Variety – 2/9/06

BERLIN DAILY: LOCATIONS USA

 

State film incentives
 

 
By JOSHUA MARKS, MATTHEW ROSS

 
Arizona
Production incentives: New program offers tiered transferable tax credit -- 10% with $250,000 minimum, 15% if spend reaches $1 million and 20% on productions over $3 million -- plus transaction privilege tax exemption.
Recent pics: "Transamerica," "Ash Wednesday" and "Forget About It"
Key facilities:
C.J.S. Film Studios
Privately owned film studio offers 20 acres of filming space with large back lot, five soundstages, cycloramas, prop and wardrobe departments, livestock and wagons.
Loft 19 Studios
New Phoenix facility has 7,000-sq.-ft. studio, equipment rental department, cyclorama and office space.
Film commissions/promo boards:
Arizona Film Commission
Director: Harry Tate
www.azcommerce.com

California
Production incentives: Though California currently offers only minimal incentives (namely, fee-free access to state properties and standard sales tax exemptions), Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently proposed $75 million in annual tax credits as part of the state budget.
Recent pics: "Memoirs of a Geisha," "MI:3," "Running With Scissors" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Key facilities: Caltrans District 7 Headquarters
Located in downtown Los Angeles, the new, $190 million, 750,000-sq.-ft. facility occupies an entire city block and has played host to such recent pics as "Fun With Dick and Jane," "The Island" and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith."
Film commissions/promo boards:California Film Commission
Director: Amy Lemisch
www.film.ca.gov

Florida
Production incentives: Sales tax exemption, 15% nontransferable expenditure reimbursement or $2 million, whichever is less ($850,000 expense minimum).
Recent pics: "Transporter 2," "Miami Vice," "Altered" and "Lonely Hearts"
Key facilities: Universal Studios in Orlando
Florida's largest production facility, with nine soundstages, office rentals and a 727 aircraft set for pics like "Altered."
studio.florida.universalstudios.com
Greenwich Studios in Miami
Four soundstages for studio fare such as "Bad Boys II" and "Transporter 2."
www.greenwichstudios.com
Cecil Field Naval Air Station in Jacksonville
Vacant naval base frequently used for military-themed pics like "Basic."
Film commissions/promo boards:Florida Film Office
Los Angeles liaison: Susan Simms
www.filminflorida.com

Georgia
Production incentives: New package offers 9% transferable tax credit with $500,000 minimum spend (plus additional 3% credit-for shooting in underdeveloped counties), 3% wage credit for state residents (up to $500,000) and sales tax exemption.
Recent pics: "Madea's Family Reunion," "ATL" and "The Gospel"
Key facilities:RiverWood Studios
Semi-rural 120-acre studio 25 miles south of Atlanta offers four soundstages, screening room, editing facilities, construction mill and office space.
www.riverwoodstudios.com
PC&E DeFoor Hills Complex
Full-service Atlanta facility provides two large soundstages plus lighting and grip warehouse along with equipment rental.
www.pce-atlanta.com
Film commissions/promo boards:Georgia Film, Video and Music Office
Director: Greg Torre
www.georgia.org/film

Hawaii
Production incentives: State offers refundable tax credit up to 4%. Hawaii taxpayers who invest in companies shooting in state can claim the High Technology Business Investment Tax Credit equal to investment amount, payable over five years.
Recent pics: "The Shaggy Dog," "You, Me and Dupree" and "Snakes on a Plane"
Key facilities:Hawaii Film Studio Major $7.3-million renovation expected to be finished this spring will add technical and production office buildings to the lot. The 7.5-acre facility includes a 16,500-sq.-ft. soundstage.
Film commissions/promo boards:Hawaii Film Office
Commissioner: Donne Dawson
www.hawaiifilmoffice.com

Illinois
Production incentives: Offers 25% transferable tax credit on state income tax for wages paid by a production company to each state resident (limited to first $25,000 per employee). Must spend at least $100,000 on wages to qualify.
Recent pics: "The Break-Up," "The Lake House," "Drunk Boat"; TV: "Prison Break"
Key facilities: Chicago Studio City
By far the most equipped production facility in the state, with five soundstages and offices; hosted shoots for most of the recent features that have taken advantage of the incentives, including "Stranger Than Fiction."
www.chicagostudiocity.com
Film commissions/promo boards: Illinois Film Office
Managing director: Brenda Sexton
www.illinoisbiz.biz/film

Louisiana
Production incentives: New post-Katrina program provides 25% investors rebate for all films that spend more than $300,000 in the state plus 10% employment credit for local hires (unless salary exceeds $1 million).
Recent pics: "Big Momma's House 2," "All the King's Men," "Deja Vu"
Key facilities: NIMS Center in New Orleans
Studio-friendly house right across the street from Panavision, with two soundstages, HD post suites and 40 production offices for films such as "Glory Road" and "Last Holiday."
www.digitalcinemastudio.com
Swelltone Labs Post-production audio for indie and studio pics such as "Oceans 12," "Traffic," "Keane," "Undertow" and "Bubble."
Contact: Larry Blake at (504) 299-0082
Louisiana Cinema City Studios
Full-service 150-acre movie complex planned outside Robert, 50 miles from New Orleans. Would offer eight film and four broadcast stages, plus hotel and amenities to accommodate filmmakers.
Film commissions/promo boards: Louisiana Governor's Office of Film and Television Development
Managing director: Alex Schott
www.lafilm.org

Maryland
Production incentives: Recently enacted legislation offers 50% wage rebate with $500,000 minimum spend, capped at $12,500 per individual and $2 million per project. No sales or hotel tax.
Recent pics: "Wedding Crashers," "Syriana" and "The Visiting"
Film commissions/promo boards:Maryland Film Office
Director: Jack Gerbes
www.marylandfilm.org

