80 Oscar awards ceremony

Viggo Mortensen support the boycott "Oscar"

2008-01-26T02:22:00.000-08:00

A huge Viggo Mortensen ignore an invitation to the award ceremony Oscar American Film Academy, if scriptwriters Guild of the United States will not complete its strike until that time, reports BANG Media International.

Mortensen, who nominated for "Oscar" for the role in the picture "Porok for export", became the first actor, articulate its position in relation to the threat Guild scriptwriters USA boycott the award ceremony the American Film Academy Award.

Earlier Guild scriptwriters USA, bastuyuschey since November 2007, was able to disrupt the award ceremony "Golden globes" when they supported the Actors Guild of the United States. As a result Gollivudskoy Association awards were awarded to foreign press at the press conference.

Actors Guild of the United States said it supported all the actions scriptwriters, but it makes for an actor to decide - whether they appear on the "Oscar" on February 24, 2008.

Perhaps that Mortensenu and not have to miss the ceremony because the scriptwriters returned to the negotiating table with the studios to discuss the possibility of resuming negotiations on the terms of new labour agreement. Recall that the union scriptwriters USA studios requires producers to sign a treaty on payments to reward the authors of films and serials from the sale of movies on the Internet.

Guild directors, scriptwriters and actors every three years, the United States entered into with the Alliance producers new labor agreement. Earlier Guild and the Alliance of directors producers of films and TV (The studio is) able to agree on fees from the sale of movies on the Internet. It is expected that this will be the first step towards the completion of many scriptwriters' strike

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - "Surf's Up" (2007)

2008-01-25T12:50:00.000-08:00

Surf's Up

* Length: 85 min.

* adventure / animation / comedy / family

* Directed by: Robert Ashe, Kris Back

* Script: Lisa Addario, Christian Darren, Joe Sirakyuz

Producers: Lydia Bottegoni, Christopher Jenkins

Artist: Paul Lezeyn

Composer: Michael Dunne

Editing: Ivan Bilanchio

* Cast: Film: Shia LaBef (Code Maverick), Jeff Bridges (Big Zi), Zui Deschanel (Laney Aliikay), John Hider (Chicken Joe), James Woods (Reddzhi Belafonte), Jane Krakovski (Limberfin Sheyla), Deyna Belben (Edna Maverick), Diedrich Bader (Tenk Evans), Michael McKean (Rock), Mario Cantone (Mike Abromowitz), Brian Benben (Chuck), Kelly Slater (Kelly), Russian dubbed: Timati (Code Maverick).

Team penguins-documentary invites viewers backstage look very sporting, dramatic and dangerous surfing contest in the world - Annual Pingvinego Soccer World surfing.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - "Persepolis" (2007)

2008-01-25T12:44:00.000-08:00

Persepolis (2007)

* Duration: 95 minutes.

* Animation / drama

* Directed by: Vincent Paronno, Marjan Satrapi

* Script: Vincent Paronno, Marjan Satrapi

Produced by: Xavier Rigaud, Marc-Antoine Robert

Executive Producer: Kathleen Kennedy

Music by: Olivier Berne

* Cast: Film: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Gina Roulends, Abkaryan Simon, Daniel Dare, Tilly Mandelbro.

History is not on years older, developed and straightforward Iranian girls during the Muslim revolution

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Ratatouille (2007)

2008-01-25T12:37:00.000-08:00

Ratatouille (2007)

* Length: 110 min.

* animation / comedy / family

* Director: Brad Bird

* Script: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Kapobyanko

Producer: Brad Lewis

Executive producer: John Lasseter

Composer: Michael Giacchino

Editing: Derren T. Holmes

* Cast: Film: Osuolt Petton, Brian Dennehy, Janin Garofalo, Ian Holm, David Schwimmer, Adam Scott, Brad Garrett.

Paris! Paradise for gourmet - the best food, the best restaurants, the best cook! Remy dreams of becoming one of them - the capital of the world's greatest chefs cooking. U Remi have to do so - ideal bAk and taste, knowledge of the best recipes and incredible capacity for improvisation. There was only one problem ... Remi - rats. Relatives Remi, accustomed to eating garbage, koryat him for betraying traditions rat tribe, a restaurant owner - cook named Zhivoder - trying lime. Only povarenok Lingvini which friends with Remi, shares his inclination to a pipe dream. In order for the entire Paris talked about their culinary skills, friends will have to weld such a porridge that few seem not!

