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Title: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Jan 04, 2006, 07:14 PM
Brokeback Mountain received 8 Oscar nominations

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Score

BBM Oscar Nominations Banners - http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=1107.0

Nominees info http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/movies/features/2006/academyawards/picture.html

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Fifty Oscars for the 78th Academy Awards are displayed in New York's Times Square Studios, Monday Jan. 23, 2006. Each statuette is 13 1/2 inches tall, weighs 8 1/2 lbs, is clad 24 carat gold plate, and costs $400 each to produce. They are scheduled to be presented in Los Angeles on March 5, 2006.

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http://oscars.org/index.html

The 78th Academy Award® nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 5:30 a.m. PST, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater by Academy President Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actress and Academy member Mira Sorvino.
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 30, 2006, 11:07 PM
It is only a few hours until the Oscar nominations are officially announced. Come to this topic and share your thought.

Let's hope for great news.

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Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: monicita on Jan 31, 2006, 06:06 AM
And do remember,

even though others might not be struck by the greatness of BBM, we all are! Don't let them get you down, whatever happens!

monicita
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: natalia on Jan 31, 2006, 08:43 AM
aaaaah it's tuesday and the nominations are yet to be announced!
where are they?
i'm holding my breath here
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Jan 31, 2006, 08:44 AM
8 including JAKE...its a great day...
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 08:44 AM
BBM is nominated for

Best Movie
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 08:47 AM
8 including JAKE...its a great day...

What are the other two?
Title: OSCAR NOMINATIONS!!!
Post by: brokenheart5813 on Jan 31, 2006, 08:50 AM
Just caught 'em! 

Heath Ledger-Best Actor
Jake Gyllenhaal - Best Supporting Actor
Michelle Williams - Best Supporting Actress
Ang Lee - Best Director
Diana Ossanna and Larry McMurtry - Best Adapted Screenplay
and...Best Picture!!! ;D

Yeah BBM!!!!!
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Jan 31, 2006, 08:50 AM

The technical nominations were not announced so it may have more nominations for editing, musical score, costumes etc.   BBM may yet come out on top in total nominations.
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Jan 31, 2006, 08:51 AM
ABC said BBM had 8, the most of any film....
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 08:52 AM
ABC said BBM had 8, the most of any film....

That is what I read. I didn't see the other two annouced on TV.
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: natalia on Jan 31, 2006, 08:56 AM
YES!
I'm so excited!!!
I'm in the middle of a dead quiet french class and I almost screamed just then.
 ;D
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Jan 31, 2006, 08:56 AM
Cinematography for sure....maybe editing or sound?? Great day nevertheless...
Title: Re: OSCAR NOMINATIONS!!!
Post by: bbmlover on Jan 31, 2006, 08:59 AM
Just caught 'em! 

Heath Ledger-Best Actor
Jake Gyllenhaal - Best Supporting Actor
Michelle Williams - Best Supporting Actress
Ang Lee - Best Director
Diana Ossanna and Larry McMurtry - Best Adapted Screenplay
and...Best Picture!!! ;D

Yeah BBM!!!!!

Gr8 news. Was waiting & watching this all the while.
Hurreh
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Jan 31, 2006, 08:59 AM
Well, it looks like BBM is still in a strong running...

... crossing toes...

Is there a pill I can take to sleep until March???

Peace,
Frank
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 09:01 AM
List of the 78th annual Oscar nominations announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:

Best Picture:

"Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Crash," "Good Night, and Good Luck," "Munich."


Actor:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote";
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow";
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain";
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line";
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck."


Actress:
Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents";
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica";
Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice";
Charlize Theron, "North Country";
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line."

Supporting Actor:
George Clooney, "Syriana";
Matt Dillon, "Crash";
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man";
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"; William Hurt, "A History of Violence."


Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, "Junebug";
Catherine Keener, "Capote";
Frances McDormand, "North Country";
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener";
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain."


Director:
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Bennett Miller, "Capote"
Paul Haggis, "Crash"
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck."
Steven Spielberg, "Munich."


Foreign Film: "Don't Tell," Italy; "Joyeux Noel," France; "Paradise Now," Palestine; "Sophie Scholl - The Final Days," Germany; "Tsotsi," South Africa.

Adapted Screenplay:
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain";
Dan Futterman, "Capote";
Jeffrey Caine, "The Constant Gardener";
Josh Olson, "A History of Violence";
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich."


Original Screenplay: Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, "Crash"; George Clooney & Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck.";
Woody Allen, "Match Point"; Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"; Stephen Gaghan, "Syriana."

Animated Feature Film: "Howl's Moving Castle"; "
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"; "Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit."

Art Direction: "Good Night, and Good Luck.," "
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "King Kong," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Pride & Prejudice."

Cinematography: "Batman Begins," "Brokeback Mountain," "Good Night, and Good Luck.," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "The New World."

Sound Mixing: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "King Kong," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Walk the Line," "War of the Worlds."

Sound Editing: "King Kong," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "War of the Worlds."

Original Score: "Brokeback Mountain," Gustavo Santaolalla; "The Constant Gardener," Alberto Iglesias; "Memoirs of a Geisha," John Williams; "Munich," John Williams; "Pride & Prejudice," Dario Marianelli.

Original Song: "In the Deep" from "Crash," Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker; "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow," Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard; "Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica,"
Dolly Parton.

Costume: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "Pride & Prejudice," "Walk the Line."

Documentary Feature: "Darwin's Nightmare," "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," "March of the Penguins," "Murderball," "Street Fight."

Documentary (short subject): "The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club," "God Sleeps in Rwanda," "The Mushroom Club," "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin."

Film Editing: "Cinderella Man," "The Constant Gardener," "Crash," "Munich," "Walk the Line."

Makeup: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "Cinderella Man," "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith."

Animated Short Film: "Badgered," "The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation," "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello," "9," "One Man Band."

Live Action Short Film: "Ausreisser (The Runaway)," "Cashback," "The Last Farm," "Our Time Is Up," "Six Shooter."

Visual Effects: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "King Kong," "War of the Worlds."
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: stationbbm on Jan 31, 2006, 09:01 AM
There is validation!!  BBM garners the most at this year's Oscars!  What a glorious Tuesday!  Forget the SAGs, everyone have their heads up...today is a GREAT day!!

stationbbm
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 09:03 AM
Too bad that there's no BBM nomination for original song.  But why complain? ;)
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 09:04 AM
In case someone has not noticed, 'Walk The Line' was shut out of best picture.
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Jan 31, 2006, 09:05 AM
... On second thought... I am going to check if there is anybody in my area who want to go see the movie again... being in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada... I have not seen the movie near to me.... so either Ottawa or Montreal.

*sigh*

BBM please come to *the* local cinema near me!!!

Peace,
Frank
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: lovelydays on Jan 31, 2006, 09:06 AM
My predictions[/b:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor (possibly)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Original Score

I was very close, except I had actress instead of supporting actress.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 09:09 AM
George Clooney has four nominations

Best Director
Best Movie
Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor

But who cares? It is all about BBM. Congratulations everyone
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 09:10 AM
... On second thought... I am going to check if there is anybody in my area who want to go see the movie again... being in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada... I have not seen the movie near to me.... so either Ottawa or Montreal.

*sigh*

BBM please come to *the* local cinema near me!!!

Peace,
Frank


Frank, the nominations will help.  Perhaps it will show in your area pretty soon!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Patriot1 on Jan 31, 2006, 09:14 AM
Brokeback Mountain received 8 Oscar nominations

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Score

WOW! No Best Actress nomination?  I don't understand.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bbmlover on Jan 31, 2006, 09:14 AM


This has been a lovely day for all of us here. There cannot be a better news. I'am so happy - going to treat myself with a chocolate. Still I'am bit sad since none of my colleagues next to me seems talking about this lovely movie. Anyway.....they are missing a masterpiece here.

I luv'ed it. Thats what matters to me.

LUV U BBM. 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Kindred on Jan 31, 2006, 09:15 AM
I was actually holding my breath until Michelle Williams was the last one nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Unfortunately, I don't think the movie will win any of the acting awards.  The trend from the other awards has been clear.  Although "official" recognition would be nice, BBM has already won every major Kindred Award  ;)  The movie will always remain dear to my heart and at least for me, that's all that really matters.
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Jan 31, 2006, 09:16 AM
... On second thought... I am going to check if there is anybody in my area who want to go see the movie again... being in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada... I have not seen the movie near to me.... so either Ottawa or Montreal.

*sigh*

BBM please come to *the* local cinema near me!!!

Peace,
Frank

Frank, the nominations will help.  Perhaps it will show in your area pretty soon!

Yes, I am hoping...

You see, I am hard-of-hearing and visually impaired so I am not able to get around without some problems... I was able to see BBM once[/n] while I was in Toronto... but I don't think I can wait for the DVD before I implode!!

This board has been my lifeline.

Peace,
Frank
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 09:17 AM


This has been a lovely day for all of us here. There cannot be a better news. I'am so happy - going to treat myself with a chocolate. Still I'am bit sad since none of my colleagues next to me seems talking about this lovely movie. Anyway.....they are missing a masterpiece here.

I luv'ed it. Thats what matters to me.

LUV U BBM. 

Now with 8 nominations, hope your colleagues will talk about it. Does your office do some kind of Oscar ballot games.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bbmlover on Jan 31, 2006, 09:22 AM


This has been a lovely day for all of us here. There cannot be a better news. I'am so happy - going to treat myself with a chocolate. Still I'am bit sad since none of my colleagues next to me seems talking about this lovely movie. Anyway.....they are missing a masterpiece here.

I luv'ed it. Thats what matters to me.

LUV U BBM. 

Now with 8 nominations, hope your colleagues will talk about it. Does your office do some kind of Oscar ballot games.

Nope ethan.....

people here r (is it dumb).........& glued to PC!!!!...... It is only me (I think ) have the oscarwatch & ennisjack websites opened throughout!!!!

dumbs........ many dont even know that today is a nomination day....... sucks.

mmmmmm.. i can do nothing. I'am afraid to talk to them though - esp of this movie. Afraid i will be washed off

Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Patriot1 on Jan 31, 2006, 09:24 AM
List of the 78th annual Oscar nominations announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:

Best Picture:

"Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Crash," "Good Night, and Good Luck," "Munich."


Actor:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote";
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow";
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain";
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line";
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck."


Supporting Actor:
George Clooney, "Syriana";
Matt Dillon, "Crash";
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man";
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"; William Hurt, "A History of Violence."


Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, "Junebug";
Catherine Keener, "Capote";
Frances McDormand, "North Country";
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener";
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain."


Director:
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Bennett Miller, "Capote"
Paul Haggis, "Crash"
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck."
Steven Spielberg, "Munich."


Adapted Screenplay:
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain";
Dan Futterman, "Capote";
Jeffrey Caine, "The Constant Gardener";
Josh Olson, "A History of Violence";
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich."


Cinematography: "Batman Begins," "Brokeback Mountain," "Good Night, and Good Luck.," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "The New World."

Original Score: "Brokeback Mountain," Gustavo Santaolalla; "The Constant Gardener," Alberto Iglesias; "Memoirs of a Geisha," John Williams; "Munich," John Williams; "Pride & Prejudice," Dario Marianelli.


Great scott!!!  From tears of extreme sadness to tears of extreme joy!  Help! I am on a roller coaster!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 09:25 AM
Although "official" recognition would be nice, BBM has already won every major Kindred Award  ;)  The movie will always remain dear to my heart and at least for me, that's all that really matters.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: matt78 on Jan 31, 2006, 09:29 AM
Aaaah - c'est super!
 ;D
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: stationbbm on Jan 31, 2006, 09:43 AM
Although "official" recognition would be nice, BBM has already won every major Kindred Award  ;)  The movie will always remain dear to my heart and at least for me, that's all that really matters.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Second that motion...

stationbbm
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: rane99 on Jan 31, 2006, 09:43 AM
8 Oscar Nominations!!!  Wow. Win or lose, this is a great day.  The multiple nominations alone make this film revolutionary.  First major gay romance themed film and well made at that!  We are all already all winners!  I was really surprised by Jake in the supporting actor category... can we read something into this?  He had as much screen time as Heath.. hmmmm.  My dream speech when Heath wins is for him to thank Jake for being gentle... and when Jack wins it would be hilarious for him to say when he left the movie set he was missing some clothing items....tee hee.   
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: CoraJack on Jan 31, 2006, 09:46 AM
Yes, it's great news...proves acceptance, although I think we will probably only win one or two. (But I'm trying to be positive here!)

I thought that the cast of BBM was supposed to be on the Today Show today?  Did I miss it?  I only switched to E! to watch the nominations...
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 09:52 AM
I am just gonna take the next month or so to celebrate eight nominations and worry about the wins on March 5. It is a great and joyful day.

The first gay-themed file ever to be nominated and receive the most nominations. We are a group of proud supporters.

I know our support doesn't need to be validated by the awards but with these nominations, my support for BBM is even stronger than ever.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: CoraJack on Jan 31, 2006, 10:02 AM
I am watching a local news show and someone just said that the Oscars have not been voted for yet.  When we were discussing the SAG Awards (I can't find that thread I think it's been deleted) someone said that the Oscar winners have already been voted for and determined prior to the announcement of the nominations. Does anyone know who's right?
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Kindred on Jan 31, 2006, 10:03 AM
The Oscars have not yet been voted on, at least not in an official sense.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 10:10 AM
I am watching a local news show and someone just said that the Oscars have not been voted for yet.  When we were discussing the SAG Awards (I can't find that thread I think it's been deleted) someone said that the Oscar winners have already been voted for and determined prior to the announcement of the nominations. Does anyone know who's right?

Hello CoraJack, all the SAG discussions are still there. You may have to dig a little.

Winners have not yet been voted.

One thought on the nominations - I wish Anne was nominated too.

Anne..if you are reading this, you got my vote
.  :)
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Jan 31, 2006, 10:10 AM
Too bad that there's no BBM nomination for original song.  But why complain? ;)

Someone posted there is a rule at the Oscars.  The song must heard in full during the movie...  Too bad!
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 10:11 AM
Someone posted there is a rule at the Oscars.  The song must heard in full during the movie...  Too bad!

Yes and we know it was not going to be nominated.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Jan 31, 2006, 10:14 AM
I am so happy that Heath, Jake and Michelle were nominated!

What a buzz for these young and talented actors!

I'm wondering how Heath and Michelle are feeling about this today?

Question, if Heath and Michelle ever win, would it be the first time at the Oscars, same year, same movie, that "husband" and "wife" win for acting awards?
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 10:19 AM
I am so happy that Heath, Jake and Michelle were nominated!

What a buzz for these young and talented actors!

I'm wondering how Heath and Michelle are feeling about this today?

Question, if Heath and Michelle ever win, would it be the first time at the Oscars, same year, same movie, that "husband" and "wife" win for acting awards?

Could be and I hope it happens. I would love to be in Heath and Michelle's house this morning and I could imagine that Heath is still not *sitting still*  ;D
Title: Re: Oscars Nominations Announcement - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 10:24 AM
In case someone has not noticed, 'Walk The Line' was shut out of best picture.

Thanks for pointing it out. I am surprised (I have not seen the movie though) that Walk The Line is not in the running for Best Picture. BBM will be the most successful movie come awards night.  Not only that, it has the most noms and is the front-runner for Best Pic and Best Director.

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - 8
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK - 6
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - 6
CRASH - 6
CAPOTE - 5
MUNICH - 5  Huh
WALK THE LINE - 5
THE CONSTANT GARDNER - 4
KING KONG - 4
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA - 3
CINDERELLA MAN - 3
TRANSAMERICA - 2
SYRIANA - 2

BBM is a strong film to beat - none of the near-competitors picked their nominations up from such heavy-duty categories as BBM. Cinematography is really important (technical tho it is) alongside Director, and so is score (song is an Oscar, but not the same weight overall).

If BBM was to get more than 8, it would have needed nomination in: art direction [nominees were: Harry Potter, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pride & Prejudice and Good Night & Good Luck]; costume design [nominees were: Memoirs of a Geisha; Charlie & the Choc Factory; Mrs Henderson; Pride & Prejudice; Walk the Line); Makeup [nominees were: Narnia; Cinderella Man; Star Wars III]; Sound Editing [nominees were: King Kong; Geisha; War of the Worlds]; Sound Mixing [King Kong; Geisha; War of the Worlds; Narnia; Walk the Line]... and Editing [nominees were: Crash; Cinderella Man; Munich; Walk the Line; Constant Gardener].

In all honesty, would be really expect more than one more of those... It was really musical films and really arty/period films that got the lion's share - mainly Walk the Line and Geisha.

For BBM, three best actors + Best Film + Best Director + Screenplay + Cinematography + Music - that is a very strong hand - rather those than any others, thank you.

I am so proud of them all too. And we should recognise that they have been acknowledged in all the places that matter. This is incredible, if you think what things looked like just six months ago or even before you came to this forum.

Great day and I am dancing. I'd say forget about SAG awards and I so want to hear Jake say "Jack Nasty loves you"  :D
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 10:28 AM
Nope ethan.....

people here r (is it dumb).........& glued to PC!!!!...... It is only me (I think ) have the oscarwatch & ennisjack websites opened throughout!!!!

dumbs........ many dont even know that today is a nomination day....... sucks.

mmmmmm.. i can do nothing. I'am afraid to talk to them though - esp of this movie. Afraid i will be washed off

That is too bad. But you've got us.  ;)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Kindred on Jan 31, 2006, 10:41 AM
Something else to put the nominations in perspective, BBM garnered the most nominations both overall ( 8 ) and in the major categories (6).

In comparison:

"Crash" garnered 6 overall, but only 4 in the major categories.
"Good Night, and Good Luck" garnered 6 overall, but also only 4 in the major categories.
"Capote" garnered 5 overall, however all 5 are in the major categories.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ginachiu on Jan 31, 2006, 10:55 AM
The time here in Taiwan is about 23:48 P.M., two hours ago, when the nominations
were released by our journalists reported from U.S.A., they felt very excited when reporting
the news ! Of course, I also screamed when I saw Director Ang Lee, best picture,
Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Leager appeared on the  catalogue, following by the
rest of other nominations.  It is really a great day for all of us here  !

so happy  :D :D
Title: My Predictions
Post by: streetskater on Jan 31, 2006, 11:01 AM
I'm glad Jake got a nod.  Gyllenhaal will have to content himself with the nomination though  'cause he has no chance to win--and I still think his performance here somewhat underrated.