Massachusetts
Production incentives: New bill provides 20% transferable employment credit on production's total state payroll (for salaries below $1 million) and 25% tax credit for all production expenses in state (with minimum spend of $250,000). Sales tax exemption also applies with equipment purchases.
Recent pics: "The Departed" and "Stiffs"
Key facilities:
South Weymouth Naval Air Station
Located 12 miles from Boston, facility includes 80,000-sq.-ft. hangar, offices and warehouse space as well as wetlands and runway surrounded by pines.
Charles River Studios
Facility situated on 14 wooded acres next to a lake in Canton offers three stages, each featuring a two-wall cyclorama.
Film commissions/promo boards:Massachusetts Film Bureau
Exec director: Robin Dawson
www.massfilmbureau.com

Michigan
Production incentives: Proposed Michigan Motion Picture Incentive Act would offer 6% sales tax exemption on all production expenses, fee-free use of state properties and 3.3% tax credit on all in-state production costs (with $250,000 minimum spend).
Recent pics: "Crossover" and "The Island"
Film commissions/promo boards:Michigan Film Office
Director: Janet Lockwood
www.michigan.gov/filmoffice

Mississippi
Production incentives: State offers 10% tax rebate on production expenses, 10% tax credit on resident payroll, sales tax reduction (to 1.5%) on equipment and exemption on most expendable items, all with no minimum spend or cap. Note: Parts of Mississippi were hit by Hurricane Katrina. Contact film office for information about filming along the coast.
Recent pics: "Walk the Line" and "Tishomongo Blues"
Key facilities: Mississippi State Film Complex
Set to break ground on new training center and soundstage on 25 acres in Canton. Phase I will include two soundstages, office space and mill shop.
Film commissions/promo boards: Mississippi Film Office
Manager: Ward Emling
www.visitmississippi.org/film

Missouri
Production incentives: Offers 50% tax credit up to $1 million with $300,000 minimum in-state spend. The program is capped at $1.5 million for the year.
Recent pics: "Killshot" and "Saving Shilo"
Film commissions/promo boards: Missouri Film Commission
Director: Jerry Jones
www.mofilm.org

New Jersey
Production incentives: Proposed 20% tax credit passed Senate and is pending approval by Assembly before governor signs into law. Current incentives include 6% sales tax exemption and loan guarantees up to $1.5 million for films that spend at least 50% costs and 70% shooting days in-state.
Recent pics: "Fur," "Find Me Guilty" and "The Night Listener"
Key facilities: The Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor
This 430-acre former Military Ocean Terminal was redeveloped for civilian use, including two warehouses converted into sound-stages and a cruise ship terminal. "War of the Worlds" recently lensed there.
Film commissions/promo boards:
New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission
Exec director: Joseph Friedman
www.njfilm.org

New Mexico
Production incentives: No-cap 20% transferable tax rebate (no state incorporation required), interest-free loans up to $15 million per project, fee-free state properties.
Recent pics: "Astronaut Farmer" and "North Country"
Key facilities: Garson Studios
Santa Fe production house with two soundstages, production offices and technical services.
www.garsonstudios.com
Studio 41
Albuquerque soundstage that also has production offices, makeup rooms and on-site equipment rentals.
www.soundstage41.net
KNME
Albuquerque PBS affiliate that doubles as a full-service video post facility.
Contact: Franz Joachim at (505) 277-0492
Film commissions/promo boards: New Mexico Film Office
Director: Lisa Strout
www.nmfilm.com

New York
Production incentives: State offers 10% fully refundable tax rebate, plus another 5% from city, on all production costs incurred within New York City (including pre- and post-production). To qualify, production must spend 75% of its stage costs at one of nine city-approved facilities and 75% of its locations schedule in the city (locations requirement waived if stage spend exceeds $3 million).
Recent pics: "The Good Shepherd," "Inside Man" and "The Devil Wears Prada"
Key facilities: Silvercup Studios
New York City's largest production facility with 17 shooting spaces, including five 16,000 sq.-ft. stages.
www.silvercupstudios.com
Steiner Studios
Recently opened facility in the Brooklyn Navy Yard has five soundstages, office space and more.
www.steinerstudios.com
Kaufman Astoria Studios
Six stages, sound-isolated carpentry shops and a 97-seat screening room.
Broadway Stages
Nine soundstages in Queens and Brooklyn with full lighting and grip, location trucks and office space.
www.broadway-stages.com
Film commissions/promo boards:New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development
Exec director: Pat Swinney Kaufman
www.nylovesfilm.com
Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting
Commissioner: Katherine Oliver
www.nyc.gov

North Carolina
Production incentives: Ranked third in production behind California and New York, North Carolina recently enacted 15% tax credit on all in-state production spending with $250,000 minimum. Sales and use tax reduced to 1%.
Recent pics: "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," "Junebug" and "Home of the Giants"
Key facilities: EUE/Screen Gem Studios
Wilmington-based studio is largest full-service facility east of California with nine soundstages and office space.
www.euescreengems.com
Trailblazer Studios
A collaboration of various boutique studios, this two-stage Raleigh facility unites start-to-finish specialists in directing, f/x and sound.
www.trailblazerstudios.com
Film commissions/promo boards:
North Carolina Film Office
Director: Bill Arnold
www.ncfilm.com

Oklahoma
Production incentives: Program offers rebates up to 15% (depending on percentage of local crew used) with $1.25 million in-state spend, as well as 10%-25% credit for construction of new film or music facilities.
Recent pics: "Elizabethtown"
Film commissions/promo boards: Oklahoma Film & Music Office
Director: Jill Simpson
www.oklahomafilm.org

Oregon
Production incentives: Offers 10% rebate on production expenses with minimum in-state spend of $1 million (for max rebate of $250,000 per feature) and 6.2% rebate on Oregon wages. No sales or lodging taxes, fee-free state parks.
Recent pics: "Conversations With God" and Hallmark TV project "The Valley of Light"
Key facilities: The Chambers Media Center
Eugene-based facility includes five soundstages, digital post facilities, four digital studio cameras and rentable office space.
www.chambersprod.com
Film commissions/promo boards:
Oregon Film & Video Office
Manager: Susan K. Haley
www.oregonfilm.org

