Tag Archives: Academy Award

Jan 17 2013

Zero Dark Thirty Isn’t Hurting for Award Nominations

Director/Producer Kathryn Bigelow (left) and Writer/Producer Mark Boal on the set of Columbia Pictures' thriller ZERO DARK THIRTY. Credit: Jonathan Olley

Director/Producer Kathryn Bigelow (left) and Writer/Producer Mark Boal on the set of Columbia Pictures’ thriller ZERO DARK THIRTY. Credit: Jonathan Olley

1. ACADEMY AWARDS

2013 – WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) – NOMINATED – Mark Boal
2013 – SOUND EDITING – NOMINATED – Paul N.J. Ottosson
2013 – BEST PICTURE – NOMINATED – Kathryn Bigelow
2013 – BEST PICTURE – NOMINATED – Mark Boal
2013 – FILM EDITING – NOMINATED – William Goldenberg
2013 – FILM EDITING – NOMINATED – Dylan Tichenor
2013 – ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – NOMINATED – Jessica Chastain
2013 – BEST PICTURE – NOMINATED – Megan Ellison
2. GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

2013 – BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA – NOMINATED – Jessica Chastain
2013 – BEST SCREENPLAY – NOMINATED – Mark Boal
2013 – BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA – NOMINATED
2013 – BEST DIRECTOR – NOMINATED – Kathryn Bigelow
3. PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA

2013 – DARRYL F. ZANUCK AWARD MOTION PICTURES – NOMINATED – Kathryn Bigelow
2013 – DARRYL F. ZANUCK AWARD MOTION PICTURES – NOMINATED – Megan Ellison
2013 – DARRYL F. ZANUCK AWARD MOTION PICTURES – NOMINATED – Mark Boal
4. WRITERS’ GUILD AWARDS
2013 – BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – NOMINATED – Mark Boal
5. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS
2013 – OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – NOMINATED – Jessica Chastain

Jan 16 2013

Academy member calls for Oscar boycott of Zero Dark Thirty

Academy member calls for Oscars boycott of Zero Dark Thirty | Film | guardian.co.uk.

David Glennon

David Clennon

This tidbit of trash happened to show up on the front page of imdb.com on Monday when I was reading about Ben Affleck winning a Golden Globe for Argo.

A few posts back, I wrote about Argo and posted a link to the article that was the story behind the movie. In the past few weeks I’ve read several arguments where others have compared Argo to Zero Dark Thirty (ZD30), mostly because they both deal with our enemy(ies) in the Middle East.

This particular article (link) really pissed me off (please excuse my language). So much so that I actually posted a comment at imdb.com, which I don’t do often. [Comment: What about all the films that condone senseless gun violence that no doubt led to some of the nuts committing mass murder? It’s okay to show those but not to see ZD30? What a hypocrite!]

David Clennon is an American actor, who has an extensive resume of TV and movie work. He, as an Ampas member, would not be voting for Kathryn Bigelow’s film, which has been nominated for five Oscars, because it “promotes the acceptance of the crime of torture, as a legitimate weapon in America’s so-called War on Terror.”

Many, including other Ampas members are outraged that he would use his status as an Ampas member to speak out this way against a film and attempt to influence the voting process.

His comment has seriously offended me, not near as much as seeing thousands of Americans die at the hands of TERRORists on September 11. (Which was real and not being portrayed in a film.)

With Newtown, CT just passing its one month anniversary and President Obama already in a skirmish with the Washington elected officials regarding new laws on gun control, I commented on imdb.com that David Clennon should have been exercising his “veto”  long ago and boycott films that promote and glorify films with blatant gun violence (the 2012 films alone are way too long to list).

What do you think?

Dec 27 2012

The Story Behind the Movie “Argo”

How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran | Wired Magazine | Wired.com.

Keyart from the movie "Argo"

Keyart from the movie “Argo”

I was doing my day job yesterday, processing photos for movies that are On Demand in February, one of those being the Ben Affleck directed “Argo.” While I was checking out the information on imdbpro.com, I discovered it was produced by George Clooney‘s Smoke House production company.

Chris Terrio wrote the screenplay based on an article by Joshuah Bearman entitled “Escape from Tehran” (the link above will take you to the article).

Thinking that reading the article would help me put the 63 pictures I downloaded from the Warner Bros. in perspective (it did), I went ahead and tore right into and was thoroughly entertained.

Ben Affleck plays Tony Mendez to put it into perspective for you, but that’s as far as I’m willing to go. Read the article, see the movie and enjoy your self. I intend to see it when it’s available on DirecTV On Demand, I don’t even want to wait for Netflix.

Sep 12 2012

“Copper” is more precious than Gold

Tom Weston-Jones and Kevin Ryan are “Coppers”

If you don’t have your TV set to BBC America on Sunday at 9pm, then you need to re-adjust either your schedule or at the least, set your DVR.

Copper is certainly for “adults only” but so is this blog. There’s sex and violence and swearing and drinking, corruption, intrigue, mystery and a fantastic story line. Plenty of historical information, beautiful sets and the men – especially Tom Weston-Jones are oh-la-la!

Copper is written by Academy Award winner Barry Levinson and Emmy Award winner Tom Fontana. It’s a gripping crime drama, set in 1864 New York.

There’s 10 episodes in the first season and you can catch the previous episode at 8pm CT and the new episode at 9pm CT.

Here’s a link to Copper‘s blog for complete (and delightful) recaps of each episode:

http://www.bbcamerica.com/copper/blog/