"If I don't take a photograph, I've made a terrible mistake." Magnolia Pictures has debuted a trailer for a documentary titled Harry Benson: Shoot First, about the life and work of famed photographer Harry Benson. He gained notoriety in the 60s when he was assigned to shoot The Beatles during their inaugural trip to the United States in 1964. He has since gone on to photograph many famous musicians, politicians, and celebrities, and is still working today at age 86. There have been some superb docs about photographers recently (The Salt of the Earth, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Smash His Camera, Finding Vivian Maier are the best of the bunch) and this looks like yet another fantastic profile of a talented artist. Enjoy. Here's a trailer (+ poster) for Justin Bare & Matthew Miele's doc Harry Benson: Shoot First, on Apple: Harry Benson: Shoot First charts the illustrious career of the renowned...
- 10/14/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, Finding Vivian Maier documents Maloof’s journey to discover more about Vivian Maier after purchasing a box of her negatives in 2007. He began the search a few years later, after he realized the negatives consisted of some of the best undeveloped street photography of the 20th century. After some searching, it was revealed that Maier was a career-nanny who had died in 2009.
Since the documentary is in serious contention for a best documentary feature Oscar, we thought we’d check to see how many other photography-related films have managed to resonate with the Academy’s documentary branch and land a nomination in the same category. We found six.
The Naked Eye (1956)
Directed by two-time Oscar winner Louis Clyde Stoumen, this documentary celebrates photography through history by looking at pioneers in the field, such as Margaret Bourke-White. Though he covers works by multiple photographers,...
Managing Editor
Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, Finding Vivian Maier documents Maloof’s journey to discover more about Vivian Maier after purchasing a box of her negatives in 2007. He began the search a few years later, after he realized the negatives consisted of some of the best undeveloped street photography of the 20th century. After some searching, it was revealed that Maier was a career-nanny who had died in 2009.
Since the documentary is in serious contention for a best documentary feature Oscar, we thought we’d check to see how many other photography-related films have managed to resonate with the Academy’s documentary branch and land a nomination in the same category. We found six.
The Naked Eye (1956)
Directed by two-time Oscar winner Louis Clyde Stoumen, this documentary celebrates photography through history by looking at pioneers in the field, such as Margaret Bourke-White. Though he covers works by multiple photographers,...
- 11/7/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
What’s new, what’s hot, and what you may have missed, now available to stream on Netflix, blinkbox, BBC iPlayer, Curzon on Demand.
new to stream
African Cats: gorgeously photographed, astonishingly intimate documentary; you won’t believe it can have been possible for cameras to get so close without disturbing the animals they’re watching [my review] [at Netflix] Blood: smart British cop drama is a dream showcase for star Paul Bettany [at Netflix] Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God: enraging documentary about the Catholic Church’s pedophilia coverup will leave you feeling battered by grief and fury [my review] [at Netflix] Smash His Camera: engaging and provocative documentary about early papparazzo Ron Galella and the ethical and free-speech issues surrounding such photography [at Netflix] The Words: intriguing exploration of living with mistakes made features great performance by Bradley Cooper, yet peters out with too much left unsaid [at Netflix]
streaming now, before it’s...
new to stream
African Cats: gorgeously photographed, astonishingly intimate documentary; you won’t believe it can have been possible for cameras to get so close without disturbing the animals they’re watching [my review] [at Netflix] Blood: smart British cop drama is a dream showcase for star Paul Bettany [at Netflix] Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God: enraging documentary about the Catholic Church’s pedophilia coverup will leave you feeling battered by grief and fury [my review] [at Netflix] Smash His Camera: engaging and provocative documentary about early papparazzo Ron Galella and the ethical and free-speech issues surrounding such photography [at Netflix] The Words: intriguing exploration of living with mistakes made features great performance by Bradley Cooper, yet peters out with too much left unsaid [at Netflix]
streaming now, before it’s...
- 12/17/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Vol. I Issue 5
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Two Short Listed Documentary Features
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, directed by Alison Klayman
Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and whose actions blur the boundaries of art and politics. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai while working as a journalist in China. Her detailed portrait of Weiwei’s life and work allows us to follow Weiwei’s journey and his transformation of his life and works are perceived. Few artists have been able to use their public stature to help cause political change. Clearly this is the story of a giant killer. Regrettably the story continues and China continues to repress its people.
What’s special about Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is that the filmmaker was able to follow Ai Weiwei over several years. We are able to see a Chinese dissident whose home is watched by 1984-like cameras hung from telephone and power poles. We can only assume his home is bugged, his cell phone is bugged and all of his computers are bugged. The power of this work is seeing an artist functioning in this environment. Shocking. His spirit is best shown in his defiant art, his raised middle finger in the foreground of many still images of iconic monuments to the Chinese peoples’ struggles. He dares to challenge America’s biggest trading partner, debt holder and, by the end of the film, he is shown silenced, unable to comment because he was released from detention. The irony of this powerful work is that we and the world are shown to be complicit.
While the film lacks the slickness of many of the Academy’s short listed docs, its power flows from the subject. Clearly an artist whose work reflects his life experiences and struggle is a difficult subject. Weiwei constantly tweaks the authorities who clearly fear its citizens being free to express themselves and their feelings about their government globally. Yet the world is silent about this repressive government that spies on, beats up and terrorizes its citizens. This is another film that should be nominated. Its construction, score, shooting suggests that Ms. Klayman can, with some more experience, become an extraordinary filmmaker.
The Filmmakers
Alison Klayman, Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorryis Alison Klayman's debut feature documentary, which she directed, produced, filmed and co-edited. She is a 2011 Sundance Documentary Fellow and one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film". She has been a guest on The Colbert Report, as well as CNN and NPR. Klayman lived in China from 2006 to 2010, working as a freelance journalist. She speaks Mandarin and Hebrew, and graduated from Brown University in 2006.
Adam Schlesinger, Producer
Adam Schlesinger is an award-winning independent film producer based in New York. He produced the Sundance Film Festival selections: Smash His Camera, which won for Best Director; Page One- Inside the New York Times; and God Grew Tired of Us, winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.
Credits:
Director/Producer/Writer/Camera: Alison Klayman
Producer: Adam Schlesinger
Contributing Producer: Colin
Executive Producers: Andrew Cohen, Julie Goldman, Karl
Music: Ilan Isakov
Editor: Jen Fineran
Production Companies: Expressions United Media, Muse Film and Television, Never Sorry
Distribution: Sundance Selects, Artificial Eye
Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch A Case Study: How to be Short Listed and Gross $3Million
Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch
A Case Study: How to be Short Listed and Gross $3Million
Bully is a character-driven documentary that looks at how bullying has touched five children and their families. The five stories each represent a different facet of bullying. Filmed over the course of the 2009/2010 school year, Bully opens a window onto the lives of bullied kids, revealing a problem that transcends geographic, racial, ethnic and economic borders. It documents the responses of teachers and administrators to aggressive behaviors that defy “kids will be kids” clichés, and it captures a growing movement among parents and youths to change how bullying is handled in schools, in communities and in society as a whole.
Bully is a case study of how The Weinstein Company can take what would be a traditional non-theatrical documentary feature and turn it into both a cause and a theatrical event and, because of the rule changes at the Academy, have it come to be short listed for an Oscar.
Bully is an excellent film, it is well made, directed, edited and scored. Its characters and stories are well done. It’s just not in the same league as many of the documentary films short listed for this year’s Academy Award nomination.
When the film was released with an “R” rating, appropriate and consistent with the MPAA guidelines because of language and violence, the Weinsteins used the R rating to create a controversy which enabled the film to become a box office success and was the basis of a brilliant Academy campaign for a documentary nomination. This is one of the best examples (since Michael Moore and Roger and Menot being nominated for an Oscar) of creating a box-office success with a documentary. (Roger and Mewas distributed by Warners.) As of December 30, 2012 Bully had grossed over $3.5 million. (Box Office Mojo)
The MPAA gives an automatic “R” rating to films that use the “F” word. It has done this since its inception. This makes sense. The “F” word is inappropriate for children. But wait, Bullyis for middle and high school students! These schools can’t (or should not) show “R” rated films.
The MPAA rating system has never been particularly clear to Americans. Developed by the Motion Picture Association to prevent local and/or regional ratings it has always been “advisory”; however, some media outlets will not accept advertising or promote films with some of the harder ratings. The Weinsteins knew that this film would get an “R” rating because of the “F” word. No surprise. Yet how could this “important” film for school children to see be blocked from its audience?
“Bully's R ratingsparks a nationwide protest. ...stars, theater owners, and Members of Congress have joined forces to protest the film's R rating as a result of the film having six swear words.” This is in the industry press. (Deadline)
The Weinsteins, of course with great fanfare, appealed the rating decision which got the film more press. They decided to release the film in just two markets to qualify for the documentary Academy award, without a rating, but continue the press-push to have the rating changed.
On April 5, The Weinstein Company announced that their doc, Bully, was to receive a PG-13 from the MPAA, with some minor cuts. After removing three uses of the F-word it was re-released in the new PG-13 version on April 13 and shortly after the run was expanded to 55 theatrical markets.
Deadline reported, “The big victory, even though they had to remove three F-words, was that they could keep the controversial school bus bullying scene unedited and uncut, which (the director) Hirsch continuously refused to edit, "since it is too important to the truth and integrity behind the film." Hirsch states: "I feel completely vindicated with this resolution. While I retain my belief that PG-13 has always been the appropriate rating for this film, as reinforced by Canada's rating of a PG, we have today scored a victory from the MPAA. The support and guidance we have received throughout this process has been incredible."
Let’s note that the MPAA is an industry trade association. The Weinsteins are members. It’s not exactly a group that battles. The ratings are advisory only.
