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Oscars

  • 11-02-2003 2:50pm
    #1
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,444 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Oscar Nominations are out.... (Main ones listed, the rest can be found at: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/nomineelist.html)

    Performance by an actor in a leading role
    Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features)
    Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia)
    Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
    Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)

    Performance by an actor in a supporting role
    Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
    Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)
    John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax)
    Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)

    Performance by an actress in a leading role
    Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)
    Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
    Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox)
    Julianne Moore in FAT FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features)
    Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)

    Performance by an actress in a supporting role
    Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)
    Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
    Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)
    Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

    Best animated feature film of the year
    ICE AGE (20th Century Fox) Chris Wedge
    LILO & STITCH (Buena Vista) Chris Sanders
    SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (DreamWorks) Jeffrey Katzenberg
    SPIRITED AWAY (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki
    TREASURE PLANET (Buena Vista) Ron Clements

    Achievement in directing
    CHICAGO (Miramax) Rob Marshall
    GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese
    THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Stephen Daldry
    THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Roman Polanski
    TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Pedro Almodóvar

    Best documentary feature
    BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
    DAUGHTER FROM DANANG
    PRISONER OF PARADISE
    SPELLBOUND
    WINGED MIGRATION

    Best documentary short subject
    THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET
    MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS
    TWIN TOWERS
    WHY CAN'T WE BE A FAMILY AGAIN?

    Best foreign language film of the year
    EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO
    HERO
    THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST
    NOWHERE IN AFRICA
    ZUS & ZO

    Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
    CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks) John Williams
    FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Elmer Bernstein
    FRIDA (Miramax) Elliot Goldenthal
    THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Philip Glass
    ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Thomas Newman

    Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
    Burn It Blue from FRIDA (Miramax)
    Father and Daughter from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE
    The Hands That Built America from GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
    I Move On from CHICAGO (Miramax)
    Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal)

    Best motion picture of the year
    CHICAGO (Miramax)
    GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
    THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
    THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)
    THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

    Achievement in visual effects
    THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)
    SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox)

    Adapted screenplay
    ABOUT A BOY (Universal)
    ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    CHICAGO (Miramax)
    THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
    THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

    Original screenplay
    FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features)
    GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
    MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (IFC/Gold Circle Films)
    TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films)

    (Edited to strip it down a bit....)


Comments

  • #2
    SoundWave
    Registered Users Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭SoundWave


    boards should have mod awards 'the modscars' .... there could be catagories like...

    best witty responce to a post

    most likely to ban you (kharn obvoiusly)

    ... and so on.


  • #3
    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    gee robc, youre not to happy about that banning.
    just for that ive banned you fromthe work andboards events boards as well.

    i think chicago should win everything coz its so damn brililant, with the exception of lose yourself which should be made into the national anthem.

    i have spoken...


  • #4
    yellum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,025 ✭✭✭yellum


    Lets not forget best Troll ....


  • #5
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,444 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    How about worst speller? ;)


  • #6
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

    Is he Irish???????

    Why do RTE/TV3/Irish news in general continue to say Daniel Day Lewis is Irish. Is it because they get annoyed when the Brits say that Irish Stars are British.


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  • #7
    jonno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭jonno


    Brody was born and grew up in NY so I presume he's American:p

    Scorcese for best director


  • #8
    Ixidor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭Ixidor


    i hope the twin towers doesn't win, there was nothing interesting aboutt that movie!


  • #9
    Wook
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭Wook


    Originally posted by Ixidor
    i hope the twin towers doesn't win, there was nothing interesting aboutt that movie!

    hush hush now Ixidor, it's ok you can stop being afraid now , the orcs are all dead....


  • #10
    the celtic tiger
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭the celtic tiger


    it's true. two towers was a good film but nothing spectacular. Performances were all average. direction......nothing special.
    the only thing it should get an oscar for is special effects for gollum.


  • #11
    Andrea Miniature Trainer
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ Andrea Miniature Trainer


    it's true. two towers was a good film but nothing spectacular. Performances were all average. direction......nothing special.

    That remark could get you killed in some countries. The Two Towers is the greatest film ever made and shoud win every single oscar there is.


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  • #12
    therecklessone
    Registered Users Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    Scorcese should win something this year if there is any justice.