Best film in a foreign language aspirants - "12"

2008-01-25T12:25:00.000-08:00

"12" (2007)

* Length: 153 min.

* Detective / drama

* Director: Nikita Mikhalkov

* Script: Nikita Mikhalkov, Vladimir Moiseenko, Alexander Novototsky

Producers: Nikita Mikhalkov (General Producer), Leonid Vereschagin

Operator: Vladislav Opelyants

Artist: Victor Petrov

By: Eduard Artemyev

* Cast: Nikita Mikhalkov (Sworn № 2)

Sergei Makovetsky (Sworn № 1)

Sergei Garmash (Sworn № 3)

Alexei Petrenko (Sworn № 5)

Valentin Gaft (Sworn № 4)

Yuri Stoyanov (Sworn № 6)

Mikhail Efremov (Sworn № 8)

Sergei Gazarov (Sworn № 7)

Viktor Verzhbitsky (Sworn № 11)

Alexei Gorbunov (Sworn № 9)

Roman Madyanov (Sworn № 12)

Sergei Artsibashev (Sworn № 10)

Alexander Adabashyan (Judicial bailiff)

The small room. One table. Twelve Chairs. Twelve jurors handed down the verdict in the case of the assassination of Chechen teenager vosemnadtsatiletnim reception room of his father, a Russian officer. All showed evidence against the accused, and eleven of the twelve people gathered in a closed room, ready to condemn the young man. But one of the jurors was confident that all is not as clear as it seems at first glance, and colleagues suggests more thoughtfully consider the case.

Best film in a foreign language aspirants - "Mongol"

2008-01-25T12:16:00.000-08:00

"Mongol" (2007)
* Length: 120 min.
* drama
* Director: Sergei Bodrov
* Script: Arif Aliev, Sergei Bodrov
Produced by: Sergei Selyanov, Anton Melnick, Sergei Bodrov
Executive producers: Bulat Galimgereev, Alec Schulmann
Operator: Rogir Stoffers, Sergei Trofimov
Artists: Dashi Namdakov, Elena Zhukova
Editing: Zach Stenberg, Valdis Oskarsdottir
Costumes: Carin Lor
* Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Hulan Chuluun, Amadou Mamadakov, Basan, Alia, He Qi, A Yuer, Odnam Odsuren, Sun Honley, Amarbold Tuvshinbayar, Bayartsetseg Erdenebat.

"Not contemn poor kid - he may be the son of a tiger" - Mongolian proverb says. Temudzhin The boy, who will become Genghis Khan, potentates half of the world went through hunger, humiliation, slavery. He hunted, tortured and betrayed. He survived, although it appeared that this was not possible. His strength, mind and the will to live were mildly to the possibility of customary rights. His love supported Borte, and the beloved first wife that he had no one can take away

Best film in a foreign language aspirants - "Katyn"

2008-01-25T12:10:00.000-08:00

"Katyn" 2007

* Length: 119 min.

* drama / historic

* Director: Andrzej Wajda

* Script: Andrzej Mulyarchuk, Andrzej Wajda

Producer: Michal Kwiczinski

Operator: Pawel Edelman

Artist: Magdalena Dipont

Costumes: Magdalena Bedzhitska

* Cast: Joachim Paul Assbeck, Waldemar Barvinski, Stanislav Tselinska, Andrzej Hira, Magdalena Cheleska, Alicia Dabrowska, Jan Englert, Sergei Garmash, Victoria Gasievska, Agnieszka Glinska, Krzysztof Kolberger, Maja Komorowska, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Maya Ostaszewska, Pshebindovski Yacoub, Arthur Zmievski.