The Weinstein press release continued the illusion, This decision by the MPAA is a huge victory for the parents, educators, lawmakers, and most importantly, children, everywhere who have been fighting for months for the appropriate PG-13 rating without cutting some of the most sensitive moments. Three uses of the 'F word' were removed from other scenes, which ultimately persuaded the MPAA to lower the rating. Hirsch made the documentary with the intent to give an uncensored, real-life portrayal of what 13 million children suffer through every year. The new rating, which came about with the great support from MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd, grants the schools, organizations and cities all around the country who are lined up and ready to screen Bully, including the National Education Association and the Cincinnati School District, the opportunity to share this educational tool with their children.”
It needs to be pointed out that this controversy was a set up. When The Weinstein Company released Bully "unrated" in theaters in New York and Los Angeles it barely earned $150,000. The film might be seen by a few hundred thousand people in theaters which is a theatrical success but not the millions of kids the filmmakers are on record to reach. (A $3.5 mil gross suggests at a $6 admission fee perhaps a half-million tickets were sold.) Millions of people don’t usually go to theaters to see docs. So a $3.5 mil theatrical gross makes this film a major theatrical success. It puts this film in the top 50 or so theatrical documentaries of all time.
But all along, the Weinsteins knew that the film can easily be provided in DVD and in video-on-demand to schools, teachers, students and families in an “Educational” version without the R rated language being included. The use of an educational version would totally serve the school market. This version could be provided for “free” or even for a modest fee if the Weinsteins were really interested in this aspect of marketing the film. The Bullybook is available now for sale and soon the Blu Ray and DVD. Seeing the film in a classroom and then talking about it is what educators do with films. There are over 100,000 school, church and other groups (like Girls Scouts) that can show this film to groups of kids.
Note: Full disclosure, I started a Move-on Campaign and petitioned the Weinsteins to offer
Bully for a Buck! after I saw the film. More than 480 people have signed the petition to date. No match for the hundreds of thousands who signed the rating controversy petition but I did not do any publicity. As a parent of two teens, I felt this was a far more logical thing to do to get the film out to children without the strong language. This petition continues on Change.org.
Bully Short Listed for an Academy Award
With the rule change at the Academy this year, the documentary branch is working as a committee of the whole to do both the short listing and the nomination. The committee members were sent 125 documentary features, mostly arriving at the tail end of the deadline, to review. The committee was made up of both documentary branch members and Academy members who have been nominated or won documentary Oscars. Obviously, few members saw all 125 documentaries. The short list of 15 films was made from tallying the results of each member’s list of their 15 top docs. I think the publicity for Bully insured it would make this list.
The Weinsteins also had it screened at the Academy as part of the Academy members screening program, one of the handful of documentaries that were screened as part of the weekend program. This also will likely help the film get on members’ radar. Smart. Last year, The Weinsteins’ film The Undefeatedwon the Documentary Oscar. They do a great job getting their films out.
Credits:
Directed by: Lee Hirsch
Produced by: Lee Hirsch, Cynthia Lowen
Written by: Lee Hirsch, Cynthia Lowen
Executive Producer: Cindy Waitt
Cinematography: Lee Hirsch
Edited by: Lindsay Utz, Jenny Golden
Original Score by: Ion Furjanic, Justin Rice/Christian Rudder
Consulting Editors: Enat Sidi, Cynthia Lowen
Music Supervisor: Brooke Wentz
Running Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language
Short Notes and Update:
WGA Announces Nominees for Documentary Screenplay Award
The WGA announced six nominees for its documentary screenplay award: War, Mea Culpa and Sugar Man also are on the Academy shortlist of feature docs hoping to score an Oscar nomination.
Winners will be honored by the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 17 during simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
Documentary Screenplay
The Central Park Five, written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns; Sundance Selects
The Invisible War, written by Kirby Dick; Cinedigm Entertainment Group
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films
Searching for Sugar Man, written by Malik Bendejelloul; Sony Pictures Classics
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, written by Brian Knappenberger; Cinetic Media
West of Memphis, written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin; Sony Pictures Classics
Sundance Announces 2013 Documentary Competition:
U.S. Documentary Competition
The world premieres of 16 American documentary films.
99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film/ U.S.A. (Directors: Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Krstic) The Occupy movement erupted in September 2011, propelling economic inequality into the spotlight. In an unprecedented collaboration, filmmakers across America tell its story, digging into big picture issues as organizers, analysts, participants and critics reveal how it happened and why.
After Tiller/ U.S.A. (Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson) — Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in 2009, only four doctors in the country provide late-term abortions. With unprecedented access, After Tiller goes inside the lives of these physicians working at the center of the storm.
American Promise/ U.S.A. (Directors: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson) — This intimate documentary follows the 12-year journey of two African-American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of their sons.
Blackfish/ U.S.A. (Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite) — Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
Blood Brother/ U.S.A. (Director: Steve Hoover) — Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face, or the love he would find.
Citizen Koch / U.S.A. (Directors: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin) — Wisconsin – birthplace of the Republican Party, government unions, “cheeseheads” and Paul Ryan – becomes a test market in the campaign to buy Democracy, and ground zero in the battle for the future of the Gop.
Cutie and the Boxer/ U.S.A. (Director: Zachary Heinzerling) — This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role of assistant to her overbearing husband, Noriko seeks an identity of her own.
Dirty Wars/ U.S.A. (Director: Richard Rowley) — Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill chases down the truth behind America’s covert wars.
Gideon's Army/ U.S.A. (Director: Dawn Porter) — Gideon’s Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
God Loves Uganda/ U.S.A. (Director: Roger Ross Williams) — A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting “sexual immorality” and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow biblical law.
Inequality for All/ U.S.A. (Director: Jacob Kornbluth) — In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic-policy expert Robert Reich distills the topic of widening income inequality, and addresses the question of what effects this increasing gap has on our economy and our democracy.
Life According to Sam/ U.S.A. (Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine) — Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal aging disease for which there is no cure. Their work may one day unlock the key to aging in all of us.
Manhunt / U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Greg Barker) — This espionage tale goes inside the CIA’s long conflict against Al Qaeda, as revealed by the remarkable women and men whose secret war against Osama bin Laden started nearly a decade before most of us even knew his name.
Narco Cultura/ U.S.A. (Director: Shaul Schwarz) — An examination of Mexican drug cartels’ influence in pop culture on both sides of the border as experienced by an La narcocorrido singer dreaming of stardom and a Juarez crime scene investigator on the front line of Mexico’s Drug War.
Twenty Feet From Stardom/ U.S.A. (Director: Morgan Neville) — Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead – until now. Day One Film
Valentine Road/ U.S.A. (Director: Marta Cunningham) — In 2008, eighth-grader Brandon McInerney shot classmate Larry King at point blank range. Unraveling this tragedy from point of impact, the film reveals the heartbreaking circumstances that led to the shocking crime as well as its startling aftermath.
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Block Doc Workshops in Los Angeles February 2013
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Two Short Listed Documentary Features
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, directed by Alison Klayman
Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and whose actions blur the boundaries of art and politics. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai while working as a journalist in China. Her detailed portrait of Weiwei’s life and work allows us to follow Weiwei’s journey and his transformation of his life and works are perceived. Few artists have been able to use their public stature to help cause political change. Clearly this is the story of a giant killer. Regrettably the story continues and China continues to repress its people.
What’s special about Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is that the filmmaker was able to follow Ai Weiwei over several years. We are able to see a Chinese dissident whose home is watched by 1984-like cameras hung from telephone and power poles. We can only assume his home is bugged, his cell phone is bugged and all of his computers are bugged. The power of this work is seeing an artist functioning in this environment. Shocking. His spirit is best shown in his defiant art, his raised middle finger in the foreground of many still images of iconic monuments to the Chinese peoples’ struggles. He dares to challenge America’s biggest trading partner, debt holder and, by the end of the film, he is shown silenced, unable to comment because he was released from detention. The irony of this powerful work is that we and the world are shown to be complicit.
While the film lacks the slickness of many of the Academy’s short listed docs, its power flows from the subject. Clearly an artist whose work reflects his life experiences and struggle is a difficult subject. Weiwei constantly tweaks the authorities who clearly fear its citizens being free to express themselves and their feelings about their government globally. Yet the world is silent about this repressive government that spies on, beats up and terrorizes its citizens. This is another film that should be nominated. Its construction, score, shooting suggests that Ms. Klayman can, with some more experience, become an extraordinary filmmaker.
The Filmmakers
Alison Klayman, Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorryis Alison Klayman's debut feature documentary, which she directed, produced, filmed and co-edited. She is a 2011 Sundance Documentary Fellow and one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film". She has been a guest on The Colbert Report, as well as CNN and NPR. Klayman lived in China from 2006 to 2010, working as a freelance journalist. She speaks Mandarin and Hebrew, and graduated from Brown University in 2006.
Adam Schlesinger, Producer
Adam Schlesinger is an award-winning independent film producer based in New York. He produced the Sundance Film Festival selections: Smash His Camera, which won for Best Director; Page One- Inside the New York Times; and God Grew Tired of Us, winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.
Credits:
Director/Producer/Writer/Camera: Alison Klayman
Producer: Adam Schlesinger
Contributing Producer: Colin
Executive Producers: Andrew Cohen, Julie Goldman, Karl
Music: Ilan Isakov
Editor: Jen Fineran
Production Companies: Expressions United Media, Muse Film and Television, Never Sorry
Distribution: Sundance Selects, Artificial Eye
Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch A Case Study: How to be Short Listed and Gross $3Million
Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch
A Case Study: How to be Short Listed and Gross $3Million
Bully is a character-driven documentary that looks at how bullying has touched five children and their families. The five stories each represent a different facet of bullying. Filmed over the course of the 2009/2010 school year, Bully opens a window onto the lives of bullied kids, revealing a problem that transcends geographic, racial, ethnic and economic borders. It documents the responses of teachers and administrators to aggressive behaviors that defy “kids will be kids” clichés, and it captures a growing movement among parents and youths to change how bullying is handled in schools, in communities and in society as a whole.