Pennsylvania
Production incentives: Productions that spend at least 60% of expenses in state are eligible for 20% transferable tax credit. Also offers police assistance, sales and hotel tax exemption, and free use of state-owned property.
Recent pics: "Lady in the Water," "Rocky Balboa" and "Invincible"
Key facilities: Soundstage at the Philadelphia Navy Yard City-owned, fee-free soundstage hosted Disney's "Annapolis."
Shooters Post and Transfer
Philadelphia-based post and film transfer house used by "Shadowboxer."
Film commissions/promo boards: Pennsylvania Film Office
Director: Jane Shecter
www.filminpa.com

South Carolina
Production incentives: Recently amended incentive act waives sales, use and hotel taxes with $250,000 minimum spend. Produc-tions over $1 million enjoy additional 15% employee wage rebates (for salaries below $1 million) and 15% rebate on select goods and services.
Recent pics: "Walker," "Strike the Tent" and "The Notebook"
Key facilities: Genesis Creative Media
Columbia-based production and marketing firm recently broke ground on state's largest private film studio, with four stages, administrative/post building and set-construction workshop.
www.gencreative.com
Crown Intl. Studio
Recently renovated studio outside of Charlotte includes 11,700-sq.-ft. studio with audience seating for more than 900. Still to come: conference hall/studio, learning center and outdoor amphitheater.
Film commissions/promo boards: South Carolina Film Commission
Commissioner: Jeff Monks
www.filmsc.com

Utah
Production incentives: After depleting existing $1 million film fund (which offered 10% post-performance rebate), state's incen-tive bill returns to legislature for renewal this year. No sales or hotel tax.
Recent pics: "The World's Fastest Indian," "Blind Guy Driving" and "The Outlaw Trail"
Key facilities: Stone 5 Studios
Facility of 42,000 sq. ft. being built on three acres in Provo, 40 minutes south of Salt Lake City, should be ready in April. Will feature two soundstages, recording studio and video editing suites.
Film commissions/promo boards: Utah Film Commission
Director: Aaron Syrett
ww.film.utah.gov
 

 

 

Variety – 2/5/06

BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

 

Berlin fest lineup
 

 
By VARIETY STAFF

 
The Berlin Intl. Film Festival, which runs Feb. 9-19, will honor Ian McKellen and Andrzej Wajda with honorary Golden Bears, and unspool 17 world premieres in competition, plus many others in Panorama and Forum.

*Title, director (country)

COMPETITION

Snow Cake (opening night), Marc Evans (U.K./Canada)*

A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman (U.S.)

Candy, Neil Armfield (Australia)

Der freie Wille (The Free Will), Matthias Glasner (Germany)

El custodio (The Minder), Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina/Germany/France)

Elementarteilchen (The Elementary Particles), Oskar Roehler (Germany)

En Soap (A Soap), Pernille Fischer Christensen (Denmark/Sweden)

Find Me Guilty, Sidney Lumet (U.S.)

Grbavica, Jasmila Zbanic (Austria/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Germany)

Invisible Waves, Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Netherlands/Thailand/Hong Kong)

Isabella, Pang Ho-cheung (Hong Kong/China)

L'ivresse du pouvoir (Comedy of Power), Claude Chabrol (France/Germany)

Offside, Jafar Panahi (Iran)

Requiem, Hans-Christian Schmid (Germany)

Romanzo Criminale (Crime Novel), Michele Placido (Italy/U.K. /France)

Sehnsucht (Longing), Valeska Grisebach (Germany)

Slumming, Michael Glawogger (Austria/Switzerland)

The Road to Guantanamo, Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross (U.K.)

Zemestan (It's Winter), Rafi Pitts (Iran)

OUT OF COMPETITION

Capote, Bennett Miller (U.S.)

Syriana, Stephen Gaghan (U.S.)

The New World, Terrence Malick (U.S.)

The Science of Sleep, Michel Gondry (France)

V for Vendetta, James McTeigue (U.S./Germany)

Wuji (The Promise), Chen Kaige (Hong Kong/China/U.S.)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: The Special Edition (closing night), Sam Peckinpah (U.S.)

PANORAMA
MAIN PROGRAM

4:30, Royston Tan (Singapore)

Be ahestegi ... (Gradually ...), Maziar Miri (Iran)

Brothers of the Head, Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe (U.K.)

Camping sauvage, Christophe Ali & Nicolas Bonilauri (France)

Container, Lukas Moodysson (Sweden)

18.15 Uhr ab Ostkreuz (18.15 From Ostkreuz), Jorn Hartmann (Germany)

Der Kick (The Kick), Andres Veiel (Germany)

El cielo dividido (Broken Sky), Julian Hernandez (Mexico)

El triunfo (El triunfo: The Beat of the Streets), Mireia Ros (Spain)

Heaven's Doors, Swel Noury & Imad Noury (Morocco)

Legaturi bolnavicioase (Love Sick), Tudor Giurgiu (Romania)

Les Oiseaux du ciel (Birds of Heaven), Eliane de Latour (U.K. /France/Cote d'Ivoire)

Lie With Me, Clement Virgo (Canada)

Mechilot (Forgiveness), Udi Aloni (Israel/U.S.)

Nachbeben (Going Private), Stina Werenfels (Switzerland)

No. 2, Toa Fraser (New Zealand)

The Yacoubian Building, Marawan Hamed (Egypt)

Shisso (Dead Run), Sabu (Japan)

Strakarnir okkar (Eleven Men Out), Robert I. Douglas (Iceland/Finland/U.K.)

U nergiz biskivin (Narcissus Blossom), Masoud Arif Salih & Hussein Hassan Ali (Iraq/France)

Vacationland, Todd Verow (U.S.)

PANORAMA SPECIAL

1:1 (One to One), Annette K. Olesen (Denmark/U.K.)

46 oku nen no koi (Big Bang Love, Juvenile A), Takashi Miike (Japan)

Breakfast on Pluto, Neil Jordan (Ireland/U.K.)

Bye Bye Berlusconi!, Jan Henrik Stahlberg (Germany)

Casa de areia (The House of Sand), Andrucha Waddington (Brazil)

Der Rote Kakadu (The Red Cockatoo), Dominik Graf (Germany)

Derecho de familia (Family Law), Daniel Burman (Argentina/Italy/France)

Kaalpurush (Memories in the Mist), Buddhadep Dasgupta (India)

Kan shang qu hen mei (Little Red Flowers), Zhang Yuan (China/Italy)

Knallhart (Tough Enough), Detlev Buck (Germany)

Komm naher (Happy as One),Vanessa Jopp (Germany)

Komornik (The Collector), Feliks Falk (Poland)

Quatre etoiles (Four Stars), Christian Vincent (France)

Stay, Marc Forster (U.S.)

