2007 Academy Awards

[dontdigonswine]

Yay for Marty!

[misterbalco]

Best Moment- Naomi Watts (whoa!)

What about those wierd dancers that turned into silhouettes?

EDIT: Oh yea, I loved the foreign films clip, and Ennio Morricone's time.


FUCK AL GORE!!!

[dontdigonswine]

Those dancers were interesting... I loved the Snakes on a Plane one!

[criterionmaster]

The opening part were all the nominees were talking was pretty funny, I laughed when Eddie Murphy just sat there and didn't say anything.

[Nomansvally]

Now I didn't get the chance to watch it, but I've found this funny clip with Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6mh3ISsmM

[eatawiiner]

Will Ferrel was funny, I stopped watching after the best supporting actress won. Im still not sure who won for film and director, ill find out soon tho.

[Evan]

My favorite part was the Ennio Morricone Segment. Too bad someone had to sing after.

[captainofbeef]

It was overall a pretty good show, Ellen was a interesting host, and the awards were actually deserved this year.

[criterionmaster]

eatawiiner said:

Will Ferrel was funny, I stopped watching after the best supporting actress won. Im still not sure who won for film and director, ill find out soon tho.

The Departed and Scorsese, in case you didn't find out yet.

[Clark Nova]

evan said:

My favorite part was the Ennio Morricone Segment. Too bad someone had to sing after.

especially since that someone was fucking Celine Dion

pretty cool that Clint was able to translate Morricone's acceptance speech perfectly, though.

[kiddo]

I don't really care that much, but if Scorsese is happy, then I am happy. It wouldn't have changed my opinion or anything when it comes to Scorses, whether he had gotten his oscar or not. I mean, what's the big deal?

But, as said, if Scorsese is happy (which he has all the reason to be) then I'm happy. Go Scorsese!

When that's said, I hope he turns back to the more gritty, daring side of him. Yeah, I know, The Departed has some brutal violence, but it didn't really feel gritty enough. The grittiness (or what is it called?) was somewhat polished, I felt. I want films with lower budget from Marty. More real feelings, less light, more darkness. Films with a stronger, more noticeable root back to the good old days (the Mean Streets- and Taxi Driver-feeling, that's what I long for).

[criterionmaster]

If I was him I would be pissed to win, but I am not him, and he was probably happy.

I know exactly what you mean, when looking back at his old films (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, etc.) you can see and feel the dirtiness of it, it is so much more real. With The Departed it was so clean, like you said, but which isn't necessarily a problem, since the film was fantastic [for me], but I do wish he would return to the "streets" if you catch my drift. Although I doubt that will happen anytime soon, probably never. It may be wrong of us to want his films to look the way they did back in the day, but I don't really know. It seems like we would be happy that he is getting bigger budgets to make films, yet we are not. I guess we lean towards low budgeted works.

[kiddo]

I catch your drift.

His latest films (Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed) have been good, but not nearly as interesting as his previous efforts. They're solid, nice-looking, ok, in periods great, you know, but ultimately they are too hollow... There's some vital elements missing; I think Scorsese was more naked in the 70s and 80s. Has he been trying as hard as he can to get the oscar he got this other day, and by that dressed his films in more appetizing clothes? I don't think that, but something has been lost through the years. I hope he can come back with a masterpiece and not merely a 'good' film.

[Nomansvally]

kiddo said:

I catch your drift.

His latest films (Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed) have been good, but not nearly as interesting as his previous efforts. They're solid, nice-looking, ok, in periods great, you know, but ultimately they are too hollow... There's some vital elements missing; I think Scorsese was more naked in the 70s and 80s. Has he been trying as hard as he can to get the oscar he got this other day, and by that dressed his films in more appetizing clothes? I don't think that, but something has been lost through the years. I hope he can come back with a masterpiece and not merely a 'good' film.

I can also see what you're saying. Perhaps Scorsese has done Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed on the simgle purpose of building up economy for his future films? If it's true what I've been reading, Scorsese will work independent from now on and do more personal and different films. Scorsese have tried with various films in the past but got thumbs down from studios, for example "Silence".

[criterionmaster]

Best Motion Picture of the Year

WINNER:
The Departed (2006):
Graham King

Other Nominees:
Babel (2006):
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006):
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz

Little Miss Sunshine (2006):
David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub

The Queen (2006):
Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Forest Whitaker
for The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Other Nominees:
Leonardo DiCaprio
for Blood Diamond (2006)

Ryan Gosling
for Half Nelson (2006)

Peter O'Toole
for Venus (2006/I)

Will Smith
for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Helen Mirren
for The Queen (2006)

Other Nominees:
Penélope Cruz
for Volver (2006/I)

Judi Dench
for Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Meryl Streep
for The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Kate Winslet
for Little Children (2006)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Alan Arkin
for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Other Nominees:
Jackie Earle Haley
for Little Children (2006)

Djimon Hounsou
for Blood Diamond (2006)

Eddie Murphy
for Dreamgirls (2006)

Mark Wahlberg
for The Departed (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Jennifer Hudson
for Dreamgirls (2006)

Other Nominees:
Adriana Barraza
for Babel (2006)

Cate Blanchett
for Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Abigail Breslin
for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Rinko Kikuchi
for Babel (2006)

Best Achievement in Directing

WINNER:
Martin Scorsese
for The Departed (2006)

Other Nominees:
Clint Eastwood
for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Stephen Frears
for The Queen (2006)

Paul Greengrass
for United 93 (2006)

