Golden Globes 2009
After the non event due to WGA strike in 2008, Golden Globes is back. Hopefully for them the Actors will not ruin the party this year.
The nominations in all categories for the 2009 Golden Globes have been announced. This is also a major year for us. AR Rahman is nominated for the Best Original Score. Although personally I thought the score for OYE LUCKY is much better. But its a “chota” local film. Anyways I hope Rahman wins, and I feel he will win.
Compared to last year, this year has been a really bad year for American Cinema. It was the year of Blockbusters. When i try to think of what were my fav films of this year all i see in my head are Superheroes. I have also not seen many of these films.
Following is the complete list of the nominations:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long (Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’aime)
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Leonardo Dicaprio – Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances Mcdormand – Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell – In Bruges
James Franco – Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden/Denmark)
Gomorrah (Italy)
I’ve Loved You So Long (France)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis –Doubt
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Kate Winslet – The Reader
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. –Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare – The Reader
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth – The Curious Case Of Benjamin
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Alexandre Desplat –The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood – Changeling
James Newton Howard – Defiance
A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
Hans Zimmer – Frost/Nixon
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
In Treatment(HBO)
Mad Men (Amc)
True Blood(HBO)
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Here is my wish list(not who i think will win) –
Best film – Slumdog Millionaire
Best actress – Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Best Actor – Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Comedy – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Comedy Actress -Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Animated Film – WALL-E
Best Foreign Film – Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Supporting –
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Director – Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Screenplay – Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
Score – A R Rahman
Whats yours?
Tags: Awards, mainak
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
where is milk in best picture and director?
Gus Van Sant is always snubbed by the awards inspite of being one of the finest filmmaker in US …
MILK is probably his most commercial work since Good Will Hunting. He has made much more deserving masterpieces.
Anne Hathway’s entry is a surprise but her performance in RGM has been app by most.
Would like to see Kristin Scott Thomas taking the award or may be even Kate Winslet for RR but def not Jolie…But, never know…
This seems to be one of Hollywood’s worst years as far as i can recall.
Arthi ur right AJ’s performance in Changeling was not too great, i think its simply a dearth of choices this year.
But one thing, i am hoping for is that, at least this year, Kate Winslet takes home the Oscar. Yaar come on, she has been giving such great performances but never ever winning. I honestly dont understand what was great about Reese Witherspoon’s performance in Walk the Line, it was the same thing she did in almost every movie of hers.
absolutely, Mainak. My personal favourite is Elephant, its in my all time greatest list. But I wish he get some recognition even for the wrong film, a la Marty!!
@Ratnakar
Kate is going to WIN this year. She has 2 films. READER & Revolutionary Road. And Reader is a Holocaust film. And Hollywood somehow gets around to remind the world about it every 5 years. Yes I agree with you about Kate. I have not seen any of her films up for nomination. But I know she will. I don’t want Kristin Scott to win. Jolie is not going to win. Do not worry people.
Yes RoodRow
Elephant is a film they should be selling for million dollars in auctions at museums, like paintings. And I know what you mean about recognising him. But Gus is not like Marty. He is not begging or making films just for awards. His ego did not swallow him, like in Marty’s case. A true artist.
Agree. Though I enjoyed departed, it wasnt a Marty signature. Have’nt seen Milk, though. Dont know if Gus is going the same way.
Ah how good it is too see ARR’s name there!:D
to see*…
Roodrow
Watch Departed again. Its a bad film.
MILK is a very important film in these times of Prop 8 in California. All these Homophobic Bigots need to open their mind a bit. Its probably a personal film for Gus.
Dont they have a segment for best cinematography at the Golden Globes?
No OM
They don’t have awards for Editing or Cinematography. I think they should.
thats too bad…der the dot have it
Not Bad
I got 9 out of my 11 prediction/wishes right for golden globes. A great night at Golden Globes.
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Best film – Slumdog Millionaire
Best actress – Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Best Actor – Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Comedy – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Comedy Actress -Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Animated Film – WALL-E
Best Foreign Film – Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Supporting -
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Score – A R Rahman