The Notorious Bettie Page, Mary Harron (U.S.)

The Proposition, John Hillcoat (U.K./ Australia)

DOCUMENTARY

Absolute Wilson, Katharina Otto-Bernstein (U.S./Germany)

Bubot Niyar (Paper Dolls), Tomer Heymann (Israel/Switzerland)

Estrellas de la linea (The Railroad All-Stars), Chema Rodriguez (Spain)

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema, Lisa Ades & Lesli Klainberg (U.S.)

Hamburger Lektionen (Hamburg Lectures), Romuald Karmakar (Germany)

Jeder schweigt von etwas anderem (Last to Know), Marc Bauder & Dorte Franke (Germany)

Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man, Lian Lunson (U.S.)

Lover Other: The Story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Barbara Hammer (U.S.)

Matthew Barney: No Restraint, Alison Chernick (U.S./U.K.)

Meninas (Teen Mothers), Sandra Werneck & Gisela Camara (Brazil)

Rampage, George Gittoes (Australia)

Tintenfischalarm (Octopusalarm), Elisabeth Scharang (Austria)

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Robert Greenwald (U.S.)

FORUM

37 Uses for a Dead Sheep, Ben Hopkins (U.K. /Turkey)

Am Rand der Stadte (On the Outskirts), Aysun Bademsoy (Germany)

Atos dos Homens (Acts of Men), Kiko Goifman (Brazil/Germany)

Au-dela de la haine (Beyond Hatred), Olivier Meyrou (France)

Aus der Ferne (From Far Away), Thomas Arslan (Germany)

Babooska, Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel (Austria/Italy)

Bangmunja (Host & Guest), Shin Dong-il (South Korea)

Barakat!, Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria/France)

Big River, Funahashi Atsushi (Japan)

Bokura wa mo kaerenai (We Can't Go Home Again), Fujiwara Toshi (Japan)

Combat, Patrick Carpentier (Belgium)

Congo River, Thierry Michel (Belgium/France)

Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon, Khalo Matabane (South Africa)

De particulier a particulier (Hotel Harabati), Brice Cauvin (France)

Dear Pyongyang, Yang Yong-hi (Japan)

Doskonale popoludnie (The Perfect Afternoon), Przemyslaw Wojcieszek (Poland)

Happy People, Aleksandr Shapiro (Ukraine)

In Between Days, So Yong Kim (U.S./Canada)

Inatteso (Unexpected), Domenico Distilo (Italy)

Jie guo (Before Born), Zhang Ming (China)

John & Jane, Ashim Ahluwalia (India)

Kargaran mashghool-e karand (Men at Work), Mani Haghighi (Iran)

Karov la bayit (Close to Home), Dalia Hager & Vidi Bilu (Israel)

Kimyo na sakasu (Strange Circus), Sono Sion (Japan)

Kinetta, Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece)

La prisionera (The Prisoner), Alejo Moguillansky & Fermin Villanueva (Argentina)

La Bas (Down There), Chantal Akerman (France/Belgium)

Lampu merah mati (Monday Morning Glory), Woo Ming Jin (Malaysia)

L'Appel des arenas (Wrestling Grounds), Cheikh Ndiaye (Senegal/Morocco/ France)

Lelaki komunis terakhir (The Last Communist), Amir Muhammad (Malaysia)

Lenz, Thomas Imbach (Switzerland/Germany)

Lucy, Henner Winckler (Germany)

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company, Allan King (Canada)

Montag kommen die Fenster (Windows on Monday), Ulrich Koehler (Germany)

My Country, My Country, Laura Poitras (U.S.)

News From Home
ews From House, Amos Gitai (Israel/France/Belgium)

One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later, James Benning (U.S.)

Parineeta, Pradeep Sarkar (India)

Peterpan-eui gongsik (The Peter Pan Formula), Cho Chang-ho (South Korea)

Place de la Republique, Louis Malle (France)

Schuss!, Nicolas Rey (France)

Sobhi Digar (Another Morning), Nasser Refaie (Iran)

Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind ... Die Kinder von Golzow. Das Ende der unendlichen Geschichte (And if They Haven't Passed Away ... The Children From Golzow. The End of an Endless Story), Barbara Junge & Winfried Junge (Germany)

Visul lui Liviu (Liviu's Dream), Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania)

Tertium non datur, Lucian Pintilie (Romania/France)

Wide Awake, Alan Berliner (U.S.)

 

 

Variety – 1/12/06

GOLDEN GLOBES

 

The Golden Globes by the numbers
 
How do this year's nominees add up?
 
By VARIETY STAFF

 
3 = the record for the most noms for a performer in a single year, bequeathed to Jamie Foxx in 2005 (for best actor in a comedy/musical for "Ray," supporting actor for "Collateral" and actor, TV movie/mini "Redemption.) Felicity Huffman and Donald Sutherland are each up for two acting noms this year.

4 = Lifetime Globe wins for Sarah Jessica Parker -- all for HBO's "Sex and the City." Tapped for "The Family Stone," she's up for trophy No. 5 this year. (Jack Nicholson has six lifetime wins in Globe acting categories, the most by a performer.)

5 = the most Globes ever won by a film... a distinction shared by five pics: "Doctor Zhivago" (1966), "Love Story" (1971) . "The Godfather" (1973), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1976), "A Star Is Born" (1977). ("Brokeback Mountain" is up for seven awards this year.)

7 = the cumulative total of TV seasons under the belts of this year's drama series noms, a field that consists of three freshman series ("Commander in Chief," "Prison Break" and "Rome") and two sophomores ("Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost"). The comedy category also has three freshman and two sophomore shows, with HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" the only seasoned vet.

