Friday, January 3, 2014

2005 CinSpec Awards


Winners indicated (*). I still have many films to see from this year, like Kings and Queen, Three Times, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Grizzly Man, Transamerica, Me You and Everyone We Know, Happy Endings, Shopgirl, Le Couperet, The Ice Harvest, Joyeux Noel, Stay, Lord of War, Oliver Twist, Manderlay, Pierrepoint, The Italian, Conversations with Other Women, Everything is Illuminated, Four Brothers, Unleashed, Bee Season, and Green Street Hooligans.

Caché

BEST PICTURE:
Caché*
L'Enfant
Match Point
The New World
Pride and Prejudice

BEST DIRECTOR:
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, L'Enfant
Michael Haneke, Caché*
Terrence Malick, The New World
Joe Wright, Pride and Prejudice

L'Enfant

BEST ACTOR:
Pierce Brosnan, The Matador
Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Johnny Depp, The Libertine*
Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow
Tom Wilkinson, Separate Lies

BEST ACTRESS:
Juliette Binoche, Caché
Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
Q'orianka Kilcher, The New World
Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice*
Radha Mitchell, Melinda and Melinda

Pride and Prejudice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man*
Ed Harris, A History of Violence
Barry Pepper, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Peter Sarsgaard, Jarhead
Luke Wilson, The Family Stone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Adams, Junebug
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Julia Dufvenius, Saraband
Scarlett Johansson, Match Point*
Rachel McAdams, The Family Stone

A History of Violence

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
A History of Violence*
Munich
Pride and Prejudice

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Brothers
Caché
L'Enfant*
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale

The New World

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Batman Begins
Good Night, and Good Luck.
The New World*
Pride and Prejudice
2046

BEST FILM EDITING:
Batman Begins
Cinderella Man
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Munich
Sin City*

Match Point

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Batman Begins
The Beat That My Heart Skipped*
Cinderella Man
Millions
Pride and Prejudice

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"In the Deep", Crash
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp", Hustle and Flow*
"Rochester's Farewell", The Libertine
"Square One", Elizabethtown
"Who's Minding the Store", Good Night, and Good Luck.

Additional Categories

2046

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Batman Begins
Good Night, and Good Luck.*
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Memoirs of a Geisha
2046

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World
Pride and Prejudice
2046*
Walk the Line

BEST MAKEUP:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*
Sin City

Batman Begins

BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Batman Begins*
King Kong
Last Days
Munich
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong*
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Howl's Moving Castle
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit*

Updated: 6/26/15

14 comments:

  1. I'm really shocked that none of the Brokeback Mountain actors even got nominations!

    We go 4/5 in Lead Actress!!! I hate when people say that this was a horrible year for Lead Actresses because I love my entire top 12, and I consider my Top 5 one of the strongest of the decade!

    And we have the same BP/BD winners! Cache is amazing.

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    1. While I admire the film and the performances, I've always found Brokeback a bit overrated. I do like it. I just don't love it. That said, Michelle Williams was in the running (along with Ziyi Zhang and ScarJo). Heath Ledger probably wouldn't even make my top 10, but I like his performance. It seems I'm on my own regarding Brokeback. :/

      Yeah, I was thrilled that our lineup was so close. I really need to see Sophie Scholl!

      Haha, Cache and Lost in Translation are our only BP matches since 2000. 2/14 isn't bad. ;)

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  2. I like that you included Peter Sarsgard in here. I liked Jarhead, and he's criminally underrated.

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    1. He's wonderful in that role. Glad you like his performance too.

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  3. LOVE, LOVE Batman Begins, I dare say I put that ahead of The Dark Knight. Oooh you got me intrigued by Caché, I just saw what it's about. That'll be my intro to Haneke. I saw an awful movie by Daniel Auteuil last year, but I think he's a talented French actor.

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    1. I put Batman Begins ahead of The Dark Knight as well. :) Caché is a great place to start with Haneke. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it.

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    2. Ah, there's a reason I like you Josh! :D I know lots of people who give me the look when I said that about Batman Begins, ahah. I should get to the Haneke bandwagon at some point so yeah, I might start w/ Caché.

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    3. Haha, I've always preferred BB to TDK, but I think I still like The Dark Knight Rises the best.

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  4. No matter how many times I watch Cache, more is revealed to me. That film is so intricately layered, it's remarkable. Great list here man.

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    1. Thanks pal. Caché is a fascinating little movie. It's my favorite Haneke film, but The Seventh Continent isn't far behind.

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  5. You do see beyond Binoche then? :) Though Knightley was quite good in that role. No love for performances in Brokeback?

