The First Annual 1/10 Awards 2009!!!

The 1/10 awards are designed to highlight the worst of the year in film making. All nominees were culled from films I watched for the sake of the Dolphins, so it's the worst of what is "supposed" to be good. It should be noted that I never watched Amelia

Worst Picture
(500) Days of Summer
Avatar
The Blind Side
The Boat That Rocked
Coraline
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Julie & Julia
Public Enemies
The Road

Worst Director
James Cameron - Avatar
John Lee Hancock - The Blind Side
John Hillcoat - The Road
Michael Mann - Public Enemies
Sam Mendes - Away We Go
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Worst Actor
Sharlto Copley - District 9
Tobey McGuire - Brothers
Viggo Mortensen - The Road
Chris Pine - Star Trek
Sam Worthington - Avatar

Worst Actress
Amy Adams - Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Zooey Deschanel - (500) Days of Summer
Zoe Saldana - Avatar
Rachel Weisz - The Brothers Bloom

Worst Supporting Actor
Jae Head - The Blind Side
Eli Roth - Inglourious Basterds
David Schwimmer - Nothing but the Truth
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road
Karl Urban - Star Trek

Worst Supporting Actress
Anjoa "Ruhhhgby" Andoh - Invictus
Vera Farmiga - Nothing but the Truth
Eva Mendes - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Mo'Nique - Precious
Charlize Theron - The Road

Worst Original Screenplay
(500) Days of Summer
Avatar
The Boat That Rocked
Cold Souls
Inglourious Basterds
Up

Worst Adapted Screenplay
The Blind Side
Coraline
Invictus
Julie & Julia
Public Enemies
The Road

Worst Editing
Avatar
Big Fan
Inglourious Basterds
Public Enemies
The Road

Worst Score or Soundtrack
(500) Days of Summer
Avatar
Away We Go
Invictus
Precious

Worst Animated Film
Avatar
Coraline
Up

Worst Technical Achievement
Avatar - Smurf Effects; "Costumes"
The Brothers Bloom - Pretending to be Wes Anderson
Cold Souls - Ripping off all its ideas from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation., Synecdoche, NY and Being John Malkovich; general lack of a point
Julie & Julia - Amy Adams' hair
The Lovely Bones - Peter Jackson's dumb vision of Heaven or whatever it's supposed to be

Special Achievement: Worst 2 1/2 Hour Video Game Advertisement Masquerading as a Film
Avatar

Lifetime Failure Award: James Cameron

Few filmmaker's have mastered the twin trajectories of wasting egregious amounts of money making completely asinine shit and being a huge, egomaniacal prick the way James Cameron has. We all know the crap he's made so I'll save everyone some time and remind you all just of a couple of his achievements perhaps destined to be less remembered. Cameron spoke in "Na'vi" during his pompous, god-complex-laden Golden Globes speech and also, earlier in the decade, confirmed that not only is he a complete douche but a horrendous actor during his multi-episode guest starring role on Entourage. Congratulations Jim!

Nomination Tally
4/10 Avatar
1/7 The Road
4/5 The Blind Side
0/5 Inglourious Basterds
0/4 (500) Days of Summer
0/4 Invictus
0/4 Julie & Julia
0/4 Public Enemies
0/3 Coraline
1/2 Away We Go
0/2 The Boat That Rocked
0/2 The Brothers Bloom
1/2 Cold Souls
0/2 Nothing but the Truth
0/2 Precious
0/2 Star Trek
0/2 Up
0/1 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
0/1 Big Fan
1/1 Brothers
0/1 District 9
0/1 The Lovely Bones

2009 Drew Awards

Best Picture
John B. Carls, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Vincent Landay, Maurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things Are
Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt, Mark L. Rosen - Bright Star
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler - Moon
Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy - In the Loop

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Jane Campion - Bright Star
Duncan Jones - Moon
Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things Are
Steven Soderbergh - The Informant!

