Weird Spirits, Good Spirits
Good things about today's Spirit Awards nominations: (a) A Serious Man will get a special Robert Altman award (and not a Best Picture nomination?); (b) Sin Nombre was nominated for Best Picture, and Cary Fukunaga was nominated for Best Director; (c) Greg Mottola's Adventureland screenplay was nominated; (d) Tom Ford's A Single Man was nominated for Best First Feature (and is almost guaranteed to win in this category -- trust me); (e) Big Fan and Humpday were nominated for the John Cassaevetes Award (i.e., best feature made for under $500,000); (f) Sacha Gervasi's Anvil! The Story of Anvil was nominated for Best Doc (and will almost certainly win).
Curious/weird things: (a) The Cove wasn't nominated for Best Doc....what?; (b) Congrats to Ginsberg-Libby for scoring the p.r. gig but why, I'm wondering, did the Spirits jettison Mark Pogachefsky's MPRM after so many years of sterling service?; (c) The Hurt Locker is missing because it was nominated last year, and that happened because somebody on the team submitted it -- go figure; (d) Yes, of course -- A Serious Man lead Michael Stuhlbarg should have been nominated for Best Actor (and I'm starting to realize why people are cool to his performance -- it's because his character doesn't stand up and get angry and fight against God's wrath, and because he doesn't make a move on the hot pot-smoking lady next door); (e) That Evening Sun's Hal Holbrook was denied a Best Actor nomination..why?
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM
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Colin
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Hey alright Adventureland gets a nod!
Posted by Colin
at December 1, 2009 12:02 PM
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stillwater
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The Messenger, the best movie nobody is talking about, got 4 nominations, including screenplay and best supporting actor for Woody. Why this movie isn't in the the conversation for best picture is completely beyond me. Easily top 5 of the year.
Posted by stillwater
at December 1, 2009 2:40 PM
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Terry McCarty
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(e) That Evening Sun's Hal Holbrook was denied a Best Actor nomination..why?
Agree. Presuming some people felt he got enough late-career recognition for INTO THE WILD. But would have liked him to get a deserved nomination.
Posted by Terry McCarty
at December 1, 2009 3:01 PM
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Noiresque
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I'm glad to see Gwyneth Paltrow get a nod for TWO LOVERS.
Posted by Noiresque
at December 1, 2009 3:17 PM
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drbob
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Jeff, I thought you weren't a big fan of "Big Fan."
Posted by drbob
at December 1, 2009 4:19 PM
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lipranzer
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I guess I can sort of understand Holbrook not getting nominated because, even in the Spirit Awards arena, the competition for Best Actor is pretty tough, but it's quite surprising he was ignored while co-star Mia Wasikowska was nominated. I happen to like Wasikowska (if you haven't seen the first season of "In Treatment," you should watch it, as she's amazing as a suicidal teenager), and liked her in the movie, but to me, a really good supporting performance implies the movie would lose a lot if you took the performance out of the movie. Take Wasikowska out of THAT EVENING SUN, and you'd still have a movie.
Posted by lipranzer
at December 1, 2009 5:49 PM
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Gordon27
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I loved her on 'In Treatment', which makes me wish I wanted to see 'Alice in Wonderland'. Maybe the 3-D Trailer will win me over.
Posted by Gordon27
at December 2, 2009 1:00 AM
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EDouglasCS
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A Serious Man may be getting the Robert Altman award because it's over the budget of what the Indie Spirits allows, which I believe is $30 million, which would make it ineligible. I remember a few other movies have been awarded as such... 21 Grams is one I seem to remember (also released by Focus Features).
Posted by EDouglasCS
at December 2, 2009 4:54 AM
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