16.9 million = the number of Globes TV viewers in the U.S. last year, the lowest total since the kudocast moved to NBC primetime in 1996. Suspecting that competish from ABC's "Desperate Housewives" was largely to blame for that poor ratings perf, the Globes are moving to Monday night this year.

26.8 million = the record high number of viewers the kudocast kicked up in 2004, when it moved away from NFL playoff competition.

 

 

Variety – 1/10/06

DIRECTORS ROUNDUP

 

Helmer kudo count
 
Directors who have been nominated for and won in the director category at various award ceremonies as of Jan. 10, 2006
 
By VARIETY STAFF

 

Director/Film	Award Noms	Awards Won
Woody Allen 'Match Point'	GG
Noah Baumbach 'The Squid and the Whale'	ISA	Sundance
George Clooney 'Good Night, and Good Luck'	ISA, BFCA, DCFC, GG, DGA
David Cronenberg 'A History of Violence'	LAFC	NSFC
Paul Haggis 'Crash'	BFCA, DGA
Ron Howard 'Cinderella Man'	BFCA, DCFC
Peter Jackson 'King Kong'	BFCA, GG
Ang Lee 'Brokeback Mountain'	ISA, DCFC, GG, DGA	NYFC, LAFC, NBR, BFCA, BSFC, SFFC
Fernando Meirelles 'The Constant Gardener'	DCFC, GG
Bennett Miller 'Capote'	DGA	Gotham
Marc Rothemund 'Sophie Scholl'		Berlin
Steven Spielberg 'Munich'	BSFC, GG, DGA	DCFC

NYFC = New York Film Critics Circle
LAFC = Los Angeles Film Critics
BSFC = Boston Society of Film Critics
DCFC = Washington, D.C., area Film Critics
SFFC = San Francisco Film Critics
BFCA = Broadcast Film Critics Assn.
NBR = National Board of Review
GG = Golden Globes
EFA = European Film Awards
ISA = Independent Spirit Awards
DGA = Directors Guild of America

 

 

Weekly Variety – 1/9/06

CRIX PICKS

 

Movie critics everywhere weigh in with their picks for the best in 2005
 

 
By VARIETY STAFF

 
CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS NOMINEES
(Awards announced Jan. 9)

PICTURE
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Cinderella Man"
"The Constant Gardener"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"King Kong"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Munich"
"Walk the Line"

ACTOR
Russell Crowe, "Cinderella Man"
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
Joan Allen, "The Upside of Anger"
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"
Kevin Costner, "The Upside of Anger"
Matt Dillon, "Crash"
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"
Terrence Howard, "Crash"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, "Junebug"
Maria Bello, "A History of Violence"
Catherine Keener, "Capote"
Frances McDormand, "North Country"
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTING ENSEMBLE
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Rent"
"Sin City"
"Syriana"

BEST DIRECTOR
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Paul Haggis, "Crash"
Ron Howard, "Cinderella Man"
Peter Jackson, "King Kong"
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

WRITER
Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"
George Clooney & Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Dan Futterman, "Capote"
Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
"2046"
"Cache"
"Kung Fu Hustle"
"Oldboy"
"Paradise Now"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room"
"Grizzly Man"
"Mad Hot Ballroom"
"March of the Penguins"
"Murderball"

ANIMATED FEATURE
"Chicken Little"
"Corpse Bride"
"Howl's Moving Castle"
"Madagascar"
"Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

COMEDY MOVIE
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"
"Mrs. Henderson Presents"
"The Producers"
"Wedding Crashers"

COMPOSER
James Horner, "The New World"
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Brokeback Mountain"
John Williams, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
Nancy Wilson, "Elizabethtown"

SONG
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old," Emmylou Harris ("Brokeback Mountain")
"Hustle & Flow," Terrence Howard ("Hustle & Flow")
"Same in Any Language," I Nine ("Elizabethtown")
"Seasons of Love," Tracie Thomas, Jesse L. Martin and cast ("Rent")
"Travelin' Thru," Dolly Parton ("Transamerica")

SOUNDTRACK
"Elizabethtown"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"The Producers"
"Rent"
"Walk the Line"

YOUNG ACTOR
Jesse Eisenberg, "The Squid and the Whale"
Axel Etel, "Millions"
Freddie Highmore, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
Owen Kline, "The Squid and the Whale"
Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

YOUNG ACTRESS
Flora Cross, " Bee Season"
Dakota Fanning, "War of the Worlds"
Georgie Henley, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Q'orianka Kilcher, "The New World"
Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

FAMILY FILM (LIVE-ACTION)
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"Into the West"
"No Direction Home"
"Rome"
"Warm Springs"

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR: Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: William Hurt, "A History of Violence"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Maria Bello, "A History of Violence"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

SCREENPLAY: Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai and Kwan Pun Leung, "2046"

FOREIGN FILM: "2046"

NONFICTION FILM: "Grizzly Man" and "White Diamond"

ANIMATED FILM: "Howl's Moving Castle"

FIRST FILM: "Capote"

LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSN.

PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Vera Farmiga, "Down to the Bone"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: William Hurt, "A History of Violence"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Catherine Keener, "Capote," "The Ballad of Jack and Rose," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "The Interpreter"

SCREENPLAY: Dan Futterman, "Capote"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robert Elswit, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

PRODUCTION DESIGN: William Chang, "2046"

SCORE: Joe Hisaishi and Youmi Kimura, "Howl's Moving Castle"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Cache"

DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION FILM: "Grizzly Man"

ANIMATION: "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT AWARD: "La Commune (Paris, 1871)"

NEW GENERATION AWARD: Terrence Howard

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Richard Widmark

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

PICTURE: "Good Night, and Good Luck"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Paradise Now"

DOCUMENTARY: "March of the Penguins"

ANIMATED FEATURE: "Corpse Bride"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Gong Li, "Memoirs of a Geisha"

ENSEMBLE ACTING: "Mrs. Henderson Presents"

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR: Terrence Howard, "Crash," "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" and "Hustle & Flow"

BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS: Q'orianka Kilcher, "The New World"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: Julian Fellowes, "Separate Lies"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Stephen Gaghan, "Syriana"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Jane Fonda

WILLIAM K. EVERSON AWARD FOR FILM HISTORY: George Feltenstein

BOSTON FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Kung Fu Hustle"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