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Matt Damon - The Informant!
Tom Hardy - Bronson
Sam Rockwell - Moon
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

Best Actress
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
Penelope Cruz - Broken Embraces
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Antichrist
Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi - In the Loop
Paul Higgins - In the Loop
Tom Hollander - In the Loop
David Rasche - In the Loop
Paul Schneider - Bright Star

Best Supporting Actress
Leonie Benesch - The White Ribbon
Mimi Kennedy - In the Loop
Edie Martin - Bright Star
Gina McKee - In the Loop
Catherine O'Hara - Away We Go

Best Original Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit - A Prophet
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Adam Elliot - Mary and Max
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker - Moon

Best Adapted Screenplay
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche - In the Loop
Scott Z. Burns - The Informant!
Dave Eggers, Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things Are
Peter Straughan - The Men Who Stare at Goats

Best Cinematography
Lance Acord - Where the Wild Things Are
Christian Berger - The White Ribbon
Greig Fraser - Bright Star
Eduard Grau - A Single Man
Gary Shaw - Moon

Best Editing
Anthony Boys, Billy Sneddon - In the Loop
Nicolas Gaster - Moon
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski - The Hurt Locker
Roderick Jaynes - A Serious Man
Joe Walker - Harry Brown

Best Art Direction
Dan Bishop - A Single Man
Nelson Lowry - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Anastasia Masaro - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Tony Noble - Moon
Adrian Smith - Bronson

Best Costume
Janet Patterson - Bright Star
Arianne Phillips - A Single Man
Monique Prudhomme - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Louise Stjernsward - Creation
Casey Storm - Where the Wild Things Are

Best Sound
Peter Albrechtsen, Kristian Eidnes Andersen - Antichrist
Ray Beckett, Paul N.J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker
Chris C. Benson, Craig Berkey, Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff - A Serious Man
Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten, Gary Wilkins - Where the Wild Things Are
Erin McKimm, Peter Walker - Mary and Max

Best Makeup
Lily Beckett, Niamh Morrison - Bronson
Christine Beveridge, Kay Georgiou - The Informant!
Daniel Parker - The Hurt Locker

Best Score
Carter Burwell - A Serious Man
Carter Burwell, Karen O. - Where the Wild Things Are
Dale Cornelius - Mary and Max
Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
Clint Mansell - Moon

Best Foreign Language Film
Pedro Almodóvar - Broken Embraces
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Henrik Ruben Genz - Terribly Happy
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Ole Christian Madsen - Flame & Citron

Best Animated Film
Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ron Clements, John Musker - The Princess and the Frog
Adam Elliot - Mary and Max

Best Documentary Film
Kirby Dick - Outrage
Sacha Gervasi - Anvil: the Story of Anvil
Louie Psihoyos - The Cove
Chris Smith - Collapse
Jeff Stilson - Good Hair

Lifetime Achievement Award: Warren Beatty for mastery in acting, producing, screenwriting, and directing in a career spanning 50 years.

Warren Beatty gave his breakthrough performance in Elia Kazan's 1961 melodrama Splendor in the Grass in which he starred with then girlfriend Natalie Wood. Even in his first performance, he displayed his charismatic, understated and naturalistic style he would go on to perfect throughout his career. Six years later, Beatty received his first Oscar recognition for producing and starring in the 1967 benchmark film Bonnie & Clyde. In the 1970s, Beatty co-wrote, starred and produced Shampoo (1975) and co-wrote, starred, produced and co-directed Heaven Can Wait (1978) two of the finest and funniest comedies of the decade, while also delivering good performances in films such as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Parallax View and $ (Dollars). He received an Oscar nomination for Shampoo's screenplay and was also nominated for writing, acting, producing and directing Heaven Can Wait. In 1981, Beatty co-wrote, starred, produced and directed Reds, the epic biopic of John Reed, Marxist journalist and activist. Among nominations for writing, acting and producing, Beatty won Best Director for that picture, his first and only Oscar, as well as directing Maureen Stapleton to a Best Supporting Actress trophy as Emma Goldman. He is still the only person to receive Oscar nominations for writing, directing, producing and acting for the same film on two occasions. In 1990, Beatty made the pop art-styled Dick Tracy based on the popular comic. The film, despite a troubled production, was a big financial success and netted Al Pacino an Oscar nomination along with a series of technical nominations. With the exception of Madonna's presence, the film still remains one of the finest comic book adaptations in history. In 1992, Beatty was nominated for acting and producing for the final time in Bugsy, the biopic of gangster Bugsy Siegel, which co-starred Annette Bening his eventual wife and was written by recent Colleen winner James Toback. 1998 marked Beatty's final work as a writer and director, and his final Oscar nomination (for screenplay,) with the political satire Bulworth. Since 2001, Beatty has mainly been retired other than a executive producer credit or two.
He now, at the ripe old age of 73, receives his biggest honor yet, the Drew Lifetime Achievement Award. Thank you for all you have given to us, Mr. Beatty. You, sir, are a living treasure.

