Golden Globe nominations
December 11th, 2008 at 11:45am Will Pfeifer
Here, fresh from their announcement this morning, are the Golden Globe nominations. There’s no Best Picture nod for THE DARK KNIGHT, which is surprising, but IN BRUGES gets a nod in the comedy category. (It’s a good movie, but a very bleak comedy). Other notable bits: Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet both nab multiple nominations, Heath Ledger gets a posthumous nod for his amazing Joker performance and Tom Cruise gets a supporting nod for his foul-mouthed studio chief in TROPIC THUNDER. It was funny, don’t get me wrong, but if Cruise wins (and I don’t think he will), he’d better give that award to the makeup crew.
BEST MOVIE (DRAMA)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST MOVIE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Burn After Reading
In Bruges
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mamma Mia
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary RoadÂ
BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Rebecca Hall - Vicki Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey
BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Javier Bardem — Vicki Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell - In Bruges
James Franco — Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Steven Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
Entry Filed under: Awards
4 Comments Add your own
1. Brian M | December 11th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
The Golden Globes are such a joke. The Hollywood Foreign Press is a joke, and the fact that Hollywood has embraced their event as a legitimate awards show just baffles me.
I do like seeing IN BRUGES get some love, though. So if anything good comes out of the Globes, it will be to raise Academy awareness to that film.
…and Tom Cruise? Give me a break - his performance was nothing but stunt casting, and neither the makeup nor his performance was convincing or the slightest bit humorous. (and that credit sequence dance? Cruise ruined that movie for me.)
2. echo4charlie | December 12th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I’m with Brian M, Tom Cruise was in no way pivotal to the humor, for me, anyway, in Tropic Thunder.
Robert Downey Junior, however, was hilarious.
Supporting Actor, to me, should go to Heath Ledger. His performance in The Dark Knight, whether a fan of the genre, or not, was truly amazing.
His portrayal made Jack Nicholson’s (which was good, don’t get me wrong) portrayal of the same character look almost amateurish, in my opinion.
3. Brian M | December 12th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Exactly, echo! I remember in my original Dark Knight review, I said “Heath Ledger’s Joker makes Jack Nicholson’s Joker look like Cesar Romero’s Joker” lol
4. Jerry | December 17th, 2008 at 1:27 am
Just for kicks, here’s how I hope it will go down…
BEST MOVIE (DRAMA)
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST MOVIE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
In Bruges
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
Sean Penn - Milk
BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long
BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Rebecca Hall - Vicki Cristina Barcelona
BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet - The Reader
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
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