GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINATIONS 2008
December 14th 2007 12:45
The Golden Globe Awards are the biggest awards for all moving media-form, and gives a good idea of what we might see in the Academy Awards later on. Again, this year, it's nice to see that "smaller" films got the nominations, the ones with lower budgets and not as commercial.
Below you can see this year's nominations, except of few categories, and in blue are the choices I think are most suited to take the Globe. As always though, by choosing a favorite, it seems like I condemn it to not win instead.
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1. AMERICAN GANGSTER
2. ATONEMENT
3. EASTERN PROMISES
4. THE GREAT DEBATERS
5. MICHAEL CLAYTON
6. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
7. THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1. CATE BLANCHETT – ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
2. JULIE CHRISTIE – AWAY FROM HER
3. JODIE FOSTER – THE BRAVE ONE
4. ANGELINA JOLIE – A MIGHTY HEART
5. KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – ATONEMENT
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1. GEORGE CLOONEY – MICHAEL CLAYTON
2. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – THERE WILL BE BLOOD
3. JAMES MCAVOY – ATONEMENT
4. VIGGO MORTENSEN – EASTERN PROMISES
5. DENZEL WASHINGTON – AMERICAN GANGSTER
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
2. CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
3. HAIRSPRAY
4. JUNO
5. SWEENEY TODD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. AMY ADAMS – ENCHANTED
2. NIKKI BLONSKY – HAIRSPRAY
3. HELENA BONHAM CARTER – SWEENEY TODD
4. MARION COTILLARD – LA VIE EN ROSE
5. ELLEN PAGE – JUNO
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. JOHNNY DEPP – SWEENEY TODD
2. RYAN GOSLING – LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
3. TOM HANKS – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
4. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – THE SAVAGES
5. JOHN C. REILLY – WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. BEE MOVIE
2. RATATOUILLE
3. THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (ROMANIA)
2. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (FRANCE AND USA)
3. THE KITE RUNNER (USA)
4. LUST, CAUTION (TAIWAN)
5. PERSEPOLIS (FRANCE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
1. CATE BLANCHETT – I’M NOT THERE
2. JULIA ROBERTS – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
3. SAOIRSE RONAN –ATONEMENT
4. AMY RYAN – GONE BABY GONE
5. TILDA SWINTON – MICHAEL CLAYTON
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
1. CASEY AFFLECK – THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
2. JAVIER BARDEM –NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
4. JOHN TRAVOLTA – HAIRSPRAY
5. TOM WILKINSON – MICHAEL CLAYTON
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
1. TIM BURTON – SWEENEY TODD
2. ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3. JULIAN SCHNABEL – THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
4. RIDLEY SCOTT – AMERICAN GANGSTER
5. JOE WRIGHT – ATONEMENT
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
1. DIABLO CODY – JUNO
2. ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3. CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON – ATONEMENT
4. RONALD HARWOOD – THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
5. AARON SORKIN – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
1. MICHAEL BROOK, KAKI KING, EDDIE VEDDER – INTO THE WILD
2. CLINT EASTWOOD – GRACE IS GONE
3. ALBERTO IGLESIAS – THE KITE RUNNER
4. DARIO MARIANELLI – ATONEMENT
5. HOWARD SHORE – EASTERN PROMISES
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
1. "DESPEDIDA" – LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Music by: Shakira, Antonio Pinto
Lyrics by: Shakira
2. "GRACE IS GONE" – GRACE IS GONE
Music by: Clint Eastwood
Lyrics by: Carole Bayer Sager
3. "GUARANTEED" – INTO THE WILD
Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder
4. "THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW" – ENCHANTED
Music By: Alan Menken
Lyrics By: Stephen Schwartz
5. "WALK HARD" – WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
Music & Lyrics by: Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, Kasdan
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
1. BIG LOVE (HBO)
2. DAMAGES (FX NETWORKS)
3. GREY’S ANATOMY (ABC)
4. HOUSE (FOX)
5. MAD MEN (AMC)
6. THE TUDORS (SHOWTIME)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. 30 ROCK (NBC)
2. CALIFORNICATION (SHOWTIME)
3. ENTOURAGE (HBO)
4. EXTRAS (HBO)
5. PUSHING DAISIES (ABC)
As far as the production companies goes, FOCUS FEATURES and PARAMOUNT VANTAGE got the most nominations for feature films with 11 each and HBO for TV with 18.