Win/Nomination Tally:
6/8 Moon
3/9 In the Loop
2/7 Bright Star
2/4 Mary and Max
2/4 A Single Man
1/4 The Hurt Locker
1/4 The White Ribbon
1/1 Collapse
1/1 Warren Beatty
0/7 Where the Wild Things Are
0/6 A Serious Man
0/4 The Informant!
0/3 Bronson
0/3 Fantastic Mr. Fox
0/2 Antichrist
0/2 Broken Embraces
0/2 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
0/2 A Prophet
0/1 Anvil: the Story of Anvil
0/1 Away We Go
0/1 The Cove
0/1 Crazy Heart
0/1 Creation
0/1 Fish Tank
0/1 Flame & Citron
0/1 Good Hair
0/1 Harry Brown
0/1 The Men Who Stare at Goats
0/1 Outrage
0/1 Precious
0/1 The Princess and the Frog
0/1 Terribly Happy

The 3rd Annual Donna Awards 2009!

Best picture
Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz, Andrea Occhipinti - The White Ribbon
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro - The Hurt Locker
Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler - Moon
Melanie Coombs - Mary and Max
Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy - In the Loop

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Adam Elliott - Mary and Max
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Armando Iannucci - In the Loop
Duncan Jones - Moon

Best Actor
Edgar Flores - Sin Nombre
Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
Sam Rockwell - Moon
Michael Sheen - The Damned United
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Audrey Tatou - Coco Before Chanel
*There are only 4 that deserve the Dolphin Award

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi - In the Loop
Tom Hollander - In the Loop
Anthony Mackie - The Hurt Locker
Alfred Molina - An Education
Stanley Tucci - Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actress
Leonie Benesch - The White Ribbon
Paulina Gaiton - Sin Nombre
Sari Lennick - A Serous Man
Gina McKee - In the Loop
Julianne Moore - A Single Man

Best Original Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit - A Prophet
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Cary Fukanaga - Sin Nombre
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker - Moon

Best Adapted Screenplay
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche - In the Loop
Scott Z. Burns - The Informant!
Dave Eggers, Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things Are
Tom Ford, David Scearce - A Single Man

Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker
Lance Acord - Where the Wild Things Are
Christian Berger - The White Ribbon
Roger Deakins - A Serious Man
Stéphane Fontaine - A Prophet

Best Makeup
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow - Star Trek
Vivianna Delgado, Michael Fuentes, Alfredo Garcia et. all - Sin Nombre
John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore - The Young Victoria

Best Score
Carter Burwell - A Serious Man
Alexandre Desplat - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Michael Giacchino - Up
Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man

Best Foreign Lang. Film
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Anne Fontaine - Coco Before Channel
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre

Best Anim. Film
Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson - Up
Adam Elliott - Mary & Max

Best Editing
Anthony Boys, Billy Sneddon - In the Loop
Nicolas Gaster - Moon
James Haygood, Eric Zumbrunnen - Where the Wild Things Are
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski - The Hurt Locker
Juliette Welfing - A Prophet

Art Direct./Set
K. K. Barrett - Where the Wild Things Are
Dan Bishop - A Single Man
Frederick Blum - Coco Before Channel
Karl Júlíusson - The Hurt Locker
Christoph Kanter - The White Ribbon

Best Costume
Moidel Bickel - The White Ribbon
Catherine Leterrier - Coco before Chanel
Arrianne Phillips - A Single Man
Casey Storm - Where the Wild Things Are
Mary Zophres - A Serious Man

Best Sound
Ray Beckett, Paul N.J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker
Ben Burtt, Mark A. Mangini, Alan Rankin - Star Trek
Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten, Gary Wilkins - Where the Wild Things Are
Erin McKimm, Peter Walker - Mary and Max
Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier - A Prophet

