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The Oscars 2005 potential
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All set for the Oscars? Cant wait for the
latest on the Oscars 2005 winners and losers? We
understand. The 77th Annual Academy Awards will be
held on February 27, 2005 at the Kodak Theatre at
Hollywood & Highland. Like every year, this year
too promises to be an exciting fare, the most
awaited movie event of the entire year. Here is
our shortlist. The list is by now means
comprehensive, but we hope to comprehensivise it
very soon. The low-down on what to look out for.
BY OUR MEDIA EDITOR
5th Jan, 2005
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.1
FINDING NEVERLAND:
Last
year Johnny Depp almost made it with Pirates of
the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. This year
he is back with a better performance in Finding
Neverland. It is a tale of growing up as the life
story of Peter Pan author JM Barrie is told. Depp
is closest to an Oscar gold in his career, with
Neverland. The film itself is looking at the top
prize as Best Picture. Kate Winslet has a good
shot at a Supporting Actress nomination. Director
Marc Forster may find Neverland giving him the
best director nomination. Finding Neverland has a
very good chance at several nominations.
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.2
VERA DRAKE:
A
heart-breaking film. Chart-topping best female
performance. Set in London, 1950, this is the
story of Vera Drake, an extra-nice woman always
helping people and never hesitant to open her home
and heart to those in need. Vera's home life is
wonderful. Dramatic tension kicks off as Vera
visits the house of a distressed young girl.
Offering her kind words and reassurance she
settles down to help the young lady out of her
present situation. Equipped with knick-knacks, she
proceeds to give the woman an abortion. Imelda
Staunton (the nurse in the Oscar-winning
Shakespeare in Love) stars as Vera Drake. She can
look for the Best Actress slot. Writer/director
Mike Leigh can pitch for original Screenplay
prize. It has already received the Golden Lion for
Best Film from the Venice International Film
Festival.
Our Oscars 2005 award nominee winner/No.3
SIDEWAYS:
So much praise and hype have preceded this film.
It was consistently at the tops of critics' lists
as one of the best films of 2004. Already with
seven Golden Globe nominations, Sideways is a
front-runner. Two middle-aged men looking for love
on a wine-soaked holiday in California, serving as
a bachelor party for one and a search for a new
beginning for another. Oscar talk is buzzing and
with seven Golden Globe nominations, hardly
surprising. Very good acting by Paul Giamatti. He
received much acclaim for the small film American
Splendor last year. Excellent show by Virginia
Madsen. Writer/director Alexander Payne is certain
to be one of the front runners for Best Adapted
Screenplay and Payne is also going to be amongst
names such as Eastwood, Nichols and Scorsese for
Best Director. Sideways has created quite a stir
in the run-up to Oscars.
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.4:
MILLION DOLLAR BABY:
A memorable story. Starring Clint Eastwood. The
actor is magnificent from his directorial duties
and acts alongside Hilary Swank and Morgan
Freeman. Million Dollar Baby is expected to pull
as much as Charlize Theron did with Monster. Swank
can aspire for Best Actress nomination. Swank
worked for three months with boxing trainer Hector
Roca and weight lifter and trainer Grant Roberts
several hours a day to convincingly play a highly
conditioned professional athlete. Morgan Freeman
can look for Best Supporting Actor slot. Freeman
narrates the story of Million Dollar Baby and is
the voice of reason during the film. Eastwood can
pitch for Best Director.Excellent cinematography
by Tom Stern. Million Dollar Baby, is a front
runner right now for Best Picture.
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.5
THE INCREDIBLES:
Here is the animated movie trying to make history.
It has made $247 million at he box ofice so far.
The Incredibles is aiming to be the first animated
feature to be nominated for Best Animated Feature
as well as Best Picture. In 2002, Shrek had pulled
in the very first Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
A nomination and most likely a win is more or less
inevitable. It will be competing with Shrek 2, the
film that currently sits at #3 in all-time
domestic box-office sales with $441 million. The
Incredibles has already from earning already 16
Annie Award nominations, which is more than Shrek
2 and Shark Tale pulled in combined.
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.6
THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR:
Some
great performances. The Door in the Floor could be
a surprise winner at Oscars 2005. Based on the
first third of the novel "A Widow for One Year".
Credit for the adaptation goes to Tod Williams.
Williams could earn nominations for his job of
directing the film, but probably has the best shot
at winning an Oscar for the work he did adapting
the screenplay. Jeff Bridges can vie for Best
Actor. Kim Bassinger plays Bridge's estranged
wife, a previous Oscar winner for LA Confidential.
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.7:
AVIATOR
Martin
Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator, is
ready to light up silver screens. It has a huge
chance at a large amount of nominations and has
eyes on a couple of major awards. A Best Picture
nomination is definitely on the cards. It was the
one big epic film of last year, with Troy and
Alexander falling flat. Scorsese may be best
director. Surprisingly, he has not won an Oscar
yet. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Aviator. This is
DiCaprio's best-ever performance. It has already
earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He appears
as Howard Hughes. Absolutely brilliant acting.
Cate Blanchett is amazing too, with her portrayal
as Katherine Hepburn. The cinematography as well
as visual effects are amazing, besides the aerial
scenes.
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.8
CLOSER:
A
sexual movie without a sex scene. It is the story
of four strangers whose lives suddenly become
entangled. It is made in way where we dislike the
charaters but still identify with them. Adapted
from the popular Patrick Marber play, Closer is a
sexual exploration for the modern age. Excellent
performances by Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman,
Jude Law and Clive Owen. Closer brings out the
best of Jude Law. Closer is sure to gain a lot of
limelight at Oscars 2005.
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.9
COLLATERAL:
Starring
Tom Cruise, an actor who has never managed to find
an Oscar. he is one of the last big-badge stars
not to be blessed an with Oscar gold despie movies
like Rain Man, Magnolia, Jerry Maguire, Born on
the Fourth of July etc. Film is directed by
Michael Mann, that takes place over the course of
one night in the dusky glow of Los Angeles as a
cabbie named Max, is about to have anything but an
ordinary night once he accepts his next fare. Cue
Vincent (Cruise) is a hit man for hire with a job
to do. With a body count planned for five, the
night is only just beginning as he instructs Max
to take him to his scheduled "appointments." A
Best Actor nomination for Cruise? Lets wait and
see! Admirable cinematography.
Our Oscars 2005 award winner/nominee No.10 ETERNAL
SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND:
Driven
by a brilliant performance by Jim Carrey. Joel
(Carrey) is on a struggle to forget his
ex-girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) and hires
the services of Lacuna Inc. for their
sophisticated mind melting process. But Joel's
mind won't let him forget what is most important
to him and it becomes a battle for intellectual
and romantic supremacy. n intelligent story by
French director Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman,
the Oscar-winning writer of 2002's
Adaptation.Carrey and Winslet can both be
considered for Best Actor/Actress roles, Gondry
will most likely get a nomination for director and
Kaufman will certainly be the frontrunner for
Original Screenplay. Good work in film editing.
BY OUR MEDIA EDITOR
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