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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8872

He's winning awards so it looks as if he could win the Oscar too.

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

he would be up for the supporting actor category wouldn't he?
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8872

He's won a Golden Globe award for Supporting Actor.......I can never fathom out why someone wins a Supporting Actor/Actress Award when they're one of the main actors in a film

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

I guess it gives actors or actresses more chance of winning an Oscar as there can be a main actor in a film with perhaps a smaller amount of airtime than another so I suppose I can understand it...I do think it would be strange to have Heath Ledger win the leading Actor award for The Dark Knight considering the Joker is not really the main role albeit when he does appear he steals the show

We must start throwing in some of the films up for the running for these awards so we can all make sure we have seen them all before judging
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8872

What you said rings a bell Luc.....I vaguely remember reading something a while ago about studios nominating actors in both Best and Supporting categories so they stand a better chance of winning an award! I'd have thought the Supporting Actor/Actress award should go to someone further down the cast list......someone who isn't one of the main stars but gives a great standout performance. Didn't George Clooney win the Supporting Actor Oscar for Syriana? I thought that was strange, considering he's the star of the film!

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

Yep I suppose you have a point...smaller actors could be missing out
there should be a Best Extra Award shouldn't there?

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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

I thought I'd put up the golden globe nominations and winners (in red) just to give a broad template of perhaps some of the films we should be looking at for the FilmFlicking Awards Nominations

THE GOLDEN GLOBES:

Best Picture - Drama

'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
'Frost/Nixon' 'The Reader'
'Revolutionary Road'
'Slumdog Millionaire'

Best Director

Danny Boyle 'Slumdog Millionaire'
Stephen Daldry'The Reader'
David Fincher'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Ron Howard'Frost/Nixon'
Sam Mendes'Revolutionary Road'

Best Actor - Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio'Revolutionary Road'
Frank Langella'Frost/Nixon'
Sean Penn'Milk'
Brad Pitt'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Mickey Rourke 'The Wrestler'

Best Actress - Drama

Anne Hathaway'Rachel Getting Married'
Angelina Jolie'The Changeling'
Meryl Streep'Doubt'
Kristin Scott Thomas'I've Loved You So Long'
Kate Winslet 'Revolutionary Road'

Best Picture - Musical/Comedy

'Burn After Reading'
'Happy Go Lucky'
'In Bruges'
'Mamma Mia'
'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'

Best Actor - Musical/Comedy

Javier Bardem 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Colin Farrell 'In Bruges'
James Franco 'Pineapple Express'
Brendan Gleeson 'In Bruges'
Dustin Hoffman 'Last Chance Harvey'

Best Actress - Musical/Comedy

Rebecca Hall 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Sally Hawkins 'Happy Go Lucky'
Frances McDormand 'Burn After Reading'
Meryl Streep 'Mamma Mia'
Emma Thompson 'Last Chance Harvey'

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Cruise 'Tropic Thunder'
Robert Downey Jr. 'Tropic Thunder'
Ralph Fiennes 'The Duchess'
Philip Seymour Hoffman 'Doubt'
Heath Ledger 'The Dark Knight'

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams 'Doubt'
Penelope Cruz 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Viola Davis 'Doubt'
Marisa Tomei 'The Wrestler'
Kate Winslet 'The Reader'

Best Animated Feature Film

'Bolt'
'Kung Fu Panda'
'Wall-E'

Best Foreign Language Film

'The Baader Meinhof Complex' (Germany)
'Everlasting Moments' (Sweden)
'Gomorrah' (Italy)
'I've Loved You So Long' (France)
'Waltz with Bashir' (Israel)

Best Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy 'Slumdog Millionaire'
David Hare'The Reader'
Peter Morgan 'Frost/Nixon'
Eric Roth'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
John Patrick Shanley 'Doubt'

Best Original Score

'Changeling'
'Defiance'
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
'Frost/Nixon'
'Slumdog Millionaire'

Best Original Song

'Down to Earth' ...'WALL-E'
'Gran Torino'...'Gran Torino'
'I Thought I Lost You'...'Bolt'
'Once in a Lifetime'...'Cadillac Records'
'The Wrestler'...'The Wrestler'

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