Bully is a case study of how The Weinstein Company can take what would be a traditional non-theatrical documentary feature and turn it into both a cause and a theatrical event and, because of the rule changes at the Academy, have it come to be short listed for an Oscar.
Bully is an excellent film, it is well made, directed, edited and scored. Its characters and stories are well done. It’s just not in the same league as many of the documentary films short listed for this year’s Academy Award nomination.
When the film was released with an “R” rating, appropriate and consistent with the MPAA guidelines because of language and violence, the Weinsteins used the R rating to create a controversy which enabled the film to become a box office success and was the basis of a brilliant Academy campaign for a documentary nomination. This is one of the best examples (since Michael Moore and Roger and Menot being nominated for an Oscar) of creating a box-office success with a documentary. (Roger and Mewas distributed by Warners.) As of December 30, 2012 Bully had grossed over $3.5 million. (Box Office Mojo)
The MPAA gives an automatic “R” rating to films that use the “F” word. It has done this since its inception. This makes sense. The “F” word is inappropriate for children. But wait, Bullyis for middle and high school students! These schools can’t (or should not) show “R” rated films.
The MPAA rating system has never been particularly clear to Americans. Developed by the Motion Picture Association to prevent local and/or regional ratings it has always been “advisory”; however, some media outlets will not accept advertising or promote films with some of the harder ratings. The Weinsteins knew that this film would get an “R” rating because of the “F” word. No surprise. Yet how could this “important” film for school children to see be blocked from its audience?
“Bully's R ratingsparks a nationwide protest. ...stars, theater owners, and Members of Congress have joined forces to protest the film's R rating as a result of the film having six swear words.” This is in the industry press. (Deadline)
The Weinsteins, of course with great fanfare, appealed the rating decision which got the film more press. They decided to release the film in just two markets to qualify for the documentary Academy award, without a rating, but continue the press-push to have the rating changed.
On April 5, The Weinstein Company announced that their doc, Bully, was to receive a PG-13 from the MPAA, with some minor cuts. After removing three uses of the F-word it was re-released in the new PG-13 version on April 13 and shortly after the run was expanded to 55 theatrical markets.
Deadline reported, “The big victory, even though they had to remove three F-words, was that they could keep the controversial school bus bullying scene unedited and uncut, which (the director) Hirsch continuously refused to edit, "since it is too important to the truth and integrity behind the film." Hirsch states: "I feel completely vindicated with this resolution. While I retain my belief that PG-13 has always been the appropriate rating for this film, as reinforced by Canada's rating of a PG, we have today scored a victory from the MPAA. The support and guidance we have received throughout this process has been incredible."
Let’s note that the MPAA is an industry trade association. The Weinsteins are members. It’s not exactly a group that battles. The ratings are advisory only.
The Weinstein press release continued the illusion, This decision by the MPAA is a huge victory for the parents, educators, lawmakers, and most importantly, children, everywhere who have been fighting for months for the appropriate PG-13 rating without cutting some of the most sensitive moments. Three uses of the 'F word' were removed from other scenes, which ultimately persuaded the MPAA to lower the rating. Hirsch made the documentary with the intent to give an uncensored, real-life portrayal of what 13 million children suffer through every year. The new rating, which came about with the great support from MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd, grants the schools, organizations and cities all around the country who are lined up and ready to screen Bully, including the National Education Association and the Cincinnati School District, the opportunity to share this educational tool with their children.”
It needs to be pointed out that this controversy was a set up. When The Weinstein Company released Bully "unrated" in theaters in New York and Los Angeles it barely earned $150,000. The film might be seen by a few hundred thousand people in theaters which is a theatrical success but not the millions of kids the filmmakers are on record to reach. (A $3.5 mil gross suggests at a $6 admission fee perhaps a half-million tickets were sold.) Millions of people don’t usually go to theaters to see docs. So a $3.5 mil theatrical gross makes this film a major theatrical success. It puts this film in the top 50 or so theatrical documentaries of all time.
But all along, the Weinsteins knew that the film can easily be provided in DVD and in video-on-demand to schools, teachers, students and families in an “Educational” version without the R rated language being included. The use of an educational version would totally serve the school market. This version could be provided for “free” or even for a modest fee if the Weinsteins were really interested in this aspect of marketing the film. The Bullybook is available now for sale and soon the Blu Ray and DVD. Seeing the film in a classroom and then talking about it is what educators do with films. There are over 100,000 school, church and other groups (like Girls Scouts) that can show this film to groups of kids.
Note: Full disclosure, I started a Move-on Campaign and petitioned the Weinsteins to offer
Bully for a Buck! after I saw the film. More than 480 people have signed the petition to date. No match for the hundreds of thousands who signed the rating controversy petition but I did not do any publicity. As a parent of two teens, I felt this was a far more logical thing to do to get the film out to children without the strong language. This petition continues on Change.org.
Bully Short Listed for an Academy Award
With the rule change at the Academy this year, the documentary branch is working as a committee of the whole to do both the short listing and the nomination. The committee members were sent 125 documentary features, mostly arriving at the tail end of the deadline, to review. The committee was made up of both documentary branch members and Academy members who have been nominated or won documentary Oscars. Obviously, few members saw all 125 documentaries. The short list of 15 films was made from tallying the results of each member’s list of their 15 top docs. I think the publicity for Bully insured it would make this list.
The Weinsteins also had it screened at the Academy as part of the Academy members screening program, one of the handful of documentaries that were screened as part of the weekend program. This also will likely help the film get on members’ radar. Smart. Last year, The Weinsteins’ film The Undefeatedwon the Documentary Oscar. They do a great job getting their films out.
Credits:
Directed by: Lee Hirsch
Produced by: Lee Hirsch, Cynthia Lowen
Written by: Lee Hirsch, Cynthia Lowen
Executive Producer: Cindy Waitt
Cinematography: Lee Hirsch
Edited by: Lindsay Utz, Jenny Golden
Original Score by: Ion Furjanic, Justin Rice/Christian Rudder
Consulting Editors: Enat Sidi, Cynthia Lowen
Music Supervisor: Brooke Wentz
Running Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language
Short Notes and Update:
WGA Announces Nominees for Documentary Screenplay Award
The WGA announced six nominees for its documentary screenplay award: War, Mea Culpa and Sugar Man also are on the Academy shortlist of feature docs hoping to score an Oscar nomination.
Winners will be honored by the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 17 during simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
Documentary Screenplay
The Central Park Five, written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns; Sundance Selects
The Invisible War, written by Kirby Dick; Cinedigm Entertainment Group
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films
Searching for Sugar Man, written by Malik Bendejelloul; Sony Pictures Classics
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, written by Brian Knappenberger; Cinetic Media
West of Memphis, written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin; Sony Pictures Classics
Sundance Announces 2013 Documentary Competition:
U.S. Documentary Competition
The world premieres of 16 American documentary films.
99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film/ U.S.A. (Directors: Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Krstic) The Occupy movement erupted in September 2011, propelling economic inequality into the spotlight. In an unprecedented collaboration, filmmakers across America tell its story, digging into big picture issues as organizers, analysts, participants and critics reveal how it happened and why.
After Tiller/ U.S.A. (Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson) — Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in 2009, only four doctors in the country provide late-term abortions. With unprecedented access, After Tiller goes inside the lives of these physicians working at the center of the storm.
American Promise/ U.S.A. (Directors: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson) — This intimate documentary follows the 12-year journey of two African-American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of their sons.
Blackfish/ U.S.A. (Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite) — Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
Blood Brother/ U.S.A. (Director: Steve Hoover) — Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face, or the love he would find.
Citizen Koch / U.S.A. (Directors: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin) — Wisconsin – birthplace of the Republican Party, government unions, “cheeseheads” and Paul Ryan – becomes a test market in the campaign to buy Democracy, and ground zero in the battle for the future of the Gop.
Cutie and the Boxer/ U.S.A. (Director: Zachary Heinzerling) — This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role of assistant to her overbearing husband, Noriko seeks an identity of her own.
Dirty Wars/ U.S.A. (Director: Richard Rowley) — Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill chases down the truth behind America’s covert wars.
Gideon's Army/ U.S.A. (Director: Dawn Porter) — Gideon’s Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
God Loves Uganda/ U.S.A. (Director: Roger Ross Williams) — A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting “sexual immorality” and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow biblical law.
Inequality for All/ U.S.A. (Director: Jacob Kornbluth) — In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic-policy expert Robert Reich distills the topic of widening income inequality, and addresses the question of what effects this increasing gap has on our economy and our democracy.
Life According to Sam/ U.S.A. (Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine) — Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal aging disease for which there is no cure. Their work may one day unlock the key to aging in all of us.
Manhunt / U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Greg Barker) — This espionage tale goes inside the CIA’s long conflict against Al Qaeda, as revealed by the remarkable women and men whose secret war against Osama bin Laden started nearly a decade before most of us even knew his name.
Narco Cultura/ U.S.A. (Director: Shaul Schwarz) — An examination of Mexican drug cartels’ influence in pop culture on both sides of the border as experienced by an La narcocorrido singer dreaming of stardom and a Juarez crime scene investigator on the front line of Mexico’s Drug War.