DOCUMENTARY: "Murderball"

RUNNER-UP: "Grizzly Man"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Catherine Keener, "Capote"

SCREENPLAY: Dan Futterman, "Capote"

New Filmmaker: Joe Wright, "Pride & Prejudice"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robert Elswit, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

ENSEMBLE CAST: "Syriana"

SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR: Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Kevin Costner, "The Upside of Anger"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, "Junebug"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Cache"

DOCUMENTARY: "Grizzly Man"

Washington, D.C., Film Critics

PICTURE: "Munich"

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, "Junebug"

ACTING ENSEMBLE: "Crash"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, "Crash"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Dan Futterman, "Crash"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Kung Fu Hustle"

ANIMATED FILM: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

DOCUMENTARY: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"

SOUTHERN FILM CRITICS

Top 10 Films

"Brokeback Mountain"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Capote"
"Crash"
"A History of Violence"
"The Constant Gardener"
"Syriana"
"Cinderella Man"
"King Kong"
"Walk the Line"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Cache"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, "Junebug"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, "Crash"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"

RUNNER-UP: Dan Futterman, "Capote"

DOCUMENTARY: "March of the Penguins"

TORONTO FILM CRITICS AWARDS

PICTURE: "A History of Violence"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Laura Linney, "The Squid and the Whale"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Catherine Keener, "Capote"

DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg, "A History of Violence"

SCREENPLAY: Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"

FIRST FEATURE: Bennett Miller, "Capote"

CANADIAN FILM: "A History of Violence"

ANIMATED FILM:"Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "The World"

DOCUMENTARY: "Grizzly Man"

PHOENIX FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "Cinderella Man"

DIRECTOR: George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

ACTOR: Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTRESS: Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"

ENSEMBLE ACTING: "Crash"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: "Crash"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: "Brokeback Mountain"

OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR: "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"

LIVE-ACTION FAMILY FILM: "Millions"

ANIMATED FILM: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Kung Fu Hustle"

DOCUMENTARY: "March of the Penguins"

ORIGINAL SONG: "Travelin' Thru," "Transamerica"

ORIGINAL SCORE: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Best Use Of Previously Published Or Recorded Music: "Walk the Line"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: "Brokeback Mountain"

EDITING: "Sin City"

PRODUCTION DESIGN: "King Kong"

COSTUME DESIGN: "Memoirs of a Geisha"

VISUAL EFFECTS: "King Kong"

MAKEUP: Sin City

Breakout Of The Year -- OnScreen: Terrencee Howard, "Hustle & Flow"

Breakout Of The Year -- Behind The Camera: Paul Haggis, "Crash"

Performance By Youth In a Leading Or Supporting Role -- Male: Freddie Highmore, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Performance By Youth In A Leading Or Supporting Role -- Female: Georgie Henley, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

FLORIDA FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, "Junebug"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Rodrigo Prieto, "Brokeback Mountain"

SCREENPLAY: Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"

DOCUMENTARY: "Grizzly Man"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Kung Fu Hustle"

ANIMATED FILM: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

DALLAS-FT. WORTH FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Catherine Keener, "Capote"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Matt Dillon, "Crash"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Paradise Now"

DOCUMENTARY: Murderball

ANIMATED FILM: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roberto Prieto, "Brokeback Mountain"

GOTHAM AWARDS

FEATURE: "Capote"

DOCUMENTARY: "Murderball"

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR: Bennett Miller, "Capote"

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR: Amy Adams, "Junebug"

ENSEMBLE CAST: "The Squid and the Whale"

LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR: Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Matt Dillon, "Crash"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Frances McDormand, "North Country"

SCREENPLAY: "Crash"

DOCUMENTARY: "March of the Penguins"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Kung Fu Hustle"

ANIMATED FILM: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "King Kong"

DIRECTOR: Bennett Miller, "Capote"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Joan Allen, "The Upside of Anger"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jeffrey Wright, "Broken Flowers"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: "Capote"

DOCUMENTARY: "Grizzly Man"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Innocent Voices"

ANIMATED FILM: "Howl's Moving Castle"

NEW YORK ONLINE FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "The Squid and the Whale"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"

DIRECTOR: Fernando Meirelles, "The Constant Gardener"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Oliver Platt, "Casanova"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, "Junebug"

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER: Terrencee Howard, "Hustle & Flow," "Crash," "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " and "Four Brothers"

DEBUT DIRECTOR: Paul Haggis, "Crash"

SCREENPLAY: Paul Haggis, "Crash"

DOCUMENTARY: "Grizzly Man"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Downfall"

ANIMATED FILM: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: "March of the Penguins"

SATELLITE AWARDS

ACTRESS, DRAMA: Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"

ACTOR, DRAMA: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Terrencee Howard, "Hustle & Flow"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA: Laura Linney, "The Squid and the Whale"

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA: Danny Huston, "The Constant Gardener"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Rosario Dawson, "Rent"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Val Kilmer, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"

PICTURE, DRAMA: "Brokeback Mountain"

PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL: "Walk the Line"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Mother of Mine"

ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

DOCUMENTARY: "Mad Hot Ballroom"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: George Clooney & Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Robin Swicord, "Memoirs of a Geisha"

ORIGINAL SCORE: "Kingdom of Heaven"

ORIGINAL SONG: "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," "Brokeback Mountain"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: "The Constant Gardener"

VISUAL EFFECTS: "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith"

ART DIRECTION AND PRODUCTION DESIGN: "Good Night, and Good Luck"

COSTUME DESIGN: "Pride & Prejudice"

KANSAS CITY FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "Munich"

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Maria Bello, "A History of Violence"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: George Clooney & Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Tony Kushner & Eric Roth, "Munich"

DOCUMENTARY: (tie) "Grizzly Man" & "Murderball"

ANIMATED FILM: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

UTAH FILM CRITICS

PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Andy Serkis, "King Kong"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"

SCREENPLAY: (tie) Shane Black, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," and Miranda July, "Me and You and Everyone We Know"

DOCUMENTARY: "Murderball"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Kung Fu Hustle"