A good year with good movies and fair Golden Globe 2008 nominations. Here's the official site where you can see the complete list.
Below you can see this year's nominations, except of few categories, and in blue are the choices I think are most suited to take the Globe. As always though, by choosing a favorite, it seems like I condemn it to not win instead.
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1. AMERICAN GANGSTER
2. ATONEMENT
3. EASTERN PROMISES
4. THE GREAT DEBATERS
5. MICHAEL CLAYTON
6. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
7. THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1. CATE BLANCHETT – ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
2. JULIE CHRISTIE – AWAY FROM HER
3. JODIE FOSTER – THE BRAVE ONE
4. ANGELINA JOLIE – A MIGHTY HEART
5. KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – ATONEMENT
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1. GEORGE CLOONEY – MICHAEL CLAYTON
2. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – THERE WILL BE BLOOD
3. JAMES MCAVOY – ATONEMENT
4. VIGGO MORTENSEN – EASTERN PROMISES
5. DENZEL WASHINGTON – AMERICAN GANGSTER
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
2. CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
3. HAIRSPRAY
4. JUNO
5. SWEENEY TODD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. AMY ADAMS – ENCHANTED
2. NIKKI BLONSKY – HAIRSPRAY
3. HELENA BONHAM CARTER – SWEENEY TODD
4. MARION COTILLARD – LA VIE EN ROSE
5. ELLEN PAGE – JUNO
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. JOHNNY DEPP – SWEENEY TODD
2. RYAN GOSLING – LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
3. TOM HANKS – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
4. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – THE SAVAGES
5. JOHN C. REILLY – WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. BEE MOVIE
2. RATATOUILLE
3. THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (ROMANIA)
2. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (FRANCE AND USA)
3. THE KITE RUNNER (USA)
4. LUST, CAUTION (TAIWAN)
5. PERSEPOLIS (FRANCE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
1. CATE BLANCHETT – I’M NOT THERE
2. JULIA ROBERTS – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
3. SAOIRSE RONAN –ATONEMENT
4. AMY RYAN – GONE BABY GONE
5. TILDA SWINTON – MICHAEL CLAYTON
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
1. CASEY AFFLECK – THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
2. JAVIER BARDEM –NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
4. JOHN TRAVOLTA – HAIRSPRAY
5. TOM WILKINSON – MICHAEL CLAYTON
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
1. TIM BURTON – SWEENEY TODD
2. ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3. JULIAN SCHNABEL – THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
4. RIDLEY SCOTT – AMERICAN GANGSTER
5. JOE WRIGHT – ATONEMENT
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
1. DIABLO CODY – JUNO
2. ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3. CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON – ATONEMENT
4. RONALD HARWOOD – THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
5. AARON SORKIN – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
1. MICHAEL BROOK, KAKI KING, EDDIE VEDDER – INTO THE WILD
2. CLINT EASTWOOD – GRACE IS GONE
3. ALBERTO IGLESIAS – THE KITE RUNNER
4. DARIO MARIANELLI – ATONEMENT
5. HOWARD SHORE – EASTERN PROMISES
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
1. "DESPEDIDA" – LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Music by: Shakira, Antonio Pinto
Lyrics by: Shakira
2. "GRACE IS GONE" – GRACE IS GONE
Music by: Clint Eastwood
Lyrics by: Carole Bayer Sager
3. "GUARANTEED" – INTO THE WILD
Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder
4. "THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW" – ENCHANTED
Music By: Alan Menken
Lyrics By: Stephen Schwartz
5. "WALK HARD" – WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
Music & Lyrics by: Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, Kasdan
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
1. BIG LOVE (HBO)
2. DAMAGES (FX NETWORKS)
3. GREY’S ANATOMY (ABC)
4. HOUSE (FOX)
5. MAD MEN (AMC)
6. THE TUDORS (SHOWTIME)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. 30 ROCK (NBC)
2. CALIFORNICATION (SHOWTIME)
3. ENTOURAGE (HBO)
4. EXTRAS (HBO)
5. PUSHING DAISIES (ABC)
As far as the production companies goes, FOCUS FEATURES and PARAMOUNT VANTAGE got the most nominations for feature films with 11 each and HBO for TV with 18.
A good year with good movies and fair Golden Globe 2008 nominations. Here's the official site where you can see the complete list.
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