3rd Annual Golden Dolphin Nominations 2009

Best Picture
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro - The Hurt Locker
Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt, Mark L. Rosen - Bright Star
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler - Moon
Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy - In the Loop

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Jane Campion - Bright Star
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen – A Serious Man
Duncan Jones – Moon
Spike Jonze – Where The Wild Things Are

Best Actor
Matt Damon – The Informant!
Tom Hardy - Bronson
Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
Sam Rockwell – Moon
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

Best Actress
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
Penelope Cruz – Broken Embraces
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Audrey Tautou – Coco Before Chanel

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi – In The Loop
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Tom Hollander - In the Loop
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
Paul Schneider – Bright Star

Best Supporting Actress
Leonie Benesch - The White Ribbon
Marcia Gay Harden – The Maiden Heist
Mimi Kennedy - In the Loop
Sari Lennick - A Serious Man
Gina McKee - In the Loop

Best Original Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit - A Prophet
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Adam Elliot - Mary and Max
Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker - Moon

Best Adapted Screenplay
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche - In the Loop
Scott Z. Burns – The Informant!
David Eggers, Spike Jonze – Where The Wild Things Are
Tom Ford, David Scearce - A Single Man

Best Cinematography
Lance Acord - Where The Wild Things Are
Christian Berger - White Ribbon
Roger Deakins - A Serious Man
Greig Fraser - Bright Star
Eduard Grau - A Single Man

Best Editing
Anthony Boys, Billy Sneddon - In the Loop
Nicolas Gaster - Moon
James Haygood, Eric Zumbrunnen - Where The Wild Things Are
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski - The Hurt Locker
Roderick Jaynes - A Serious Man

Best Art Direction
K. K. Barrett - Where the Wild Things Are
Dan Bishop - A Single Man
Nelson Lowry - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Tony Noble - Moon
Adrian Smith - Bronson

Best Costume
Moidel Bickel - The White Ribbon
Doug Hall - Crazy Heart
Janet Patterson – Bright Star
Arianne Phillips - A Single Man
Casey Storm – Where The Wild Things Are

Best Sound
Ray Beckett, Paul N.J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker
Chris C. Benson, Craig Berkey, Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff - A Serious Man
Lori Dovi, Robert Jackson, Leslie Schatz - A Single Man
Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten, Gary Wilkins - Where the Wild Things Are
Erin McKimm, Peter Walker - Mary and Max

Best Makeup
Lily Beckett, Niamh Morrison - Bronson
Vivianna Delgado, Michael Fuentes, Alfredo Garcia et. all - Sin Nombre
Daniel Parker - The Hurt Locker

Best Score
Carter Burwell – A Serious Man
Michael Giacchino – Up
Marvin Hamlisch – The Informant!
Abel Korzeniowski – A Single Man
Clint Mansell - Moon

Best Foreign Language Film
Pedro Almodóvar - Broken Embraces
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Ole Christian Madsen - Flame & Citron

Best Animated Film
Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ron Clements, John Musker - The Princess and the Frog
Adam Elliot - Mary and Max

Best Documentary
Sacha Gervasi - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Larry Psihoyos - The Cove
Chris Smith - Collapse
Jeff Stilson - Good Hair
James Toback - Tyson

Nomination Tally:
8 - A Serious Man
7 - The Hurt Locker
7 - In the Loop
7 - Moon
7 - Where The Wild Things Are
6 - Bright Star
6 - A Single Man
4 - The White Ribbon
3 - Bronson
3 - Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 - The Informant!
3 - Mary and Max
3 - A Prophet
2 - Broken Embraces
2 - Sin Nombre
1 - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
1 - Coco Before Chanel
1 - Collapse
1 - The Cove
1 - Crazy Heart
1 - Fish Tank
1 - Flame & Citron
1 - Good Hair
1 - The Messenger
1 - The Maiden Heist
1 - Precious
1 - The Princess and the Frog
1 - Tyson
1 - Up

1, 2, 3, REPEATER! - The repeat dolphin nominees this year
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th nominations. Hold the record for most dolphin nominations per person with 8
Sam Rockwell - 2nd nomination.
Roger Deakins - 4th nomination but no wins yet. The only person to be nominated at every Dolphin ceremony.
Skip Lievsay - 2nd nomination
Carter Burwell - 2nd nomination

Also, In the Loop is the second film with the distinction to be nominated 4 times in the acting categories. Doubt was the first and it went on to win 2 of them.

