PGA Nominees
PGA Nominees
#1PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 3:24pm
Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Body of War
Hear and Now
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Sicko
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
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#2re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 3:28pm
And how does this come into play?
The PGA winner has gone on to win the Oscar 11 out of the past 17 years. Not bad.
2007: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
2006: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2005: THE AVIATOR
2004: LORD OF THE RINGS
2003: CHICAGO
2002: MOULIN ROUGE!
2001: GLADIATOR
2000: AMERICAN BEAUTY
1999: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1998: TITANIC
1997: THE ENGLISH PATIENT
1996: APOLLO 13
1995: FORREST GUMP
1994: SCHINDLER'S LIST
1993: THE CRYING GAME
1992: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1991: DANCES WITH WOLVES
1990: DRIVING MISS DAISY
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
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#2re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 3:31pm
No Atonement and no Sweeney Todd.
Hmm...
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
#4re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 3:42pm
I think SICKO is a lock for a Best Documentary nod, yes.
I'm not surprised by SWEENEY or ATONEMENT being left out. SWEENEY doesn't really deserve the nod, and I'm not quite sure why ATONEMENT is being ignored by all of the guilds.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#5re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 3:53pmMaybe it's just me, munk, and I have yet to see ATONEMENT, but it looks like the ENGLISH PATIENT meets THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, which does NOT pique my interest. The other films are somewhat indie in their form and content, even MICHAEL CLAYTON has a 70s throwback feel...maybe they thought ATONEMENT old-fashioned filmmaking...It looks like something Jennifer Jones and Tyrone Power might have made for Fred Zinnemann.
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#6re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 4:08pm
I haven't seen Atonement, but every ad, every review makes me think it's A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE loaded with OSCAR WORTHY PERFORMANCES! On over 100 TOP TEN LISTS!
In other words, BORING!
#7re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 4:08pm
This is too much ignoring from the guilds for "Atonement." But it's not looking good for the film! Maybe the buzz I'm hearing right now is too little, too late... or just too isolated.
As far as 11 out of 17 going onto win the Oscar, that's a little over 60 percent.
Not much better than most fan sites and office pools.
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#8re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 4:13pm
Atonement is Jennifer Jones and Tyrone Power but without the passion. The English Patient without the opera.
I felt it was all repression and no expression. Its good, but I can't understand why it is on anyone's shortlist.
However the biz we call show thinks it is top drawer, so what the fudge do I know.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
#9re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/14/08 at 8:54pm
SWEENEY doesn't really deserve the nod
Heh. Deserves it moreso than Juno, me thinks.
#10re: PGA Nominees
Posted: 1/15/08 at 1:41amWell, as Besty said it's only a little over 60% and also, in the past three years, their choices do not mirror the Oscar's choice for best film.
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