Heath should win  Best Actor but I suspect Hoffman will get it for his rather  "obvious" Truman Capote Schick.  I've already weighed in on the fact that Robert  Morse did the ONLY performance of Capote--first on Broadway and then the American Playhouse adaptation of the play--Tru

Michelle Williams-Forgetaboutit!  No raggin' biatch-chick is getting any acting Oscar nods for this "Gay Cowboy" flick.

Ang Lee Will Win best Director
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana will win best Adapted Screenplay
Rodrigo Priet Will Win best Cinematography
Brokeback will probably win Best Picture
Gustavo Santaolalla might win best score
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 11:06 AM
The time here in Taiwan is about 23:48 P.M., two hours ago, when the nominations
were released by our journalists reported from U.S.A., they felt very excited when reporting
the news ! Of course, I also screamed when I saw Director Ang Lee, best picture,
Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Leager appeared on the  catalogue, following by the
rest of other nominations.  It is really a great day for all of us here  !

so happy  :D :D

Taiwan must be so proud of Ang Lee.   I trust that in all of China, it will be the same.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: JerBear418720 on Jan 31, 2006, 11:24 AM
The Oscar Race - The One to Beat

Here's what I think is BBM's stiffest competition by category (I bolded my predicted BBM winners):

Best Picture:  Crash, tho solidly 2nd - I think BBM will win

Best Director:  No Contest - Ang all the way!

Best Adapted Screenplay:  No Contest - BBM

Best Actor:  Hoffman - it'll be hard to stop that tidal wave - it seems to be his year

Best Supporting Actor:  Clooney - Syriana was a great movie - with all his noms, they will likely wanna give him something

Best Supporting Actress - Weisz, tho I don't personally agree - saw the movie - EH!

Best Cinematography - Memoirs of a Geisha, but I think BBM will edge it out

Best Score - Again, Memoirs

With acting, the Academy clearly takes into account past performances, and our boys and girls are all 1st time nominees.  Thinking of 1999 when Judi Dench got Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love for a 10-minute role.  Plus, this is NOT an average year - very strong acting competitors for 2005.  Were it not for these trends and the politics of the Academy, I'd have added Heath to my list of predicted winners, but I think Hoffman is going to get Best Actor.

Sidenote:  I hope March of the Penguins gets Documentary Feature - an amazing movie! 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Italian_Dude on Jan 31, 2006, 11:46 AM
OMG! OMG! YAY! YAY!

I'm jumping for joy! 8 nominations! Thats more than the Golden Globes!!!

Hopefully they win all 8!! I pray..! Oh PleasE!! haha!!

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor

*I THINK THOSE ARE MUST WINS* -- if health, ang, and the entire film doesn't win.. i'll call my attorney!!! HAHAHA!!! LOL!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 11:47 AM
The Oscar Race - The One to Beat

Here's what I think is BBM's stiffest competition by category (I bolded my predicted BBM winners):

Best Picture:  Crash, tho solidly 2nd - I think BBM will win

Best Director:  No Contest - Ang all the way!

Best Adapted Screenplay:  No Contest - BBM

Best Actor:  Hoffman - it'll be hard to stop that tidal wave - it seems to be his year

Best Supporting Actor:  Clooney - Syriana was a great movie - with all his noms, they will likely wanna give him something

Best Supporting Actress - Weisz, tho I don't personally agree - saw the movie - EH!

Best Cinematography - Memoirs of a Geisha, but I think BBM will edge it out

Best Score - Again, Memoirs

With acting, the Academy clearly takes into account past performances, and our boys and girls are all 1st time nominees.  Thinking of 1999 when Judi Dench got Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love for a 10-minute role.  Plus, this is NOT an average year - very strong acting competitors for 2005.  Were it not for these trends and the politics of the Academy, I'd have added Heath to my list of predicted winners, but I think Hoffman is going to get Best Actor.

Sidenote:  I hope March of the Penguins gets Documentary Feature - an amazing movie! 

Yes, in Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, BBM has the edge.  To me, this is the absolute minimum (3 wins).  If 'Crash' wins best picture, I will throw a fit.  It is nothing compared to BBM, IMO. 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 11:54 AM
I swear .... if BBM doesn't win the Best Picture. Oscar is a done deal for me and will never watch it again in the rest of my life.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Jan 31, 2006, 11:56 AM
I swear .... if BBM doesn't win the Best Picture. Oscar is a done deal for me and will never watch it again in the rest of my life.

It would feel like a travesty I know, and I am not an awards show gal.  It will, I mean these people are not completely crazy! 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Jan 31, 2006, 11:57 AM
The other thing is I don't think we should write off the actor awards either.  I mean who knows?
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 11:57 AM
The complete list of nominees for the 78th Annual Academy Awards.


BEST PICTURE

"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Munich"

DIRECTOR

Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Bennett Miller, "Capote"
Paul Haggis, "Crash"
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Steven Spielberg, "Munich"


ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"


ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"
Charlize Theron, "North Country"
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"


ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

George Clooney, "Syriana"
Matt Dillon, "Crash"
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"
William Hurt, "A History of Violence"


ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Amy Adams, "Junebug"
Catherine Keener, "Capote"
Frances McDormand, "North Country"
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
George Clooney and Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Woody Allen, "Match Point"
Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"
Stephen Gaghan, "Syriana"


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"
Dan Futterman, "Capote"
Jeffrey Caine, "The Constant Gardener"
Josh Olsen, "A History of Violence"
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich"


FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"Don't Tell" (Italy)
"Joyeux Noël" (France)
"Paradise Now" (Palestine)
"Sophie Scholl" (Germany)
"Tsotsi" (South Africa)


ANIMATED FEATURE

"Howl's Moving Castle"
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"
"Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"


ORIGINAL SCORE

Gustavo Santaolalla, "Brokeback Mountain"
Alberto Iglesias, "The Constant Gardener"
John Williams, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
John Williams, "Munich"
Dario Marianelli, "Pride & Prejudice"


ORIGINAL SONG

"In the Deep" from "Crash"
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow"
"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica"


ART DIRECTION

Jim Bissell and Jan Pascale, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
Grant Major, Dan Hennah and Simon Bright, "King Kong"
John Myhre and Gretchen Rau, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, "Pride & Prejudice"

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Wally Pfister, "Batman Begins"
Rodrigo Prieto, "Brokeback Mountain"
Robert Elswit, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Dion Beebe, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
Emmanuel Lubezki, "The New World"


COSTUME DESIGN

Gabriella Pescucci, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
Colleen Atwood, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
Sandy Powell, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Jacqueline Durran, "Pride & Prejudice"
Arianne Phillips, "Walk the Line"


MAKEUP

Howard Berger and Tami Lane, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
David Leroy and Lance Anderson, "Cinderella Man"
Dave Elsey and Annette Miles, "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

"Darwin's Nightmare"
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"
"March of the Penguins"
"Murderball"
"Street Fight"


SOUND MIXING

Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek, "King Kong"
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
Paul Massey, D. M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland, "Walk the Line"
Andy Nelson, Anne Behlmer and Ronald Judkins, "War of the Worlds"


SOUND EDITING

Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn, "King Kong"
Wylie Stateman, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
Richard King, "War of the Worlds"


VISUAL EFFECTS

Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor, "King Kong"
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick, "War of the Worlds"

FILM EDITING

Mike Hill and Dan Hanley, "Cinderella Man"
Claire Simpson, "The Constant Gardener"
Hughes Winborne, "Crash"
Michael Kahn, "Munich"
Michael McCusker, "Walk the Line"


SHORT FILM – ANIMATED

"Badgered"
"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation"
"The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello"
"9"
"One Man Band"


SHORT FILM – LIVE ACTION

"Ausreisser (The Runaway)"
"Cashback"
"The Last Farm"
"Our Time Is Up"
"Six Shooter"


DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

"The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club"
"God Sleeps in Rwanda"
"The Mushroom Club"
"A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin"


Title: Reaction from BBM to the nominations
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 01:28 PM
Reaction from BBM to nominations for the 78th Academy Awards:

"We didn't make the film for any kind of political movement. We never expected to change people's minds. But if it does affect people's hearts, if perceptions can get altered, that's a good thing." Heath Ledger, nominated for best actor for the gay romance "Brokeback Mountain."

___

"I'll really enjoy it because it will never happen again." Michelle Williams, on being nominated for best supporting actress alongside fiancee Ledger.

___

"... I'm not certain that there's ever been a film that has a gay romance that's been embraced this way. But on the other hand the film is about a lot more than that. I've said this before, but it's sort of like saying 'Lonesome Dove' is just a story about a cattle drive." Diana Ossana, nominated with Larry McMurtry for adapted screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain."

___

"... I think I'm amazed how people everywhere have had the sensitivity to want to get into the complexity of the issue, the probability of love, the illusion of love, all those things." Ang Lee, best director nominee for "Brokeback Mountain."

http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/associatedpress/20060131/590.html;_ylt=AtWffijsAd1cwn2VnUrEq0F.VLcF

Yahoo has the Oscar new coverage. Almost of the headlines is 'Brokeback Mountain"

Tears with joy.  :D

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: aimi15 on Jan 31, 2006, 01:45 PM


This has been a lovely day for all of us here. There cannot be a better news. I'am so happy - going to treat myself with a chocolate. Still I'am bit sad since none of my colleagues next to me seems talking about this lovely movie. Anyway.....they are missing a masterpiece here.

I luv'ed it. Thats what matters to me.

LUV U BBM. 
:D i had to push and push people to see this film subject matter puts so many people off, thank god for this forum nice to read comments that are so positive from other bbm obsessives and big up the film, fingers crossed for 8 (especially Jake) cant wait for march!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Jan 31, 2006, 01:53 PM
I already made a vacation request for Monday March 6th... I could figure I will need that to recover, no matter the results.   :P
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: jasonx on Jan 31, 2006, 01:56 PM
Wow great! 8 nominations  :D

I doubt they win many Oscars but such an amount of nominations is great already :)

My prediction:

Best Picture
I really really hope so

Best Director
It has to be Ang, no doubt about that

Best Adapted Screenplay
Don't know

Best Actor
To bad for Heath but I don't think so  :'( Probably that "Capote" guy

Best Supporting Actor
Sad for jake but I fear the worst: no award  :(

Best Supporting Actress
Maybe. I don't know the other supporting actresses well

Best Cinematography
Don't know

Best Score
Don't know

So to sum it all up: they will win at least 2 Oscars I think
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 01:58 PM
:D i had to push and push people to see this film subject matter puts so many people off, thank god for this forum nice to read comments that are so positive from other bbm obsessives and big up the film, fingers crossed for 8 (especially Jake) cant wait for march!

aimi15, thanks for *pushing* people to see this film. Now they know it is not only because of your obsession. It receives the most nominations after all. More people will go see this fim for sure.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Jan 31, 2006, 02:02 PM
Well done BBM, and well done ennisjack members, great thread, full of positive vibes for our beloved BBM!

GO BBM Go!..gosh it's been a while since i did my cheerleading routine..I feel almost rusty!

LOL
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 02:05 PM
Well done BBM, and well done ennisjack members, great thread, full of positive vibes for our beloved BBM!

GO BBM Go!..gosh it's been a while since i did my cheerleading routine..I feel almost rusty!

LOL

LOL. Same here. Let me join you with pom pom. Oh man..my back hurts. YES GO BBM...
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: scruffy on Jan 31, 2006, 02:18 PM
This is going to be the longest four and a half weeks of my life.  At least I have this place.  We can all bite our nails together.

Still, I'm just happy that the little film that nobody was going to see made it this far.  It's all gravy from here.  It gives me faith that dedicated people involved in a communal goal to make a great piece of art can ultimately be rewarded.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Jan 31, 2006, 02:20 PM
This is going to be the longest four and a half weeks of my life.  At least I have this place.  We can all bite our nails together.

Still, I'm just happy that the little film that nobody was going to see made it this far.  It's all gravy from here.  It gives me faith that dedicated people involved in a communal goal to make a great piece of art can ultimately be rewarded.

yeah..ain't it great...some can just eat their bars of soaps now!!! GO my beloved BBM ...Go all the way to that little man called Oscar!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bbmlover on Jan 31, 2006, 02:45 PM
I already made a vacation request for Monday March 6th... I could figure I will need that to recover, no matter the results.   :P

I think i will also be taking a day off on 6th March. I'am hoping for the best of result.........and wish i will celebrate it.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: JerBear418720 on Jan 31, 2006, 02:51 PM
The other thing is I don't think we should write off the actor awards either.  I mean who knows?

Looking over the competition in the acting categories, I think Michelle has the best chance.  Heath has to deal with Hoffman.  Jake is up against Clooney and his many noms, Dillon in a movie that is getting gobs of positive press, and Giamatti who was passed over last year for Sideways.  But Michelle really has only one real contender in Weisz, IMO.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 02:51 PM
I think i will also be taking a day off on 6th March. I'am hoping for the best of result.........and wish i will celebrate it.

Wonderful. Join and celebrate with us.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bbmlover on Jan 31, 2006, 02:59 PM
I think i will also be taking a day off on 6th March. I'am hoping for the best of result.........and wish i will celebrate it.

Wonderful. Join and celebrate with us.

Defenitely......... i will login in here (whatever the time my part of globe may be @........not bothered)....... will join you guys to share the moment...... i swear
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: stephan on Jan 31, 2006, 03:05 PM
Tears of joy ! Looking forward to celebrating. Stephan
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bbmlover on Jan 31, 2006, 03:16 PM
This year has been the strangest for me. All these years i have never ever bothered Oscar awards( the truth is........ i just didn't know all this time that there is a nomination event 1 month before awards!)  So by clear hit/miss when i watch news .......... i get to see the awards!.

But BBM has changed all that for me. Now look @ me......... i was here for nom announcement early today..........and i'am well ahead waiting for the awards.

Fantastic. Nice feeling.

Best of best movie. BBM has redefined love. It is simply the strongest force of nature.

LUV U BBM
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 03:20 PM
This year has been the strangest for me. All these years i have never ever bothered Oscar awards( the truth is........ i just didn't know all this time that there is a nomination event 1 month before awards!)  So by clear hit/miss when i watch news .......... i get to see the awards!.

But BBM has changed all that for me. Now look @ me......... i was here for nom announcement early today..........and i'am well ahead waiting for the awards.

Fantastic. Nice feeling.

Best of best movie. BBM has redefined love. It is simply the strongest force of nature.

LUV U BBM

I am the same. I set my alarm this morning at 8:25 and watched the live announcement for the first time. It is so great to be with you in this BBM journey.
Title: The Nominees Speak
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 04:36 PM
From USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2006-01-31-nominee-reaction_x.htm  I have bold-faced the ones from the BBM nominees. :)

The nominees speak

USA TODAY's Donna Freydkin, Will Keck, Whitney Matheson, Karen Thomas and Susan Wloszczyna are tracking down the nominees to get their initial reactions. All times ET.

9:47 a.m. Amy Adams, who's in her early 30s and up for supporting actress in Junebug, calls. She's one of seven children and says she has "tons of phone calls to make." First up was her sister, and then her mother, Katherine, who was working the Starbucks counter in Colorado. "She had her phone waiting in her pocket, and I heard all the people in the store yell. It was great," says Adams, a first-time nominee.

To celebrate, "I'll invite some friends over and have a glass of champagne and order Chinese food. Maybe we'll go up to (West Hollywood roadhouse) Barney's Beanery. Maybe." Her date for the ceremony will be boyfriend Darren Legallo. Adams hopes she'll be able to meet fellow nominee Frances McDormand (North Country) and see best actor nominee Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow). "He's smooth and he's fantastic and he can dance. I'm looking forward to sharing a dance with Terrence that night." —Karen Thomas

9:54 a.m. Ang Lee, who directed top-nominated film Brokeback Mountain, sounded relaxed. He spent his morning taking his son to school and did not watch the announcement. His assistant called him with the news. "I tried to not worry about it. I tried to go back to sleep, but then the phone rang, and I heard about the results," he says.

He's not celebrating with a glass of bubbly. Instead, says Lee, he'll have two cups of a fine Taiwanese tea he opened up because it's a special occasion. And he's not worried about the competition come Oscar night. "I don't want this to be the movie to beat," he says of Brokeback. "This year, I really enjoy this group. It's a great bunch of people. We're happy for each other. There's a certain togetherness. There's a family kind of feeling. We're all small movies. Even Steven's movie is relatively small. It's issue-oriented, emotion-oriented, and when society finds it, it's a positive feeling in a frustrating time we're in. It's the most sweet and unselfish year." —Donna Freydkin

10 a.m. Terrence Howard, up for actor for Hustle & Flow, woke up at 5:19 a.m. in his room at the Four Season Hotel in Los Angeles, certain he had missed the Oscar announcement. Realizing that no one had called him, he assumed he wasn't nominated. "I called downstairs and asked them to turn off my phone," says Howard. "I didn't want to do to 'consolation' interviews."

Then he realized the announcements would be made at 5:30, and he canceled the order.

Again, he felt disappointment wash over him as his name was not announced for supporting actor. "That's what everyone said I had the best shot at," Howard says. "I was really happy for Matt Dillon, his co-star in Crash who received a nomination for supporting actor. "But you can't help but be a little disappointed."

Then he heard his name, for best actor for Hustle & Flow.

"It felt like I was watching TV in a dream," he says. "I'm damn near 37 years old, and I'm jumping up and down on the bed like my 10-year-old. I was a wild man."

His first call went to his parents, and everyone broke down in tears. "We're crying, laughing. Then my father says 'Aren't you glad I made you?' I knew he was going to take some of the credit. You just can't describe what this is like." —Scott Bowles

10:01 a.m. Real-life couple Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger, were both nominated for their Brokeback Mountain roles. Williams sounds exhausted after being woken up by the couple's publicist with the news. The new mom has been up much of the night with 3-month-old Matilda. "We're in L.A., so it was early," she says. "We're just trying to wake up." Her plan for the day? "We're just doing interviews now, and Heath is taking a yoga class with me today, and that's as far as we've gotten," she says. "Matilda was up at midnight, and she was up at 3 in the morning, and she was up at 5 in the morning. It's been a long night." The baby gurgles while her mom talks on the phone. "I just fed her, but she's really chatty this morning." Williams had not watched the nomination announcement and hence wasn't sure who the other contenders were. But, she says, "I'm so happy for Heath, and I'm so happy for Jake (Gyllenhaal). They both really deserved it." The biggest surprise so far? "Me! I was surprised by me!"