This is the story of Polish officers in Katyn unichtozhenyh NKVD during the Second World. That picture of women, not dozhdavshihsya their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. The painting lies on the communist regime ordered ever forget those killed. It's about the indomitable struggle for memory and truth. The beginning of the Second World War. September 17, 1939, immediately after the invasion of Nazi Germany to Poland, on the orders of Stalin's Red Army also tramples on Polish soil. Many officers of the Polish army find themselves in Soviet captivity. Anna, the wife of Captain uhlan regiment, waiting for the return of her husband, but instead receives conclusive proof of his killing Russians. The wife of General learns of the death of her husband in 1943, when German troops discovered the mass graves of Polish officers in Katynskom forest. Silence and lies Agnieszka heart break, the pilot's sister, divided the fate of other Polish soldiers. At that would resemble the post-war lives of women awaiting their loved ones in the new state, controlled by the Soviet Union? Save whether its meaning of the word "fatherland" and "freedom" for those who agreed with the new order? Additional information: The film was subjected to the digital processing of high resolution, which led to an unprecedented image clarity and color quality. The film is in the personal support of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski and his wife Mary Kachinskoy. The day after the premiere of the film "The Russian newspaper published a commentary establishing that the avowed version of the tragedy based on the only copies of dubious origin and the responsibility of the USSR evidence unreliable. In response, the next day the biggest Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza "recalled the formal recognition of the USSR NKVD responsibility for the tragedy and Katynskuyu released copies of the signatures of Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Mikoyan, Kalinina and Kaganovich

Best film in a foreign language aspirants - "Counterfeits's"

2008-01-25T11:55:00.000-08:00

"Counterfeits's"

Falscher, Die

* Length: 98 min.

* Detective / drama / war

* Director: Stefan Ruzovitski

* Script: Stefan Ruzovitski, Adolf Burger (CV)

Producers: Joseph Ayhgoltser, Nina Bolmann, Babett Schroder

Operator: Benedict Noyenfels

Composer: Marius Ruland

Editing: Britta Naler

Costumes: Nicole Fischnaller

* Cast: Carl Markovic, August Dil, David Strizov, Martin Brambach, August Zirner, Fait Shtyubner, Sebastian Urtsendovski, Andreas Schmidt, Dolores Chaplin.

Berlin, in 1936. Sorowitz - King forgers. Once someone reaches him, and very soon he was in the concentration camp. Sorowitz assumes the worst option developments, but fate gave him another chance 8 years later. Was in 1944 and the Third Reich already doomed. The person who sent it to the camp offers a deal: In exchange for the guarantee of life and acceptable conditions, Sorowitz with a group of like him, professionals must work at the fascist Germany - to establish industrial production fake currency Allied

80 nominees - Annual American Film Academy Award Oscar

2008-01-25T11:40:00.000-08:00

Best Motion Picture of the Year
* "Redemption"
* "Juno"
* "Michael Clayton"
* "The old man is not the place"
* Oil "

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
* Kate Blanshett - "Golden Age"
* Julie Christie - "Far from it"
* Ellen Page - "Juno"
* Marion Kotiyar - "Living in the pink flowers"
* Laura Linney - "Dicari"

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
* Javier Bardem - "The Old Man is not the place"
* Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton"
* Casey Affleck - "How cowardly Robert Ford killed Jesse James"
* Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Dicari"
* Hal Holbrook - "K wild"

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
* Amy Ryan - "Goodbye, kids, farewell"
* Kate Blanshett - "They have no"
* Ruby Dee - "Gangster"
* Sorsha Ronan - "Redemption"
* Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"

Achievement in Directing
* Jason Reitman - "Juno"
* Julian Schnabel - "Skafandr and butterfly"
* Ethan Cohen and Joel Cohen - "The Old Man is not the place"
* Paul Thomas Anderson - Oil "
* Tony Gilroy - "Michael Clayton"

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
* "Beaufort", Israel
* "Falshivomonetchiki, Austria
* "Katyn, Poland
* "Mongol", Kazakhstan
* "12", Russia

Original screenplay
* "Michael Clayton" - Tony Gilroy
* "Juno" - Dyablo Cowdy
* "Lars and real girl" - Nancy Oliver
* "Dicari" - Tamara Jenkins
* "Pursuit" - Brad Bird (scenario, history), Jan Pinkava (history), and Jim Kapobyanko (story)

Adapted screenplay
* "Redemption" - Christopher Hampton
* Oil "- Paul Thomas Anderson
* "Far from it" - Sarah Polley
* "Skafandr and butterfly" - Ronald Harwood
* "The old man is not the place" - Joel and Ethan Cohen Cohen