2009 3rd Annual Colleen Awards

Best Picture:
The Hurt Locker—Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier & Greg Shapiro
Flammen & Citronnen—Lars Bredo Rahbek
Bright Star—Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt & Mark L. Rosen
Moon—Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler
In the Loop—Kevin Loader & Adam Tandy

Best Director:
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Kathryn Bigelow –The Hurt Locker
Jane Campion—Bright Star
Armando Ianucci—In the Loop
Ole Christian Madsen—Flame & Citron

Best Actor in a Lead Female Role:
Abbie Cornish—Bright Star
Penelope Cruz—Broken Embraces
Katie Jarvis—Fish Tank
Gabourey Sidibe—Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep—Julie & Julia

Best Actor in a Supporting Female Role:
Leonie Benesch—The White Ribbon
Mimi Kennedy—In the Loop
Melanie Linskey—The Informant!
Blanca Portillo—Broken Embraces
Stine Stengade—Flame & Citron

Best Actor in a Lead Male Role
Edgar Flores—Sin Nombre
Tom Hardy—Bronson
Thure Lindhardt—Flame and Citron
Tahar Rahim—A Prophet
Sam Rockwell—Moon

Best Actor in a Supporting Male Role:
Peter Capaldi—In the Loop
Michael Fassbender—Fish Tank
Tom Hollander—In the Loop
Mads Mikkelson—Flame& Citron
Paul Schneider—Bright Star

Best Original Screenplay:
Lars Anderson and Ole Christian Madsen—Flame & Citron
Thomas Bidegain and Jacques Audiard—A Prophet
Jane Campion—Bright Star
Adam Elliot—Mary and Max
Cary Fukunaga—Sin Nombre

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach—Fantastic Mr. Fox
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Rochen— In the Loop
Scott Z. Burns—The Informant!
Tom Ford--A Single Man
Peter Straughan—The Men Who Stare at Goats

Best Cinematography:
Christian Berger—The White Ribbon
Greig Fraser—Bright Star
Eduard Grau—A Single Man
Jorgen Johansson—Flame & Citron
Rodrigo Prieto—Broken Embraces

Best Editing:
Anthony Boys & Billy Sneddon—In the loop
Sorren B. Ebbe—Flame& Citron
Nicolas Gaster—Moon
Chris Innis & Bob Murawski— The Hurt locker
Billy Murphy—Mary & Max

Best Art Direction:
Hidiki Arichi—Moon
Craig Fison—Mary & Max
Jane Levick—Bronson
Nelson Lowry—Fantastic Mr. Fox
Jeffrey Thorp—Where the Wild Things Are

Best Costume:
Manon Rasmussen, Margrethe Rasumussen & Rikke Simonsen—Flame & Citron
Janet Patterson—Bright Star
Sonia Grande—Broken Embraces
Arianne Phillips—A Single Man
Doug Hall—Crazy Heart

Best Make Up:
Lily Beckett & Niamh Morrison—Bronson
Vivianna Delgado, Michael Fuentes, Alfredo Garcia et. all—Sin Nombre
Daniel Parker—The Hurt Locker

Best Sound:
Erin McKimm, Peter Walker—Mary and Max
Ray Beckett, Paul N.J. Ottosson—The Hurt Locker
Hans Moller—Flame & Citron
Leslie Shatz—A Single Man
Benjamin Viau--A Prophet

Best Score:
Dale Cornelius—Mary and Max
Alexandre Desplat—Fantastic Mr. Fox
Abel Korzeniowski—A Single Man
Clint Mansell—Moon
Hans Zimmer—Sherlock Holmes


Best Animated Feature Film:
Fantastic Mr. Fox—Wes Anderson
Princess and the Frog—Jon Clements and Ron Musker
Mary & Max—Adam Elliot

Best Foreign Film:
A Prophet—Jacques Audiard
Broken Embraces—Pedro Almodavor
Sin Nombre—Cary Fukanaga
The White Ribbon—Michael Haneke
Flame & Citron—Christian Ole Madsen

Best Documentary:
Outrage—Kirby Dick
The Cove—Louie Pisihoyos
Anvil: The Story of Anvil—Sasha Gervasi
Good Hair—Jeff Stilson
Tyson—James Toback

Colleen's First Lifetime Achievement:
Lauren Bacall From The Big Sleep to Dogville few actors rival Bacall's commanding presence. She has a charisma to match her husband's--may they reunite in heaven.