Ledger follows, saying they are both "pretty exhausted. We gave each other a little kiss and fell back asleep, and then people started calling us." After they're done doing interviews, "We'll go back to bed and sleep. We'll have a little cuddle, and that'll be about it." Even though he was one of the favorites going in, Ledger says he was shocked by his best actor nom. "I never really have great expectations for my work or the movies I'm in. It's a wonderful surprise," he says. "I'm very proud of everyone, and I'm very proud of Jake." He's even more thrilled that Jon Stewart is hosting the show. "We adore him. The world is a better with him in it, and I think the Academy Awards will be better" with him hosting. —D.F.

10:45 a.m. Rachel Weisz, nominated for best supporting actress for The Constant Gardener, heard the news in a rather unique fashion. "I'm still in L.A., from the SAGs, and I was woken up by a South American radio station that had tracked me down and wanted me to be live on the air," she laughs. "I guess they called every hotel in L.A.! I realized it's time for an alias." Weisz, who has already won both the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globe awards, calls her year "pretty incredible."

But she won't be celebrating too wildly today, she says. "It's still 8 in the morning and I'm pregnant. (Dad is director Darren Aronofsky) I can't really crack open the champagne. I'll have to have a smoothie or something." And so far, she hasn't talked to anyone close to her, busy as she has been doing interviews. "I haven't been able to call anyone, but my mum called me," she says. Weisz is thrilled that all the movies nominated this year have a political theme and message. "People are hungry for stories that hold up a mirror to the culture we live in. I think it's great," she says. So, has the pregnant actress thought about what she's wearing to the Oscars? "Oh gosh, not yet! But I will, I will, of course! I have to worry about what frock to wear." —D.F.

11:45 a.m.March of the Penguins director Luc Jacquet first heard he was nominated for best documentary feature on the train from Paris, where he's been working on his next project. Will he attend next month's ceremony in L.A.? "I wouldn't miss it for the world," he said via translator.

As for the writer/director's next project, he says "it's in the same spirit as March of the Penguins and will be a sort of mix between documentary and fiction." The plot involves "a meeting between a young girl and a fox that she finds in the forest. She falls in love with the fox and she wants to seduce him, she wants to tame him. ... It's an adventure of initiation of a young girl in the natural world."

Jacquet added that he still didn't know why Penguins became such a worldwide hit last year. "At the very least, the Emperor penguin is an incredibly sympathetic character, and his story is truly a tragedy," he said. "The film has become something that people have embraced all around the world. Audiences have sort of taken the film with them and into their hearts."—Whitney Matheson

11:15 a.m. Matt Dillon, who was nominated for best supporting actor for his role in Crash got the news in his New York hotel room. "I just can't believe that people remembered this movie. It premiered in Toronto like a year and a half ago, and I'm not sure anyone even bought it back then. I knew we had made a good movie, but you're never sure whether people are going to find it and remember it. It's just such an awesome feeling. You feel a little funny, because it's such an ensemble cast, and everyone is so strong in it. But you hope the attention you get will bring more attention to the movie. Because you don't get a lot of movies that are really trying to say something." —S.B.

12:12 p.m. Best supporting actor nominee Paul Giamatti is in Toronto rehearsing Shoot 'Em Up, a movie he's working on with Clive Owen. Does he feel vindicated after not getting a nomination for Sideways last year? Not really. " I feel great. I feel always stunned by this stuff," he laughs. "My manager called me this morning, first thing in the a.m., then my agent, then my wife."

Giamatti says he's more stunned that Cinderella Man's leading actor Russell Crowe was overlooked this year. "That's a huge shame. It surprised me," says Giamatti. "I thought for sure he would (be nominated). It's a wonderful thing that I got nominated but my performance is kind of meaningless without his. It doesn't make any sense to me, but I don't know how these things work. It's a drag, it's a bummer."

He hasn't talked to director Ron Howard yet, but that's due to technical difficulties. "My cellphone died, so now I'm being berated by everybody. I'm recharging my phone," says Giamatti. —D.F.

12:30 p.m. George Clooney, was shooting a French coffee commerical in LA. "I'm getting paid more for this than I was in the past year and a half," he says. He says he worked for scale as an actor and handed over his DGA check in order to cut costs on his two nominated labors of love, Good Night, and Good Luck and Syriana.

On how he feels about being a triple Oscar threat: "I'll be drinking tonight."

Does getting three nominations as an actor, director and writer – a feat previously equaled by only Woody Allen (Annie Hall), Warren Betty (Reds and Heaven Can Wait), and Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful) – mean he can do anything he wants now in Hollywood?

"I've been able to do anything I want for five or six years now. I'll continue to do it."

If he wins on Oscar night, will he give another humorous speech liked the one he gave at the Golden Globes? "I had a really good one for the Screen Actors Guild. But then that Paul Giamatti spoiled it. Damn that Paul Giamatti. I've never liked that guy."

Now that he has joined the club of directing actors, will he grow a bushy beard and make movies in archaic languages? "Not yet. If Mel Gibson makes $600 million for a film he can grow any beard he wants." —Susan Wloszczyna

1 p.m. Best actress nominee Felicity Huffman, from the set of Desperate Housewives:"I am flying. I have to tell you, you know how, sometimes, before a big day at work, you wake up every couple of hours? Well, last night I would dream that I was waking up, and it was 8, and it hadn't happened. Girl, it's not happening. And then I'd look at the clock, and I'd go, 'Oh, it's 1 in the morning. And then it was 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. — and I'd keep going, 'I wasn't nominated.' And then the phone rang at 5:45 PT. The phone's over on (husband) Bill's (Macy) side and he went, 'Ha, ha, ha' He chuckled, rolled over, gave me a hug, and said, 'Don't answer it.' I actually told (my publicist Annette Wolf) to please call me one way or the other, but I guess Bill intuited that that phone call was a good one."—W.K.

1:28 p.m. Steven Spielberg, who won an Oscar in 1993 for Schindler's List, says he's stunned his contentious terrorism drama Munich got so much recognition.

"I wasn't certain we'd receive nominations in those three tall categories," he says, referring to the film's nominations in the picture, directing and best adapted screenplay slots. "I was just absolutely thrilled that the academy had the courage to recognize Munich. They were able to make up their own minds. It's a very controversial film and controversy is not exactly a calling card when it comes to Academy Award time."

Spielberg did not watch the announcements. "The phone rang at ten to six, and I was sound asleep," he says. "My wife (Kate Capshaw) picked up the telephone and it was my associate Kristie Macosko? from the Bahamas, giving us the good news."

They're going to celebrate by "finding the best Oscar dress my wife has ever worn!" And being nominated for the 11th time never gets old: "I love that they're not tired of me!"—D.F.

1:41 p.m. A transcript from Reese Witherspoon's early-morning interview with German TV outlets makes its way to us. "I can't get any of my family on the phone because it's too early there but it's exciting," the best actress nominee (Walk the Line) told APTN during a press conference in Berlin, where the film is just opening. "I take it very seriously."

The actress said she had dozed off in her Berlin hotel during the annoucements (she was "jetlagged," after flying Monday night from the London set of Penelope to Berlin), when she suddenly heard her publicist screaming. "I was having a dream...I was like, what is she screaming about? Doesn't she know I'm asleep but it was funny."

The Oscar nod was totally unexpected, she says. "You never know what people are like in every different group that votes on everything...it's completely different and made up of completely different people so, yeah I was completely surprised and thrilled and...I never thought I'd be here anyway. I never thought I'd be nominated for anything."—K.T.

2:05 p.m. Jake Gyllenhaal's on set in Los Angeles, shooting Zodiac and getting ready to film a seven-page scene with Mark Ruffalo. Gyllenhaal didn't watch the nominations but got a call from his agent with the news that he'd earned a best supporting actor nomination for playing a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain.

"My phone voicemail was filled with messages so she couldn't leave a message so she called me at my house," he says. Tonight, he'll "definitely be doing something" to celebrate, he says.

As for Brokeback's eight nominations, says Gyllenhaal, "the more attention that it gets and the more it's championed by audiences and critics, the more people are likely to see it." He chatted with castmates Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams this morning. "Heath and I talked and I got a, 'Congratulations, mate!'" he says. And Gyllenhaal, who was dating Kirsten Dunst, has no word on who'll be his Oscar date. "I don't know!" he laughs. —D.F.

3:26 p.m. Joaquin Pheonix, nominated for best actor (Walk the Line) was at a loss of words as he prepared his statement. "Waking up this early made me reminisce about being a kid, waking up early to beat traffic, so my siblings and I could make it to auditions. In all those long car rides, I never thought about awards for acting (I didn't know they existed). I was an actor because the work was rewarding. I never imagined that it would all lead to this moment. I don't possess the vocabulary to accurately express the sense of gratitude I feel for this great honor. It's made the entire journey more fulfilling than I ever expected." —K.T.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 04:42 PM
Thanks, tpe for posting these. Now they will have go through a month of agony similar to PBS.  :)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: dblippy on Jan 31, 2006, 04:44 PM
Brokeback Mountain received 8 Oscar nominations

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Score


http://oscars.org/index.html

The 78th Academy Award® nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 5:30 a.m. PST, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater by Academy President Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actress and Academy member Mira Sorvino.

Hi,

I realy hope that Jake gets best supporting actor as I feel he has been slightly overlooked but of course I wish the film would get all eight......!....Oh what  a great night it could be if only that would happen!!!!!!!!!!!!

David
Title: Ledger and Gyllenhaal
Post by: tpe on Jan 31, 2006, 04:59 PM
Thanks, tpe for posting these. Now they will have go through a month of agony similar to PBS.  :)

You're welcome. 

I just love that Ledger singled out Gyllenhaal when he said in the above USA Today article that he was proud of everyone.  I think both of them have a deep mutual respect for each other.  This was also very obvious from Gyllenhaal's red carpet interview on E!, when he said that he and Ledger were friends for life.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ennisandjack on Jan 31, 2006, 09:21 PM
I already made a vacation request for Monday March 6th... I could figure I will need that to recover, no matter the results.   :P

I think i will also be taking a day off on 6th March. I'am hoping for the best of result.........and wish i will celebrate it.

March 6th is my birthday :) What a present a great night for BBM and our actors would be!!!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Jan 31, 2006, 09:53 PM
I already made a vacation request for Monday March 6th... I could figure I will need that to recover, no matter the results.   :P

I think i will also be taking a day off on 6th March. I'am hoping for the best of result.........and wish i will celebrate it.

March 6th is my birthday :) What a present a great night for BBM and our actors would be!!!

Wooo oooh!

I like that!

Let be honnest, out of 8 Oscars nominations, we will celebrate!  BBM will get Awards!

My dream, Michelle and Heath winning....  :P  I would be a total mess of tears.  :'( ;D :'( ;D

Not to mention Jake!  :P
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Jan 31, 2006, 10:06 PM
Ok, just had to share a BBM article in the latest TIME Magazine along with the film reviewer's predictions:


Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006

WHO CAN DERAIL THE BROKEBACK EXPRESS?

An Oscar analysis of the nominations by TIME's Richard Corliss
By RICHARD CORLISS


"The only way I can lose the election," Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards notoriously said in 1983, "is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy" * Brokeback Mountain would have to go further to lose this year's Academy Awards race for best picture, since the live boys is what set the movie apart at first and helped position it as the Oscar film to beat.
 
In the Oscar nominations list announced this morning Brokeback shared the Best Picture category with Capote, Crash, Munich and Good Night, and Good Luck. But the gay cabellero movie led the pack with eight nominations, including six in major categories: Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay. No surprise here. This sere, soulful adaptation of the Annie Proulx short story had already snagged the Golden Globe for best drama, the Directors Guild Award for best director (Ang Lee) ,the Producers' Guild Award for best motion picture and the top laurels from nine critics groups and the Venice Film Festival (where it premiered last September).

But don't take the word of a mere professional movie-watcher. Pinnacle Sports.com, the largest sports betting site on the Internet, has already posted its Oscar odds. Brokeback is favored for Best Picture at a prohibitive 1 to 13, and director Lee at 1 to 19! In other categories, the Vegas sharpies like Philip Seymour Hoffman for best actor, Reese Witherspoon for best actress, and Paul Giaamatti and Rachel Weisz in the supporting actor slots.

No film hit double figures in the nominations tally, because none of the front-runners was the sort of megaproduction or David Lean-style period piece that can run up a half-dozen citations in the categories devoted to technical expertise (sound editing) or frou-frou artistry (art direction, costumes). These are all "people" movies and "issue" movies.

With four of the five top nominees (all but Munich) claiming the tag "indie productions," this is an Oscar year more dominated by non-blockbusters than any since 1997, when four "indie" nominees were The English Patient (the ultimate winner), Fargo, Secrets & Lies and Shine. (The fifth film was the Tom Cruise comedy Jerry Maguire.)
 
Then as now, an "independent" company was a subsidiary of a big studio. The division, though, remains clear: studios make their regular movies to earn money, and their indie movies to earn prestige which, as Oscar time nears, can mean the same thing. Look for Brokeback, between now and March 5, to double the $51 million it has cadged so far at the domestic box office. Munich may get a little bump, and the others will see their big business at the video store.
 
Indeed, an argument could be made that all five nominated films are independent; for what Hollywood filmmaker is more his own man than Steven Spielberg? He gets to do what he wants, whether it's a budget-busting remake of War of the Worlds or a medium-budget documentary-style thriller about the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes and its revenge aftermath.

The big box office pictures more or less eliminated themselves. Sure, Revenge of the Sith was the best Star Wars movie since the 80s, but that's not saying too much, and even then, only the original film got a Best Picture nomination; and George Lucas is seen as the remote figure up in Marin Country. Narnia: too twee, and maybe too Christian. King Kong did not burn up the box office at Lord of the Rings temperature, and at three hours it played like the first "director's cut DVD" shown in theaters. Harry Potter movies just keep getting better, but their target demographic misses the Academy's by about 80 years.


*  For anyone not familiar with Louisiana politics, the State is known for its colorful and corrupt politicians.


CORLISS'S PREDICTIONS:

BEST ACTOR

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck

How swell that Terrence Howard got a nomination in the super-indie Hustle & Flow! I'm also pleased that Joaquin Phoenix emerged from Witherspoon's shadow to get a nod. A win for either of them would be fine by me, but the race seems to be between Hoffman and Ledger. Hoffman's Capote is a stunt, a caricature, the kind Oscar often rewards, but it's also a great performance. Ledger, his character's emotions so internalized he's nearly made mute by his passion and guilt, would dominate any other year. But in the leading actor categories, I have to go with the Huffman-Hoffman ticket.

CORLISS FAVORITE: Terrence Howard
LIKELY WINNER: Philip Seymour Hofffman


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

In a very "guy" year, there's more action in the Supporting Actress category than the lead one. Weisz is smart, sexy, spiky in a movie where she'd dead in the first five minutes. Keener lends humanity to Capote, and is the earth mother (or big sister) of all indies. McDormand's role was obvious and shrill, but she tempered it with her usual intelligence. Williams plays arguably the one unequivocally sympathetic character in Brokeback, and does so with quiet yearning beauty. And Adams redefines "adorable" as the star-struck yokel in Junebug. I like all these actresses, and most of their roles, but I like most that Adams came from practically nowhere to beguile and break my heart. Ergo...

CORLISS FAVORITE: Amy Adams
LIKELY WINNER: Michelle Williams


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence

Clooney is here, I suspect, more as a thank you to a big star for using his wattage in honorable ways. Giamatti now carries Cinderella Man (since Russell Crowe wasn't nominated), and Dillon carries all the hopes of all the supporting actors in Crash. Hurt makes an indelible impression in his few minutes onscreen, and it's instructive to see that the most self-serious of actors can have menacing fun. But Gyllenhaal, the one important Brokeback actor who's been almost overlooked, should win.

CORLISS FAVORITE: Jake Gyllenhaal
LIKELY WINNER: Jake Gyllenhaal


BEST DIRECTOR

Ang Lee, Brokeback
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul Haggis, Crash
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Steven Spielberg, Munich
For sheer directing virtuosity, Spielberg was at the top of his game. But this category is not worth a full paragraph. The Angster has it.

CORLISS FAVORITE: Steven Spielberg
LIKELY WINNER: Ang Lee


BEST PICTURE

"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Munich"

Munich's nomination for Best Picture was no sure thing, because the film had managed to cause a rumpus on the left and the right. The main blasts came from Israelophiles who found the movie's anguished semi-evenhandedness a slur on the memory of a modern min-Holocaust. After Schindler's List, the gag went around town, "I knew Steven Spielberg before he was Jewish." Now, much of Hollywood was saying mournfully, "I knew Spielberg when he was Jewish." The ascendancy of Hamas (which Spielberg can't be blamed for) won't help. Neither will the film's middling box office. Three reasons why Munich can be the first film eliminated in the Best Picture countdown.
 
Capote will make do with Hoffman's Oscar. Good Night, and Good Luck is the kind of movie you invite to the Oscar party but don't ask to make a speech. That leaves Crash. It's the most Hollywood kind of indie picture: amazingly low-budgeted (about $5 million), serious to the point of solemnity, and with a cast of top stars doing charity work: smallish roles in a film with big, social ambitions. The actors' branch of the Acaademy is the largest, and they may have an itch to reward the kind of film that makes actors look good.

It's a long long time from January to March. Preferences and prejudices can change over the next few weeks. Academy members could conceivably be anesthetized by the roll call of Brokeback victories. But our guess is that Brokeback will proceed, at a pace as measured as the movie itself, toward the happy ending the film denied its main characters. If the consensus holds, the one challenge left will be for the film's makers, who already have given more than a dozen acceptance speeches, to find new phrases of gratitude on March 5... and to feign surprise when their names are called.
 
CORLISS FAVORITE: Brokeback Mountain
LIKELY WINNER: Brokeback Mountain



Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Jan 31, 2006, 10:12 PM

One comment from Heath Ledger about his nomination:

"I think people are happy to see this love story ... They are happy to see love of the same sex — it’s not a disease or a plague. There is the same level of intimacy and emotions involved, and it’s done in such an honest light."

LA Times






Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Jan 31, 2006, 10:22 PM
This is from CNN, there some video links.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/31/oscar.nominations/index.html

'Mountain' looms over Oscar nominations
'Crash' earns six; Clooney picks up three
By Todd Leopold
CNN


Tuesday, January 31, 2006; Posted: 3:06 p.m. EST (20:06 GMT)

"Brokeback Mountain" stars Heath Ledger, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal as ranch hands who have an affair.

And the nominees are ... (4:25)  Video link on CNN.com

Oscar surprises, Oscar predictions (4:08)  Another video link

Most nominations: 8 ("Brokeback Mountain")

Other leading nominees: "Crash," "Good Night, and Good Luck" (6 nominations each), "Munich" (5 nominations)

By George: George Clooney was nominated for his acting (supporting actor for "Syriana"), his directing ("Good Night, and Good Luck") and his writing (original screenplay for "Good Night, and Good Luck," co-written with Grant Heslov).