Alejandro González Iñárritu
for Babel (2006)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER:
Little Miss Sunshine (2006):
Michael Arndt

Other Nominees:
Babel (2006):
Guillermo Arriaga

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006):
Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006):
Guillermo del Toro

The Queen (2006):
Peter Morgan

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

WINNER:
The Departed (2006):
William Monahan

Other Nominees:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006):
Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips

Children of Men (2006):
Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

Little Children (2006):
Todd Field, Tom Perrotta

Notes on a Scandal (2006):
Patrick Marber

Best Achievement in Cinematography
WINNER:
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Guillermo Navarro

Other Nominees:
The Black Dahlia (2006): Vilmos Zsigmond

Children of Men (2006): Emmanuel Lubezki

The Illusionist (2006): Dick Pope

The Prestige (2006): Wally Pfister

Best Achievement in Editing

WINNER:
The Departed (2006): Thelma Schoonmaker

Other Nominees:
Babel (2006): Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

Blood Diamond (2006): Steven Rosenblum

Children of Men (2006): Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez

United 93 (2006): Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse

Best Achievement in Art Direction
WINNER:
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta

Other Nominees:
Dreamgirls (2006): John Myhre, Nancy Haigh

The Good Shepherd (2006): Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E. Rollins

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik

The Prestige (2006): Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti

Best Achievement in Costume Design

WINNER:
Marie Antoinette (2006): Milena Canonero

Other Nominees:
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006): Chung Man Yee

The Devil Wears Prada (2006): Patricia Field

Dreamgirls (2006): Sharen Davis

The Queen (2006): Consolata Boyle

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

WINNER:
Babel (2006): Gustavo Santaolalla

Other Nominees:The Good German (2006): Thomas Newman

Notes on a Scandal (2006): Philip Glass

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Javier Navarrete

The Queen (2006): Alexandre Desplat

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

WINNER:
An Inconvenient Truth (2006): Melissa Etheridge("I Need To Wake Up")

Other Nominees:
Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven("Listen")

Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett("Love You I Do")

Cars (2006): Randy Newman("Our Town")

Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Willie Reale("Patience")

Best Achievement in Makeup

WINNER:
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): David Martí, Montse Ribé

Other Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano

Click (2006/I): Kazuhiro Tsuji, Bill Corso

Best Achievement in Sound

WINNER:
Dreamgirls (2006): Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton

Other Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Fernando Cámara

Blood Diamond (2006): Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ivan Sharrock

Flags of Our Fathers (2006): John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, Lee Orloff

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

WINNER: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006): Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Other Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006): Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar

Blood Diamond (2006): Lon Bender

Flags of Our Fathers (2006): Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): George Watters II, Christopher Boyes

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

WINNER:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall

Other Nominees:
Poseidon (2006): Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, John Frazier

Superman Returns (2006): Mark Stetson, Richard R. Hoover, Neil Corbould, Jon Thum

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

WINNER:
Happy Feet (2006): George Miller

Other Nominees:
Cars (2006): John Lasseter

Monster House (2006): Gil Kenan

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

WINNER:
Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)(Germany)

Other Nominees:
Efter brylluppet (2006)(Denmark)

Indigènes (2006)(Algeria)

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006)(Mexico)

Water (2005)(Canada)

Best Documentary, Features
WINNER:
An Inconvenient Truth (2006): Davis Guggenheim

Other Nominees:
Deliver Us from Evil (2006): Amy Berg, Frank Donner

Iraq in Fragments (2006): James Longley, Yahya Sinno

Jesus Camp (2006): Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

"P.O.V.: My Country My Country" (2006): Laura Poitras, Jocelyn Glatzer

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon

Other Nominees:
Recycled Life (2006): Leslie Iwerks, Mike Glad

Rehearsing a Dream: Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon

Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story (2006): Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
The Danish Poet (2006): Torill Kove

Other Nominees:
Lifted (2006): Gary Rydstrom

The Little Matchgirl (2006): Roger Allers, Don Hahn

Maestro (2005): Géza M. Tóth

No Time for Nuts (2006): Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
West Bank Story (2005): Ari Sandel

Other Nominees:
Binta y la gran idea (2004): Javier Fesser, Luis Manso

Éramos pocos (2005): Borja Cobeaga

Helmer & søn (2006): Søren Pilmark, Kim Magnusson

The Saviour (2005): Peter Templeman, Stuart Parkyn

[criterionmaster]

I have been seeing this all over the news:

Murphy "Storms Out" After Oscar Loss

Dreamgirls star Eddie Murphy was so devastated after losing the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award to Alan Arkin he stormed out of the ceremony, according to press reports in the US, including Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com. Murphy was the favorite to win the Oscar, which instead was awarded to Little Miss Sunshine star Arkin. The 45-year-old tried to downplay his disappointment telling American publication Us Weekly, "It's fine. It happens. It's OK." But shortly thereafter, Murphy and girlfriend Tracey Edmonds left the show and didn't return. Murphy missed out on his Dreamgirls cast mates Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose performing songs from the film, as well as Hudson's win for Best Supporting Actress.

[The Pseudo Cathartic]

I still can't get over that Foreign Film montage compiled by Tornatore. Been looking for it on youtube but no one has posted a copy yet. Sad.

[criterionmaster]

crey014 said:

I still can't get over that Foreign Film montage compiled by Tornatore. Been looking for it on youtube but no one has posted a copy yet. Sad.

If you find it will you please post it? I would love to see that again.

[captainofbeef]

Yes, it was excellent. And a good reminder of films that I need to see.