Twenty Feet From Stardom/ U.S.A. (Director: Morgan Neville) — Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead – until now. Day One Film
Valentine Road/ U.S.A. (Director: Marta Cunningham) — In 2008, eighth-grader Brandon McInerney shot classmate Larry King at point blank range. Unraveling this tragedy from point of impact, the film reveals the heartbreaking circumstances that led to the shocking crime as well as its startling aftermath.
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Block Doc Workshops in Los Angeles February 2013
The International Documentary Association will be hosting Documentary Funding and Documentary Tune-Up Workshops with Block on February 9/10. http://www.eventbrite.com/org/169037034
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- 1/8/2013
- by Mitchell Block
- Sydney's Buzz
Night on a highway somewhere. A hat and a shoe. In its very simplicity the photograph signals it has some hidden significance.
The caption explains that the two objects on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles are at the spot where a young man named Chris Guerra was struck by a SUV and killed at about 6 p.m. New Year's Day while trying to cross the four-lane highway.
Chris Guerra was 29. He had moved to Los Angeles in March, hoping to find success as a paparazzi. According to news reports, he'd been stalking Justin Bieber on the holiday, and at the Four Seasons Hotel thought he might have seen Bieber smoking pot.
When Bieber's $200,000 Ferrari left the hotel, Guerra followed it in pursuit. The Four Seasons has an oval-shaped front entrance drive, obscured from street view by a wall of shrubbery, and a photographer outside on the street might not have...
The caption explains that the two objects on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles are at the spot where a young man named Chris Guerra was struck by a SUV and killed at about 6 p.m. New Year's Day while trying to cross the four-lane highway.
Chris Guerra was 29. He had moved to Los Angeles in March, hoping to find success as a paparazzi. According to news reports, he'd been stalking Justin Bieber on the holiday, and at the Four Seasons Hotel thought he might have seen Bieber smoking pot.
When Bieber's $200,000 Ferrari left the hotel, Guerra followed it in pursuit. The Four Seasons has an oval-shaped front entrance drive, obscured from street view by a wall of shrubbery, and a photographer outside on the street might not have...
- 1/3/2013
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Beginning in March 2010, Steven Soderbergh decided to document his cultural diet for the year, noting down everything he watched and read, the results of which have just been made public. Taking in almost a hundred movies, 50 books and several tv shows, Soderbergh also found time to finish shooting two movies, Haywire and Contagion. Put’s us to shame, right?
The list, which is also dated and organised was given to Studio 360′s Kurt Anderson and reveals busy viewing days, possible favourites and no less than 20 viewings of his new film Haywire, 5 of The Social Network (none of the other Oscar noms get a look in!), and several Raiders of The Lost Ark, in black and white! And if he sticks to his retirement plans in the near future, god knows how large this list may grow.
Here is the list of just the movies he devoured and in the order...
The list, which is also dated and organised was given to Studio 360′s Kurt Anderson and reveals busy viewing days, possible favourites and no less than 20 viewings of his new film Haywire, 5 of The Social Network (none of the other Oscar noms get a look in!), and several Raiders of The Lost Ark, in black and white! And if he sticks to his retirement plans in the near future, god knows how large this list may grow.
Here is the list of just the movies he devoured and in the order...
- 4/13/2011
- by Neil Upton
- Obsessed with Film
Steven Soderberg recently revealed every movie that he watched from April 12, 2010, to March 23, 2011. There are 92 movies in total. These are the movies he watched while he was making his two films Haywire and Contagion.
Check out Soderberg’s list below, 83 of which I’ve actually watched in the last year. How many on the list have you seen this last year? And in case you didn't know Soderberg is retiring from the movie buisness soon.
Haywire
Primer
Exit Through the Gift Shop
All the President's Men
Panic Room
Dune
Please Give
The Godfather
The Special Relationship
The Godfather Part 2
The Tall Target
The Social Network
The Room
The Day of the Jackal
In Cold Blood
Jaws
The Shark Is Still Working
Cloverfield
Rebecca
To Catch a Thief
Inception
Tiptoes
Salt
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
His Way
Catfish
Thrilla in Manilla
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The King of Kong...
Check out Soderberg’s list below, 83 of which I’ve actually watched in the last year. How many on the list have you seen this last year? And in case you didn't know Soderberg is retiring from the movie buisness soon.
Haywire
Primer
Exit Through the Gift Shop
All the President's Men
Panic Room
Dune
Please Give
The Godfather
The Special Relationship
The Godfather Part 2
The Tall Target
The Social Network
The Room
The Day of the Jackal
In Cold Blood
Jaws
The Shark Is Still Working
Cloverfield
Rebecca
To Catch a Thief
Inception
Tiptoes
Salt
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
His Way
Catfish
Thrilla in Manilla
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The King of Kong...
- 4/13/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Directed by: Richard Press
Starring: Bill Cunningham, Patrick McDonald, Anna Wintour, Iris Apfel, John Kurdewan, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Annette De la Renta, Howard Koda, Tom Wolfe, Kenny Kenny, Anna Piaggi, Editta Sherman
“Bill Cunningham New York” is both a tribute to a somewhat lost artistic past, when artists lived in affordable studios above Carnegie Hall and celebrated daily life with the likes of Editta Sherman, Leonard Bernstein, Marlon Brando and Andy Warhol, and a celebration of the present life of Bill Cunningham, longtime fashion and social-scene photographer for The New York Times, where his “Evening Hours” and “On the Street” columns have captured the lives and styles of New York’s finest and most trendsetting for what seems like forever (well, since the ’60s).
A young, working-class Catholic child who started a fashion label, served in the army...
(from the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Directed by: Richard Press
Starring: Bill Cunningham, Patrick McDonald, Anna Wintour, Iris Apfel, John Kurdewan, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Annette De la Renta, Howard Koda, Tom Wolfe, Kenny Kenny, Anna Piaggi, Editta Sherman
“Bill Cunningham New York” is both a tribute to a somewhat lost artistic past, when artists lived in affordable studios above Carnegie Hall and celebrated daily life with the likes of Editta Sherman, Leonard Bernstein, Marlon Brando and Andy Warhol, and a celebration of the present life of Bill Cunningham, longtime fashion and social-scene photographer for The New York Times, where his “Evening Hours” and “On the Street” columns have captured the lives and styles of New York’s finest and most trendsetting for what seems like forever (well, since the ’60s).
A young, working-class Catholic child who started a fashion label, served in the army...
- 3/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Directed by: Richard Press
Starring: Bill Cunningham, Patrick McDonald, Anna Wintour, Iris Apfel, John Kurdewan, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Annette De la Renta, Howard Koda, Tom Wolfe, Kenny Kenny, Anna Piaggi, Editta Sherman
“Bill Cunningham New York” is both a tribute to a somewhat lost artistic past, when artists lived in affordable studios above Carnegie Hall and celebrated daily life with the likes of Editta Sherman, Leonard Bernstein, Marlon Brando and Andy Warhol, and a celebration of the present life of Bill Cunningham, longtime fashion and social-scene photographer for The New York Times, where his “Evening Hours” and “On the Street” columns have captured the lives and styles of New York’s finest and most trendsetting for what seems like forever (well, since the ’60s).
A young, working-class Catholic child who started a fashion label, served in the army...
(from the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Directed by: Richard Press
Starring: Bill Cunningham, Patrick McDonald, Anna Wintour, Iris Apfel, John Kurdewan, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Annette De la Renta, Howard Koda, Tom Wolfe, Kenny Kenny, Anna Piaggi, Editta Sherman
“Bill Cunningham New York” is both a tribute to a somewhat lost artistic past, when artists lived in affordable studios above Carnegie Hall and celebrated daily life with the likes of Editta Sherman, Leonard Bernstein, Marlon Brando and Andy Warhol, and a celebration of the present life of Bill Cunningham, longtime fashion and social-scene photographer for The New York Times, where his “Evening Hours” and “On the Street” columns have captured the lives and styles of New York’s finest and most trendsetting for what seems like forever (well, since the ’60s).
A young, working-class Catholic child who started a fashion label, served in the army...
- 3/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
"The Social Network's" climb to Oscar victory was put to a halt by the Producers Guild, giving its much-coveted Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures to Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech!" (Full list of PGA Awards nominees and winners below)
Thus, making this one of the most unpredictable Oscars in recent years. Will the unclear antagonists and protagonists of "The Social Network" triumph over the "against all odds" story of "The King's Speech"?
Keep in mind that PGA has a better simulation of Oscar process (ten-picture slate, preferential ballot system) but still, taking the last ten years into account, PGA has matched only six out of the ten Best Picture Oscars.
In 2000, "Gladiator" won both Oscars and PGA, but 2001, PGA picked "Moulin Rouge!" but the Oscar went to "A Beautiful Mind."
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In 2002, both Oscars and PGA chose "Chicago," and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King...
Thus, making this one of the most unpredictable Oscars in recent years. Will the unclear antagonists and protagonists of "The Social Network" triumph over the "against all odds" story of "The King's Speech"?
Keep in mind that PGA has a better simulation of Oscar process (ten-picture slate, preferential ballot system) but still, taking the last ten years into account, PGA has matched only six out of the ten Best Picture Oscars.
In 2000, "Gladiator" won both Oscars and PGA, but 2001, PGA picked "Moulin Rouge!" but the Oscar went to "A Beautiful Mind."
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In 2002, both Oscars and PGA chose "Chicago," and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King...
- 1/24/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
For those keenly interested in the award season race, here's the first big upset of the year: the winner of the Producer's Guild of America (PGA) Producer of the Year award for films released in 2010 -- aka the organization's Best Picture award -- is The King's Speech. That represents a big upset over The Social Network, and seems to dramatically alter predictions for the Oscar race. The full list of winners is after the break. This is the place that most had predicted The Social Network to be a winner once again. David Fincher's film has scored loads of other awards over the past two months, and a PGA win would have made it look like a real lock for a Best Picture win come Oscar time. Now it looks like The King's Speech could more of a contender for the Best Picture Oscar than some had thought. Remember...