Old vs. new: Most of the acting nominees have never been nominated for an Oscar before. The exceptions are Joaquin Phoenix (nominated for 2000's "Gladiator"); Judi Dench (4 previous nominations, including a win for "Shakespeare in Love"); Charlize Theron (2003's "Monster"); William Hurt (3 previous nominations, including a win for "Kiss of the Spider Woman"); Catherine Keener (1999's "Being John Malkovich"); and Frances McDormand (3 previous nominations, including a win for "Fargo").


Veterans: With his "Munich" nomination, Steven Spielberg has now been nominated 6 times, all for best director. He's won twice, for "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan." "Match Point" marks Woody Allen's 21st nomination, including 14 screenplay nominations. He's won 3 Oscars -- for writing "Hannah and Her Sisters" and for writing and directing "Annie Hall." John Williams was nominated twice for best score this year -- for "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Munich" -- giving him 45 nominations all told. He's won five Oscars.


The Academy: About 5,800 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will choose the Academy Award winners.

It has been the subject of controversy and the subject of jokes -- how many times have you heard variations on "I wish I knew how to quit you" or seen parodies of its poster? -- but mostly "Brokeback Mountain" has been the subject of honors.

On Tuesday, the story of two romantically involved male ranch hands -- which already has won best picture honors from the Golden Globes (drama), Broadcast Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle -- crowned its status as Oscar front-runner by leading all films with eight nominations for the 78th annual Academy Awards.

"Brokeback," based on a short story by E. Annie Proulx, picked up nods for best picture, best director (Ang Lee), best actor (Heath Ledger), best supporting actress (Michelle Williams) and best supporting actor (Jake Gyllenhaal). Its screenplay adaptation, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, also received a nomination. (Watch which nominations got applause and shouts -- 4:25)

"Brokeback," with its overtly gay love story, has proved much more popular at the box office than some pundits had predicted. Even director Lee has been surprised.

"I thought it was a small work of love," he told Reuters. "I never thought it would play like this."

Tuesday was also a big day for George Clooney, who picked up nominations for directing "Good Night, and Good Luck" and co-writing its original screenplay -- a story about CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's battle with Sen. Joe McCarthy -- with Grant Heslov. Clooney was also a pick for best supporting actor for his performance as a CIA agent in "Syriana."

Clooney's nominations marked the first time the same person has been nominated for acting in and directing another movie.

"Good Night, and Good Luck" also received nominations for best picture and best actor (David Strathairn, who portrays Murrow), while "Syriana" earned a nod for best original screenplay for its director and writer, Stephen Gaghan.

Other nominees for best picture are "Capote," "Crash" and "Munich." "Crash" won the Screen Actors Guild award Sunday night for best performance by a cast. (Think you know who's going to win Oscar? Play our Inside the Envelope game.)

Some notable films were left out of the best picture running.

"Walk the Line," the Johnny Cash biography that has earned acting honors for stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, was shut out of the best picture and best director races, but Phoenix and Witherspoon were nominated in lead acting categories.

"A History of Violence," another critical favorite, earned supporting actor and adapted screenplay nods, but nothing for its director, David Cronenberg. And "King Kong," despite some support for actress Naomi Watts and director Peter Jackson, only picked up technical nominations.

Forecasters on the mark
With a handful of exceptions, the nominations matched prognosticators' forecasts. (Watch what the surprises were -- 4:08)

Philip Seymour Hoffman, who has garnered several awards for his portrayal of author Truman Capote in "Capote," was nominated for best actor. Ledger, Strathairn and Phoenix have been on many short lists. The category's mild surprise was "Hustle & Flow's" Terrence Howard, who earned critical raves but was seen by many as being on the bubble.

The best actress category is seen as a two-person race between Witherspoon, who played June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line," and Felicity Huffman, for her performance as a pre-op transsexual in "Transamerica." Both actresses won Golden Globes for their performances -- Witherspoon for best actress (comedy/musical), Huffman for best actress (drama). Witherspoon took the SAG Award on Sunday night.

Other nominees are previous Oscar winners Charlize Theron ("North Country") and Judi Dench ("Mrs. Henderson Presents") and newcomer Keira Knightley ("Pride & Prejudice").

In the best supporting actor category, Paul Giamatti -- left out of the nominations last year despite being much-lauded for "Sideways" -- was nominated for his performance as boxing manager Joe Gould in "Cinderella Man." William Hurt, who popped up for short, sharp performances in "Syriana" and "A History of Violence," was nominated for the latter film.

The other nominees are Clooney, Gyllenhaal and Matt Dillon ("Crash") .

Rachel Weisz, already a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner for "The Constant Gardener," earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. Her competition includes Amy Adams ("Junebug"), Catherine Keener ("Capote"), Frances McDormand ("North Country") and Williams ("Brokeback Mountain").

Newsweek, in its annual Oscar preview chat among likely nominees, hit it exactly right with the five directors it selected for this year's talk: Paul Haggis ("Crash"), Lee ("Brokeback Mountain"), Bennett Miller ("Capote"), Clooney ("Good Night, and Good Luck") and Steven Spielberg ("Munich").

Some of the directors already knew each other from previous projects. Haggis was a writer and Clooney was an actor on the TV show "The Facts of Life," and Haggis is working with Spielberg on the Clint Eastwood-directed "Flags of Our Fathers."

"Long after the Oscars this year, I think we're going have weekly dinners together. We're all planning to all move in together," Spielberg joked to the AP.

Other categories
Woody Allen, a frequent original screenplay nominee, was nominated once again, this year for "Match Point." His competition includes Clooney and Heslov, Gaghan, Haggis and Bobby Moresco ("Crash"), and Noah Baumbach ("The Squid and the Whale").

The nominees for best adapted screenplay are McMurtry and Ossana; Dan Futterman, "Capote"; Jeffrey Caine, "The Constant Gardener"; Josh Olson, "A History of Violence"; and Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich."

Oscar steered away from computer-animated films this year, picking "Howl's Moving Castle," "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" and "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit" for best animated feature. The latter two were done with stop-action figures.

Nominees for best foreign film are "Don't Tell," Italy; "Joyeux Noel," France; "Paradise Now," Palestinian territories; "Sophie Scholl -- The Final Days," Germany; and "Tsotsi," South Africa.

After "Brokeback's" eight nominations, three films follow with six: "Crash," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Memoirs of a Geisha." "Geisha" was shut out of the major categories.

"Munich" received five nominations.

None of the year's blockbusters was well represented. "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" received one nomination, for makeup -- perhaps the first time a "Star Wars" film did not receive a special effects nomination. "King Kong" picked up four nods, and "War of the Worlds," Spielberg's other 2005 film, scored three nods in technical categories.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" was nominated in the sound mixing, makeup and visual effects categories. "Batman Begins" is up for a cinematography prize.

The documentary feature nominees included "March of the Penguins," perhaps the biggest sleeper hit of 2005, along with "Darwin's Nightmare," "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," "Murderball" and "Street Fight."

The academy apparently didn't like many songs this year; only three were nominated instead of the usual five. They were "In the Deep" from "Crash," "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow" and "Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica."

The awards will be held March 5 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California. Jon Stewart is the host, and ABC will broadcast the ceremony.

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Jan 31, 2006, 10:38 PM
I was just thinking that consider that BBM started out as a very small indie art film with a tiny budget compared to the likes of "King Kong" or "Narnia".

Yet, the movie has shown that it can stand its own against the likes of such super-mega-budget films.  To me, this strength should mean the following:

  1)  BBM would have to rely more on the cast and crew than on special effects.  Special effects has lessen some dependence of the mega-budget films on the strength of acting abilities and cinematography in favour of "sensationalism" and "light shows".
  2)  BBM with its tight budgetary constraint would use simple instrumentals for original music (courtesy of Gustavo) and recordings of period/relevant musical selections.  I do not think they would need as much of large orchestral original symphonic scores.  In this case, less is more.  There would be heavier reliance on the skills of the fewer recording artists used.
  3)  BBM focuses on a story about a highly misunderstood concept... no, worse... a highly denied concept... that two stereo-typical, uneducated, roughnecked cowboys fall in love with each other.  It has to make a socially veiled concept into one that is raw, honest, true and convincing.  I believe it succeeded.  The reliiance would be again more on the acting abilities of the cast as well as the organizational and co-ordinational strength of the crew.  I need not say that it also heavily relies on a very, very strong script.

Now, do you believe that BBM has all these strengths in higher abundance than its peers?

The more I thought about it... the more I had to ask myself... what would the Academy Awards look for then?

Is it just my bias, but, in truth, I believe BBM deserves all 8 of those awards.  If they miss any one of those awards, then in my heart, BBM has received it on a more spiritual level.

BBM has given so much to me, in terms of facing my own demons ...
  ... I may be losing my hearing, but if I can love then I can listen with my heart....
  ... I may be losing my vision, but if I can love then I can see with my heart...
  ... I may be gay, but if I can love then I can forgive others with my heart...
  ... I may be dying, but if I can love then I can live to the fullest.

I hope you guys don't think this too sappy, but BBM really has affected me a lot... and I will allow it.

Peace,
Frank
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Jan 31, 2006, 10:52 PM
I was just thinking that consider that BBM started out as a very small indie art film with a tiny budget compared to the likes of "King Kong" or "Narnia".

Yet, the movie has shown that it can stand its own against the likes of such super-mega-budget films.  To me, this strength should mean the following:

  1)  BBM would have to rely more on the cast and crew than on special effects.  Special effects has lessen some dependence of the mega-budget films on the strength of acting abilities and cinematography in favour of "sensationalism" and "light shows".
  2)  BBM with its tight budgetary constraint would use simple instrumentals for original music (courtesy of Gustavo) and recordings of period/relevant musical selections.  I do not think they would need as much of large orchestral original symphonic scores.  In this case, less is more.  There would be heavier reliance on the skills of the fewer recording artists used.
  3)  BBM focuses on a story about a highly misunderstood concept... no, worse... a highly denied concept... that two stereo-typical, uneducated, roughnecked cowboys fall in love with each other.  It has to make a socially veiled concept into one that is raw, honest, true and convincing.  I believe it succeeded.  The reliiance would be again more on the acting abilities of the cast as well as the organizational and co-ordinational strength of the crew.  I need not say that it also heavily relies on a very, very strong script.

Now, do you believe that BBM has all these strengths in higher abundance than its peers?

The more I thought about it... the more I had to ask myself... what would the Academy Awards look for then?

Is it just my bias, but, in truth, I believe BBM deserves all 8 of those awards.  If they miss any one of those awards, then in my heart, BBM has received it on a more spiritual level.

BBM has given so much to me, in terms of facing my own demons ...
  ... I may be losing my hearing, but if I can love then I can listen with my heart....
  ... I may be losing my vision, but if I can love then I can see with my heart...
  ... I may be gay, but if I can love then I can forgive others with my heart...
  ... I may be dying, but if I can love then I can live to the fullest.

I hope you guys don't think this too sappy, but BBM really has affected me a lot... and I will allow it.

Peace,
Frank


Sob!  :'(

One great post,  francis.shim
 
Please keep posting!

Hugs!

Pierre
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 10:57 PM
BBM has given so much to me, in terms of facing my own demons ...
  ... I may be losing my hearing, but if I can love then I can listen with my heart....
  ... I may be losing my vision, but if I can love then I can see with my heart...
  ... I may be gay, but if I can love then I can forgive others with my heart...
  ... I may be dying, but if I can love then I can live to the fullest.

I hope you guys don't think this too sappy, but BBM really has affected me a lot... and I will allow it.

Frank, your post is wonderful. Thank you ..thank you. I just feel fortunate that I am capable of feeling the power of BBM.
Title: Variety
Post by: ethan on Jan 31, 2006, 11:33 PM
Reaction from BBM

For "Brokeback Mountain" helmer Ang Lee, the news of eight nominations for the picture sent him into a state of "relief."

"I was anxious because I did not want anyone to be left out," he explained. "Everyone worked in harmony as a chorus. Nobody stands out."

Lee also expressed his gratitude to the Acad for feting a film that was "simply made."

"There was no cinematic ambition," he said. "I just set out to tell a story about the complexity of life and love."

----
A rather sleepy Heath Ledger said he was very excited about the nomination, his first.

"I think people are just getting over their personal fears," he said of "Brokeback Mountain." "It's a personal story, a very honest telling of an ancient story, which is love."

As for how he was going to celebrate the nomination, he said, "with a nap."
----


You can read the rest HERE (http://www.variety.com/ac2006_article/VR1117937146?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1&s=h&p=0)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Feb 01, 2006, 12:07 AM
I was just thinking that consider that BBM started out as a very small indie art film with a tiny budget compared to the likes of "King Kong" or "Narnia".

Yet, the movie has shown that it can stand its own against the likes of such super-mega-budget films.  To me, this strength should mean the following:

  1)  BBM would have to rely more on the cast and crew than on special effects.  Special effects has lessen some dependence of the mega-budget films on the strength of acting abilities and cinematography in favour of "sensationalism" and "light shows".
  2)  BBM with its tight budgetary constraint would use simple instrumentals for original music (courtesy of Gustavo) and recordings of period/relevant musical selections.  I do not think they would need as much of large orchestral original symphonic scores.  In this case, less is more.  There would be heavier reliance on the skills of the fewer recording artists used.
  3)  BBM focuses on a story about a highly misunderstood concept... no, worse... a highly denied concept... that two stereo-typical, uneducated, roughnecked cowboys fall in love with each other.  It has to make a socially veiled concept into one that is raw, honest, true and convincing.  I believe it succeeded.  The reliiance would be again more on the acting abilities of the cast as well as the organizational and co-ordinational strength of the crew.  I need not say that it also heavily relies on a very, very strong script.

Now, do you believe that BBM has all these strengths in higher abundance than its peers?

The more I thought about it... the more I had to ask myself... what would the Academy Awards look for then?

Is it just my bias, but, in truth, I believe BBM deserves all 8 of those awards.  If they miss any one of those awards, then in my heart, BBM has received it on a more spiritual level.

BBM has given so much to me, in terms of facing my own demons ...
  ... I may be losing my hearing, but if I can love then I can listen with my heart....
  ... I may be losing my vision, but if I can love then I can see with my heart...
  ... I may be gay, but if I can love then I can forgive others with my heart...
  ... I may be dying, but if I can love then I can live to the fullest.

I hope you guys don't think this too sappy, but BBM really has affected me a lot... and I will allow it.

Peace,
Frank


I left something very important out... because you see I have had friends and lovers died from AIDS, cancer... and so on...

  ... I may be dead, but if you can love then you can remember me.

I am not sure, but maybe I should post this more to the how BBM affected me thread or something... all this is really just pouring out of me right now... so please I hope you guys don't ming.

Peace,
Frank
Title: Oscar nominations soothe anxious Ang Lee
Post by: ethan on Feb 01, 2006, 12:14 AM
Oscar nominations soothe anxious Ang Lee

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -
Ang Lee had just returned to his home in New York Tuesday after taking his children to school and hoped to steal a few moments of sleep.

That plan was foiled when the news broke about 8:35 EST that his "Brokeback Mountain" led the Oscar pack with eight nominations, including his citation for best director.

Although "Brokeback's" string of guild nominations had positioned it for Oscar glory, Lee admitted, "we were hopeful, but there was a little anxiety, so this is very good."

As the movie -- which skeptics initially warned might play only to a narrow demographic -- has slowly spread across the U.S., Lee said: "It gives me lots of hope and has taught me a big lesson -- that I should never categorize people. Certainly, I've come to realize that there are more gay people out there than I realized. And I also think the movie speaks to people who are very thirsty and hungry to see something with true emotion and some complexity."

Lee was particularly gratified when "Brokeback" recently opened in his homeland, Taiwan, where it was rated as suitable for moviegoers 12 and older. It opened as the No. 1 film, he noted, and "all kinds of people have gone to see it."

The film's star, Heath Ledger, was in a Los Angeles hotel bed with new wife and "Brokeback Mountain" co-star Michele Williams and their baby daughter, Mathilda, when they heard the news of their Oscar nominations.

"Supporting my partner and enjoying this awards season for her makes it so much more bearable," said Ledger as Williams made calls from another room in their suite. "It means you're not wrapped up in your own nomination. It's exciting, and I'm extremely proud of her. It's sweet. I'm also excited for Jake (Gyllenhaal) and Ang (Lee) and the movie, which is really beautiful, and Annie Proulx, the creator of this story. The biggest reward of this movie was my two girls: I was given a family, which is bizarre."

Williams, meanwhile, said the couple "might get a baby-sitter and go on a date."

Speaking from the set of "Zodiac," supporting actor nominee Gyllenhaal said he was asleep when his agent called him with the news.

"I try not to have expectations. I had given up expectations in the past little while, and it's done me a lot of good. I think it's good to leave your expectations at the door. I feel that way about my birthday, I feel that about Christmas, and I feel that way about this."

One of the first calls "Brokeback Mountain" cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto received after the Oscar nominations was from a popular radio station in Mexico City, his hometown. "It's an exciting day -- we have two Mexican cinematographers nominated," Prieto said of his colleague Emmanuel Lubezki, nominated for "The New World."

Prieto started work on "Brokeback Mountain" right after shooting Oliver Stone's "Alexander."

"I'd say the camera and lighting packages were 10 times smaller on 'Brokeback,"' the first-time nominee said. "That didn't make shooting 'Brokeback' less challenging. We worked on a short schedule, the weather was not cooperating, and (we had) so many locations and time periods. I just never imagined that it would get the attention it's getting. I didn't think it was the kind of cinematography that would get noticed -- we tried to be as organic and unnoticeable as possible -- so it's very exciting."

When the nominations were announced, "Brokeback Mountain" composer Gustavo Santaolalla was in London, readying himself for a Tuesday evening Barbican Hall performance of "Ayre," a collaborative work with Argentinean composer Oswaldo Golijov; Santaolalla appears Friday and Saturday in New York at Lincoln Center with Bajofondo and the Kronos Quartet. Santaolalla, whose Golden Globe-winning song "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" was ineligible for an Oscar nomination because of its brief screen time, received his first Oscar nomination for just his fifth film score after a long career as a performer, songwriter, producer and label operator.

"I started in the music business when I was 16," he said. "I've been at it since I was a kid. I'm totally aware of the speed in which things moved in this new phase. I'm excited and in a state of awe."
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Feb 01, 2006, 12:21 AM
That's really endearing to hear he was anxious...I mean the director of Crash (I think his name is Hilgis..?) said Ang has it basically in the bag.