CHICAGO FILM CRITICS AWARDS NOMINEES*
(Awards announced Jan. 9)

PICTURE
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"A History of Violence"
"King Kong"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
"2046"
"Cache"
"Downfall"
"Kung Fu Hustle"
"Oldboy"

DIRECTOR
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
David Cronenberg, "A History of Violence"
Peter Jackson, "King Kong"
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

SCREENPLAY
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"
Dan Futterman, "Capote"
Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
George Clooney & Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Josh Olson, "A History of Violence"

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
Joan Allen, "The Upside of Anger"
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"
Naomi Watts, "King Kong"
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Dillon, "Crash"
Terrence Howard, "Crash"
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"
Mickey Rourke, "Sin City"
Donald Sutherland, "Pride & Prejudice"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, "Junebug"
Maria Bello, "A History of Violence"
Scarlett Johansson, "Match Point"
Catherine Keener, "Capote"
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"

ORIGINAL SCORE
Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard, "Batman Begins"
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Brokeback Mountain"
Danny Elfman, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
James Newton Howard, "King Kong"
John Williams, "Memoirs of a Geisha"

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rodrigo Prieto, "Brokeback Mountain"
Robert Elswit, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Andrew Lesnie, "King Kong"
Janusz Kaminski, "Munich"
Emmanuel Lubezki, "The New World"
Roman Osin, "Pride & Prejudice"

DOCUMENTARY
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"
"Grizzly Man"
"Mad Hot Ballroom"
"March of the Penguins"
"Murderball"

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, "Crash" and "Hustle & Flow"
Georgie Henley, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Miranda July, "Me and You and Everyone We Know"
Q'Orianka Kilcher, "The New World"
Owen Kline, "The Squid and the Whale"

MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR
Craig Brewer, "Hustle & Flow"
Miranda July, "Me and You and Everyone We Know"
Bennett Miller, "Capote"
Phil Morrison, "Junebug"
Joe Wright, "Pride & Prejudice"

 

 

Weekly Variety – 12/19/05

EYE ON THE OSCARS: ABROAD

 

 

Passport to glory

 

Best pic winners that used locations as an integral part of their stories

 

By JOSH MARKS

 

 

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - 2003 (76th)

Other Oscars: Art direction, costume design, directing, film editing, makeup, music (original score), music (original song), sound mixing, visual effects, writing (adapted screenplay)

Filming Location: New Zealand

 

GLADIATOR -- 2000 (73rd)

Other Oscars: lead actor, costume design, sound, visual effects, original screenplay

Nominations: supporting actor, art direction, cinematography, directing, editing, original score

Filming Locations: Morocco, Malta, Italy

 

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE -- 1998 (71st)

Other Oscars: Lead actress, supporting actress, art direction, costume design, music (original musical or comedy score), original screenplay

Nominations: supporting actor, cinematography, directing, editing, makeup, sound

Filming Locations: England

 

THE ENGLISH PATIENT -- 1996 (69th)

Other Oscars: Supporting actress, art direction, cinematography, costume design, directing, editing, music (original dramatic score), sound

Nominations: Lead actor, lead actress, adapted screenplay

Filming Locations: Italy, Tunisia

 

BRAVEHEART -- 1995 (68th)

Other Oscars: Cinematography, directing, makeup, sound effects editing

Nominations: Costume design, editing, music (original dramatic score), sound, original screenplay

Filming Locations: Scotland

 

SCHINDLER'S LIST -- 1993 (66th)

Other Oscars: Art direction, cinematography, directing, editing, music (original score), adapted screenplay

Nominations: Lead actor, supporting actor, costume design, makeup, sound

Filming Locations: Poland, Israel

 

THE LAST EMPEROR -- 1987 (60th)

Other Oscars: Art direction, cinematography, costume design, directing, editing, music (original score), sound, adapted screenplay

Filming Locations: China

 

PLATOON -- 1986 (59th)

Other Oscars: Directing, editing, sound

Nominations: Supporting actor (two noms), cinematography, original screenplay

Filming Locations: Philippines

 

OUT OF AFRICA -- 1985 (58th)

Other Oscars: Art direction, cinematography, directing, music (original score), sound, adapted screenplay

Nominations: Supporting actor, lead actress, costume design, film editing

Filming Locations: Kenya

 

GANDHI -- 1982 (55th)

Other Oscars: Lead actor, art direction, cinematography, costume design, directing, editing, original screenplay

Nominations: Makeup, music (original score), sound

Filming Locations: India

 

PATTON -- 1970 (43rd)

Other Oscars: Actor, art direction, directing, editing, sound, writing (story and screenplay -- based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)

Nominations: Cinematography, music, special visual effects

Filming Locations: Spain, Morocco, Greece, Italy, England

 

THE SOUND OF MUSIC -- 1965 (38th)

Other Oscars: Directing, editing, music (scoring of Music - adaptation or treatment), sound

Nominations: Lead actress, supporting actress, art direction, cinematography, costume design

Filming Locations: Austria

 

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA -- 1962 (35th)

Other Oscars: Art direction, cinematography, directing, editing, music (music score -- substantially original), sound

Nominations: Lead sctor, supporting actor, writing (screenplay -- based on material from another medium

Filming Locations: Spain, Morocco, Jordan,

 

BEN-HUR -- 1959 (32nd)

Other Oscars: Actor, supporting actor, art direction, cinematography, costume design, directing, editing, music (music score of a dramatic or comedy picture), sound, special effects, writing (screenplay -- based on material from another medium)

Filming Locations: Italy

 

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI -- 1957 (30th)

Other Oscars: Actor, cinematography, directing, editing, music (scoring), eriting (screenplay -- based on material from another medium)

Nominations: Supporting actor

Filming Locations: Sri Lanka

 

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS -- 1956 (29th)

Other Oscars: Cinematography, editing, music (music score of a dramatic or comedy picture), writing (screenplay -- adapted)

Nominations: Art direction, costume design, directing

Filming Locations: Thailand, Spain, China, Japan, England, Pakistan, France, Persian Gulf

 

 

 

Daily Variety – 12/16/05

EYE ON THE OSCARS: BEST PICTURE

 

 

Out of step with crix
 
Is Oscar the gold standard in its anointing of the best pic laurel?
 
