No single film dominated the 65th Golden Globes on January 13 as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Hfpa) spread its largesse across a wide field in a drastically truncated announcement due to the ongoing writers’ strike.
During a 30-minute press conference, Atonement, which entered the ceremony as the front-runner with seven nominations, emerged with two Globes for best motion picture - drama and best original score.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street won best motion picture - musical or comedy and best actor - musical or comedy for Johnny Depp in the actor’s first, long-awaited Golden Globe win after eight career nominations.
Two other films each won a brace of awards. No Country For Old Men earned prizes for best supporting actor for Javier Bardem and original screenplay for Joel and Ethan Coen, while The Diving Bell And The Butterfly pipped 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days in the foreign-language category and earned Julian Schnabel the director award.
Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie won the top acting awards in the drama categories for There Will Be Blood and Away From Her respectively, while Marion Cotillard took home the best actress prize in the musical or comedy section for La Vie En Rose. Cate Blanchett won the best supporting actress prize for I’m Not There.
Ratatouille was named best animated feature film and Into The Wild won the original song category for Eddie Vedder’s contribution, Guaranteed.
Juno failed to translate any of its three nominations into a win and there was no joy either for Michael Clayton, which missed out in each of its four nominated categories.
In contrast to the usual glitzy, star-studded televised ceremony, this year’s news conference featured hosts from various US entertainment news programmes reading out nominees and winners. Hfpa president Jorge Camara introduced the event, which was open to all media, and also announced best picture (drama).
Steven Spielberg will receive his Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award next year when, organisers hope, the director will be able to collect his honour in a suitably festive environment.
FULL LIST OF GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS 2007
Best motion picture - drama
Atonement
Best motion picture (musical or comedy)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Best director - motion picture
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - drama
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - drama
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture (musical or comedy)
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy)
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Best animated feature film
Ratatouille
Best foreign-language film
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Best screenplay - motion picture
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Best original score - motion picture
Atonement, composed by Dario Marianelli
Best original song - motion picture
Guaranteed from Into The Wild
Music and lyrics
Eddie Vedder
Best television series - drama
Mad Men
Best performance by an actress in a television series - drama
Glenn Close - Damages
Best performance by an actor in a television series - drama
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Best television series (musical or comedy)
Extras
Best performance by an actress in a television series - musical or comedy
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Best performance by an actor in a television series (musical or comedy)
David Duchovny - Californication
Best mini-series or motion picture made for television
Longford
Best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Queen Latifah - Life Support
Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Jim Broadbent - Longford
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television
Samantha Morton - Longford
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television
Jeremy Piven - Entourage.
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