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Santa Barbara Film Festival director Roger Durling announced earlier today that A Single Man star Colin Firth will receive the festival's Outstanding Performance of the Year award on Saturday, 2.13. Durling's Oscar-season instincts are the main reason why the SBFF is seen as a shrewd bellwether and massager of industry sentiment. His decision to honor Firth in this way is therefore a kind of wager that Firth will wind up as a Best Actor nominee.
(l.) A Single Man star Colin Firth; (r.) Santa Barbara Film Festival chief Roger Durling.
This obviously doesn't mean the Firth nomination will happen. Durling's hunches haven't been 100% accurate in the past. (Kristin Scott Thomas, for one, was similarly honored by the festival last year without landing a nomination.) But I respect his courage in placing a strong bet this early in the game.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 27, 2009 at 12:59 PM
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DeadPool
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He's in. His performance is astonishing.
If he doesn't win, I'll be shocked.
Who else is a contender right now???
Posted by DeadPool
at October 27, 2009 3:12 PM
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BurmaShave
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Clooney, Holbrook, Renner, Freeman, Day-Lewis, Damon...
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at October 27, 2009 3:39 PM
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Gordon27
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I can't believe Michael Stuhlbarg hasn't been getting more buzz.
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at October 27, 2009 3:43 PM
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dinovelvet
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Isn't it a wee bit early to declare best of the year when some of the heavy hitters have yet to be screened? Nine, Invictus, etc?
Posted by dinovelvet
at October 27, 2009 3:52 PM
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MilkMan
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Without the tony British accent Colin Firth has a recurring role on General Hospital. Maybe. He's Michael Knight. And about as exciting to watch, too. The best male performance of the year is Sam Rockwell in Moon, and it's not even close. What Rockwell did in Moon was on par with what J. Irons did in Dead Ringers. It's an incredibly complex performance, both emotionally and physically. Especially the physical side.
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at October 27, 2009 4:00 PM
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MilkMan, in the words of Detective Somerset, I agree with the second part.
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at October 27, 2009 4:07 PM
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Eloi Manning
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Rockwell was outstanding in Moon, but sadly not enough people saw it for the Academy voters to consider nominating him. Luckily it seems Moon is well on its way to cult status, so it'll be well regarded in years to come.
Off-topic, but Clint Mansell deserves a nomination for the Moon score as well.
Renner is an outstanding candidate, but again - will the Academy think to recognize him? Or go for the familiar star names to woo the viewers.
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at October 27, 2009 4:55 PM
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Invictus trailer. http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2009/IJKLM/Invictus/trailer.php
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at October 27, 2009 5:43 PM
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BurmaShave
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yeah INVICTUS looks like it came together quite well. Clint you magnificent bastard.
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at October 27, 2009 7:10 PM
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Eloi Manning
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Except Freeman clearly doesn't give a fuck when it comes to attempting Mandela's accent. Goddamn thing sounded like his Visa commercials.
At least Damon tried.
Posted by Eloi Manning
at October 27, 2009 7:18 PM
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BurmaShave
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I noticed that too but I'd rather someone not try an accent they know they can't pull off than try and fail. He certainly has the gravitas to pull off Mandela.
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at October 27, 2009 7:25 PM
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Does Roger Durling always look like that, or is he trying to get Fred Armisen to play him on SNL?
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at October 27, 2009 7:56 PM
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