    I have never heard of The Libertine. worth checking out? or just Depp's good in it? And Amy Adams in Junebug - I would have given everything to her. LOVE her in that role.

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    1. LOL. Well, I currently give her 7 wins out of 11 noms, so she has lost a few times. ;)

      Michelle Williams was one of my runners-up for the fifth spot. I like Ledger's and Gyllenhaal's performances too, but I don't love them like most people.

      The Libertine is kind of filthy. Even the cinematography makes it look dirty. Still, it's worth seeing for Depp's performance as John Wilmot, the English poet who led a wild life and died of syphilis. It also has good supporting performances by Samantha Morton and Rosamund Pike. The haunting score by Michael Nyman is also great. I nominated a song from it, since I couldn't fit it into Best Original Score. You might want to check out the prologue clip. It's literally the first scene in the film, and it's only 2 minutes. Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfTPS-TFQ_c

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  6. I have a mini sweep this year even though there were several fine films, not however that piece of crap that won the actual Oscar, Crash, but nothing as good to me as Brokeback Mountain. We seem rather far apart this year except for Pride & Prejudice which I think is terrific too.

    Picture:
    Brokeback Mountain-Winner
    Capote
    A History of Violence
    Match Point
    Pride & Prejudice
    I love P&P and any other year it would be my winner but Brokeback resonated so strongly for me.

    Director:
    Woody Allen-Match Point
    David Cronenberg-A History of Violence
    Ang Lee-Brokeback Mountain-Winner
    Bennett Miller-Capote
    Joe Wright-Pride & Prejudice
    The change of locale seemed to energize Woody and Match Point was his freshest film in several years. Cronenberg and Miller did strong jobs with their films and again if not for Brokeback Wright's guiding of P&P couldn't have been beaten but Lee conquers yet another genre, he's my favorite contemporary director.

    Actor:
    Jake Gyllenhaal-Brokeback Mountain
    Philip Seymour Hoffman-Capote
    Heath Ledger-Brokeback Mountain-Winner
    Joaquin Phoenix-Walk the Line
    David Strathairn-Good Luck and Good Night
    Honorable mention-Matthew MacFayden's subtle and overlooked work in Pride & Prejudice.
    I thought Walk the Line was overrated though I enjoyed it but Phoenix's work was very strong. Likewise with Good Luck and Strathairn. Hoffman was estimable in Capote going beyond mere impersonization to reveal that troubled man's twisted soul. I was really torn between the two leads of Brokeback but Heath's internalized pain won out.

    Actress:
    Joan Allen-The Upside of Anger
    Keira Knightley-Pride & Prejudice
    Laura Linney-The Squid and the Whale
    Joan Plowright-Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
    Rachel Weisz-The Constant Gardner-Winner
    Honorable mention-Julianne Moore-The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
    While I love the other three, particularly Keira in P&P, this was between Joan Allen's wonderfully unhinged work in Upside of Anger and Rachel Weisz in Constant Gardner. I thought Weisz gave the best female performance of the year so I'm glad she was rewarded but her win in supporting is ridiculous. Hers is the story engine that makes the film run.

    Supporting Actor:
    Clifton Collins, Jr.-Capote-Winner
    Paul Giamatti-Cinderella Man
    Ed Harris-A History of Violence
    Tom Hollander-Pride & Prejudice
    Anthony Hopkins-Proof
    Honorable mentions-Donald Sutherland & Simon Woods-Pride & Prejudice
    Giamatti, Harris and Hopkins do well by their roles but my choice came down between two performances that were ignored this year. All the acting is superior in P&P but Hollander's portrait of that fusty little fart Mr. Collins nails that pretentious toad perfectly, he's my runner up but Clifton Collins work as Perry Smith is so powerful, I was mystified how it was totally ignored for awards recognition at the time but he's my winner.

    Supporting Actress:
    Maria Bello-A History of Violence
    Brenda Blethyn-Pride & Prejudice
    Scarlett Johansson-Match Point
    Catherine Keener-Capote
    Michelle Williams-Brokeback Mountain-Winner
    Four admirable performances but Williams's turn as the initially insecure turned bitter and betrayed Alma is so beautifully done she was an easy choice for the win.

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    1. I liked Brokeback Mountain more when I first saw it, but it didn't hold up for me on repeat viewings. I do still like the film now, though I don't love it. That said, I love that you give Ledger and Williams those wins. Williams was close to making my lineup, but my Best Actor lineup was way too crowded for Ledger.

      It's nice to see Match Point, A History of Violence and Pride and Prejudice get so many noms. That Giamatti nom is awesome too. I couldn't fit Capote anywhere, but I like that film as well.

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