All Academy Awards articles – Page 72

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    Academy unveils 56 songs eligible for original song Oscar

    2007-12-12T22:49:00Z

    Fifty-nine songs from eligible features are in the running for the 80th Academy Awards' original song category.On January 15 the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for voting members of the music branch in both Beverly Hills and New York City. Following the screenings, members will ...

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    Sky gets UK broadcast rights to Oscars and Golden Globes

    2007-12-11T11:18:00Z

    UK TV company Sky has announced that it will broadcast the Golden Globe Awards live on Sky Movies Premiere for the first time. Live red carpet coverage and awards highlights will be shown on Jan 13 and Jan 14 on Sky One, in Sky's exclusive UK broadcast deal. For the ...

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    Awards countdown - Women of substance

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Unlike 2006, when Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz all gave showstopping performances, 2007 is not a bumper year for actresses.

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    Awards Countdown - best actor prospects

    2007-11-30T00:00:00Z

    1. Daniel Day-LewisThere Will Be BloodWHY As Daniel Plainview, a determined silver miner who becomes a self-made oil tycoon in turn-of-the-last-century California, Day-Lewis delivers another of cinema's great performances. Assuming a voice with a deep, resonant timbre, Day-Lewis' Plainview is menacing and intimidating, yet painfully human and desperate for human ...

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    Mungiu's 4 Months set for Oscar qualifying run in LA

    2007-11-26T21:17:00Z

    IFC Films & Red Envelope Entertainment will open Cristian Mungiu's acclaimed drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days for a one-week qualifying run in Los Angeles on Friday December 21.The film will officially re-open on January 25 2008 at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and IFC Center in New York ...

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    Awards Countdown - Crafts - The Perfectionist

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    There is a wealth of spectacular productions on offer to Academy crafts committees and voters this year, from fantasy spectacles such as Spider-Man 3, Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End, Harry Potter And TheOrder Of The Phoenix, Transformers and The Golden Compassto exquisitely designed period pieces Lust,Caution, Atonement and ...

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    Academy names 15 documentary features on Oscar shortlist

    2007-11-19T19:47:00Z

    The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced its shortlist of 15 films that will contest the documentary feature category for the 80th Academy Awards.The 15 films in alphabetical order are: Autism: The Musical; Body Of War; For The Bible Tells Me So; Lake Of Fire; Nanking; No ...

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    MOST NOMINATED COUNTRIES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE OSCAR

    2007-11-11T22:03:00Z

    THE LAST 30 YEARS: TOP NOMINATED COUNTRIESWinners in bold1: France (18 nominations, 3 wins)2005 Joyeux Noel2004 The Choir2001 Amelie2000 The Taste Of Others1999 East/West1996 Ridicule1992 Indochine1990 Cyrano De Bergerac1989 Camille Claudel1987 Au Revoir Les Enfants1986 Betty Blue1985 Three Men And A Cradle1983 Entre Nous1982 Coup De Torchon1980 The Last Metro1979 ...

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    FOREIGN LANGUAGE OSCAR SUBMISSIONS

    2007-11-11T21:58:00Z

    FULL LIST OF THE OSCAR SUBMISSIONS 2007Argentina - XXY, Lucia PuenzoAustralia - The Home Song Stories, Tony AyresAustria - The Counterfeiters, Stefan RuzowitzkyAzerbaijan - Caucasia, Farid GumbatovBangladesh - On The Wings Of Dreams, Golam Rabbany BiplobBelgium - Ben X, Nic BalthazarBosnia and Herzegovina - It's Hard To Be Nice, Srdan ...

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    National treasures - spotlight on foreign-language Oscars

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Nationality and language are such blurred elements in international film-making today that the Academy's foreign-language film category is always likely to attract controversy. For this year's foreign language submissions - click hereThe most nominated countries - click hereTake The Band's Visit - Israeli director Eran Kolirin's charming story of an ...

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    Awards countdown people

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    TAMARA JENKINS - The SavagesThe Savages balances comedy and tragedy. Film-maker Tamara Jenkins speaks to Patrick Z McGavin about the challengeIn The Savages, the story of a brother and sister coping with their dementia-scarred father, writer-director Tamara Jenkins deftly handles both comedy and tragedy.'It's braided together,' Jenkins says of the ...

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    12 films make the cut for animated feature Oscar

    2007-11-08T20:14:00Z

    Twelve features have been submitted for consideration in the animated feature film category for the 80th Academy Awards.The 12 submitted features are: Alvin And The Chipmunks, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, Bee Movie, Beowulf, Meet The Robinsons, Persepolis, Ratatouille, Shrek The Third, The Simpsons Movie, Surf's ...

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    EFP to present foreign Oscar submissions in New York

    2007-11-03T05:00:00Z

    In a new departure for the organisation, European Film Promotion is to present five foreign language film Oscar submissions to buyers as part of its sixth New York 'Industry Screenings,' which take place in New York on November 12th and 13th.The Oscar candidates from Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway and ...

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    Piracy - Awards Piracy - Screeners: a calculated risk

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    When it comes to screeners, distributors are having to square the potential piracy risk with the benefits of getting their film in voters’ DVD players.

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    Awards Countdown - Best Animated Feature - Year of the Rat

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    He made the beloved hand-drawn Iron Giant in 1999, he won the Academy Award for The Incredibles in 2004 and this year he delivered one of the best reviewed animated films in the last two decades with Ratatouille. He is probably the most exciting animation director at work today. But ...

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    Awards Countdown - High class of 2007

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    A glut of English-language movies, probably caused by the flood of equity into the production market over the last two years, will make for an unusually competitive awards season this year.

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    Academy stands by decision to disqualify Lust, Caution for Taiwan

    2007-10-26T18:04:00Z

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has defended its decision to reject Ang Lee's Lust, Caution as the Taiwanese submission for the Foreign Language Oscar race. When the Academy's Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee met on Oct 11 to discuss any problematic entries, Lust, Caution was disqualifed ...

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    Schamus calls Oscar snub of Lust, Caution 'unjust and capricious'

    2007-10-23T11:16:00Z

    James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features, has expressed his dismay at the decision last week of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) in Los Angeles to reject Ang Lee's Lust, Caution as Taiwan's official submission for the Foreign Language Oscar.'I am sure there is some ancient and ...

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    Lust, Caution rejected as Taiwan's Oscar entry

    2007-10-18T08:51:00Z

    The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles has rejected Taiwan's submission of Lust, Caution as its official nomination for the foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. With no official financing or major cast from the island, Ang Lee's spy thriller, which was filmed in mainland ...

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    Academy unveils 63 foreign language film submissions

    2007-10-18T05:10:00Z

    63 countries have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards, it was announced today by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.The number represents a record for the category and includes first time entrants Azerbaijan and Ireland.FULL LIST OF ...