In the bag Mr Lee!  So cool!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Sanne on Feb 01, 2006, 04:06 AM
8 oscar nominations..Woohooo ! !@#$ ACE!!!  :P
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 01, 2006, 12:18 PM
It just occurs to me the accomplishment of BBM is amazing.

Three acting nominations - all of them first time nonimees. It is such a strong cast. Can you think of any movie that has at least 3 first acting nominations?

In the future, no matter Heath, Jake or Michelle wins or not, we will see something like

Academy Award Nominee (or even Winner) attaches to their names in the movie trailers for the rest of their careers. I am just very proud of them.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Feb 01, 2006, 12:30 PM
It just occurs to me the accomplishment of BBM is amazing.

Three acting nominations - all of them first time nonimees. It is such a strong cast. Can you think of any movie that has at least 3 first acting nominations?

In the future, no matter Heath, Jake or Michelle wins or not, we will see something like

Academy Award Nominee (or even Winner) attaches to their names in the movie trailers for the rest of their careers. I am just very proud of them.

Exactly... remember the film started with a very small budget.  Ang Lee is also an incredible director with an eye for subtleties and making the most of the moments.  I could keep going on and on, but to me the BBM cast and crew have etched their mark.  Although Heath, Jake and Michelle are nominees, it is clear that even Anne Hathaway will benefit from the "Brokeback Mountain" phenomena.

Peace,
Frank
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 01, 2006, 12:35 PM
Right, Frank. And Ang Lee...what can I say? He is a great guy and film master. I remember he said something about making this movie - he was set to tell a love story. And he tells brilliantly. You gotta love this guy for being so humble and passionate about filmmaking.

Oscar is already in his bag.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: monicita on Feb 01, 2006, 12:41 PM
Yeah! Ang rocks (I know, I know, I'm always saying this, but it.is.just.so.true)

monicita
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpkomodo on Feb 01, 2006, 01:13 PM
I voted the Oscar in yahoo for my favorite in each category, and compare my picks with other Yahoo users and the Oscar Expert. Here is the result for the prediction (including me, the experts & other yahoo users' votes)

Best Picture:
Brokeback Mountain              39% (including experts vote)
Crash                                  34%
Munich                                12%
Good Night and Good Luck    10%
Capote                                  4%

Achievement in Directing
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain                           37%   (including experts vote)
George Clooney - Good Night, And Good Luck.      23% 
Paul Haggis - Crash                                             21%
Steven Spielberg - Munich                                  16% 
Bennett Miller - Capote                                       2% 

Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line    43%  (including experts vote) :'(
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain  24%   :'(
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote    15% 
David Strathairn - Good Night, And Good Luck.    4% 
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow    14% 

Best Supporting Actor
William Hurt - A History of Violence               4% 
George Clooney - Syriana                         23%   (including experts vote)  :'(
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man                     20% 
Matt Dillon - Crash                                      20% 
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain           32% ;)

Best Supporting Actress
Frances McDormand - North Country               12% 
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain             38% 
Amy Adams - Junebug                                   4% 
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener               37%   (including experts vote)  :'(
Catherine Keener - Capote                               8% 

Best Adapted Screenplay
Josh Olson -  A History of Violence                                      10% 
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain      47% 
Dan Futterman - Capote                                                   10% 
Jeffrey Caine - The Constant Gardener                              13% 
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth - Munich                                 20% 


Best Original Score
John Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha                         37% 
Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain             36%    (including experts vote) :)
Alberto Iglesias - The Constant Gardener                 7% 
Dario Marianelli - Pride and Prejudice                       12% 
John Williams - Munich                                          8%

Achievement in Cinematography
Wally Pfister - Batman Begins                              27% 
Rodrigo Prieto - Brokeback Mountain              35%     (including experts vote) :)
Robert Elswit - Good Night, And Good Luck.        11% 
Dion Beebe - Memoirs of a Geisha                       19% 
Emmanuel Lubezki - The New World                    7% 


Well guys, looks like BBM is having a high hope here! Lets pray for it!
I'm from Malaysia and I LOVE this movie vey very very much!

 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 01, 2006, 01:16 PM
Hello tpkomodo, thank you very much for posting these polls. It is wonderful. Now we will have to wait until March 5.  :(

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 01, 2006, 01:19 PM
Too bad it's not posted on their website but, only on the printed version.  La Presse of this morning have a very good article.

The Tittle is:

Bad President, Good cinema.

It is just pointing what a good year it was for Hollywood and independent studios.

All the nominated movies have controversial subjects, and very good works.

No one would ever think that Brokeback Mountain would be one day taken to the big screen and now they have 8 nominations, they praise the courage of the producers.

They also praise Paul Haggis, George Clooney and Steven Spielberg for their couragous works.

One funny quote, looks like the worst the government is, the best the cinema is.  ;)

O.k. No politics on this board bad boy!

Anyone that reads French who would like a copy, let me know, I'll mail it to you.  For the ones living in big cities (NYC, LA, London, that kind of stuff) La Presse could be found easily.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Esteban on Feb 01, 2006, 02:43 PM
I'm very glad for Ang Lee who already in the past got me stuck so badly by his brilliant "The Ice Storm".

And I'm deeply happy both for Heath and Jake, their stunning performances are more than performances-of-a-lifetime to me, their work in this movie is so !@#$ great, intense, so true to the bone, so emotional and moving that I cannot shake their faces, their expressions out of my head since I first saw the film.
They deserve more than anyone and anything to be awarded and rewarded for such an amazing work and even though they won't win as competition seems to be very tough they already won the Oscar of my heart!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 01, 2006, 02:46 PM
I'm very glad for Ang Lee who already in the past got me stuck so badly by his brilliant "The Ice Storm".

And I'm deeply happy both for Heath and Jake, their stunning performances are more than performances-of-a-lifetime to me, their work in this movie is so !@#$ great, intense, so true to the bone, so emotional and moving that I cannot shake their faces, their expressions out of my head since I first saw the film.
They deserve more than anyone and anything to be awarded and rewarded for such an amazing work and even though they won't win as competition seems to be very tough they already won the Oscar of my heart!

Hello, Esteban, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Thanks for sharing your post. They too have won the Oscar of my heart. Welcome to this forum.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Feb 01, 2006, 02:48 PM
Hey I like that, "they won the Oscar of my Heart" .....We should make a t-shirt or something about that...
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 01, 2006, 02:49 PM
Hey I like that, "they won the Oscar of my Heart" .....We should make a t-shirt or something about that...

Yeah, we can write a fan letter to BBM and tell them that. Oops..did I say fan letter? I thought those fans chasing after celebrities are just nuts (please excuse my language). Now this PBS really change my perspective. But I think I am only 100% loyal to BBM just like Ennis to his Jack.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Feb 01, 2006, 02:55 PM
Hey I like that, "they won the Oscar of my Heart" .....We should make a t-shirt or something about that...

Yeah, we can write a fan letter to BBM and tell them that. Oops..did I say fan letter? I thought those fans chasing after celebrities are just nuts (please excuse my language). Now this PBS really change my perspective. But I think I am only 100% loyal to BBM just like Ennis to his Jack.

Hey let's do a dorky fan letter.  I love it!  I'll start looking for contact info.  I feel like  a dweeb, like in Bye Bye Birdie when Ann-Margaret sings to the stupid photo of the celebrity.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 01, 2006, 04:15 PM
Hey let's do a dorky fan letter.  I love it!  I'll start looking for contact info.  I feel like  a dweeb, like in Bye Bye Birdie when Ann-Margaret sings to the stupid photo of the celebrity.

Well, there is a mailing address for Jake posted in the Jake's forum.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Feb 01, 2006, 04:24 PM
Hey let's do a dorky fan letter.  I love it!  I'll start looking for contact info.  I feel like  a dweeb, like in Bye Bye Birdie when Ann-Margaret sings to the stupid photo of the celebrity.

Well, there is a mailing address for Jake posted in the Jake's forum.

I'll look it up.  I can make a nice card that says "you won the Oscar of our heart' on Publisher.  I'll see if there is a general BBM address too, I doubt it though.  Heath must have a fan address somewhere right?
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 01, 2006, 04:25 PM
I'll look it up.  I can make a nice card that says "you won the Oscar of our heart' on Publisher.  I'll see if there is a general BBM address too, I doubt it though.  Heath must have a fan address somewhere right?

I would think so. Please also add ennisjack.com loves you. BBM all the way.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 01, 2006, 04:27 PM
I'll look it up.  I can make a nice card that says "you won the Oscar of our heart' on Publisher.  I'll see if there is a general BBM address too, I doubt it though.  Heath must have a fan address somewhere right?

I would think so. Please also add ennisjack.com loves you. BBM all the way.

Who knows? Maybe Jake, Heath, Michelle and Anne will come and take a look on our board. Poor guys, they never figured the buzz BBM would be  :P
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Feb 01, 2006, 04:41 PM
I'll look it up.  I can make a nice card that says "you won the Oscar of our heart' on Publisher.  I'll see if there is a general BBM address too, I doubt it though.  Heath must have a fan address somewhere right?

I would think so. Please also add ennisjack.com loves you. BBM all the way.

Actually Ethan, I was going to ask you that.  Ok, will put ennisjack.com FOR SURE>  It's from all of us folks.  Ok, will report when I am done.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: BBM Obsessed on Feb 01, 2006, 05:25 PM
I'm thrilled with the eight nominations, but I think it should have been nine.  I noticed the Emmylou Harris song wasn't nominated, like it was with the Golden Globes, which it won.  Oh, well...  I'm especially happy that Jake got a nomination, too, since most of the acting focus has been on Heath and Michelle.  Can't wait until March 5th!   :o
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Esteban on Feb 02, 2006, 12:33 AM
I'm very glad for Ang Lee who already in the past got me stuck so badly by his brilliant "The Ice Storm".

And I'm deeply happy both for Heath and Jake, their stunning performances are more than performances-of-a-lifetime to me, their work in this movie is so !@#$ great, intense, so true to the bone, so emotional and moving that I cannot shake their faces, their expressions out of my head since I first saw the film.
They deserve more than anyone and anything to be awarded and rewarded for such an amazing work and even though they won't win as competition seems to be very tough they already won the Oscar of my heart!

Hello, Esteban, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Thanks for sharing your post. They too have won the Oscar of my heart. Welcome to this forum.

Hey guys, I wish I had more time to spend here with all of you and your nice and interesting comments about such a wonderful piece of art that BBM turned up to be especially cause I'm suffering from a very strong PBS and I can't get out my head Heath and Jake's faces and how brilliantly they portrayed their characters.
I think it just comes once or twice in a generation a movie which takes you by surprise and literally blows you away... how could it hurt you when it feels so good... but I'm so happy this movie has happened to be BMM, definitely one of the greatest films of my lifetime.

Hey, if you're seriously going to make a t-shirt or fan letter I wanna be personally quoted and copyrighted for the phrase "Oscar Of My Heart"! ;)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpkomodo on Feb 02, 2006, 03:31 AM
here is the link to the casts interview on the nominations.
http://www.heathbaby.com/news/index.php?Action=Full&NewsID=465
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Feb 02, 2006, 01:49 PM
Heath on People.com

(http://img.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/specials/oscars06/nominees/hledger.jpg)
HEATH LEDGER
Nomination: Best Actor, Brokeback Mountain
Ledger's performance as a lovelorn cowboy drew raves, but his real passion is for fiancé Michelle Williams (a Best Supporting Actress nominee) and their new daughter. "She's the most beautiful, beautiful little girl," the actor, 26, told Oprah Winfrey. But who will watch 3-month-old Matilda on Oscar night? Williams's mother has already offered.
Up next: The Australian indie Candy

(http://img.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/specials/oscars06/nominees/jgyllenhaal.jpg)
JAKE GYLLENHAAL
Nomination: Best Supporting Actor, Brokeback Mountain
The 25-year-old, who dated Kirsten Dunst off and on for years, filmed Brokeback mid-breakup – which made his performance especially poignant. "If you're not alive and feeling what you're feeling … it gets to be bland," he told Oprah Winfrey. "So yeah, I brought that period of my life into the movie."
Up next: Filming serial-killer drama Zodiac

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Feb 02, 2006, 02:48 PM
Right, Frank. And Ang Lee...what can I say? He is a great guy and film master. I remember he said something about making this movie - he was set to tell a love story. And he tells brilliantly. You gotta love this guy for being so humble and passionate about filmmaking.

Oscar is already in his bag.

Not to over due it all, but I also like the fact maybe...our other Directors will take note of the incredible success of this decent, humble wise man MAKING IT IN HOLLYWOOD folks.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Feb 02, 2006, 10:29 PM
Right, Frank. And Ang Lee...what can I say? He is a great guy and film master. I remember he said something about making this movie - he was set to tell a love story. And he tells brilliantly. You gotta love this guy for being so humble and passionate about filmmaking.

Oscar is already in his bag.

Not to over due it all, but I also like the fact maybe...our other Directors will take note of the incredible success of this decent, humble wise man MAKING IT IN HOLLYWOOD folks.

Absolutely true, toadily...

Everytime I see Ang Lee, all I see is Ang Lee... a real person who anybody could approach.

Peace,
Frank
Title: Walk the Line?
Post by: ethan on Feb 03, 2006, 12:29 AM
Has anyone seen Walk The Line? It won GG Best Picture - Musical or Comedy but was shut out of Oscar Best Picture nomination.

It's got Best Actor and Best Actress nomination. Although I have not seen the movie, I am really surprised.

Among the movies nominated for Best Picture, I have only seen BBM. I just have no desire to see any of them and I swear it is not because of PBS.
Title: Re: Walk the Line?
Post by: Toadily on Feb 03, 2006, 12:48 AM
Has anyone seen Walk The Line? It won GG Best Picture - Musical or Comedy but was shut out of Oscar Best Picture nomination.

It's got Best Actor and Best Actress nomination. Although I have not seen the movie, I am really surprised.

Among the movies nominated for Best Picture, I have only seen BBM. I just have no desire to see any of them and I swear it is not because of PBS.

I saw it, I enjoyed it. They did a great job, and it's amazing that the leads did the singing (they didn't dub)  I wouldn't think of it as a Best Picture like the ones nominated, in that it's not a BIG movie, it's a biopic.  He is a drug addict and we go through that etc.

My other thoughts:  Capote, I  liked too but I didnt get a sense of Capote's relationship with Perry with murderer.  I didn' tfeel it was PSH fault, it was the Director missed a note there.  So it missed the greatness bar.

Crash to me seemed like a series of vinettes talking about serious issues, like a bunch of one acts strung together with these little 'threads keeping them together. 

I liked all the movies nominated this year, but to me it's like they are all movies you want to date, Brokeback is the movie you marry, it's the keeper, it's for life.



Title: Re: Walk the Line?
Post by: ethan on Feb 03, 2006, 12:51 AM
I liked all the movies nominated this year, but to me it's like they are all movies you want to date, Brokeback is the movie you marry, it's the keeper, it's for life.

Thanks for the thought. Yes. That gives me an excuse to not see the others.  :)
Title: Re: Walk the Line?
Post by: Toadily on Feb 03, 2006, 01:00 AM
I liked all the movies nominated this year, but to me it's like they are all movies you want to date, Brokeback is the movie you marry, it's the keeper, it's for life.

Thanks for the thought. Yes. That gives me an excuse to not see the others.  :)

Although I did forget good night and good luck it's nominated right?  now that I would make a point to see.  seriously, it's really entertaining and makes a good lesson too.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: monicita on Feb 03, 2006, 08:57 AM
Thanks for the tip! I was wondering what should be the first other movie I see after Brokeback (in a cinema, at least). Seriously, I haven't been to anything else since my first BBM viewing. O my god, this is one for the addiction board!!!! :o

monicita
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bbmlover on Feb 03, 2006, 09:05 AM
Thanks for the tip! I was wondering what should be the first other movie I see after Brokeback (in a cinema, at least). Seriously, I haven't been to anything else since my first BBM viewing. O my god, this is one for the addiction board!!!! :o

monicita

And me.......... one step extreme....... i have stopped watching television. I thought none of the program will match up to BBM. So I'am more happy being here talking to you guys rather than watch some stupid programme. And regarding movies - yup the same news from my side as well. Will any movie match up to BBM?

Might not  be. So BBM - u r my luv forever.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Aela on Feb 03, 2006, 09:17 AM
This is really disturbing to me.  >:(

Did anyone else see this article in the LA Weekly?
http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=12564&Itemid=116

Granted, it's a little sarcastic, but in it, the author claims that her "inside sources" in LA are saying that many of the Academy members ARE NOT VIEWING their copies of BBM because they're put off by the content!!!!!!
Sadly, I can believe that, since so many in the Academy are just old rich white guys. 

Now I'm really afraid for BBM's chances.  I have a feeling that "Crash" could sneak in there....that way, the Academy can still pat themselves on the back for rewarding an "issue film", but they won't have to watch guys making out. (Oh, the horror!   ::))

I swear if this is true, I'll just snap.  I'll be up on a clocktower with a rifle in no time.   :-\
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: tpe on Feb 03, 2006, 09:40 AM
This is really disturbing to me.  >:(

Did anyone else see this article in the LA Weekly?
http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=12564&Itemid=116

Granted, it's a little sarcastic, but in it, the author claims that her "inside sources" in LA are saying that many of the Academy members ARE NOT VIEWING their copies of BBM because they're put off by the content!!!!!!
Sadly, I can believe that, since so many in the Academy are just old rich white guys. 

Now I'm really afraid for BBM's chances.  I have a feeling that "Crash" could sneak in there....that way, the Academy can still pat themselves on the back for rewarding an "issue film", but they won't have to watch guys making out. (Oh, the horror!   ::))

I swear if this is true, I'll just snap.  I'll be up on a clocktower with a rifle in no time.   :-\

Hello Aela.  Yes, I read that article.  We should just take verything nowadays about the Oscars with a grain of salt.  It is probably true that there are still a lot of people in Hollywood who have issues, but in the final analysis, a great fims stands on its own merits.

I am confident, that BBM is for the books.  Nothing -- not even an Oscar snub -- can take that away.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 03, 2006, 01:53 PM
Yes it is a good article "Aela" - http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=12564&Itemid=116

Quote
"Hey, Academy, what are you worried about: that you’ll turn gay or, worse, get a stiffie by just the hint of hunk-on-hunk action?"

It wouldn't surprise me if BBM walked away with only one Oscar, Ange Lee for Best Director.  Academy voters have been fickle in the past and they may repeat it again this year.  Hollywood like many other parts of this country is full of "surface liberals" who speak progressive words but act conservatively.  I didn't take the Larry David article in the NY Times as a totally satirical commentary.

