New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Live Announcements (1 Viewer)

[Mike Kelly]

Just as they did last year, the NYFCC will be announcing their picks live from their website: http://www.nyfcc.org/awards.html Voting is about to begin.

 

[Matthew_S]

Best picture is....Mullholland Drive
Best Actor...Tom Wilkinson for In the Bedroom
Best Actress...Sissy Spacek for In the Bedroom
Best Supporting Actor Steve Buscemi for Ghost World
Best Supporting Actress Helen Mirren for Gosford Park
Best Director...Robert Altman for Gosford Park
Best Screenplay...Gosford Park by Julian Fellowes
Best Animated Film Waking Life
this concludes my running updates...

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

This is so cool. I like the way they do this.

~Edwin

 

[Mark Pfeiffer]

Should be interesting to see who gets Best Director the way the awards are going.

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Yes! Sissy Spacek for Best Actress!
~Edwin

 

[Dave Barth]

Steve Buscemi just won Best Supporting Actor for Ghost World. A worthy performance.

 

[teapot2001]

I agree with the winners for best picture, actor, and actress.
~T

 

[teapot2001]

Best Director--Robert Altman, Gosford Park

Best First Film--In the Bedroom

~T

 

[Mark Pfeiffer]

A couple wins for In the Mood for Love (cinematographer and foreign film). Couldn't be happier that Waking Life took Best Animated Film. The Gleaners and I claimed Best Non-fiction film.

A stunning number of awards for Gosford Park, which I have heard relatively little about. Looking back in previous years, it appears that Altman has been a favorite at getting awards for himself or others. (The Harry Belafonte Best Supporting Actor win for Kansas City stands out as one of the more surprising examples.)

 

[Mark Palermo]

Glad to see Mulholland take the top prize, although I'm surprised that A.I. (the year's best film) wasn't awarded given that Armond White, Andrew Sarris, and A.O. Scott are all huge supporters of that film.

Mark

 

[Seth Paxton]

Looks like a lean to intimate pictures. Am I wrong in thinking that NYCritcs usually take that angle?

How about some past awards for some comparison/discussion.

I certainly don't see Mulholland Drive having a shot in hell at best pix Oscar.

Hey, when are the LA Critics... I thought it went WED, THR. Is it really THR, FRI then??

 

[TerryRL]

Hopefully, this is a preview of the Oscar nods. Wilkinson and Spacek were both amazing in "In the Bedroom", as was Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry in "Monster's Ball".

"Waking Life" was a really good movie, but "Shrek" is still the movie to beat for the Animation Oscar. I've yet to see "Gosford Park", but I've heard nothing but good things about it. The same goes for "Mulholland Drive".

I really hope these smaller films aren't ignored come Oscar time.

 

[Jay E]

I like their picks. I wish the Academy would make the same choices but I'm afraid that ain't gonna happen.

 

[Matthew_S]

"Waking Life" was a really good movie, but "Shrek" is still the movie to beat for the Animation Oscar.

I was wondering how long it would take to get a post like this.Just curious, why is "Shrek" the movie to beat?

 

[Mike Kelly]

Seth, I believe the L.A Film Critics Awards are scheduled for Saturday, December 15th.

If you look at a comparison of the two film critics groups with the Academy Awards since 1990, you'll find them matching each other 5 times and matching the Academy only 2 times. Here are the results. I don't know how to do columns so they will be listed as:

Year - Academy Winner, NYFCC Winner, LAFC Winner

1990 - Dances With Wolves, Goodfellas, Goodfellas

1991 - Silence of the Lambs, Silence of the Lambs, Bugsy

1992 - Unforgiven, The Player, Unforgiven

1993 - Schindler's List, Schindler's List, Schindler's List

1994 - Forrest Gump, Quiz Show, Pulp Fiction

1995 - Braveheart, Leaving Las Vegas, Leaving Las Vegas

1996 - The English Patient, Fargo, Secrets and Lies

1997 - Titanic, L.A. Confidential, L.A. Confidential

1998 - Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, Saving Private Ryan

1999 - American Beauty, Topsy Turvy, The Insider

2000 - Gladiator, Traffic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

 

[Julian Lalor]

Just curious, why is "Shrek" the movie to beat?

