscar this year (finally). He is arguably the best living director, and possibly the best American director, but I wouldn't want to see him win an Oscar as a lifetime achievement award for an undeserving film.

Anyways I think I'm rambling, but I'll bet anybody Jamie Foxx will win a Golden Globe.

[hengcs]

THE ACTUAL NOMINATIONS

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- THE AVIATOR
Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF Prods.; Miramax Films
- CLOSER
Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
- FINDING NEVERLAND
Film Colony Productions; Miramax Films
- HOTEL RWANDA
Miracle Pictures/Seamus Prods.; United Artists Film Inc. i/a/w Lions Gate Films through MGM Distribution Co.
- KINSEY
Qwerty Films; Fox Searchlight Pictures
- MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Anonymous Content/This is that; Focus Features
- THE INCREDIBLES
Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Marketing
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Really Useful Films; Warner Bros. Pictures
- RAY
Anvil Films/Baldwin Entertainment; Universal Pictures/Bristol Bay Productions
- SIDEWAYS
Sideways Productions, Inc./Fox Searchlight Pictures

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- THE CHORUS (LES CHORISTES) (FRANCE)
Galatée Films/Pathé Renn Prods.; Miramax Films
- HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (CHINA)
Elite Group (2003) Enterprises Inc.; Sony Pictures Classics
- THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (BRAZIL)
South Fork Pictures/Tu Vas Voir Prod.; Focus Features
- THE SEA INSIDE (SPAIN)
Sogecine/Himenoptero; Fine Line Features
- A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (FRANCE)
2003 Productions/Warner Bros.; Warner Independent Pictures

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
- CLINT EASTWOOD (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)
- MARC FORSTER (FINDING NEVERLAND)
- MIKE NICHOLS (CLOSER)
- ALEXANDER PAYNE (SIDEWAYS)
- MARTIN SCORSESE (THE AVIATOR)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- SCARLETT JOHANSSON (A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG)
- NICOLE KIDMAN (BIRTH)
- IMELDA STAUNTON (VERA DRAKE)
- HILARY SWANK (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)
- UMA THURMAN (KILL BILL VOL. 2)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
- JAVIER BARDEM (THE SEA INSIDE)
- DON CHEADLE (HOTEL RWANDA)
- JOHNNY DEPP (FINDING NEVERLAND)
- LEONARDO DICAPRIO (THE AVIATOR)
- LIAM NEESON (KINSEY)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- ANNETTE BENING (BEING JULIA)
- ASHLEY JUDD (DE-LOVELY)
- EMMY ROSSUM (Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA)
- KATE WINSLET (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND)
- RENEE ZELLWEGER (BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- JIM CARREY (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND)
- JAMIE FOXX (RAY)
- PAUL GIAMATTI (SIDEWAYS)
- KEVIN KLINE (DE-LOVELY)
- KEVIN SPACEY (BEYOND THE SEA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
- CATE BLANCHETT (THE AVIATOR)
- LAURA LINNEY (KINSEY)
- VIRGINIA MADSEN (SIDEWAYS)
- NATALIE PORTMAN (CLOSER)
- MERYL STREEP (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
- DAVID CARRADINE (KILL BILL VOL. 2)
- THOMAS HADEN (CHURCH SIDEWAYS)
- JAMIE FOXX (COLLATERAL)
- MORGAN FREEMAN (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)
- CLIVE OWEN (CLOSER)

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
- CHARLIE KAUFMAN (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND)
- JOHN LOGAN (THE AVIATOR)
- DAVID MAGEE (FINDING NEVERLAND)
- PATRICK MARBER (CLOSER)
- ALEXANDER PAYNE & JIM TAYLOR (SIDEWAYS)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
- CLINT EASTWOOD (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)
- JAN A.P. KACZMAREK (FINDING NEVERLAND)
- ROLFE KENT (SIDEWAYS)
- HOWARD SHORE (THE AVIATOR)
- HANS ZIMMER (SPANGLISH)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
- “ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE” –- SHREK 2
Music & Lyrics by: Adam Duritz, Dan Vickery, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley & David Bryson
- “BELIEVE” — THE POLAR EXPRESS
Music & Lyrics by: Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
- “LEARN TO BE LONELY” — Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by: Charles Hart
- “MILLION VOICES” — HOTEL RWANDA
Music by: Wyclef Jean, Jerry “Wonder” Duplessis, Andrea Guerra
Lyrics by: Wyclef Jean
- “OLD HABITS DIE HARD” — ALFIE
Music & Lyrics by: Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart [B]

[HorseradishTree]

Wow, two Kill Bill actor nods. Never thought I'd see that. I don't have much to say on the rest, as I haven't seen most of them.

[JustaFied]

Brief thoughts:

Congrats to Swank and Eastwood, winners of Best Actress-Drama and Best Director, respectively, for "Million Dollar Baby". They both deserved those awards.

Congrats also to Natalie Portman and Clive Owen for their Best Supporting Actress / Actor awards for "Closer"; their performances were the best thing about that movie.

Is there any doubt Jamie Foxx will also win the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in "Ray"?

"Sideways" won for Best Screenplay and Best Film -Musical/Comedy. Probably will be a repeat at the Oscars. Get out the Pepto-Bismol.

[hengcs]

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- THE AVIATOR

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- SIDEWAYS

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- THE SEA INSIDE (SPAIN)

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
- CLINT EASTWOOD (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- HILARY SWANK (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
- LEONARDO DICAPRIO (THE AVIATOR)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- ANNETTE BENING (BEING JULIA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- JAMIE FOXX (RAY)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
- NATALIE PORTMAN (CLOSER)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
- CLIVE OWEN (CLOSER)

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
- ALEXANDER PAYNE & JIM TAYLOR (SIDEWAYS)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
- HOWARD SHORE (THE AVIATOR)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
- “OLD HABITS DIE HARD” — ALFIE

[hengcs]

I am VERY happy with this year's Golden Globe.
;)

(1) Finally, they give it to Clive Owen!
Guess my campaigning works ... ;PPP * just kidding *
Anyway, I hope this does NOT jeopardize his chance at the Oscar (esp., from those who pity Thomas or Morgan)

(2) All the winners are deserving, Leonardo, Jamie, Annette, Hilary, Clive, Natalie, and Clint. In other categories, The Aviator, Sideways and The Sea Inside deserve too.



Originally posted by JustaFied
Brief thoughts:
"Sideways" won for Best Screenplay and Best Film -Musical/Comedy. Probably will be a repeat at the Oscars. Get out the Pepto-Bismol.

(3) I think it will win the Best Adapted Screenplay at Oscar. However, I am NOT for it to win the Best Film. It should go to The Aviator or Million Dollar Baby.

[wpqx]

Clint was a surprise, haven't seen either his film or Scorsese's so can't yet judge whether it was deserving, but I need sleep.