    And if that U2 song wins (just heard it on The Last Broadcast) I'll cut my ears off in protest...I'll even go to Hollywood to do it.

    Where was Donnie Andrea Miniature Trainer by the way?


  • #13
    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Originally posted by Elmo
    Why do RTE/TV3/Irish news in general continue to say Daniel Day Lewis is Irish. Is it because they get annoyed when the Brits say that Irish Stars are British.

    He's got an Irish passport

    (he also has a British passport so Bertie and Tony for mud-wrestling at dawn to sort it out)


  • #14
    satchmo
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 1,481 Mod ✭✭✭✭satchmo


    A quick look at paddypower.com gives the following odds:

    Best Picture
    Chicago 8 - 15
    The Hours 3 - 1
    Gangs of New York 4 - 1
    Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers 12 - 1
    The Pianist 18 - 1

    Best Director
    Gangs of New York - Martin Scorsese 4 - 7
    Chicago - Rob Marshall 5 - 2
    The Hours - Stephen Daldry 10 - 3
    The Pianist - Roman Polanski 10 - 1
    Talk to Her - Pedro Almodovar 12 - 1

    Best Actor
    Daniel Day Lewis (Gangs of New York) evens
    Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt) 11 - 10
    Adrien Brody (The Pianist) 7 - 1
    Nicolas Cage (Adaptation) 14 - 1
    Michael Caine (The Quiet American) 16 - 1

    Best Actress
    Nicole Kidman (The Hours) 4 - 6
    Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven) 2 - 1
    Renée Zellweger (Chicago) 9 - 2
    Diane Lane (Unfaithful) 8 - 1
    Salma Hayek (Frida) 16 - 1

    Not much money being made this year then :(


  • #15
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    Originally posted by sceptre
    He's got an Irish passport

    (he also has a British passport so Bertie and Tony for mud-wrestling at dawn to sort it out)

    Yeah he assumed Irish Citizenship around 1993.

    Regard the Oscars I just pray Scorcese doesn't win. I'd hate to think of the man picking up the statuette for GoNY when so many of his other films haven't been recognised over the past 30years.

    The oscars is a farce and (admittedly selfishly) I would love Scorcese never to win one for best director just to prove it (or at least not for something like GoNY).

    I mean for example you kind of lose faith in the Oscars when Al Pacino wins for SCENT OF A WOMAN :rolleyes:


  • #16
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    ffs, how can donnie Andrea Miniature Trainer not be nominated for 1 single measly ****ing award??????
    a practically faultless production & those muppets ignore it:mad:

    ttt & gangs had better piss all over the other garbage like chicago & my big fat pile of greek crap:mad: :mad: :mad:

    there is no emoticon for the rage i'm felling now:(


  • #17
    Andrea Miniature Trainer
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ Andrea Miniature Trainer


    Originally posted by tman
    ffs, how can donnie Andrea Miniature Trainer not be nominated for 1 single measly ****ing award??????:(

    The Oscars is a farce.It is bureaucratic bull****. the same thing happens every year. Some film about someone with special needs will win.


  • #18
    StarScream
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭StarScream


    i hate the oscars. how lord of the rings didnt win everything last year ill never know, i mean a beutiful mind won best adapted screenplay over it ffs. could u imagine how hard it was to adapt an "unfilmable" book with so many vivid locations and races and languages. if frodo was in a wheelchair it would have won


  • #19
    therecklessone
    Registered Users Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    Remind me how tall hobbits are? Vertically challenged anyone?

    :D:D:D


  • #20
    Carbiens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Carbiens


    Originally posted by the celtic tiger
    it's true. two towers was a good film but nothing spectacular. Performances were all average. direction......nothing special.
    the only thing it should get an oscar for is special effects for gollum.

    true, but you have to give it credit for location and its sets, not the computer generated ones but the real ones, it took a lot of time and effort to find those places and it took a lot work to set up the sets there too.

    my $2


  • #21
    Andrea Miniature Trainer
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ Andrea Miniature Trainer


    ffs, how can donnie Andrea Miniature Trainer not be nominated for 1 single measly ****ing award??????

    Forgot to mention. Donnie Andrea Miniature Trainer cant be nominated for any oscars due to the fact that it was released in America in 2001.


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