December 13th, 2007 -- Written by John Campea
Awards season races on, and arguably the 2nd most prestigious awards (although I don’t think the Golden Globes are worth spit… click here to see why) to the Oscars have released their nominations. The 2007 Golden Globes have announced their nominees list. I present it to you now:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
AMERICAN GANGSTER
ATONEMENT
EASTERN PROMISES
THE GREAT DEBATERS
MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
CATE BLANCHETT — ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
JULIE CHRISTIE — AWAY FROM HER
JODIE FOSTER — THE BRAVE ONE
ANGELINA JOLIE — A MIGHTY HEART
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY — ATONEMENT
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
GEORGE CLOONEY — MICHAEL CLAYTON
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS — THERE WILL BE BLOOD
JAMES MCAVOY — ATONEMENT
VIGGO MORTENSEN — EASTERN PROMISES
DENZEL WASHINGTON — AMERICAN GANGSTER
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
HAIRSPRAY
JUNO
SWEENEY TODD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
AMY ADAMS – ENCHANTED
NIKKI BLONSKY – HAIRSPRAY
HELENA BONHAM CARTER – SWEENEY TODD
MARION COTILLARD – LA VIE EN ROSE
ELLEN PAGE – JUNO
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
JOHNNY DEPP — SWEENEY TODD
RYAN GOSLING — LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
TOM HANKS — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN — THE SAVAGES
JOHN C. REILLY — WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BEE MOVIE
RATATOUILLE
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (ROMANIA)
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (FRANCE AND USA)
THE KITE RUNNER (USA)
LUST, CAUTION (TAIWAN)
PERSEPOLIS (FRANCE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
CATE BLANCHETT — I’M NOT THERE
JULIA ROBERTS — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
SAOIRSE RONAN — ATONEMENT
AMY RYAN — GONE BABY GONE
TILDA SWINTON — MICHAEL CLAYTON
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
CASEY AFFLECK — THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
JAVIER BARDEM — NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
JOHN TRAVOLTA — HAIRSPRAY
TOM WILKINSON — MICHAEL CLAYTON
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
TIM BURTON — SWEENEY TODD
ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN — NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
JULIAN SCHNABEL — THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
RIDLEY SCOTT — AMERICAN GANGSTER
JOE WRIGHT — ATONEMENT
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
DIABLO CODY — JUNO
ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN — NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON — ATONEMENT
RONALD HARWOOD — THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
AARON SORKIN — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
MICHAEL BROOK, KAKI KING, EDDIE VEDDER — INTO THE WILD
CLINT EASTWOOD — GRACE IS GONE
ALBERTO IGLESIAS — THE KITE RUNNER
DARIO MARIANELLI — ATONEMENT
HOWARD SHORE — EASTERN PROMISES
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“DESPEDIDA” — LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Music by: Shakira, Antonio Pinto
Lyrics by: Shakira
“GRACE IS GONE” — GRACE IS GONE
Music by: Clint Eastwood
Lyrics by: Carole Bayer Sager
“GUARANTEED” — INTO THE WILD
Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder
“THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW” — ENCHANTED
Music & Lyrics by: Alan Menken
“WALK HARD” — WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
Music & Lyrics by: Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, Kasdan
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There is a surprising lack of nominations for the BEST (not my favourite) film of the year – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Pitt should be up for Best Actor, Andrew Dominik for Director and the film for Best Picture. I don’t know about all three winning but definitely the Best Picture award.
Atonement is a fucking pretentious, overwrought film. I cannot believe all the praise that film has gotten. I absolutely detest that film, and if it wins the Best Picture Oscar(Golden Globes don’t mean a thing in the grand scheme of things), I will RIOT.
Glad to see Amy Adams get a nod. She was great in Enchanted. Rooting for Casey Affleck, too. Can’t make a call yet on Sweeney Todd since I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m always glad to see Depp get recognized. Just wish he’d stop showing up to award shows looking unwashed.
This is bullshit.
The two BEST films of the year, Zodiac and Gone Baby Gone, got a combined total of ONE nomination. And NONE of them for Zodiac.
I know Zodiac was released waaaayyyy back in February, but it’s still a 2007 release and possibly the best. It deserves nominations for Best Director for David Fincher, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., and Best Screenplay for whoever did the screenplay. It was THAT good.
And Gone Baby Gone needs a nom for at least Best Actor for Casey Afflek.
All the comedy/musical categories are a joke.
I am soo happy about Ellen Page and Amy Adams getting nods, but WHY does Once have zero nominations?! ESPECIALLY in the original song category… and I also thought it was the best musical/comedy of the year. I’m pretty pissed.
The Golden Globes are a joke. Seven films nominated for best film.
I completely agree with the Zodiac comment. It was easily one of the top 5 films of the year. In my opinion, it’s Fincher best directing job.