Drew's Dolphin nomination predictions

I did some "analysis" yesterday tallying up the personal awards in an attempt to predict what some of these crazy Dolphin nominations will look like this year. We've already seen the Joes (I probably should be tweaking my predix but whatever) but I wanted to post this before I crack open the ballots and start tallying.

Best Picture
Moon - Drews, Joes, Colleens, Donnas
In the Loop - Drews, Colleens, Donnas
The Hurt Locker - Joes, Colleens, Donnas
A Serious Man - Drews, Joes
Bright Star - Drews, Colleens
Where the Wild Things Are - Drews
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Joes
The Informant! - Joes
Flame & Citron - Colleens
The White Ribbon - Donnas
Mary and Max - Donnas

We've got an interesting slate of Best Picture hopefuls this year, not a bad apple in the bunch. Moon has all but secured it's spot as the frontrunner being the only film grab spots at everyone's awards. Both In the Loop and The Hurt Locker and appear to have a strong amount of support as well. All three of those are good position for the Dolphin nom. A Serious Man and Bright Star both garnered two noms but their chances aren't as stable. A surprise win from any of the other best picture hopefuls could catapult them into the final five.

Best Director
Duncan Jones - Moon - Drews, Joes, Donnas
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker - Drews, Colleens, Donnas
Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things Are - Drews, Joes
Steven Soderbergh - The Informant! - Drews, Joes
Jane Campion - Bright Star - Drews, Colleens
Armando Iannucci - In the Loop - Colleens, Donnas
Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox - Joes
Ethan and Joel Coen – A Serious Man - Joes
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet - Colleens
Ole Christian Madsen—Flame & Citron - Colleens
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon - Donnas
Adam Elliott - Mary and Max - Donnas

Duncan Jones and Kathryn Bigelow each secured three nominations so the Dolphins could be a showdown between those two. Of the four directors to receive two nominations I think Spike Jonze and Jane Campion might stand a better chance since their films ended up being love it or hate it types. Getting a couple high votes is a lot more important a lot of low votes. From there it seems Soderbergh and Iannucci might be dueling for last spot but a surprise win from someone (Ole Christian Madsen maybe?) would overtake both of them easily.

Best Actor
Sam Rockwell - Moon - Drews, Joes, Colleens, Donnas
Matt Damon - The Informant! - Drews, Joes
Tom Hardy - Bronson - Drews, Colleens
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man - Drews, Donnas
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart - Drews, Joes
Tahar Rahim - A Prophet - Colleens, Donnas
Michael Sheen – The Damned United - Joes, Donnas
Edgar Flores - Sin Nombre - Colleens, Donnas
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker - Joes
Thure Lindhardt - Flame and Citron - Colleens

To my surprise, Best Actor has turned into the most heated race of all. Other than Rockwell scoring noms with everyone like his film did, second place (and 3rd, 4th, 5th for that matter) is a tie between 7 actors. It's going to end up with the actors with the strongest bases taking the 4 spots. I feel like Damon, Stuhlbarg and maybe Hardy could all get in though I think we're going to see at least one if not two of Donna's remaining picks earn spots as well. I don't have much idea how this will turn out.

Best Actress
Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank - Drews, Joes, Colleens
Penelope Cruz - Broken Embraces - Drews, Joes, Colleens
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious - Drews, Colleens, Donnas
Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia - Joes, Colleens, Donnas
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star - Drews, Colleens
Audrey Tautou – Coco Before Chanel - Joes, Donnas
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Antichrist - Drews, Joes
Carey Mulligan - An Education - Donnas

Barring a surprise win from Carey Mulligan or Audrey Tautou at the Donnas, I'm pretty confident we'll be seeing Jarvis, Cruz, Streep, Cornish and Sidibe at the Dolphins.