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
* "Pursuit" - Brad Byrd
* "Persepolis" - Marjan Satrapi and Vincent Paronno
* "Lowi wave!" -- Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in Art Direction
* "Gangster" - Arthur Max (artist), Beth A. Rubino (scenery)
* "Redemption" - Sarah Greenwood (artist), Katie Spencer (scenery)
* "The Golden Compass" - Dennis Gessner (artist), Anna Pinnock (scenery)
* "Sweeney Todd, hairdresser-maniac" - Dante Ferretti (artist), Francesca Lo Schiavo (scenery)
* Oil "- Jack Fisk (artist), Jim Erickson (scenery)

Achievement in Cinematography
* "How cowardly Robert Ford killed Jesse James" - Roger Dickins
* "Skafandr and butterfly" - Janusz Kaminski
* "Redemption" - Simus MakGarvi
* Oil "- Robert Elsuit
* "The old man is not the place" - Roger Dickins

Achievement in Costume Design
* "The Universe" - Albert Volski
* "Redemption" - Jacqueline Dyurran
* "The Golden Age" - Alexandra Byrne
* "Living in the pink flowers" - Marit Allen
* "Sweeney Todd, hairdresser-maniac" - Colleen Atwood

Achievement in Editing
* "Bourne Ultimatum" - Christopher Rouse
* "Skafandr and butterfly" - Juliette Velfling
* "By the wild" - Jay Cassidy
* "The old man is not the place" - Roderick Dzheyns (Joel and Ethan Cohen Cohen)
* Oil "- Dylan Tichenor

Achievement in Makeup
* "Living in the pink flowers" - Didier Lavern and Jan Archibald
* "Ulovki Norbita" - Rick Baker and Katsuhiro Tsuji
* "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
* "Redemption" - Dario Marianelli
* "Runner of the wind" - Alberto Iglesias
* "Michael Clayton" - James Newton Howard
* "Pursuit" - Michael Giacchino
* "Train to Yumu" - Marco Beltrami

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
* "One" - "Falling Slowly 'music: Glen Hansard, the words: Marketa Irglova
* "Zacharovannaya" - "Happy Working Song," music: Alan Menken, the words: Stephen Schwartz
* "August Rush" - "Raise It Up"
* "Zacharovannaya" - "So Close" music: Alan Menken, the words: Stephen Schwartz
* "Zacharovannaya" - "That's How You Know" music: Alan Menken, the words: Stephen Schwartz

Achievement in Sound Editing
* "Bourne Ultimatum" - Karen Baker Lenders and Per Hollberg
* "The old man is not the place" - Skip Livsey
* "Pursuit" - Tom Randy and Michael Silvers
* Oil "- Matthew Wood
* "The Transformers" - Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in Sound Mixing
* "Bourne Ultimatum" - Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
* "The old man is not the place" - Skip Livsey, Craig Berkeley, Greg Orloff and Peter Kerland
* "Pursuit" - Randy Tom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
* "Train to Yumu" - Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stube
* "The Transformers" - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in Visual Effects
* "The Golden Compass" - Michael Fincke, Bill Uestenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
* "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - John Noll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Fraser
* "The Transformers" - Scott Farrar, Scott Benz, Earl Russell and John Fraser
Best Documentary Feature
* "No End in Sight" - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
* "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" - Richard E. Robbins
* "Zdravozahoronenie" - Michael Moore and Megan O'Hara
* "Taxi to the Dark Side" - Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
* "War / Dance" - Andrea Nix Fain and Sean Fain

Best Documentary Short Subject
* "Freeheld" - Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
* "La Corona" - Amanda Misheli and Isabel Vega
* "Salim Baba" - Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
* "Sari's Mother" - James Longley

Best Animated Short Film
* "I Met the Walrus" - Josh Reskin
* "Madame Tutli-Putli" - Chris Levis and Macek Scherbovski
* "My Love" - Alexander Petrov
* "Peter & the Wolf" - Susie Templton and Hugh Uelchman

Best Live Action Short Film
* "At Night" - Christian J. Christiansen and Louise West
* "Il Supplente" - Andrea Yublin
* "Le Mozart des Pickpockets" - Philip Polle-Viyar
* "Tanghi Argentini" - This Guido and Anya Delemans
* "The Tonto Woman" - Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

candidate to Oscar - "Michael Clayton"