By VARIETY STAFF

 
We juxtapose the Academy's choice with the four major critcs' orgs (the National Board of Review, usually first out of the gate, is a hybrid of critics, academics and industry players) that helps shape public opinion and create momentum in the Oscar race.

2004	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
Finding Neverland

 

2003	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
LOTR: Return of the King
American Splendor
Mystic River

 

2002	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Chicago
Far From Heaven
The Pianist
About Schmidt
The Hours

 

2001	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
A Beautiful Mind
Mulholland Drive
In the Bedroom
Moulin Rouge

 

2000	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Gladiator
Traffic
Crouching TIger, Hidden Dragon
Yi yi (One and a Two)
Quills

 

1999	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
American Beauty
The Insider
Topsy-Turvy *
Being John Malkovich *

 

1998	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Shakespeare in Love
Saving Private Ryan
Out of Sight
God and Monsters

 

1997	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Titanic
L.A. Confidential

 

1996	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
The English Patient
Secrets & Lies
Fargo
Breaking the Waves
Shine

 

1995	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Braveheart
Leaving Las Vegas
Babe
Sense and Sensibility

 

1994	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Forrest Gump *
Quiz Show
Pulp Fiction *

 

1993	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Schindler's List

 

1992	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Unforgiven
The Player
Howard's End

 

1991	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
The Silence of the Lambs
Bugsy
Life Is Sweet

 

1990	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Dance With Wolves
Goodfellas

 

1989	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Driving Miss Daisy
My Left Foot
Do the Right Thing
Drugstore Cowboy

 

1988	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Rainman
The Accidental Tourist
LIttle Dorrit
The Unbearable Lightness...
Mississippi Burning

 

1987	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
The Last Emperor
Broadway News
Hope and Glory
The Dead
Empire of the Sun

 

1986	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Platoon
Hannah and Her Sisters
Blue Velvet
A Room With a View

 

1985	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Out of Africa
Prizzi's Honor
Brazil
Ran
The Color Purple

 

1984	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Amadeus
Passage to India
Stranger than Paradise

 

1983	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Terms of Endearment
The Night of the Shooting Stars
Betrayal

 

1982	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Gandhi
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Tootsie

 

1981	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Chariots of Fire
Reds
Atlantic City

 

1980	Oscar	NSFC	NBR	NYFC	LAFC
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
Melvin and Howard

 

NSFC = National Society of Film Critics

NBR = National Board of Review

NYFC = New York Film Critics Circle

LAFC = Los Angeles Film Critics

 

*Note: There were ties for the top pic in 1994 (NBR) and in 1999 (NSFC)

 

 

 

Daily Variety – 12/4/05

EYE ON THE OSCARS: THE INDIES

 

FEST FAVORITES

Key kudo winners at the Big Five festivals in 2005

 

Sophie Scholl - The Last Days

 Berlin

 actress; helmer

 

Thumbsucker

 Berlin

 actor; screenplay

 

U-Carmen

 Berlin

 Golden Bear

 

Broken Flowers

 Cannes

 Jury grand prize

 

Cache

 Cannes

 helmer

 

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

 Cannes

 Certain Regard

 

The Forsaken Land

 Cannes

 Camera d'Or (shared)

 

Free Zone

 Cannes

 actress

 

L'Enfant

 Cannes

 Palme d'Or

 

Me and You and Everyone We Know

 Cannes

 Camera d'Or (shared); Critics Wk.

 

Shanghai Dreams

 Cannes

 jury prize

 

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

 Cannes

 actor; screenplay

 

Brothers

 Sundance

 audience (world dramatic)

 

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

 Sundance

 helmer (docu)

 

Forty Shades of Blue

 Sundance

 Grand Prize (dramatic)

 

The Hero

 Sundance

 Grand Prize (world dramatic)

 

Hustle & Flow

 Sundance

 audience (dramatic)

 

Murderball

 Sundance

 audience (docu)

 

Shake Hands With the Devil

 Sundance

 audience (world docu)

 

Shape of the Moon

 Sundance

 Grand prize (World docu)

 

The Squid and the Whale

 Sundance

 helmer (dramatic); screenplay

 

Why We Fight

 Sundance

 Grand Prize (docu)

 

Look Both Ways

 Toronto

 discovery prize

 

Tsotsi

 Toronto

 audience prize

 

Le bestia nel cuore

 Venice

 actress

 

Brokeback Mountain

 Venice

 Golden Lion

 

Good Night, and Good Luck.

 Venice

 actor; screenplay

 

Les amants reguiliers

 Venice

 helmer

 

Mary

 Venice

 jury prize

 

 

 

 

 

Daily Variety – 11/29/05

GOTHAM AWARDS

 

 

QUICK STUDY – JIM JARMUSCH

 

BORN: Jan. 22, 1953, in Akron, Ohio

SCHOOLING: Studied journalism for a year at Northwestern U. before switching majors to English literature. Transferred to Columbia U. and graduated with a B.A. in English. Dropped out of NYU film school to finance his first feature "Permanent Vacation" (1980).

BREAKTHROUGH: His 1984 feature "Stranger Than Paradise" won the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the special jury prize at Sundance.

FUN FACT: He owns the copyrights to all his feature films.

UP NEXT: Writing a new script.

 

 

QUICK STUDY – MATT DILLON

 

BORN: Feb. 18, 1964, in New Rochelle, N.Y.

SCHOOLING: Attended Mamaroneck High School

DISCOVERED: While in high school, he was asked to audition by talent scouts sent by casting director Vic Ramos. In 1979, at age 14, he made his screen acting debut as a troubled teen in "Over the Edge."

BREAKTHROUGH: Won critical acclaim playing a drug addict in the 1989 Gus Van Sant pic "Drugstore Cowboy," for which he won a Spirit Awards actor kudo

UP NEXT: The lead in Bent Hamer's adaptation of Charles Bukowski's novel "Factotum," set for a spring release via Picturehouse. Currently in production on Universal's comedy "You, Me and Dupree," also starring Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson. And he's developing the untitled biopic of mob hitman Eddie Maloney.