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi - In the Loop - Drews, Joes, Colleens, Donnas
Tom Hollander - In the Loop - Drews, Colleens, Donnas
Paul Schneider - Bright Star - Drews, Joes, Colleens
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker - Joes, Donnas
Paul Higgins - In the Loop - Drews
David Rasche - In the Loop - Drews
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger - Joes
Brad Pitt – Inglorious Bastards - Joes
Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank - Colleens
Mads Mikkelson - Flame & Citron - Colleens
Alfred Molina - An Education - Donnas
Stanley Tucci - Julie & Julia - Donnas

Capaldi confirmed himself as the front runner at the Donnas today and Schneider and Hollander look solid as well. From there it's a bit of a crapshoot, Mackie is in surprisingly good position for a nom but I think we could see Fassbender and/or Harrelson enter into the five based on the love of Colleen and Joe respectively. You never know what Donna has up here sleeve either.

Best Supporting Actress
Mimi Kennedy - In the Loop - Drews, Joes, Colleens
Leonie Benesch - The White Ribbon - Drews, Colleens, Donnas
Melanie Lynskey – The Informant! - Joes, Colleens
Gina McKee - In the Loop - Drews, Donnas
Edie Martin - Bright Star - Drews
Catherine O'Hara - Away We Go - Drews
Jennifer Connelly– Creation - Joes
Marcia Gay Hayden – The Maiden Heist - Joes
Samantha Morton – The Messenger - Joes
Blanca Portillo—Broken Embraces - Colleens
Stine Stengade—Flame & Citron - Colleens
Sari Lennick - A Serious Man - Donnas
Julianne Moore - A Single Man - Donnas
Paulina Gaiton - Sin Nombre - Donnas

Despite an emerging 4 frontrunners who really knows with this category. Mimi Kennedy and Leonie Benesch look solid but it's hard to say anything more than that.

Best Original Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit - A Prophet - Drews, Joes, Colleens, Donnas
Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker - Moon - Drews, Joes, Donnas
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - A Serious Man - Drews, Joes
Adam Elliot - Mary and Max - Drews, Colleens
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon - Drews, Donnas
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker - Joes, Donnas
Cary Fukunaga—Sin Nombre - Colleens, Donnas
Pedro Almodovar – Broken Embraces - Joes
Jane Campion—Bright Star - Colleens
Lars Anderson and Ole Christian Madsen—Flame & Citron - Colleens

Surprisingly A Prophet's screenplay was the only one everyone agreed on and Moon has probably secured a nom with 3 notices. Otherwise just about all the choices seem possible, I'm guessing A Serious Man and Mary and Max will make appearances and I wouldn't be surprised if Flame & Citron creeps in either.

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche - In the Loop - Drews, Joes, Colleens, Donnas
Scott Z. Burns - The Informant! - Drews, Joes, Colleens, Donnas
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox - Drews, Joes, Colleens, Donnas
Peter Straughan - The Men Who Stare at Goats - Drews, Joes, Colleens
Dave Eggers, Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things Are - Drews, Joes, Donnas
Tom Ford--A Single Man - Colleens, Donnas

I'm guessing Tom Ford's film will be the odd (single) man out come dolphin time.

The 2009 Joe Awards

The 3rd Annual Joe Awards


Best Picture

Moon – Stuart Fenegan and Trudie Styler


Best Actor

Sam Rockwell – Moon


Best Actress

Audrey Tautou – Coco Before Chanel


Best Director

Ethan and Joel Coen – A Serious Man


Best Supporting Actor

Woody Harrelson – The Messenger


Best Supporting Actress

Marcia Gay Hayden – The Maiden Heist


Best Adapted Screenplay

Scott Z. Burns – The Informant!


Best Original Screenplay

Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker – Moon


Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins – A Serious Man


Best Editing

Roderick Jaynes – A Serious Man


Best Art Direction

Nelson Lowry – Fantastic Mr. Fox


Best Costume

Janet Patterson – Bright Star


Best Sound

Ryan Juggle – The Hurt Locker



Best Make-up

Robin Pritchard – The Hurt Locker



Best Score

Marvin Hamlisch – The Informant!


Life Time Achievement-

Kirk Douglas

Let us take a look back at just some of the gifts Douglas gave to the movie industry
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
A Letter To Three Wives
Ace In The Hole
The Bad and The Beautiful
Lust for Life
Paths of Glory
The Vikings
Spartacus
The Last Sunset
And many more…..

May he live another 100 years.