Because it's the Oscars. Waking Life may be a far better film than Shrek, but that's not what the Oscar's are about.

 

[Doug R]

As I feared and suspected, Memento will be completely ignored by all.. a pity.

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

In the end, only two votes separated Shrek and Waking Life, the tightest of all categories. Here is the complete list:
Best Picture
Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus)
Directed by David Lynch
46 points
Runners-Up:
Gosford Park (USA Films)
Directed by Robert Altman 39 pts
In The Bedroom (Miramax)
Directed by Todd Field 33 pts
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Best Actor
Tom Wilkinson, In The Bedroom (Miramax)
44 points
Runners-Up:
Jim Broadbent, Iris (Miramax) 32 pts
Denzel Washington, Training Day (Warner Bros.) 27 pts
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Best Actress
Sissy Spacek, In The Bedroom (Miramax)
50 points
Runners-Up:
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus) 39 pts
Tilda Swinton, The Deep End (Fox Searchlight) 31 pts
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Best Supporting Actor
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World (MGM)
52 points
Runners-Up:
Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast (Fox Searchlight) 33 pts
Brian Cox, L.I.E. (Lot 47) 30 pts
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Best Supporting Actress
Helen Mirren, Gosford Park (USA Films)
49 points
Runners-Up:
Maggie Smith, Gosford Park (USA Films) 34 pts
Scarlett Johansson, Ghost World (MGM) 26 pts
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Best Director
Robert Altman, Gosford Park (USA Films)
41 points
Runners-Up:
David Lynch, Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus) 34 pts
Todd Field, In The Bedroom (Miramax) 33 pts
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Best Screenplay
Julian Fellowes, Gosford Park (USA Films)
44 points
Runners-Up:
Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums (Touchstone)
and
Christopher Nolan, Memento (Newmarket) 34 pts
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Best Foreign Film
In The Mood For Love (USA Films)
Directed by Wong Kar-wai
44 points
Runners-Up:
No Man's Land (MGM)
Directed by Danis Tanovic 28 pts
Amores Perros (Lions Gate)
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu 23 pts
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Best Cinematography
Christopher Doyle and Mark Li Ping-bin, In The Mood For Love (USA Films)
52 points
Runners-Up:
Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There (USA Films) 29 pts
Peter Deming, Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus) 28 pts
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Best First Narrative Feature Film
In The Bedroom (Miramax)
Directed by Todd Field
49 points
Runners-Up:
Ghost World (MGM)
Directed by Terry Zwigoff 39 pts
No Man's Land (MGM)
Directed by Danis Tanovic
and
Sexy Beast (Fox Searchlight)
Directed by Jonathan Glazer 19 pts
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Best Non-Fiction Film
The Gleaners And I (Zeitgeist)
Directed by Agnès Varda
57 points
Runners-Up:
Startup.com (Artisan)
Directed by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim 32 pts
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Cowboy Booking)
Directed by George Butler 20 pts
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Best Animated Film
Waking Life (Fox Searchlight)
Directed by Richard Linklater
55 points
Runners-Up:
Shrek (DreamWorks)
Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 53 pts
Monsters, Inc. (Disney)
Directed by Peter Docter 45 pts
~Edwin

 

[Seth Paxton]

Interesting, especially that they normally pick films that at least make some decent money.
The 2 times one didn't were Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvey. I liked Topsy, but come on, no way in hell that film was in the running for best picture that year.
As I've mentioned in the NBR discussion, Amores Perros won't be in the running, but will In the Mood for Love? Since it didn't get "entered" last year thanks to CTHD, does that mean it can be submitted this year?
Also, it seems strange to me that Memento and Amelie were no where to be found on those lists.
I also would have to disagree with Buscemi in Ghost World versus Kingsley. Buscemi is solid, but come on, BK is powerful in Sexy Beast.
I suspect that NYcritics have over amplified Altman's effort, but I HAVE NOT SEEN IT, so who am I to say.