- 1/24/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
hollywoodnews.com: Today the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year’s winning motion picture and television productions at the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
In addition to the competitive awards, the PGA honored several individuals with tribute awards including James Cameron with the 2011 Milestone Award; Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman with the 2011 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; Scott Rudin with the 2011 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures; Laura Ziskin with the Visionary Award; Sean Penn with the 2011 Stanley Kramer Award; and RealD with the 2011 Vanguard Award.
The following is a list of 2011 Producer Guild Awards nominees and winners (in bold and noted with*), listed in alphabetical order by category, along with producers. The producers? names listed for each nominated production are listed in alphabetical order and are not necessarily the proper order of credits.
The theatrical...
In addition to the competitive awards, the PGA honored several individuals with tribute awards including James Cameron with the 2011 Milestone Award; Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman with the 2011 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; Scott Rudin with the 2011 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures; Laura Ziskin with the Visionary Award; Sean Penn with the 2011 Stanley Kramer Award; and RealD with the 2011 Vanguard Award.
The following is a list of 2011 Producer Guild Awards nominees and winners (in bold and noted with*), listed in alphabetical order by category, along with producers. The producers? names listed for each nominated production are listed in alphabetical order and are not necessarily the proper order of credits.
The theatrical...
- 1/23/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Producers Guild Awards created and even closer Oscar race. In an upset The King's Speech beat out The Social Network for Best Picture.
There has been a lot of speculation from different people about which film is poised to take home Oscar gold. Some say The Social Network s a lock, while others feel that The King's Speech is a strong contender to win because it fits nicely with past Oscar favorites because it is an uplifting period film. The two films are completely different so it will be a very close race.
As was expected, Toy Story 3 took home Best Animated Feature. I would have loved to see How To Train Your Dragon win, but that race is not as close. Waiting for Superman took home the Best Documentary last night.
On Tuesday morning the Oscar nominees will be announced and the following list of nominees and...
There has been a lot of speculation from different people about which film is poised to take home Oscar gold. Some say The Social Network s a lock, while others feel that The King's Speech is a strong contender to win because it fits nicely with past Oscar favorites because it is an uplifting period film. The two films are completely different so it will be a very close race.
As was expected, Toy Story 3 took home Best Animated Feature. I would have loved to see How To Train Your Dragon win, but that race is not as close. Waiting for Superman took home the Best Documentary last night.
On Tuesday morning the Oscar nominees will be announced and the following list of nominees and...
- 1/23/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) presented the awards for the 21st Annual PGA Awards on Saturday, hosted by Judd Apatow. Check out the full list of nominees and winners (in red) below. The Guild also paid tribute to several special individual honorees during the ceremony including: James Cameron (Milestone Award), Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Scott Rudin (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Laura Ziskin (Visionary Award) and RealD (Vanguard Award). Theatrical Motion Picture Nominees: Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: * The King's Speech * 127 Hours * Black Swan * Inception * The Fighter * The Kids Are All Right * The Social Network * The Town * Toy Story 3 * True Grit Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: * Toy Story 3 * Despicable Me * How To Train Your Dragon Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: * Waiting for Superman * Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer...
- 1/23/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
There are 54 days until the Academy Awards event; the actual celebration will air on Sunday, February 27th, 2010, at the Kodak Theater; and ABC will air it.
As already reported Oscar-winner for her role in Precious, Mo’nique will co-host the announcement of the nominees on Tuesday January 25th, and all the recently released pre-Oscar awards lists may provide a bit of insight into what that names and titles Mo’nique will call out in about 2 weeks – specifically, the influential Producers Guild and Writers Guild award nominees, both included below:
Starting with Producers Guild Nominees: No big surprises; all the expected suspects are here; although, Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island is noticeably absent, thanks, in part, to its early release date, and may have been forgotten.
The Social Network has remained triumphant in this field in just about every single other awards tournament, so this should be a sure win. The rest follow…...
As already reported Oscar-winner for her role in Precious, Mo’nique will co-host the announcement of the nominees on Tuesday January 25th, and all the recently released pre-Oscar awards lists may provide a bit of insight into what that names and titles Mo’nique will call out in about 2 weeks – specifically, the influential Producers Guild and Writers Guild award nominees, both included below:
Starting with Producers Guild Nominees: No big surprises; all the expected suspects are here; although, Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island is noticeably absent, thanks, in part, to its early release date, and may have been forgotten.
The Social Network has remained triumphant in this field in just about every single other awards tournament, so this should be a sure win. The rest follow…...
- 1/5/2011
- by Tony
- ShadowAndAct
The Producers Guild of America has announced their nominations for the ten best motion pictures of 2010, which expanded to match the Academy Award’s “Best Picture” category last year. There aren’t many surprises in the list though, and it’s a safe bet to expect the Oscar nominations to shake out with the same films on top at the end of January.
The top PGA prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck award, has successfully predicted the “Best Picture” winner 14 out of the 21 years, including the last four in a row.
The PGA also revealed their picks for the best animated and documentary features, granting some much needed recognition to the delightful Despicable Me and the under-appreciated doc Smash His Camera, as well as the usual suspects of frontrunners and favorites.
Individual awards will also be presented to James Cameron (the Milestone Award), Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (Norman Lear Award...
The top PGA prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck award, has successfully predicted the “Best Picture” winner 14 out of the 21 years, including the last four in a row.
The PGA also revealed their picks for the best animated and documentary features, granting some much needed recognition to the delightful Despicable Me and the under-appreciated doc Smash His Camera, as well as the usual suspects of frontrunners and favorites.
Individual awards will also be presented to James Cameron (the Milestone Award), Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (Norman Lear Award...
- 1/5/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
The Producers Guild of America and Writers Guild of America have announced the nominees for their own 2011 awards. It comes out as no surprise anymore that such movies as "Inception" and "Black Swan", which have received a lot of praises during 2010, land nods at both prize-giving events.
The two films along with "The Fighter" and "The Kids Are All Right" are mentioned at The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures category. All of them will also compete for Best Original Screenplay at Writers Guild Awards.
Meanwhile, Adapted Screenplay category at Writers Guild Awards has the likes of "127 Hours", "The Social Network", "The Town" and "True Grit" as contenders. These four films are up against each other and a bunch of other films for the coveted Darryl F. Zanuck Award.
"Toy Story 3", in the meantime, gets two honors at Producers Guild Awards, being named the...
The two films along with "The Fighter" and "The Kids Are All Right" are mentioned at The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures category. All of them will also compete for Best Original Screenplay at Writers Guild Awards.
Meanwhile, Adapted Screenplay category at Writers Guild Awards has the likes of "127 Hours", "The Social Network", "The Town" and "True Grit" as contenders. These four films are up against each other and a bunch of other films for the coveted Darryl F. Zanuck Award.
"Toy Story 3", in the meantime, gets two honors at Producers Guild Awards, being named the...
- 1/5/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Producers Guild of America announced its theatrical motion picture and TV nominations for the 2011 PGA Awards, which will be hosted by Judd Apatow on January 22nd. The 2011 Producers Guild Awards nominated films and television programs are listed below in alphabetical order by category. Check out the full list below. Theatrical Motion Picture Nominees: Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: * 127 Hours * Black Swan * Inception * The Fighter * The Kids Are All Right * The King's Speech * The Social Network * The Town * Toy Story 3 * True Grit Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: * Despicable Me * How To Train Your Dragon * Toy Story 3 Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: * Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer * Earth Made of Glass * Inside Job * Smash His Camera * The Tillman Story * Waiting for Superman Television Nominees: Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy: * 30 Rock * Curb Your Enthusiasm * Glee * Modern Family * The Office Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television,...
- 1/5/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
Here’s the full rundown of award nominations for the 2011 Producer Guild Awards in Theatrical Motion Picture and Television. See who the producers thought wore the crowd in 2010.
The theatrical motion picture nominees are:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
127 Hours
Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Black Swan
Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Inception
Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Fighter
Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
The Kids Are All Right
Producers: Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
The King’S Speech
Producers: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
The Social Network
Producers: Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
The Town
Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Graham King
Toy Story 3
Producer: Darla K. Anderson
True Grit
Producers: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Despicable Me
Producers: John Cohen,...
The theatrical motion picture nominees are:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
127 Hours
Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Black Swan
Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Inception
Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Fighter
Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
The Kids Are All Right
Producers: Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
The King’S Speech
Producers: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
The Social Network
Producers: Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
The Town
Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Graham King
Toy Story 3
Producer: Darla K. Anderson
True Grit
Producers: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Despicable Me
Producers: John Cohen,...
- 1/5/2011
- by Alexis James-Whitehead
- BuzzFocus.com
The awards season continued to speed along today, with the Producers Guild and Writers Guild announcing the nominees for their respective awards shows.
The Producers Guild's choices for best producers in a motion picture have become synonymous with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' choices for the Best Picture Oscar in recent years, and the 10 films nominated are no big surprise. So, yes, "The Social Network," "The King's Speech," "The Kids Are All Right," "The Fighter," "Inception," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit," "Black Swan" and "127 Hours" all made the cut, with "The Town" being the "surprise" film in their midst.
The WGA also didn't have many big surprises for original and adapted screenplay nods. "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception" and "The Kids Are All Right" were acknowledged as best original screenplays, with "Please Give" getting the only dark-horse nomination. Meanwhile "127 Hours," "I Love You Phillip Morris," "The Social Network,...