As for the "gay sex" thing, it's a joke.  There is more "straight sex" nightly on your TV screen than in BBM.  But I forgot, there is a double standard that must be maintained - straight sex is good and gay sex is bad.


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"It’s not that Crash isn’t Oscar-worthy and Brokeback is. Both are good, if flawed, movies. Crash makes up in aesthetic bleakness what it lacks in subtlety — Los Angeles is a city of minorities divided but colliding, duh! — but it’s also gripping and powerful."

Hey BBM is not perfect, but it is different.  The themes in "Crash" have been explored before in films so that isn't new.  Face it, the Academy is composed mostly of Los Angeles area residents and "Crash" is one of those films focused on urban problems.  BBM is a snapshot of rural life in contrast to urban life on the blue coasts, but films and TV are obsessed with urban conflicts.   


Quote
"Look, I do understand the degree to which the cowboy has been an iconic figure in motion pictures through the ages."

Historians will tell you that "cowboys" only existed for approximately 15-20 years during the late 1800s.  The "iconic figure" we've been sold is the cowboy genre created by books and movies - in effect cowboy propaganda.  Many people are uncomfortable disrupting this romantic cowboy image (propaganda) so BBM makes some people very uncomfortable.


Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Feb 03, 2006, 02:59 PM
The cowboy mystique is aligned with the masculine mystique in Western culture.  BBM is treading in dangerous territory.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Feb 03, 2006, 05:20 PM
The cowboy mystique is aligned with the masculine mystique in Western culture.  BBM is treading in dangerous territory.

True enough, but BBM is not going into anything that does not exist.  The true illusion is that all cowboys have that masculine mystique and adheres to that image stoically.  BBM unravels that illusion and makes it plain that real are just human beings who also want to love.

Peace,
Frank
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: jacktwist on Feb 03, 2006, 06:27 PM
Unfortunately, I'm afraid that for the reasons given in the LA Weekly article Brokeback will have a pretty hard time at the Oscars.

It looks like the most likely beneficiary of this hidden prejudice will be Crash, and that'll tick me off even further. As much as I love Brokeback, I'm under no illusions that it's a perfect movie. I think that Crash, however, was pretty flawed, especially from a storytelling point of view (I'm what could be called a wannabe writer - lots written, nothing published  :( - so I arrogantly imagine I know about these things). It seemed to rely far too much on unlikely coincidence piled on top of unlikely coincidence: a really cheap out in writing, pretty similar to the 'and then I woke up, it was all a dream' stories that kids write. Add to that I guessed what would happen. This is really bad: I'm notorious for never getting these things (I once even didn't guess the murderer in an Agatha Christie TV movie I'd seen before).

I haven't seen any of the other Best Picture nominees, so I can't make a judgement on them, but if the increasing buzz that Crash will win is true, because of prejudice or anything else, I think it'll be nothing short of larceny.

Oh, and in keeping with the gloomy tome of this post, I predict Brokeback will only win one Oscar, Ang Lee for Best Director. Of course, I hope for all eight...
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 03, 2006, 10:41 PM
Unfortunately, I'm afraid that for the reasons given in the LA Weekly article Brokeback will have a pretty hard time at the Oscars.

It looks like the most likely beneficiary of this hidden prejudice will be Crash, and that'll tick me off even further. As much as I love Brokeback, I'm under no illusions that it's a perfect movie. I think that Crash, however, was pretty flawed, especially from a storytelling point of view (I'm what could be called a wannabe writer - lots written, nothing published  :( - so I arrogantly imagine I know about these things). It seemed to rely far too much on unlikely coincidence piled on top of unlikely coincidence: a really cheap out in writing, pretty similar to the 'and then I woke up, it was all a dream' stories that kids write. Add to that I guessed what would happen. This is really bad: I'm notorious for never getting these things (I once even didn't guess the murderer in an Agatha Christie TV movie I'd seen before).

I haven't seen any of the other Best Picture nominees, so I can't make a judgement on them, but if the increasing buzz that Crash will win is true, because of prejudice or anything else, I think it'll be nothing short of larceny.

Oh, and in keeping with the gloomy tome of this post, I predict Brokeback will only win one Oscar, Ang Lee for Best Director. Of course, I hope for all eight...

Sorry guys!

I kind of agree with jacktwist, Ang Lee might get it but, I would say best adaptated screenplay will get it too.

I cross my toes for best film.

I cross my toes, legs and fingers, and have a little prayer for Michelle.  :-*

But you know what?

The producers, cast and crew of this so called little film might be proud!

Look at what they got already, look at 8 Oscars nominations.  The BAFTA awards are not in yet.

The most important, BBM got our hearts!

Baw!  :'( :'( :'(

That's it!

chameau is back on the tracks.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 04, 2006, 12:27 PM
I think that Crash, however, was pretty flawed, especially from a storytelling point of view.  It seemed to rely far too much on unlikely coincidence piled on top of unlikely coincidence: a really cheap out in writing, pretty similar to the 'and then I woke up, it was all a dream' stories that kids write. Add to that I guessed what would happen. This is really bad: I'm notorious for never getting these things (I once even didn't guess the murderer in an Agatha Christie TV movie I'd seen before).

Oh, and in keeping with the gloomy tome of this post, I predict Brokeback will only win one Oscar, Ang Lee for Best Director. Of course, I hope for all eight...

You summed up very well my problems with "Crash", thanks jt.

If they are giving out the Best Picture Oscar to the film with the lowest production costs, then "Crash" would get it.  It's reported to have cost $5 million US to make.  And the very large cast (74/75 actors) worked for peanuts.  I commend it in those areas, but I still think BBM is superior and jt has touched on my reasons - it's another urban conflict story with a poor script. 

Just my two cents.


       
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: jacktwist on Feb 04, 2006, 02:05 PM

Sorry guys!

I kind of agree with jacktwist, Ang Lee might get it but, I would say best adaptated screenplay will get it too.

I cross my toes for best film.

I cross my toes, legs and fingers, and have a little prayer for Michelle.  :-*

But you know what?

The producers, cast and crew of this so called little film might be proud!

Look at what they got already, look at 8 Oscars nominations.  The BAFTA awards are not in yet.

The most important, BBM got our hearts!

Baw!  :'( :'( :'(

That's it!

chameau is back on the tracks.


Hey Chameau,

I wish I were as sanguine as you.

I know that I should be satisfied with the way Brokeback has touched me, but I want to shout from the rooftops how great a piece of art it is! When those fools out there don't see, they must be converted. Forcibly if necessary...

Well, perhaps I'm not being totally serious, but if Brokeback doesn't win because of prejudice it'll be a sign of how far this world has to go.

But maybe you're starting to affect me with your positivity... I think you might be right about the adapted screenplay Oscar being possible.

Though I can't get too positive. I'd forget about any serious recognition at the BAFTAs. Being English, I'm well aware of the jingoism that overtakes normally reasonable people on such occasions. Rightly or wrongly, The Constant Gardener is perceived as a British film, so it'll clean up. Having seen it, although worth a look I don't think it holds comparison with Brokeback (and it's been done before: for a better treatment of similar themes see 'Defence of the Realm' directed by Ken Loach), but at the BAFTAs a mediocre British film will beat an excellent US film any time.

Still, I'll watch the BAFTAs and have fun shouting at the TV...
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 04, 2006, 02:10 PM
Hey Chameau,

I wish I were as sanguine as you.

I know that I should be satisfied with the way Brokeback has touched me, but I want to shout from the rooftops how great a piece of art it is! When those fools out there don't see, they must be converted. Forcibly if necessary...

Well, perhaps I'm not being totally serious, but if Brokeback doesn't win because of prejudice it'll be a sign of how far this world has to go.

But maybe you're starting to affect me with your positivity... I think you might be right about the adapted screenplay Oscar being possible.

Though I can't get too positive. I'd forget about any serious recognition at the BAFTAs. Being English, I'm well aware of the jingoism that overtakes normally reasonable people on such occasions. Rightly or wrongly, The Constant Gardener is perceived as a British film, so it'll clean up. Having seen it, although worth a look I don't think it holds comparison with Brokeback (and it's been done before: for a better treatment of similar themes see 'Defence of the Realm' directed by Ken Loach), but at the BAFTAs a mediocre British film will beat an excellent US film any time.

Still, I'll watch the BAFTAs and have fun shouting at the TV...

Cheers jacktwist!

When are the BAFTAs due BTW?
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Feb 04, 2006, 02:12 PM
It's in the Calendar...but I'll tell you anyway: 19th of February
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: jacktwist on Feb 04, 2006, 02:14 PM

You summed up very well my problems with "Crash", thanks jt.

If they are giving out the Best Picture Oscar to the film with the lowest production costs, then "Crash" would get it.  It's reported to have cost $5 million US to make.  And the very large cast (74/75 actors) worked for peanuts.  I commend it in those areas, but I still think BBM is superior and jt has touched on my reasons - it's another urban conflict story with a poor script. 

Just my two cents.


Hey Hidesert,

Glad I could help!

I think you've touched on the real issue here: what will the Academy members base their decisions on? I think they might award on a mixture of rewarding such a low cost project and prejudice against Brokeback.

However, I wish they'd award on the basis of how the films in question have touched people's lives, on how this piece of art has truly affected people. Then it'd be no contest. Take a look at the people confessing how they've been moved on some fundamental level by Brokeback, on not just this but on many other boards.

How many such testimonies exist for any of the other films in competition?
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Italian_Dude on Feb 04, 2006, 03:03 PM
Can they do that?? just NOT watch a movie that is nominated for 8 oscars??? omg I am so mad right now you don't even understand?? Like its nominated and The 'gay sex' is hardly an important factor in the moviie! ughhhhhh!!!  >:(
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bbmlover on Feb 04, 2006, 04:48 PM
It's in the Calendar...but I'll tell you anyway: 19th of February

thank you Froggy on this info.

I have been following awards like mad this year.....
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 04, 2006, 05:01 PM
Can they do that?? just NOT watch a movie that is nominated for 8 oscars??? omg I am so mad right now you don't even understand?? Like its nominated and The 'gay sex' is hardly an important factor in the moviie! ughhhhhh!!!  >:(

Academy Awards always been tricky, if I could say so. 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Feb 04, 2006, 07:39 PM
It's in the Calendar...but I'll tell you anyway: 19th of February

thank you Froggy on this info.
I have been following awards like mad this year.....

Me too, and my friend is trying to get me tickets for the BAFTAS!!!!!! ;D
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 04, 2006, 07:49 PM
Quote
Me too, and my friend is trying to get me tickets for the BAFTAS!!!!!!


She just killed me!  :o

I'm jealous....
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 04, 2006, 07:49 PM
However, I wish they'd award on the basis of how the films in question have touched people's lives, on how this piece of art has truly affected people. Then it'd be no contest. Take a look at the people confessing how they've been moved on some fundamental level by Brokeback, on not just this but on many other boards.  How many such testimonies exist for any of the other films in competition? 

Yeah it shows the power of BBM the short story and the movie and it may yet influence Academy voters.  I hope it does.

It is key for BBM to maintain momentum with Academy voters from now until February 28th when balloting ends.  Remember last year it looked like "The Aviator" would be The Picture, but "Million Dollar Baby" ended up with the Oscar.   

Academy voters are people and people get bored with movies, subjects, places etc and constantly move on to something new.  We're very dedicated fans of the movie and we'll never get bored with it but we're out of the ordinary.   


Can they do that?? just NOT watch a movie that is nominated for 8 oscars???

The Academy offers members every opportunity to see nominated films.  They even have a little theatre for these screenings: http://www.oscars.org/facilities/theaterops/alt.html
And studios mail out free DVD screeners to Academy voters.   No one makes them watch every nominated film.

Academy members can do what they want with their ballots.  Stories have circulated for years that some members give their ballots to family or even their secretaries to complete.  There aren't any Oscar police patroling the balloting.


 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Feb 04, 2006, 08:52 PM
Clint Eastwood and his popularity put Million Dollar Baby over the top.. Hollywood folks have something against Scorsese in general, and Hollywood doesnt appreciate having the truth told about one of their own (the Aviator)...oh, but they love Ang...Crash (racism) is similar to Traffic (drugs)---one of those accaimed films Academy  usually runs away from with heavy, gritty issue-oriented films..maybe they'll look at Crash the same way, too. Who knows...
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Feb 04, 2006, 09:03 PM
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Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 04, 2006, 09:14 PM
Clint Eastwood and his popularity put Million Dollar Baby over the top.. Hollywood folks have something against Scorsese in general, and Hollywood doesnt appreciate having the truth told about one of their own (the Aviator)

Hollywood does love their actors-turned-directors and Eastwood is one of the best.  I laughed when Ange referred to Eastwood at the Golden Globes as "The Man". 

Yeah Scorsese is a brilliant director and his films are gritty and disturbing, but personally they don't all appeal to me.  I think the appeal of Ange Lee is that he has directed different types of films - from Chinese martial arts to British period to an American Western to a comicbook character to BBM ....  Ange is a versatile director and young American directors should take note of that if they want to be successful.

 



 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: karind1 on Feb 05, 2006, 12:55 AM
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060204/OSCARS04/TPEntertainment/Film

a must read
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: frenchcda on Feb 05, 2006, 02:40 AM
very interesting article, we will have to wait and pray they get the nod and take home the statues

(http://i73.imagethrust.com/i/430667/boys01.jpg)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Feb 05, 2006, 10:11 AM
very interesting article, we will have to wait and pray they get the nod and take home the statues

Heath and Jake would have made the cutest couple! *sigh*

Jack Nasty just loves them!!!

Peace,
Frank (aka Jack Nasty)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Mykey on Feb 05, 2006, 10:46 AM
I really don't give a lot of credit to the Academy in determining what's "Best"...so many factions, political and financial considerations and petty jealousies can be a part of their decisions...

From the beginning (the story, the screenplay, the direction, the acting) Brokeback Mountain is a work of art.  Whether or not AMPAS can recognize that,  it stands on it's own merit..... It's true success can only be measured in the hearts it touches....
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 05, 2006, 07:24 PM
From the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) in an article on Oscars and Australians:

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But Ledger says he already feels a sense of achievement surrounding his role in Brokeback Mountain, which has nothing to do with being nominated for an Oscar.

"It's good to keep your head about it, that it is manufactured and it's really [a] false sense of success and failure," he said. "We've already done our job. The success for us is that Annie Proulx, who wrote the short story [Brokeback Mountain] wrote us all letters approving of our performances. That was the best feeling, pleasing her. To do that was about as successful as you can get."

Finally some recognition for Annie Proulx.  If she hadn't tortured herself for six months writing BBM, there would be no nominations or awards for anyone.  Heath Ledger seems to have it all in perspective. 

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Feb 05, 2006, 10:25 PM
You know I know I have been one here to say "hey the awards don't matter *too* much" etc but one thing that bothers me is
We know Ang will win and it will likely win best picture...so if Heath and Jake don't win it's like "hey the big wise director
got these great performance out of the young whipper snappers" and it's not like A) these guys are kids or B) it was all like manipulated out of them, I mean without the great performance this movie could have fallen flat.  Ang said himself that Jake
stepped up in some kissing/sex scenes and bared it all emotionally.  And Heath we know got under Enni's skin, in ways that
went beyond direction. I dunno, I say sweep baby!  Even though it won't probably happen.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 05, 2006, 10:33 PM
You know I know I have been one here to say "hey the awards don't matter *too* much" etc but one thing that bothers me is
We know Ang will win and it will likely win best picture...so if Heath and Jake don't win it's like "hey the big wise director
got these great performance out of the young whipper snappers" and it's not like A) these guys are kids or B) it was all like manipulated out of them, I mean without the great performance this movie could have fallen flat.  Ang said himself that Jake
stepped up in some kissing/sex scenes and bared it all emotionally.  And Heath we know got under Enni's skin, in ways that
went beyond direction. I dunno, I say sweep baby!  Even though it won't probably happen.

I stand by you Toadily!  Big time!  The Academy will spread awards, there and there.  I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but I keep my expectations for performing awards very low.  I'n my heart they're all winners .  At least Ang should get it.  Best film, chances are they will do it.  Best adaptated screenplay for me is a give in.  For the rest, any other award will be a bonus for me.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: francis.shim on Feb 06, 2006, 04:53 AM
Howdy...

Hey... I reckon I'll give'em the "PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS"!!!!  ... and have all the nominees from all the competing movies present the awards to the BBM cast and crew!!!  That'll be a great addition to all the Oscars they get!!

Peace,
Frank (aka Jack Nasty)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 10, 2006, 09:54 PM
As I mentioned before, everyone knows this goes on, Jackson is just being honest:

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Samuel L. Jackson Allows Family, Employees To Vote for Oscar Contenders

Samuel L. Jackson risks losing his membership to the Academy Of Motion Pictures, Arts And Sciences after confessing he lets his family fill out his Academy Award nominations form. The actor is among an elite group invited to choose the winners of the most prestigious prize in the awards calendar. However, Jackson admits he has grown bored of the process and leaves his Oscar screener DVDs and forms lying around his home for others to choose their favorite actors and films.

He tells FOX News reporter Bill McCuddy, "The maid has watched them (the nominees), the cook's probably watched a lot of them, the nanny has too. And they go by and put their check marks down on the ballot because they know you're not going to do it. And then the assistant goes by - 'Oh, it's time for the ballot to go in. Oh, he hasn't filled this in. (Checking boxes) I like this, I like this,' and they send it in."

He added, "I generally go down the ballot and look and see if any of my friends are nominated and I vote for them. Then I leave the ballot there for my wife to vote for all the other films that she watched that I knew I wasn't gonna watch, like the chick flicks or the flicks that I thought were gonna put me to sleep. I trust her opinion. And then we send the ballot in."


Anyone nominated for an Oscar automatically becomes a lifetime member of AMPAS - you don't need to win.  And members get to vote.


Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 10, 2006, 10:02 PM
As I mentioned before, everyone knows this goes on, Jackson is just being honest:

Quote

Samuel L. Jackson Allows Family, Employees To Vote for Oscar Contenders

Samuel L. Jackson risks losing his membership to the Academy Of Motion Pictures, Arts And Sciences after confessing he lets his family fill out his Academy Award nominations form. The actor is among an elite group invited to choose the winners of the most prestigious prize in the awards calendar. However, Jackson admits he has grown bored of the process and leaves his Oscar screener DVDs and forms lying around his home for others to choose their favorite actors and films.

