Forgive the lack of justification and explanation, but it's nearly July and I need to finish these once and for all. If you're dying to know about something, however, either leave a comment or shoot me an e-mail (address on the right) and I'll be sure to fill you in.
Best Picture
(for more in-depth reasoning behind these choices, check out my Top 10 List of 2008)
A Christmas Tale
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Screenwriter: Emmanuel Bourdieu and Arnaud Desplechin
Cinematographer: Eric Gautier
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Emile Berling, Laurent Capelluto, Anne Consigny, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Devos, Chiara Mastroianni, Melvil Poupaud, Jean-Paul Roussillon
In Bruges
Director and Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh
Cinematographer: Eigil Bryld
Starring: Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson
Rachel Getting Married
Director: Jonathan Demme
Screenwriter: Jenny Lumet
Cinematographer: Declan Quinn
Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Anisa George, Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith, Debra Winger, Mather Zickel
Reprise
Director: Joachim Trier
Screenwriter: Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
Cinematographer: Jakob Ihre
Starring: Henrik Elvestad, Espen Klouman-Hoiner, Anders Danielson Lie, Christian Rubeck, Viktoria Winge
WALL-E
Director: Andrew Stanton
Screenwriter: Pete Docter, Jim Reardon and Andrew Stanton
Starring: Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Elissa Knight, Kathy Najimy, John Ratzenberger, Sigourney Weaver, Fred Willard
And the Diva Cup Goes to: A Christmas Tale
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky
The Wrestler
Jonathan Demme
Rachel Getting Married
Arnaud Desplechin
A Christmas Tale
Andrew Stanton
WALL-E
Joachim Trier
Reprise
And the Diva Cup Goes to: Arnaud Desplechin, A Christmas Tale
Best Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
A Christmas Tale
Emmanuel Bourdieu, Arnaud Desplechin
The Edge of Heaven
Faith Akin
In Bruges
Martin McDonagh
Rachel Getting Married
Jenny Lumet
And the Diva Cup Goes to: In Bruges
Best Adapted Screenplay
(Not exactly a stellar year for adaptations, huh? In a normal year, and by that I mean a year where the corresponding Oscar nominees don't leave me in a pool of my own tears from boredom, at least two of these would have barely made my top 10)
Blindness
Don McKellar
Boy A
Mark O'Rowe
Choke
Clark Gregg
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Lorene Scafaria
Savage Grace
Howard A. Rodman
And the Diva Cup Goes to: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
A Christmas Tale
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Screenwriter: Emmanuel Bourdieu and Arnaud Desplechin
Cinematographer: Eric Gautier
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Emile Berling, Laurent Capelluto, Anne Consigny, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Devos, Chiara Mastroianni, Melvil Poupaud, Jean-Paul Roussillon
In Bruges
Director and Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh
Cinematographer: Eigil Bryld
Starring: Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson
Rachel Getting Married
Director: Jonathan Demme
Screenwriter: Jenny Lumet
Cinematographer: Declan Quinn
Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Anisa George, Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith, Debra Winger, Mather Zickel
Reprise
Director: Joachim Trier
Screenwriter: Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
Cinematographer: Jakob Ihre
Starring: Henrik Elvestad, Espen Klouman-Hoiner, Anders Danielson Lie, Christian Rubeck, Viktoria Winge
WALL-E
Director: Andrew Stanton
Screenwriter: Pete Docter, Jim Reardon and Andrew Stanton
Starring: Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Elissa Knight, Kathy Najimy, John Ratzenberger, Sigourney Weaver, Fred Willard
And the Diva Cup Goes to: A Christmas Tale
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky
The Wrestler
Jonathan Demme
Rachel Getting Married
Arnaud Desplechin
A Christmas Tale
Andrew Stanton
WALL-E
Joachim Trier
Reprise
And the Diva Cup Goes to: Arnaud Desplechin, A Christmas Tale
Best Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
A Christmas Tale
Emmanuel Bourdieu, Arnaud Desplechin
The Edge of Heaven
Faith Akin
In Bruges
Martin McDonagh
Rachel Getting Married
Jenny Lumet
And the Diva Cup Goes to: In Bruges
Best Adapted Screenplay
(Not exactly a stellar year for adaptations, huh? In a normal year, and by that I mean a year where the corresponding Oscar nominees don't leave me in a pool of my own tears from boredom, at least two of these would have barely made my top 10)
Blindness
Don McKellar
Boy A
Mark O'Rowe
Choke
Clark Gregg
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Lorene Scafaria
Savage Grace
Howard A. Rodman
And the Diva Cup Goes to: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
1 comment:
aah, best of the year stuff. it's never too late/early for it if you ask me.
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