The Producers Guild's choices for best producers in a motion picture have become synonymous with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' choices for the Best Picture Oscar in recent years, and the 10 films nominated are no big surprise. So, yes, "The Social Network," "The King's Speech," "The Kids Are All Right," "The Fighter," "Inception," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit," "Black Swan" and "127 Hours" all made the cut, with "The Town" being the "surprise" film in their midst.
The WGA also didn't have many big surprises for original and adapted screenplay nods. "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception" and "The Kids Are All Right" were acknowledged as best original screenplays, with "Please Give" getting the only dark-horse nomination. Meanwhile "127 Hours," "I Love You Phillip Morris," "The Social Network,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Terri Schwartz
- MTV Movies Blog
With less than a month to go before Oscar nominations are finally handed out, two more guilds have announced their year-end nominees today, adding more fuel for those films at the top of the pack, but also shedding some new light on films that hadn't been mentioned as much in the awards race as of yet. We'll start with the Producer's Guild, who didn't really surprise anyone with their picks. Current frontrunners The Social Network, Black Swan and The King's Speech are all among their 10 nominated films, with Ben Affleck's The Town squeezing in as perhaps the biggest surprise. Documentaries nominated include Waiting for Superman and Smash His Camera, while Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon and Despicable Me fill out the animation category. The Writer's Guild, however, left a little...
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- 1/4/2011
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
And for best Pro Golfer the nomin--- er, oh yes yes.
The Producers Guild of America. Righty-o.
Best Picture
127 Hours Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Black Swan Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Inception Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Fighter David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
The Kids Are All Right Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
The King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
The Social Network Dana Brunetti, Cean Chaffin, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
The Town Basil Iwanyk, Graham King
Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson
True Grit Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
The snubbee here in terms of Oscar buzz is Winter's Bone. But it's a tiny indie and maybe that's not what the PGA wanted to value? Still it's absence reminds us that the Best Picture race, is really down to those 11 films. Last year, there were only about 12 films standing before Oscar nominations were announced.
The Producers Guild of America. Righty-o.
Best Picture
127 Hours Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Black Swan Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Inception Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Fighter David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
The Kids Are All Right Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
The King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
The Social Network Dana Brunetti, Cean Chaffin, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
The Town Basil Iwanyk, Graham King
Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson
True Grit Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
The snubbee here in terms of Oscar buzz is Winter's Bone. But it's a tiny indie and maybe that's not what the PGA wanted to value? Still it's absence reminds us that the Best Picture race, is really down to those 11 films. Last year, there were only about 12 films standing before Oscar nominations were announced.
- 1/4/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Per The Hollywood Reporter, The Producers Guild of America announced its 2011 nominees this morning, and it's a list with very few surprises: "The Social Network," "Black Swan," "The King's Speech," and the rest. THR says "The PGA has proven a good indicator of where Academy sentiment is heading: Last year, eight of the PGA's nominated films also went on to secure Oscar noms," (the PGA even expanded from five to ten nominees to match the Academy Awards). The PGA's predictive powers may not be quite as well-honed n the documentary side of things. Two of the six PGA nominees didn't even make the Academy Awards' shortlist of documentaries in the running for Oscars: "Earth Made of Glass," a film about Rwandan genocide; and "Smash His Camera," the fine documentary about famous paparazzi photographer Ron Galella.
If you want to spin it that way, "Toy Story 3" was the big winner this morning,...
If you want to spin it that way, "Toy Story 3" was the big winner this morning,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
The Producers Guild of America announced the nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards.
Highly acclaimed films The Social Network, True Grit, 127 Hours and Black Swan are all nominated in the Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures category, with Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon competing for the Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The winners will be announced by Judd Apatow at the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The nominations in full are below:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures –
127 Hours: Producers Danny Boyle and Christian Colson Black Swan: Producers Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy and Brian Oliver Inception: Producers Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas The Fighter: Producers David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg The Kids Are All Right: Producers Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and...
Highly acclaimed films The Social Network, True Grit, 127 Hours and Black Swan are all nominated in the Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures category, with Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon competing for the Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The winners will be announced by Judd Apatow at the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The nominations in full are below:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures –
127 Hours: Producers Danny Boyle and Christian Colson Black Swan: Producers Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy and Brian Oliver Inception: Producers Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas The Fighter: Producers David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg The Kids Are All Right: Producers Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and...
- 1/4/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here are the nominees for the Producers Guild Awards. The PGA nominations are almost like a prediction of the movies that will end up being nominated for and Oscar at the Academy Awards. Last year 9 out of 10 films nominated for the PGA ended up being nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
I agree with most of the nominees of the nominees on the list. I'm surprised to see The Town on there. I know a lot of people liked it, but I honestly don't know why. And as much as I loved Toy Story 3 I don't think it's a best picture film. I would have loved to see Winters Bone on the list as well, it was a much better film than The Town. Thats just my opinion. Check out the full list of nominees below and tell us what you think!
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award...
I agree with most of the nominees of the nominees on the list. I'm surprised to see The Town on there. I know a lot of people liked it, but I honestly don't know why. And as much as I loved Toy Story 3 I don't think it's a best picture film. I would have loved to see Winters Bone on the list as well, it was a much better film than The Town. Thats just my opinion. Check out the full list of nominees below and tell us what you think!
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award...
- 1/4/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Two big guild award nomination sets are being announced today, the first being those from the Producers Guild of America, with the Writers Guild nods to come not long from now. The PGA nominations are widely seen as an indicator of what we can expect in the Best Picture Oscar race -- ten films get the Producer's Guild nod, and if they don't exactly mirror the ten pictures nominated for Oscar, the Oscar list isn't likely to deviate much. Almost all the pictures you'd expect to be on this list are on it -- hit the jump for the full details. Here are the nominations: 127 Hours, Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson Black Swan, Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver Inception, Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas The Fighter, Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg The Kids Are All Right, Producers: Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray The King's Speech,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
"The Social Network," "Inception" and "True Grit" are among the nominees for the 2011 Producers Guild of America Awards. On the TV side, "Glee," "Modern Family," "Mad Men" and "30 Rock" all scored nominations.
The guild's nominations have in the past been a pretty good forecast of which films will be nominated for best picture at the Oscars, and most of the major contenders are in the mix for the producers awards, including "The Fighter," "Black Swan," "127 Hours" and "The King's Speech." The Academy Awards announce their nominees on Jan. 25.
In addition to the nominees below, the Producers Guild will present several special awards at its Jan. 22 ceremony hosted by Judd Apatow. "Avatar" director and producer James Cameron will get the Milestone Award; Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will receive the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; Scott Rudin receives the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures; Laura Ziskin...
The guild's nominations have in the past been a pretty good forecast of which films will be nominated for best picture at the Oscars, and most of the major contenders are in the mix for the producers awards, including "The Fighter," "Black Swan," "127 Hours" and "The King's Speech." The Academy Awards announce their nominees on Jan. 25.
In addition to the nominees below, the Producers Guild will present several special awards at its Jan. 22 ceremony hosted by Judd Apatow. "Avatar" director and producer James Cameron will get the Milestone Award; Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will receive the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; Scott Rudin receives the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures; Laura Ziskin...
- 1/4/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The Producers Guild of America announced their nominees for the 22nd annual PGA Awards today and to nobody’s surprise all the usual suspects were nominated, including “The Social Network,” “The King’s Speech,” “The Town” and “Black Swan.”
In addition, the PGA revelaed their nominees in the unusually competitive animation category, with “Despicable Me,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Toy Story 3″ earning the nods.
Like the Oscars, the Producers Guild has recently expanded the number of nominees for their top category, Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, naming 10 contenders instead of the traditional five.
Despite the enlarged field, however, there were few surprises. Nine of the 10 nominees were previously nominated for Best Picture by the Critics’ Choice Awards, with the only difference being the nomination of “The Kids Are All Right” by the PGA in place of “Winter’s Bone.”
The similarity between the PGA nominees and...
In addition, the PGA revelaed their nominees in the unusually competitive animation category, with “Despicable Me,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Toy Story 3″ earning the nods.
Like the Oscars, the Producers Guild has recently expanded the number of nominees for their top category, Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, naming 10 contenders instead of the traditional five.
Despite the enlarged field, however, there were few surprises. Nine of the 10 nominees were previously nominated for Best Picture by the Critics’ Choice Awards, with the only difference being the nomination of “The Kids Are All Right” by the PGA in place of “Winter’s Bone.”
The similarity between the PGA nominees and...
- 1/4/2011
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the television and motion picture nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards. The three motion picture categories include The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures; The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures; and The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The guild previously announced that James Cameron, Laura Ziskin, Scott Rudin, the producing team of Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and gasp, RealD (!) will receive honorary awards.
The Producers Guild Awards ceremony will be hosted by Judd Apatow and will be held Jan. 22.
Here's the complete list of nominees (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
127 Hours
Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Black Swan
Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Inception
Producers: Christopher Nolan,...
The guild previously announced that James Cameron, Laura Ziskin, Scott Rudin, the producing team of Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and gasp, RealD (!) will receive honorary awards.
The Producers Guild Awards ceremony will be hosted by Judd Apatow and will be held Jan. 22.
Here's the complete list of nominees (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
127 Hours
Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Black Swan
Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Inception
Producers: Christopher Nolan,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
On Tuesday, the PGA announced the television and motion picture nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards. In what hints to be a preview of the 10 Best Picture Oscar nominations coming up at the end of this month, Warner Bros. Pictures big-budget The Town being included as one of the PGA’s ten over the indie Winter”S Bone was not a total surprise. We’ll see if the same can be said of the 3 films nominated in the animated category on January 25th. The PGA went with Despicable Me over Disney’s Tangled and Sony Pictures Classics The Illusionist.
Here are the nominees:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
127 Hours, Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson Black Swan, Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver Inception, Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas The Fighter, Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg The Kids Are All Right,...