He tells FOX News reporter Bill McCuddy, "The maid has watched them (the nominees), the cook's probably watched a lot of them, the nanny has too. And they go by and put their check marks down on the ballot because they know you're not going to do it. And then the assistant goes by - 'Oh, it's time for the ballot to go in. Oh, he hasn't filled this in. (Checking boxes) I like this, I like this,' and they send it in."

He added, "I generally go down the ballot and look and see if any of my friends are nominated and I vote for them. Then I leave the ballot there for my wife to vote for all the other films that she watched that I knew I wasn't gonna watch, like the chick flicks or the flicks that I thought were gonna put me to sleep. I trust her opinion. And then we send the ballot in."


Anyone nominated for an Oscar automatically becomes a lifetime member of AMPAS - you don't need to win.  And members get to vote.





Thanks!

Good news for me,

Denis Arcand (nominated for best original screenplay two years ago), and his producer and wife, Denise Robert (winner for best movie in a foreign language, Barbarian Invasions) could vote.  A pair of sensible and bright human beings.  :D
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 10, 2006, 10:25 PM
Good news for me,

Denis Arcand (nominated for best original screenplay two years ago), and his producer and wife, Denise Robert (winner for best movie in a foreign language, Barbarian Invasions) could vote.  A pair of sensible and bright human beings.  :D

The Academy always needs more "...sensible and bright human beings."

If nothing else, Heath, Jake and Michelle will always have their AMPAS membership.

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 10, 2006, 10:34 PM
Good news for me,

Denis Arcand (nominated for best original screenplay two years ago), and his producer and wife, Denise Robert (winner for best movie in a foreign language, Barbarian Invasions) could vote.  A pair of sensible and bright human beings.  :D

The Academy always needs more "...sensible and bright human beings."

If nothing else, Heath, Jake and Michelle will always have their AMPAS membership.



Good news then,

Larry McMurtry is already in

And now they will have newbies:

Diana Ossana, Gustavo Santaolalla,  Rodrigo Prieto and James Schamus.

I love this Friday evening with my friends  8)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 10, 2006, 10:52 PM
Some trivia from Newsweek Magazine:

Quote

Behind Oscar's Door

The Academy first saw the nominations during an all-night, high-security strategy session. We watched.

Sean Smith
Newsweek
Feb. 13, 2006 issue


While Reese Witherspoon and Heath Ledger slept, about 30 people already knew the actors' fates. Each year, on the Monday night before the Oscar nominations are announced, a small band of staff at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences goes into lockdown at the Academy's headquarters in Beverly Hills. Phone lines are unplugged. Internet access is disconnected. Cell phones are confiscated, and guards ride the elevators. For nine hours, these people are cut off from the world, because they know who the Oscar nominees are. They work through the night—jacked up on sugar cookies, black coffee and Red Bull—preparing the stats, nominee biographies and general info that will be disseminated worldwide at 5:38:30 a.m., PST, on Tuesday. This year, NEWSWEEK asked the Academy if we could spend the night with them.

At 9 p.m. Monday, Brad Oltmanns and Rick Rosas, from the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, present the list of nominees, tabulated from ballots cast by 5,800 Academy voters, to Academy executive director Bruce Davis and staff. Despite all the security at the Academy, the two men just drove the list over, without so much as a police escort. "We're both big, strapping guys," Oltmanns says, laughing. "Those are required characteristics for the job." As everyone pores over the list, they're eerily quiet. Does nothing about the nominations surprise them? "The big shocker for me," says Ariff Sidi, from ABC.com, "is that I haven't seen even one of the movies in the best picture category."

Neither did most Americans. Box office was down 6.2 percent for 2005. Even with best picture noms, "Brokeback Mountain," "Crash," "Capote," "Goodnight, and Good Luck" and "Munich" won't come close to being blockbusters. As one insider was overheard fretting, "This could be the lowest-rated show in Oscar history." If so, the Academy will just have to tough it out. Their job is to reward greatness, not grosses. "We get criticized that we're losing touch with the public," says Davis, "but if it was only about TV ratings, we'd be nominating 'Big Momma's House 2'."

Besides, the controversial content of these films proves great fodder for gallows humor as the evening wears on. In a seventh-floor conference room, Davis and seven staffers have been trying to come up with fascinating stats about this year's nominees. (This year, for instance, is the first time since 1981 that the best picture and best director nominees have matched.) But even after hours of brainstorming, the group is stumped for fun facts about the acting nominees. A staffer points out that Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal and Philip Seymour Hoffman are all nominated for playing gay men: "How about looking at the number of actors in history who've been nominated for playing gay?" Davis thinks about it for a millisecond, then deadpans, "I'm sure the Reverend Robertson will point that out for us." By 4 a.m., everyone's pretty punchy. As famed Oscar telecast producer Gil Cates looks over the nominees, Davis points out that the rap number "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" is nominated for best original song. "You've got a song with the words s--t and f--k in it," Davis says, laughing. "That ought to be a production challenge." Cates considers. "Maybe Dolly Parton can do it," he says.

As it nears 5 a.m., about 400 reporters, photographers and publicists have crammed into the Academy theater downstairs to hear Mira Sorvino and newly elected Academy president Sid Ganis announce the nominees. Sorvino has done this gig before. It's Ganis's first time. He's beaming. "I have been watching this since I was a little boy," he says. "And now ... this is just a good moment." He smiles. "It's the Academy Awards." Even in a small year, that's pretty big.




Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 10, 2006, 10:58 PM
Wo! Wo!

It was nice the share with us Hidesert

Thanks!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Feb 11, 2006, 10:31 AM
As I mentioned before, everyone knows this goes on, Jackson is just being honest:
Quote
Samuel L. Jackson Allows Family, Employees To Vote for Oscar Contenders

Samuel L. Jackson risks losing his membership to the Academy Of Motion Pictures, Arts And Sciences after confessing he lets his family fill out his Academy Award nominations form. The actor is among an elite group invited to choose the winners of the most prestigious prize in the awards calendar. However, Jackson admits he has grown bored of the process and leaves his Oscar screener DVDs and forms lying around his home for others to choose their favorite actors and films.

He tells FOX News reporter Bill McCuddy, "The maid has watched them (the nominees), the cook's probably watched a lot of them, the nanny has too. And they go by and put their check marks down on the ballot because they know you're not going to do it. And then the assistant goes by - 'Oh, it's time for the ballot to go in. Oh, he hasn't filled this in. (Checking boxes) I like this, I like this,' and they send it in."

He added, "I generally go down the ballot and look and see if any of my friends are nominated and I vote for them. Then I leave the ballot there for my wife to vote for all the other films that she watched that I knew I wasn't gonna watch, like the chick flicks or the flicks that I thought were gonna put me to sleep. I trust her opinion. And then we send the ballot in."

Anyone nominated for an Oscar automatically becomes a lifetime member of AMPAS - you don't need to win.  And members get to vote.

Thanks!
Good news for me,
Denis Arcand (nominated for best original screenplay two years ago), and his producer and wife, Denise Robert (winner for best movie in a foreign language, Barbarian Invasions) could vote.  A pair of sensible and bright human beings.  :D

Interesting...some of SLJ's staff might have some tastes! Well I hope his wife does... ::)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: cowgirl19 on Feb 12, 2006, 11:57 PM
I think it will win...

Best adapted screenplay

Best Director

Cinematography

And I think at least 1 of the 3 actors should score an oscar, but which one.  Hmmm
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: frenchcda on Feb 16, 2006, 01:45 AM
Heath ledger with all of my might and soul, I pray for him, God next to Hoffman he's ( Heath ledger ) a divine intervention for the propagation of Love
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: JerBear418720 on Feb 18, 2006, 02:18 AM
I think it will win...

Best adapted screenplay

Best Director

Cinematography

And I think at least 1 of the 3 actors should score an oscar, but which one.  Hmmm

Given the politics of all the acting categories, I think Michelle Williams has the best chance with Supporting Actress.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 18, 2006, 11:42 AM
Given the politics of all the acting categories, I think Michelle Williams has the best chance with Supporting Actress.

Yes. Go Michelle.....Heath and Jake too.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: quentin751 on Feb 19, 2006, 06:09 PM
I think its prettu sure Heath and Michelle and jake will lose. Hoffman and Whterspoon are gonna have it...

But its also pretty sure BBM will get best film, director and screenplay according to me...
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 19, 2006, 07:07 PM
I think its prettu sure Heath and Michelle and jake will lose. Hoffman and Whterspoon are gonna have it...

But its also pretty sure BBM will get best film, director and screenplay according to me...

Ditto!

Keep fingers, toes, legs, ovaries, whatever crossed!

We never know...
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: rabjr1 on Feb 22, 2006, 11:04 AM
Time magazine is predicting Hoffman for best actor in recognition for his body of work etc.
BBM for best picture [but/i] saying Crash should win it.

hope for an upset

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 22, 2006, 03:41 PM
I just realized John Williams is nominated 2 times.  One for Memoirs of a Geisha and one for Munich...

That might split the vote and give a chance to Gustavo?   ::)

 :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 22, 2006, 03:42 PM
I just realized John Williams is nominated 2 times.  One for Memoirs of a Geisha and one for Munich...

That might split the vote and give a chance to Gustavo?   ::)

 :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

I hope so...I am keeping every thing I can crossed.  ;D
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 22, 2006, 03:43 PM
I just realized John Williams is nominated 2 times.  One for Memoirs of a Geisha and one for Munich...

That might split the vote and give a chance to Gustavo?   ::)

 :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

I hope so...I am keeping every thing I can crossed.  ;D

Testic.... too?  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 22, 2006, 03:51 PM
Testic.... too?  ;D ;D ;D

naughty..naughty...chameau   :-[
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Feb 22, 2006, 03:54 PM
Testic.... too?  ;D ;D ;D

naughty..naughty...chameau   :-[

It happens to me from time to time...  :P
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 26, 2006, 10:56 PM
Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper just made their predictions on their TV show (Ebert & Roeper) for the top Oscar awards:

Best Picture:
Ebert - Crash
Roeper - Crash

Best Actor:
Ebert - Terence Howard (Hustle and Flow)
Richard - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)

Best Actress:
Ebert - Reese Witherspoon (Walk the LIne)
Roeper - Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)

Best Supporting Actor:
Ebert - Matt Dillon (Crash)
Roeper - George Clooney (Syriana)

Best Supporting Actress:
Ebert - Amy Adams (Juneburg)
Roeper - Rachel Wiesz (Constant Gardener)

______________________________________

And then Roeper predicted that 10 years from now people will remember "Crash" and not "Brokeback Mountain".   It's apparent that Roeper and Ebert don't appreciate the social and artistic significance of BBM.   Ok, everyone to their own taste.

"Crash" is just one coincidental event after another and even it's anti-racism theme is a muddle.  "Capte", "Good Night and Good Luck" and "Munich" are much better films than "Crash" or even "King Kong" or "Walk the Line" that were not nominated.         

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Feb 26, 2006, 10:59 PM
That is too bad. I hope their predictions will not be true. I think these predictions are more for their show than anything else.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Feb 26, 2006, 11:18 PM
E & R are just guys with opinions who bring their own baggage along with them. The critics who make themselves and their opinions more important than the films they review are not ones I take seriously--esp Gene Shallot (sp?). E & R are great at identifying and recommending smaller, unknown films we would want to see. As far as blockbusters or award predictions, they just offer one opinion a piece that is just as valid as yours or mine. :)  E & R are extremely arrogant and misguided with that insipid wagging finger of shame..if you do not know what that is...good for you!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Feb 28, 2006, 08:57 AM
E & R are just guys with opinions who bring their own baggage along with them. The critics who make themselves and their opinions more important than the films they review are not ones I take seriously--esp Gene Shallot (sp?). E & R are great at identifying and recommending smaller, unknown films we would want to see. As far as blockbusters or award predictions, they just offer one opinion a piece that is just as valid as yours or mine. :)  E & R are extremely arrogant and misguided with that insipid wagging finger of shame..if you do not know what that is...good for you!

I agree, they've become an institution. Yes they do point out many small films that can be lost in the stampede of the bigger films.  For the most part I like Ebert's reviews but there are times like this when I just shake my head wondering where he came up with his opinion. 

Not every movie that has a social theme is a good film artistically.  IMHO BBM has both high social and artistic value - Crash has a strong social theme (that is overplayed) but is not strong artistically.  BBM will not fade away like "Love Story" but "Crash" will.

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: JerBear418720 on Mar 01, 2006, 07:01 PM
I don't think there is anything revolutionary about the social theme in Crash.  RACISM IS BAD - how was that a news flash in 2005?  Doesn't everybody but the KKK and neo-Nazis already get it?  I'm not saying that racism is dead, its clearly is NOT, but I don't think it can stand as a jaw-dropping film theme anymore.  We have all been taught the lessons.

I want to make it clear that my comments are not intended to minimize the importance of the continuing battle agaist racism - it's VERY important.  I just don't think that Crash presents us with anything new.

I also agree with others here that Crash is not a great artistic achievement.

JB  >:( 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Italian_Dude on Mar 01, 2006, 07:08 PM
I don't think there is anything revolutionary about the social theme in Crash.  RACISM IS BAD - how was that a news flash in 2005?  Doesn't everybody but the KKK and neo-Nazis already get it?  I'm not saying that racism is dead, its clearly is NOT, but I don't think it can stand as a jaw-dropping film theme anymore.  We have all been taught the lessons.

I want to make it clear that my comments are not intended to minimize the importance of the continuing battle agaist racism - it's VERY important.  I just don't think that Crash presents us with anything new.

I also agree with others here that Crash is not a great artistic achievement.

JB  >:( 

YAY!! EXACTLY HOW I FEEL! *claps hands*
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Mar 01, 2006, 07:13 PM
Now I did like Crash and thought it had brilliance, but yeah like I said in my letter to Ebert, it also
seems to have to yell at you to make it's point. 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Mar 01, 2006, 09:42 PM
I want to make it clear that my comments are not intended to minimize the importance of the continuing battle agaist racism - it's VERY important.  I just don't think that Crash presents us with anything new.

My feelings exactly JB.  Racism is a continuing battle, but "Crash" doesn't present us with any new information to help us in the battle. 

Character behavior was inconsistent, too many coincidences, too many cliched phrases etc, etc, etc.  I could go on for pages, but I'll leave it there.

         
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: CoraJack on Mar 01, 2006, 09:47 PM
Ugh--Crash. I'm sorry, but I keep watching these best picture nominees and I just don't get where the nominations came from?!? I am so sick of being smacked in the face about race and racial tensions. Enough is enough...ok so we know that there is racism and discrimination--why continue to punch us in the face with it? And what is new about the presentation? As if we didn't know that everything that we do has an effect on everyone else in the world? It was ok in a "seven degrees to Kevin Bacon" sort of a way!

That being said...I think Crash might win best picture, but really--what a travesty that would be. There is nothing best about it.

I think that BBM will win for SURE best director, best adapted screenplay, and *probably* best picture....but there still is that Crash possiblity. Crash=crashed. Ugh!

Sorry to say that I really don't think that anyone is going to win in the best actor/actress categories.

Cora
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Mar 01, 2006, 10:08 PM
BBM is the one Sunday night. I am smelling an Oscar for Michelle Williams--which would offset losses (gasps) for Mr. Nasty and Heath both professionally and personally since they are all three so close.  Picture, Director, and Adapted ScreenPlay are locks. Ang is also getting a late nod for Crouching Tiger by the way. I wish I had saved the articles on the net, but students are already writing their dissertations on the cultural significance of BBM! Teachers are/will be using BBM in their college courses! BMM is a cultural force to be reckoned with. Is there even a discussion board or Crash or Capote?  I think Hollywood and the Press like a horse race to boost ratings..Period!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Mar 01, 2006, 10:14 PM
students are already writing their dissertations on the cultural significance of BBM! Teachers are/will be using BBM in their college courses! BMM is a cultural force to be reckoned with.

Wonderful. Thanks. I would love to read the dissertations. Yes BBM is also on my list for my classes next semester. It is a must.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Mar 01, 2006, 10:20 PM
I wish I had saved the articles on the net, but students are already writing their dissertations on the cultural significance of BBM! Teachers are/will be using BBM in their college courses! BMM is a cultural force to be reckoned with. Is there even a discussion board or Crash or Capote?  I think Hollywood and the Press like a horse race to boost ratings..Period! 


I read someplace probably on this board, that two professors are already writing a book about it's impact in the classroom.  And it does contain a number of topics that could be pursued as theses or dissertations.

I'm most happy for Annie Proulx.  She worked on this short story for 6 months of her life and was tormented by the characters.  She most belatedly deserves praise for the creative idea and her short story.  Without her short story we wouldn't be communicating about the movie.


I agree, the "horse race" is manufactured hype by the press to sell newspapers and magazines and Lion's Gate has heavily promoted their film.

 
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Mar 03, 2006, 10:32 PM
Bill Robinson: The Evil Backers of "Brokeback"[/b]

Yahoo   March 1, 2006

In 1992, a lesbian documentary filmmaker, clutching her Oscar, told a billion people on live television to "boycott G.E." This Sunday night, when Focus Features' "Brokeback Mountain" wins Best Picture, its evil parent company, G.E., will have used their gays-as-victims film to win an Oscar of its own. Ah, the irony.

Debra Chasnoff's film "Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment", exposed G.E. for, among other atrocities, knowingly poisoning workers with asbestos and radiation at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y., resulting in birth defects and cancer. The documentary played a crucial part in the grassroots effort to get G.E. out of the nuclear weapons business. Adding salt to the wound, in her speech Chasnoff became the first homosexual to thank her "life partner," Kim.

That night, G.E. learned a lesson about the power of Hollywood's bully pulpit. Since the 90's, they're no longer content to bring us missiles and mediocre appliances. G.E, whose website refers to itself as "The world's most valuable and most admired company" acquired numerous entertainment concerns, including NBC, Universal, Bravo, and Focus Features. That means they Bring Gay Things to Life... like "Will & Grace", "Boy Meets Boy", "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "Gay Weddings," "Outzonetv.com"-- and, yes, "Brokeback Mountain."

Apparently gay-themed entertainment is good business for a company that is infamous for only caring about the bottom line-- because there is certainly no evidence to support G.E.'s social conscience in this area. Most of their political donations go to Republicans, including over $2.5 million to anti-gay rights candidates in the last 5 years. G.E. only started offering U.S. domestic partner benefits in 2004, their networks being the very last majors to do so. But keep churning out the gay minstrel shows, guys, cuz they make money!