What about Knocked Up! The best comedy of the year(I haven’t seen Juno yet.).
American Gangster is a good film, not one of the 5 or 7 best films of the year….and Ridley Scott for best director, What the Fuck!
Why not PT Anderson, love it or hate you must admit that There Will Be blood is a singular vision by a true artist. Isn’t that what the awards are about, rewarding the highest achievement in the art of film.
@Mkfreak2
People seem to have completely forgotten about Zodiac. Things that get released very early in the year almost never get remembered by the time awards season rolls around, which is why so many award-bait films are released late in the year. I wonder why Zodiac’s studio chose to release it so early in the year. Maybe they didn’t think it was award worthy or something.
I’m with you on Gone Baby Gone. That flick was great. Take American Gangster and Atonement out, and put Gone Baby Gone and 3:10 to Yuma in. American Gangster was nothing different from evey other gangster/crime movie ever made. There is NOTHING special about that film. I was so looking forward to seeing that thing, and now I can barely remember it, save for how badass Josh Brolin was in it.
And if you guys get a chance to see The Kite Runner, SEE IT. It’s fantastic.
They also seem to forgotten about:
1. Reign Over Me
The best performance by, of all people, Adam Sandler.
2. Comedy or musical:
Not everyone liked ‘Blades Of Glory’. Fair enough.
But no love for ‘Knocked up’ or ‘Superbad’? Something’s amiss.
3. John Cusack in 1408, Not here.
4. No Christian Bale for 3:10 or Rescue Dawn
5. No Michael Shannon from ‘Bug’.
Now…who I’m happy is here:
(forgive the copy n paste/caps)
ANGELINA JOLIE — A MIGHTY HEART
I also expect an Oscar nomination.
Any nominations connected to Juno.
Any nominations connected to No Country For Old Men(Especially Javier Bardem)
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One thing to keep in mind that these are the Golden Globes. They are given out by members of the foreign press. Thier tastes may not always gel with the public, let alone Oscars. However, those listed as GG noms are ususally the Oscar nominee favorites in major categories.
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By the way, there seems to be a lot of love from the int’ friends regarding Zodiac.
I am in the minority; I thought it was a good picture, not a great one.
ehh…I won’t be happy till Christian Bale gets atleast a nomination for SOMETHING.
I’m glad that There will be blood is being recognized for best picture- I was thinking it would be too downbeat for the golden globes–I guess the golden globes don’t really matter but they kinda give you an idea of which movies will be nominated in the oscars…
Yeah there is a terrible lack of Zodiac (the SECOND best film of the year) nominations. Man I hope the Oscars are a damn site better than these!
The Golden Globes’ snubbed great films this year? What.a.SHOCK! Seriously folks, this whole thing is being decided by 60-70 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association…who LOVE to have their asses kissed (and cleaned) by the stars.
And the last 3 films to win ‘Best Picture’ at the Oscars did NOT win the same category at the Golden Globes. So…the old argument that the Globes forcast the Oscars in the ‘Best Picture’ race is becoming increasingly bullshit imo.
I have not seen it yet, but “The Great Debaters”. I do not understand why it have gotten a nominee in the best film categpry with getting in any other category.
Charlie Wilson’s War! A Comedy? Are you kidding. They just couldn’t let Tom Hanks go without could they!?
And where the hell is the love for Gone, Baby, Gone and Ben Affleck!?
I know these are stupid fuckin bubblegum awards but they do tend to have an influence on the Acadamy Awards and this does not impress me in the slightest.
Also, I agree with MFREAK2. Zodiac should’ve been in there somewhere too …. Maybe in the Best Comedy/Musical category alongside Charlie Wilson’s War.
Oh, what a travesty. Where is 3:10 to Yuma????
Christian Bale and Russell Crowe were outstanding. The screenplay, the dialogue, the supporting characters were outstanding. Peter Fonda should be up for supporting actor.
Sigh.
Ehhh this year has been very weak for film scores…that makes me very sad =(.
I wish that the scores to Rescue Dawn or 3:10 to Yuma would have been nominated but nooooo!!! ::shakes Fist::
atonement is a pretty amazing film so i think it deserves to have the most noms.
the film makigng in the film is fucking incredible.
who has seen it? didn’t the beach scene blow your fucking mind away?
absolutely amazing.
best work knightley has done by a mile….
so i will be happy to see no country or atonement clean up…i am relaly rooting for no country.
glad knocked up didn’t get the comedy nod…way over rated.i hope juno takes it.
zodiac definitely deserves to be there….it is such a great fucking film.
it is going to be interesting to see what happens with the award shows during the strike..there are a lot of actors who are not going to attend as a show of support for the writers…..there is even talk that the oscars are in jeopardy of not taking place.