Here are the nominees:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
127 Hours, Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson Black Swan, Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver Inception, Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas The Fighter, Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg The Kids Are All Right,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Producers Guild top ten could very well be the Oscar list. They include 127 Hours, Black Swan, Inception, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Town, Toy Story 3 and True Grit. The Town is the biggest surprise; left out are indie hopefuls The Ghost Writer, Winter's Bone, Another Year, The Way Back and Blue Valentine as well as Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. On the documentary side, expected entrants (in a list of six) include Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Inside Job, The Tillman Story and Waiting for Superman while surprise noms not on the Oscar short list are Earth Made of Glass and Smash His Camera. Left off entirely are outsider Banksy's ...
- 1/4/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Nominees for the 22nd annual Producers Guild Awards were announced this morning, and if you have been paying even the slightest bit of attention during the awards race, you could guess the 10 titles picked for Best Picture, otherwise known as the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award.
Regular nominees like “The Social Network” and “The King’s Speech” led the list, paired alongside the likes of “127 Hours,” “Black Swan,” “Inception,” “The Fighter,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “The Town,” “Toy Story 3” and “True Grit.”
If there’s a big winner, it’s Ben Affleck’s “The Town,” which also found its way into the Top 10 nominated by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for their Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, which air Friday, Jan. 14. Does this mean it will make the cut when the Academy picks 10 later this year?
The guild previously announced,...
Hollywoodnews.com: Nominees for the 22nd annual Producers Guild Awards were announced this morning, and if you have been paying even the slightest bit of attention during the awards race, you could guess the 10 titles picked for Best Picture, otherwise known as the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award.
Regular nominees like “The Social Network” and “The King’s Speech” led the list, paired alongside the likes of “127 Hours,” “Black Swan,” “Inception,” “The Fighter,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “The Town,” “Toy Story 3” and “True Grit.”
If there’s a big winner, it’s Ben Affleck’s “The Town,” which also found its way into the Top 10 nominated by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for their Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, which air Friday, Jan. 14. Does this mean it will make the cut when the Academy picks 10 later this year?
The guild previously announced,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
This morning the first of the major guild awards were announced, the 2011 nominations for 22nd annual Producers Guild Awards. Last year the 10 nominations matched up almost perfectly with the 10 Best Picture nominations with Avatar, District 9, Inglorious Basterds, Up In The Air, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Up, and Precious all making it. The only two differences were Star Trek and Invictus getting PGA nods while A Serious Man and The Blind Side grabbed Bp noms.
This year the major snub was Winter’s Bone, but other than that you can bet at least 8 of the below will nab Best Picture noms. Check out the list via Deadline.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
127 Hours, Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Black Swan, Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Inception, Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Fighter, Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
The Kids Are All Right,...
This year the major snub was Winter’s Bone, but other than that you can bet at least 8 of the below will nab Best Picture noms. Check out the list via Deadline.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
127 Hours, Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Black Swan, Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Inception, Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Fighter, Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
The Kids Are All Right,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees for best picture, including all the top Oscar contenders as well as two films that are “on the bubble” for an Oscar nomination: 127 Hours and The Town. Indie favorite Winter’s Bone, meanwhile, was left out. Here are the PGA nominees:
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Could the Academy match the PGA 10 for 10? Maybe. Though I still think Winter’s Bone could squeeze its way in there. But today’s announcement...
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Could the Academy match the PGA 10 for 10? Maybe. Though I still think Winter’s Bone could squeeze its way in there. But today’s announcement...
- 1/4/2011
- by Dave Karger
- EW - Inside Movies
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the television and motion picture nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards, which will be handed out on Saturday, January 22.
Among the ten films nominated for the guild's top award, the only difference right now between my current Best Picture predictions is the inclusion of The Town over Winter's Bone. This is absolutely no surprise as I have The Town in the number 11 slot and it is certainly a contender for a Best Picture nomination. As matter of fact, I think it's pretty much going to come down to the following ten films, plus Winter's Bone for those ten Best Picture slots. I have a feeling we won't be seeing any dark horse nominations this year.
Check out the full list of nominations below.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: 127 Hours Black Swan Inception The Fighter The Kids are All Right...
Among the ten films nominated for the guild's top award, the only difference right now between my current Best Picture predictions is the inclusion of The Town over Winter's Bone. This is absolutely no surprise as I have The Town in the number 11 slot and it is certainly a contender for a Best Picture nomination. As matter of fact, I think it's pretty much going to come down to the following ten films, plus Winter's Bone for those ten Best Picture slots. I have a feeling we won't be seeing any dark horse nominations this year.
Check out the full list of nominations below.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: 127 Hours Black Swan Inception The Fighter The Kids are All Right...
- 1/4/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The year is over, so naturally it is time for a retrospective on the Poster Round Up. It took some time, but gathered together are the 10 posters that stood out among the rest. Enjoy.
10. Douchebag
The title alone is great, but add in the fun scribbled illustration and you’ve got yourself a fun and irreverent poster.
9. Monsters
The dark psychedelia is unsettling, a really great design.
8. And Everything is Going Fine
Carefree and light as a feather, the stark look, and sharp contrast of the black and white is great.
7. Buried
It calls to mind much of the iconic art from Hitchcock’s Vertigo. It’s a little uneven and dizzying.
6. Heartbeats
The way the colors jump off of this poster is beautiful, and the delicate emotion of the actor’s faces is lovely.
5. Breathless
Beautiful iconography, such a perfect new wave design, and it helps that I love Jean Seberg.
10. Douchebag
The title alone is great, but add in the fun scribbled illustration and you’ve got yourself a fun and irreverent poster.
9. Monsters
The dark psychedelia is unsettling, a really great design.
8. And Everything is Going Fine
Carefree and light as a feather, the stark look, and sharp contrast of the black and white is great.
7. Buried
It calls to mind much of the iconic art from Hitchcock’s Vertigo. It’s a little uneven and dizzying.
6. Heartbeats
The way the colors jump off of this poster is beautiful, and the delicate emotion of the actor’s faces is lovely.
5. Breathless
Beautiful iconography, such a perfect new wave design, and it helps that I love Jean Seberg.
- 12/28/2010
- by James Merolla
- SoundOnSight
So far I've collected six separate 2010 compilation videos looking back at the this year's collection of films. To the best of my knowledge, these six videos include clips from 303 films and together they total 34:34. I have included the complete list of films on the second page if you are interested. Let me know if I'm missing any, but I think it's pretty safe to say if you liked a film in 2010 one of these following videos will feature it.
So, have a watch and leave your thoughts on which one is your favorite in the comments below and if you find another one online that I should add to the collection shoot me an email.
By: Zack Young
By: The Sleepy Skunk
By: Matthew Shapiro
By: Gen I
By: Kees van Dijkhuizen
On the next page is one final compilation piece, but it plays automatically once the page is...
So, have a watch and leave your thoughts on which one is your favorite in the comments below and if you find another one online that I should add to the collection shoot me an email.
By: Zack Young
By: The Sleepy Skunk
By: Matthew Shapiro
By: Gen I
By: Kees van Dijkhuizen
On the next page is one final compilation piece, but it plays automatically once the page is...
- 12/22/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
As we walk down towards the Super Bowl of the movie awards season aka the Academy Awards, all the various critics associations and guilds release their own kudofest. It can get confusing and beguiling, so I created a nifty package for you -- I compiled all the nominees, winners of various award-giving bodies so you can make informed decision when it comes to predicting the Oscars.
And here we go:
AFI Honorees
African-American Film Critics
Annie Awards
Boston Film Critics
Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics Choice)
Chicago Film Critics Association
Detroit Film Critics
European Film Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Gotham Awards
Houston Area Film Critics
International Documentary Association Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
Indiana Film Journalists. Association
La Film Critics Association Awards
London Critics' Circle Awards
National Board of Review Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
New York Film Critics Online Awards
Producers Guild Documentary Awards
San Diego Film Critics...
And here we go:
AFI Honorees
African-American Film Critics
Annie Awards
Boston Film Critics
Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics Choice)
Chicago Film Critics Association
Detroit Film Critics
European Film Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Gotham Awards
Houston Area Film Critics
International Documentary Association Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
Indiana Film Journalists. Association
La Film Critics Association Awards
London Critics' Circle Awards
National Board of Review Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
New York Film Critics Online Awards
Producers Guild Documentary Awards
San Diego Film Critics...
- 12/15/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Each year around this time we get a mash-up of the best (and worst) cinematic offerings of the past 12 months. First out of the gate is YouTube’s Genrocks, with a great video mix. See it below and then check out the long list of films it uses, in order from Iron Man 2 to Hubble 3D, as well as the musical choices.
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Films in Order of Appearance:
01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network
03. Saw 3D
04. Tron: Legacy
05. Never Let Me Go
06. Legion
07. The Book of Eli
08. Easy A
09. The Runaways
10. Farewell
11. Kick-Ass
12. Jonah Hex
13. Harry Brown
14. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
15. Percy Jackson & The Olympics: The Lightning Thief
16. Despicable Me
17. Stone
18. Dinner For Schmucks
19. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
20. Hereafter
21. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Films in Order of Appearance:
01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network
03. Saw 3D
04. Tron: Legacy
05. Never Let Me Go
06. Legion
07. The Book of Eli
08. Easy A
09. The Runaways
10. Farewell
11. Kick-Ass
12. Jonah Hex
13. Harry Brown
14. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
15. Percy Jackson & The Olympics: The Lightning Thief
16. Despicable Me
17. Stone
18. Dinner For Schmucks
19. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
20. Hereafter
21. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
- 12/14/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
If you were trapped under a rock this year (it happens) take six minutes to watch this YouTube short. Half music video, half trailer remix, “Filmography 2010″ cuts together the year’s hits, flops and everything in between to catchy music.