The G.E. hypocrisy is evident in the "fair employment practices" section of their code of conduct booklet, wistfully entitled "The Spirit and the Letter." There is absolutely no mention anywhere of sexual orientation. And you certainly won't be hearing any of Brokeback's all-hetero key players thanking their "life partners" on Oscar night, either. In fact, just this week, Universal Chairwoman Stacey Snider cited G.E.'s creepy corporate culture in her decision to go to Dreamworks for half the salary.

The G.E. code of conduct booklet doesn't mention that the company has been fined $1 billion for fraud in government contracts, or that 88% of it's $10 billion in Pentagon contracts were no-bid, or that G.E. attempted to overturn the Superfund Law, which allows the government to hold polluters responsible for cleaning up their toxic chemicals. Why would they? After all, they're the company responsible for 78 Superfund cites around the country; the same company that dumped PCB's into the Hudson for three decades and doesn't want to pay for the cleanup; the same company that designed 91 faulty nuclear power plants; and, yes, the same company that brought you "Brokeback Mountain" and its soon-to-be-radioactive Best Picture Oscar.

So memo to zealots like the American Family Association: forget about boycotting Ford for advertising in gay magazines. You think they really care about the slim profit margins on your redneck pick-ups? Start talking to G.E., who's churning out gay content every day, about their dishwashers-- then maybe you'll get some traction. And the rest of us will see just how comitted this ruthless company really is to bringing Gay Things to Life.

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: chameau on Mar 03, 2006, 10:38 PM
Mhhhh! Quite interesting.... Money talks, B*llsh*t walks.

Thanks for posting this hidesert
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Mar 03, 2006, 10:46 PM
Mhhhh! Quite interesting.... Money talks, B*llsh*t walks.

Thanks for posting this hidesert 


Yeah Cham isn't it interesting that a conservative company like GE would produce BBM. You're right, it's not social consciousness, it's strictly dollars and cents.  And they've made a good return on their investment with BBM. 

   
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Mar 04, 2006, 01:35 AM
Stars to Arrive at Oscars in Green Cars[/b]

Associated Press - Mar 03, 2006

Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and Frances McDormand are among those expected to step out of green vehicles and onto the red carpet at the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday.

In all, 25 VIPs are participating in the fourth annual "Red Carpet, Green Cars" event sponsored by Toyota Motor Corp. and the environmental organization Global Green USA. McDormand, Phoenix, Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney are all expected to arrive at the Oscars in Toyota or Lexus hybrids, including the Toyota Prius, Lexus RX crossover and a hybrid version of the Toyota Camry, which goes on sale in May.

Event spokeswoman Kathy Kniss said the program began with just four participants in 2002, but interest in fuel-efficient vehicles has grown exponentially since then.

"There's a huge, huge following. People are flocking to the hybrids," Kniss said.

Other automakers are also getting into the act. Ford Motor Co. said Cathy Schulman, the producer of best-picture nominee "Crash," plans to arrive in a hybrid Mercury Mariner, while best-supporting-actor nominee Gyllenhaal's entourage is scheduled to show up in a Ford Excursion powered by clean-burning biodiesel.

General Motors Corp. also will be bringing VIPs to the ceremony, but its focus will be on luxury rather than fuel efficiency. GM spokeswoman Ryndee Carney said a fleet of 50 Cadillacs mostly 2007 Escalade SUVs will be used to pick up and drop off celebrities. Carney said the automaker also will run ads during the broadcast featuring GM's two other luxury brands, Hummer and Saab.

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Mar 04, 2006, 02:45 AM

By this time, two accountants someplace in the Los Angeles area know who the Oscar winners are.  They are the only two people in the whole world who have that info. 


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Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 01:20 PM
Okay... There is not in  French or English.. But.... In case...  ;)

mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv (http://mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Mar 05, 2006, 01:22 PM
mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv (http://mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv)[/color]

What site is this?
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 01:25 PM
It's an channel on the net who 'll show the Oscar. I mean normally.  ;)

And it's not a site. If you click on it, you'll be directly redirected on window media player.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Mar 05, 2006, 01:29 PM
Okay... There is not in  French or English.. But.... In case...  ;)

mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv (http://mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv)

sends me to a governmental web site ???
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 01:32 PM
Okay... There is not in  French or English.. But.... In case...  ;)
mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv (http://mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv)

sends me to a governmental web site ???
Oh ... really... That's really weird.  ???
mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv (http://mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Mar 05, 2006, 01:33 PM
Yes I had the same thing
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Mar 05, 2006, 01:34 PM
that's where i end up: http://www.mms.gov/
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Mar 05, 2006, 01:36 PM
OK, I tried with Internet Explorer..and WMP opened!!! But nada..it tells me:

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the specified protocol is not supported. If you typed a URL in the Open URL dialog box, try using a different transport protocol (for example, "http:" or "rtsp:").
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 01:39 PM
Yes I had the same thing

Well.. I dunno.. Maybe you should try later. Because, on this moment... I know a least 10 person who watch this video right now. So I don't understand why it's don't work here.  ???

Or try.. don't click but cut and past on your explorer the link : mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Mar 05, 2006, 02:03 PM
Yes I had the same thing 

Well.. I dunno.. Maybe you should try later. Because, on this moment... I know a least 10 person who watch this video right now. So I don't understand why it's don't work here.  ???

Or try.. don't click but cut and past on your explorer the link : mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv

Will it open in Realplayer or Quicktime?

Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 02:07 PM
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Will it open in Realplayer or Quicktime?

You should  read it with window media player, but you can also try with RealPlayer or Quicktime.

The official site : http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/363818.asp

Oh and I think it's an Turkey's channel


Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 02:57 PM
(http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/3942/oscarstatues8za.jpg)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: jasonx on Mar 05, 2006, 03:14 PM
Yes I had the same thing

Well.. I dunno.. Maybe you should try later. Because, on this moment... I know a least 10 person who watch this video right now. So I don't understand why it's don't work here.  ???

Or try.. don't click but cut and past on your explorer the link : mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv

It works.

Just start mediaplayer and click on file -> open url

then paste mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv in it and voila :)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 03:16 PM
I glad it's work for you.  ;D

He is the only one ?  ???
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Mar 05, 2006, 03:21 PM
He is the only one ?  ???

still not working for me, all i get is this message:

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the specified protocol is not supported. If you typed a URL in the Open URL dialog box, try using a different transport protocol (for example, "http:" or "rtsp:").
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Mar 05, 2006, 03:23 PM
It works for me too. Don't know what language it is. At least it is one alternative.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Mar 05, 2006, 03:24 PM
He is the only one ?  ???

still not working for me, all i get is this message:

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the specified protocol is not supported. If you typed a URL in the Open URL dialog box, try using a different transport protocol (for example, "http:" or "rtsp:").

What version of media player do you have? Mine is 7.10
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 03:26 PM
It works for me too. Don't know what language it is. At least it is one alternative.

Ah cool, it's work for an other one.  ;D
It's Turkish.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Mar 05, 2006, 03:30 PM
It buffers a lot. I will be watching TV.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: *Froggy* on Mar 05, 2006, 03:31 PM
What version of media player do you have? Mine is 7.10

10
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 03:51 PM
(http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/5236/highrescamerabling20rv.jpg)

It pays to be nominated for an Oscar. For the women, it pays in diamonds.

Kodak and Kwiat Diamonds created diamond encrusted digital cameras for each Best Actress nominee. Each Kodak EasyShare V570 is encrusted with 75 Kwiat diamonds and is worth an estimated $20,000! Win or lose, at least these women get a ton of cool stuff out of being nominated.

So far Kate Walsh (Gray’s Anatomy) and Stacey Kiebler (Dancing with the Stars) have stopped by the Kodak/Kwiat Oscar suite located in the Four Seasons Hotel to play with hundreds of thousands worth of diamonds for the red carpet. Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) and many other celebs are expected to stop by later this week.


http://socialitelife.com/
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ennisandjack on Mar 05, 2006, 03:56 PM
Rehearsing for oscars

(http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060305/capt.f020f46ea4854f9580eb6c241bc09452.oscar_insider_rehearsals_kdk113.jpg?)
(http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060304/capt.kdk11203042059.oscar_insider_rehearsals_kdk112.jpg?)

arriving for pre-oscar party

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(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f94/Twilight02/002a.jpg)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: frenchcda on Mar 05, 2006, 03:57 PM
It works for me too. Don't know what language it is. At least it is one alternative.

Ah cool, it's work for an other one.  ;D
It's Turkish.
this is Turkish live tv.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: hidesert on Mar 05, 2006, 04:32 PM

Interesting it does play but also buffers a lot.  I also just got kicked out because the server is busy.  It links to the cable channel MSNBC,  but the Oscar show will be exclusively on the ABC (American Broadcasting Companies) network in the US.  I hope it works for our all Euro friends.


Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 04:49 PM
Party before Oscar (Jake G. + Sarah Cohen)

(http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/9648/003a9lv.jpg)
(http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/3606/002a6do.jpg)
(http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/4136/001a5ar.jpg)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 05, 2006, 06:05 PM
Maybe.. try this : http://www.quiero.tv/tv/televisionbig.asp?url=10680 (http://www.quiero.tv/tv/televisionbig.asp?url=10680)  ;)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: BBBOY on Mar 05, 2006, 06:10 PM
I think that Sasha Lost Girl. But that's ok considering the excitment tonight I can hardly remember my own name. LOL
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: streetskater on Mar 05, 2006, 07:44 PM
My final thoughts going into the awards:
Word is that:
Brokeback unlikely to win any acting awards**
Screen Play --up for grabs--fair chance...
Likely to win Best Picture
Odds on Favorite to win Best Director  --If Ang Lee doesn't win will be considered a HUGE upset.

What's up with Homophobe Tony Curtis.  Says he won't put the Brokeback DVD in his machine to even consider it--(he's a voting member btw!)   Jamie-Lee needs to Womp him aside the face!

**Many/Most critics agree Heath gave strongest performance but PSH is Odds on favorite to win for his Capote shtick.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Mar 05, 2006, 10:11 PM
My final thoughts going into the awards:
Word is that:
Brokeback unlikely to win any acting awards**
Screen Play --up for grabs--fair chance...
Likely to win Best Picture
Odds on Favorite to win Best Director  --If Ang Lee doesn't win will be considered a HUGE upset.

What's up with Homophobe Tony Curtis.  Says he won't put the Brokeback DVD in his machine to even consider it--(he's a voting member btw!)   Jamie-Lee needs to Womp him aside the face!

What is so strange the Tony was in Some Like it Hot---the funniest and gayest movie of all time! Plus, isn't Jamie Lee Jake's GodMother?? Mercy!

**Many/Most critics agree Heath gave strongest performance but PSH is Odds on favorite to win for his Capote shtick.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 06, 2006, 05:31 PM
Oscars some photos:  The look like have fun !!!  ;D

(http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/9493/570078623nx.jpg)
(http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/5006/570078703kn.jpg)
(http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/2087/570078590db.jpg)
(http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1117/image00011a7e08kg.jpg)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: aimi15 on Mar 06, 2006, 05:33 PM
I know which one i'd want to take home! Jake even manages to make Clooney look like a dogs dinner  ;) :P
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Toadily on Mar 06, 2006, 05:38 PM
Nothing like a bunch of guys on top of the world.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: stephan on Mar 06, 2006, 05:40 PM
Thank you so much for those pictures, Lost_Girl. Our men are all there !
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: frenchcda on Mar 07, 2006, 04:17 AM
This might be of interest to many Athony Pellicano a.k.a Tony pellicano is under investigation for indiser corruption that involves teh Elite and Powerfull in hollywood and it has been going on for the last 20 years, Anderson Coopers reported today that the FBI is trying to have Pellicano in a witness program to cover up his shady deals, but Pellicano who is already in jail said that heads in Hollywood will roll whether they like it or not, and some of these people are in conjunction to the Academy and his backdoors deals and kills!
here is an article
         

      http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/kouri/2006/01/hollywood-private-eye-to-stars-and.html

The powerhouse that runs is about to undergoe some major chaos here a part:

           At the center of this blossoming investigation is Anthony Pellicano. Until the time the police raided his Hollywood offices in 2002, he was hailed as one of the most successful private detectives in the city, with a roster of clients that included A-list actors and some of the industry's most important lawyers who represent Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson and many other showbiz bigwigs
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 07, 2006, 07:48 AM


You can find a lot of pictures and video about Oscar @ http://www.iheartjake.com/

(http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4622/cap0010oq.jpg)

"Before party oscar"

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Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: rabjr1 on Mar 07, 2006, 10:49 AM
I know which one i'd want to take home! Jake even manages to make Clooney look like a dogs dinner  ;) :P

and PSH looks like a pig's breakfast.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 07, 2006, 11:49 AM
No Comment !  :o ;D ;)

(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/Way2/fdadebc7.jpg)
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: scruffy on Mar 07, 2006, 12:29 PM
oops.  I posted in the wrong thread.  I moved it.  Sorry.  **embarassed with tail down**
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: dirtbiker on Mar 07, 2006, 02:23 PM
I just love Jake's antics especially the one behind Ang, making faces  ;D
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: Lost_Girl on Mar 07, 2006, 04:49 PM
Oher one... ! lol  :P

(http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/5913/oscarscandids046tp.jpg)
(http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/4358/oscarscandids014ij.jpg)
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8208/oscarscandids142rs.jpg)



http://www.justjared.com/gossip/2006/03/oscars_candids.php
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: JerBear418720 on Mar 07, 2006, 05:59 PM
I know which one i'd want to take home! Jake even manages to make Clooney look like a dogs dinner  ;) :P

and PSH looks like a pig's breakfast.

Why insult the breakfast?  It's only innocent oatmeal.  PSH is the pig itself!   >:( ;D >:(

*wink*, RAB!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: rabjr1 on Mar 07, 2006, 11:56 PM
I know which one i'd want to take home! Jake even manages to make Clooney look like a dogs dinner  ;) :P

and PSH looks like a pig's breakfast.

Why insult the breakfast?  It's only innocent oatmeal.  PSH is the pig itself!   >:( ;D >:(

*wink*, RAB!

In some countries ;ig IS breakfast.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: rabjr1 on Mar 07, 2006, 11:58 PM

           In some countries PIG is breakfast.




gotta to spell check more
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: JerBear418720 on Mar 08, 2006, 11:01 PM

           In some countries PIG is breakfast.




gotta to spell check more

well, yeah, true - like OSCAR Meyer bacon!
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: roguejedi on Mar 09, 2006, 09:38 AM
Hello everyone :-)

I might be a bit crazy in saying this, but BBM not winning the Best Picture is reflective of the movie theme.  So-called polite society back in 1960's didn't accept the relationship of Ennis & Jack is equivalent of our hollywood society not being ready to award a gay theme film the "highest prestige".  Ennis' loss is a result of society's morals, just as our disappointment is a result of the Academy's old conservative views.  Regardless of the outcome of the Oscar, BBM is still reigns in our hearts, just as even though Jack died, he still lives in Ennis's heart.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: The Ultimate Otaku on Mar 10, 2006, 12:18 AM

The current poster for this website, with Jack and with "Brokeback Mountain - Best Picture of our hearts" has me in tears!  :'(   :'(   :'(

I"m really feeling the BBM love now (gosh darn PBS!), but I"m also feeling sad that it didn't win the Oscar it so deserved. I was so ready to be proud of it for winning and so wanting to cheer it's victory. BBM winning would have proclaimed to the world that SOMEONE opened their eyes enough to give it the "Best Picture" award, and would have informed others they they, too, should open their eyes.

This movie has a giant heart. Crash has a heart, too, but BBM's heart is the biggest. That's why BBM should've won!  :-\

But oh well. No use crying over spilt milk. BBM will always be the Best Picture of my heart!  :-*  :'(
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: ethan on Mar 10, 2006, 12:27 AM
But oh well. No use crying over spilt milk. BBM will always be the Best Picture of my heart!  :-*  :'(

You have my support and I feel you. You are right - BBM is and will be the Best Picture of our hearts.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: rabjr1 on Mar 10, 2006, 06:18 AM
so far the only thing "Crash" has generated is a lawsuit by a so called director on a power trip.  And as far as all those old farts in Hollywood who would not/did not see BBM well there is too much embalming fluid in their blood stream  for them to make a rational decision.

Me thinks that most of Hollywood was led astray by Roger Ebert who stuck to his own flawed opinion concerning both Crash and BBM.  Roger Ebert gets too much time on television and as such truly intelligent critics are mostly overlooked.  You can't beat a lot of appearances on Jay Leno, Oprah and  David Letterman spouting whatever crap you want to sway people.  Just being on these shows gives to him a over inflated degree of respectability. 

Perhaps in order to level the playing field (look at me what AM I smoking?) Roger Ebert should be banned from any TV appearances.  He should stick to the print media - the kind that is only fit bird cage linings and landfills.
Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: flikker2005 on Mar 10, 2006, 05:56 PM
Hello everyone :-)

I might be a bit crazy in saying this, but BBM not winning the Best Picture is reflective of the movie theme.  So-called polite society back in 1960's didn't accept the relationship of Ennis & Jack is equivalent of our hollywood society not being ready to award a gay theme film the "highest prestige".  Ennis' loss is a result of society's morals, just as our disappointment is a result of the Academy's old conservative views.  Regardless of the outcome of the Oscar, BBM is still reigns in our hearts, just as even though Jack died, he still lives in Ennis's heart.

I agree.  The Oscars are life imitating art. 

Ennis, in the end is denied Jack's ashes.

We are, in the end, denied Best Picture.

The Stud Duck still has influence.  I equate some of the members of the acedemy to Jack's father and L.D.

The fact remains; Brokeback Mountain is the best picture; not only of this year, but of our time.  I think we will not see in our lifetime a point in time such as this.  A film that so clearly states the truth is rare.



Title: Re: 8 Oscars Nominations for BBM - Reaction & Thought
Post by: bnjmn3 on Mar 10, 2006, 10:06 PM
Two Points:
1.During the music score nomination performance (with violin solo), did you notice that during the Brokeback Mountain montage there was a quick edit from the montage to the violinist??? Well, the rapid cut away (then return to the montage) excludes the first reunion hug of Ennis and Jack at the bottom of the stairs...I ain't foolin'! It is a terrible edit in an otherwise continuous shot. Maybe you can find it on youtube. That edit would be indicative of what would you say????
2. E!'s post show contained an un-aired,  earlier,  pre-show interview with Jake, interviewed by "how do I , Paris Hilton, and Jay Leno have careers?" Isaac Mizrahi! Terrible interview, but at the end of the interview, Isaac says..,"well, congratulations a n y w a y!  (awkward pause) I hope you win." Then turns to the camera with a goofy, idiot face as Jake walks away. Did Isaac know anything? Maybe he is just not worthy of that position.