Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 14, 2008 at 02:25 PM
Late to the table but in complete agreement with Sasha Stone and Kris Tapley that this Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ad on behalf of Best Supporting Actor nominee Casey Afleck is perhaps the best of its kind seen all season. In no small part because it's in keeping with the aura and tone of the film itself.

It would take four to six hours of calling the Sovet Republic of Warner Bros. to begin to get some kind of answer about who the creative hands were so let's not, but sincere congrats to whomever the geniuses are.

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BEST PICTURE: Australia (20th Century Fox), The Argentine (Focus Features), Guerilla (Focus Features), Milk (Focus Features), Seven Pounds (Sony), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount/Warner Bros.), The Soloist (DreamWorks), Body of Lies (Warner Bros.), Revolutionary Road (Paramount Vantage/DreamWorks), The Changeling (Universal Pictures), Frost/Nixon (Universal), Doubt (Miramax), Blindness (Universal Pictures), Defiance (Paramount Vantage), The Duchess (Paramount Vantage), Valkyrie (MGM-UA), The Reader (Weinstein Co.)
BEST DIRECTOR: Fernando Meirelles (Blindness), David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Brian Singer (Valkyrie), Baz Luhrmann (Australia), Steven Soderbergh (The Argentine and Guerilla), Gus Van Sant (Milk), Gabriele Muccino (Seven Pounds), Joe Wright (The Soloist), Ridley Scott (Body of Lies), Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road), Clint Eastwood (Changeling), John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), Edward Zwick (Defiance), Saul Dibb (The Duchess), Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess), Hugh Jackman (Australia), Tom Cruise (Valkyrie), Harrison Ford (Crossing Over), Sean Penn (Milk), James Franco (Pineapple Express), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Synecdoche, New York), Heath Ledger (Dark Knight), Will Smith (Seven Pounds), Jamie Foxx (The Soloist)
BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road), Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Keira Knightley (The Duchess), Nicole Kidman (Australia)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Leiv Schreiber (Defiance), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), John Malkovich (Changeling and Burn After Reading), Bill Nighy (Valkyrie), Robert Downey Jr. (The Soloist), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic thunder), James Franco (The Pineapple Express), Alan Alda (Nothing But the Truth)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Meryl Streep (Doubt), Amy Adams (Doubt), Vera Farmiga (Nothing But the Truth)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who (20th Century Fox)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Peter Straughan (How to Lose Friends and Alienate People)
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Comments
I loooooove this film. Haven't been able to stop watching it after work this past week or so. These for your consideration ads are beautiful and totally in keeping with the somber tone of the film; just wonderful stuff all around. Javier Bardem will win, but it'd be so great if Casey Affleck got it...it was truly a revelatory performance.
Posted by: actionman
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February 14, 2008 02:42 PM
Awesome. It's definitely like the real Robert Ford picture. The only one I've seen of him, actually.
I wouldn't mind if Affleck won the award. I fucking loved this film.
And in my opinion Brad Pitt gave a better performance in that film than George Clooney in Michael Clayton.
Posted by: Geoff
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February 14, 2008 02:55 PM
It's too bad they couldn't get the same geniuses at Warner Bros. to market and release the film correctly when it came out in the first place.
Posted by: Jeremy King
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February 14, 2008 02:57 PM
Yeah...for starters the print ads should have looked like this.
There were a million different ways to have marketed that film. It was always going to have a smaller market appeal but boy did they blow it. It should have played at exclusive large-screen venues. They should have played up the lyrical aspects of the film.
Fools!!!! Fools!!!!!! Fools!!!!!! I admire them getting Casey a nod, but lets face it--it was a leading performance not supporting.
Imagine a 70MM release of this puppy? Would have been awesome.
Posted by: JaySmire
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February 14, 2008 03:03 PM
once in a while they get it right.....
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-outlaws/BobFord-500.jpg
Posted by: scooterzz
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February 14, 2008 03:14 PM
I just want to know when a special edition dvd with making-of's and commentaries and all that jazz will be on the way.
Posted by: actionman
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February 14, 2008 03:18 PM
Will finally get Blood in theatres tomorrow and Old Men next Friday, but so far this nis the film of last year that has stayed with me the most. And I usually hate westerns. A glorious achievement on every level. Since this and Zodiac are not nominated I find it hard to take the awards seriously and have stopped paying as much attention as previously, but whatever can get the word out there on this film is a good thing.
Posted by: MAGGA
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February 14, 2008 03:24 PM
Man, in a just world this would totally win. What a great film.
Posted by: GlassFamily
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February 14, 2008 03:28 PM
WB did a series of shots like this that they were planning to unleash if the movie had earned more nominations. Too bad.
Also too bad the DVD is so barebones. This was my favorite film of 2007.
Posted by: erniesouchak
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February 14, 2008 03:39 PM
Most unjust slight of all: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis' score not being nominated. Also Brad Pitt is titanically great in it.
Posted by: BurmaShave
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February 14, 2008 03:44 PM
What a tremendous film. A great, great, great movie.
And a nice ad, too.
Posted by: K. Bowen
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February 14, 2008 03:44 PM
And second Burma Shave on the score.
Posted by: K. Bowen
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February 14, 2008 03:46 PM
Third Burmashave on the score.
Posted by: MAGGA
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February 14, 2008 03:53 PM
When the film is over, the credits remain hypnotic, and you're just sitting there reflecting on the film's emotions, tone, and texture; and this is all because of the music.
Posted by: Geoff
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February 14, 2008 04:04 PM
Fourth!
And thanks for the excuse to mention that I saw it just last night at the Castro. Had already, but at a theater with a tiny little screen. Fairly full house, and the audience seemed to like it. A couple of people even applauded Deakins's credit.
I also just got my DVD in the mail, though I would have held out if I'd known it was just the film. My own fault for ordering in haste.
Posted by: frankbooth
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February 14, 2008 04:07 PM
Never had the chance to see it in theaters, so I went ahead and bought the blu-ray DVD knowing the chances were very high that I'd like it. But of course my fucking Samsung Blu-Ray player can't play the movie properly, despite having downloaded the latest firmware. Yay!!!
Posted by: Jay T.
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February 14, 2008 04:25 PM
how can he be a supporting actor? surely he plays the lead.........
Posted by: joncro
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February 14, 2008 04:28 PM
Gratifying to see so much love for this movie. It was easily my favorite of last year, and I treasure each viewing of it. Like actionman I have watched it several times since receiving bly ray disc, it never loses a thing.
Posted by: PastePotPete
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February 14, 2008 06:09 PM
I'll have to rent this as it came nowhere near me during it's release. I love that photo, puts me in mind of tintypes I have of my relatives. Fantastic ad.
Posted by: dixiedugan
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February 15, 2008 06:48 AM
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