Even if you’re a jaded movie buff who hates year end schmaltz, the recap should pluck your heartstrings. So many great and touching moments this year, it’s enough to make you wonder how the Golden Globes managed to totally blow their nominations.
But we digress. Check out the video after the jump.
How many films do you recognize? Below is full list of the films in the order that they appear. Enjoy!
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Filmography 2010
Films in Order of Appearance:
01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network...
Even if you’re a jaded movie buff who hates year end schmaltz, the recap should pluck your heartstrings. So many great and touching moments this year, it’s enough to make you wonder how the Golden Globes managed to totally blow their nominations.
But we digress. Check out the video after the jump.
How many films do you recognize? Below is full list of the films in the order that they appear. Enjoy!
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Filmography 2010
Films in Order of Appearance:
01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network...
- 12/14/2010
- by Chris Plante
- NextMovie
Every December these ‘best of the year’ video montages make the last 12 months of cinema seem infinitely more pleasant to sit through than they actually were. Here’s the first of many that are sure to be made before the sand in the hourglass runs out on 2010, this one from a gal going by the name of Gen I, who sent in this effort to /film.
There’s 270 movies in this montage below ranging from all the well known blockbusters, to smaller docs, foreign fare and even some Japanese anime! I can’t begin to imagine how long or how much skill it takes to put something as high-quality as this together…
Full list of the tracks and films shown are below;
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Filmography 2010
Films in...
There’s 270 movies in this montage below ranging from all the well known blockbusters, to smaller docs, foreign fare and even some Japanese anime! I can’t begin to imagine how long or how much skill it takes to put something as high-quality as this together…
Full list of the tracks and films shown are below;
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Filmography 2010
Films in...
- 12/14/2010
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Now that we're about two weeks till the end of 2010, the film industry will be looking back to figure out the best movies of the year and will pick winners during the many awards shows. Today, we have a video that captures 2010 pretty well by showing scenes from the year's 270 films, including some that have yet to hit theaters. There will likely be plenty more of these montages in the next few weeks, but the video is definitely one of the better ones that I have seen. Check out the six-minute video below, in addition to a full list of all the films that were used. Questions: How many of the films listed did you actually see in full? Video: Films in Order of Appearance: 1. Iron Man 2 2. The Social Network 3. Saw 3D 4. Tron: Legacy 5. Never Let Me Go 6. Legion 7. The Book of Eli 8. Easy A 9. The Runaways 10. Farewell 11. Kick-Ass...
- 12/14/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
It's getting closer and closer to the end of the year, and we've already seen a couple top 10 lists and critic choice awards announced. Since we began posting "best of the year" video montages a few years back, it seems a lot of new wannabe video editors have emerged. Maybe the software has become cheaper or more accessible, or maybe the coverage on sites like /Film and other movie blogs garnered interest in the task. Last year I received a dozen or so best of videos, most of them were not anything we would share on the site. I think we posted three in total last year, two of which were created by video editors we've featured in previous years [1]. Today I was sent the first "best of 2010" video montage of the season, from a video editor named Gen I. I'll admit that while I was expecting the worst, I came out pleasantly surprised.
- 12/14/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Awards Campaign: Greg Ellwood criticizes John Lasseter, the chief creative officer for Disney/Pixar, for his decision last year to withdraw his studio’s support for the International Animated Film Society’s annual Annie Awards, which were considered “the Academy Awards for animators before there was ever a best animated feature category on movie’s biggest night.” Lasseter felt that “the group had been inundated with DreamWorks Animation employees who were ‘unfairly’ affecting the outcome of the prizes,” and was spurred to action when, two years ago, DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda” beat Pixar’s “Wall-e” for the best animated feature Annie. Ellwood notes that despite Disney/Pixar’s withdrawal, the Annie nominating committees honored both Disney’s “Tangled” and Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” with best animated feature nominations (along with “Despicable Me,” “How To Train Your Dragon,” and “The Illusionist”), but that its “character animators, production designers,...
- 12/7/2010
- by Mary Skawinski
- Scott Feinberg
PGA: The Producers Guild of America announced on Friday that the films nominated for best documentary theatrical motion picture at the 22nd annual Producers Guild Awards are Alex Gibney’s “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” Deborah Scranton’s “Earth Made of Glass,” Charles Ferguson’s “Inside Job,” Leon Gast’s “Smash His Camera,” Amir Bar-Lev’s “The Tillman Story,” and Davis Guggenheim’s “Waiting for ‘Superman’.” The winner of last year’s award, “The Cove,” went on to win the best documentary (feature) Oscar.
The Odds: Steve Pond reports that “The Ghost Writer” was the big winner at Saturday’s European Film Awards, taking home the prizes for best European film, best European director (Roman Polanski), best European actor (Ewan McGregor), best European screenwriter (Robert Harris and Polanski), best European composer (Alexandre Desplat), and best European production designer (Albrecht Konrad).
The Hollywood Reporter: Stephen Galloway interviews Michael Douglas,...
The Odds: Steve Pond reports that “The Ghost Writer” was the big winner at Saturday’s European Film Awards, taking home the prizes for best European film, best European director (Roman Polanski), best European actor (Ewan McGregor), best European screenwriter (Robert Harris and Polanski), best European composer (Alexandre Desplat), and best European production designer (Albrecht Konrad).
The Hollywood Reporter: Stephen Galloway interviews Michael Douglas,...
- 12/7/2010
- by Mary Skawinski
- Scott Feinberg
The Producers Guild of America has announced the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture nominees for the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards. And the nominees are (in alphabetical order):
* Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer
* Earth Made Of Glass
* Inside Job
* Smash His Camera
* The Tillman Story
* Waiting For .Superman.
"Client 9," "Inside Job," "The Tillman Story," and "Waiting for Superman" are also among the 15 documentaries being considered for Academy Awards Best Feature Documentary. (See Academy Unleashes Best Documentary Short List)
Nominations for the other Producers Guild Award categories will be announced January 4, 2011. The 2011 Producers Guild Awards ceremony will be held on January 22, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
* Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer
* Earth Made Of Glass
* Inside Job
* Smash His Camera
* The Tillman Story
* Waiting For .Superman.
"Client 9," "Inside Job," "The Tillman Story," and "Waiting for Superman" are also among the 15 documentaries being considered for Academy Awards Best Feature Documentary. (See Academy Unleashes Best Documentary Short List)
Nominations for the other Producers Guild Award categories will be announced January 4, 2011. The 2011 Producers Guild Awards ceremony will be held on January 22, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
- 12/6/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced on Friday, Dec. 3, the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture nominees for the 2010 Producers Guild Awards. The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Earth Made of Glass Inside Job Smash His Camera The Tillman Story Waiting for 'Superman' Four of the six nominees are to be found in the Academy Awards' longlist as well. The two exceptions are Deborah Scranton's Earth Made of Glass and Leon Gast's Smash His Camera. Earth Made of Glass features a couple of stories set in post-genocide Rwanda, one of which follows Rwandan president Paul Kagame's attempts to free a close aide arrested in France on charges of terrorism and to tell the world about the French government's hidden role in the 1994 genocide. Smash His Camera chronicles the life and work of paparazzi Ron Gallela. Nominations...
- 12/4/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Los Angeles, CA (December 3, 2010) . The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards.
The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are:
Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer Earth Made Of Glass Inside Job Smash His Camera The Tillman Story Waiting For .Superman’
Nominations for the other Producers Guild Award categories will be announced January 4, 2011, along with the individual producers. The 2011 Producers Guild Awards ceremony will take place on January 22, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Source: Producers Guild of America...
The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are:
Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer Earth Made Of Glass Inside Job Smash His Camera The Tillman Story Waiting For .Superman’
Nominations for the other Producers Guild Award categories will be announced January 4, 2011, along with the individual producers. The 2011 Producers Guild Awards ceremony will take place on January 22, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Source: Producers Guild of America...
- 12/3/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The documentary race is heating up. Post-Gothams, Indie Spirits, and National Board of Review, education doc Waiting for Superman and Wall Street expose Inside Job are looking good for a spot in the final Oscar five. They were among Friday's Producer's Guild nominations, which also included Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer, Earth Made of Glass, Smash His Camera and The Tillman Story. The PGA will announce nominations in other categories on January 4, 2011; the awards ceremony takes place on January 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Friday night, the International Documentary Association will announce its winners at their awards ceremony at the DGA. Stay tuned for the winners. Check out Inside Job director Charles Ferguson on Charlie Rose; the movie ...
- 12/3/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Producers Guild of America unveiled their nominees for Best Documentary this morning and I can't quite get a grasp on what to expect from this category this year in terms of the Oscar race.
I know the online masses will likely favor Banksy's Exit through the Gift Shop, and while I see that one getting a nom I've backed off my stance of it being the frontrunner; not to mention if it's not included on the PGA's list of six. Another film not listed by the PGA is Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger's Restrepo, which I have yet to see but just received a screener and I can't help but feel an industry vibe that this one is going to get into the Oscars.
Personally, I see it as a two-way race between Charles Ferguson's Inside Job and Davis Guggenheim's Waiting for "Superman" though I...
I know the online masses will likely favor Banksy's Exit through the Gift Shop, and while I see that one getting a nom I've backed off my stance of it being the frontrunner; not to mention if it's not included on the PGA's list of six. Another film not listed by the PGA is Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger's Restrepo, which I have yet to see but just received a screener and I can't help but feel an industry vibe that this one is going to get into the Oscars.
Personally, I see it as a two-way race between Charles Ferguson's Inside Job and Davis Guggenheim's Waiting for "Superman" though I...
- 12/3/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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