2008-01-25T11:27:00.000-08:00

drama / thriller
Director: Tony Gilroy
Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keeffe
Why yes: gleaming work, clever, ingenious twist film, in which there are big bluff, and the big mistake, and ruthless corporations, lawyers and tired, and the paranoid, which is not really paranoid. So, here is everything you need for a strong oskarovskogo nominees. In "MICHAEL Kleytone" currently operates a modern hero - no idiot, not Superman, not villain, as a normal person who is trying to understand what is happening, but more and more tired in the trials. George Clooney has long been transformed from krasavchika in serious actor, and "Kleytone" he hardly plays no better than "Siriane" which brought him Oscar for Best Actor. But the key to "Michael Clayton" that director Tony Gilroy withstand perfect style and spirit of the seventies. If this will not be enough for the "Oscar", it is possible to recall how distant relatives "Clayton" - the film "All the President's Men" and "Network" - not once received "Oscar", giving way, think only stallonevskomu "Rocky" . Perhaps now the "academics" to resolve fix the problem. Why not: Tony Gilroy - debutant director, better known as the screenwriter of films about Borna with his amnesia, but this does too casual for "Oscar", all the more so when such rivals as "bubbles", "Oil" and the Cohen brothers . Besides, George Clooney with his politicized all out a long time already, and his Clayton (possibly due to the same operator as the "Siriane, Robert Elsuitu) is too similar to the hero of" Narnia "and let pohudee without beards. But this is just another movie with George Clooney on old luzere, trying hard to understand what is happening

candidate to Oscar - "Atonement"

2008-01-25T11:24:00.000-08:00

Atonement / (2007)
drama
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Kira Knightley (Cecilia Tallis), James McEvoy (Robbie Turner), Romola Garai (Briony Tallis in 18 years), Sorsha Ronan (Briony Tallis in 13 years), Brenda Blethyn (Grace Turner) Why yes: Well, first, "Redemption" has already received the "Golden Globe" as the best film that shows its infinite merits. Secondly, is the perfect Oscar candidate, there is everything like that so academician: it is beautifully shot saga about war, love, feelings of guilt and that neulovima reality. "Redemption" many called "Ingles patient" light - a "patient" at one time received many statues, caught oskarovskuyu propensity to pathos and the tears. The gleaming game Sorshi Ronan and Vanessa Redgrave, an excellent soundtrack and an appealing idea that a creator should try to change the reality - all of this is worthy of "Oscar". If the bleak choice between "Old Man", "Oil" "Michael Kleytonom" - and obstetric light comedy "Juno", the "Redemption" will be the mid gold. I cry and empathize, and posokrushatsya brutality of war, and striking rigidity writing grasp. I unload the image of the "Oscar": after statuettes "Clashes and Otstupnikam image premiums became something too heavy. Why not: Well, first, "Redemption" has already received the "Golden Globe" as best film. That's enough. Secondly, the "English patient" light, and why we still have one "English patient"? The painting, though it is a beautiful, looks surprisingly false - that only partly justified by its clever plot. Every normal "academician" to be directed by the desire to avert excessive pathos and attempt to shoehorn in a movie and anything else that might rastrogat corrupting force and ponder. And, finally, in a year when so much a good hard American films, and to "Golden Globe" and "Oscar" of English screen English novel, it would be simply indecent.

candidate to Oscar "There Will Be Blood"

2008-01-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Deyno, Kevin J. O'Connor, Sayeren Hayndz, Russell Harvard,… Why yes: Plot film based on the classic American novel Eptona Sinclair, on the one hand, traditional (there are no such sudden finals, as Koenov) on the other - original. A clear deadline, memorable dialogue, cynical humor - it's like all: the crowd and lovers, and fans of independent films. Home hero, Daniel neftedobytchika Plainview, brilliantly played inimitable Daniel Day-Lewis - and has been rewarded for the "Golden Globe". Equally worthy of admiration and Paul Deyno, ispolnivshy Pleynvyu role of antagonist, Elaya Sandeya false prophets. In addition, the magnificence of this, we have long not seen: taken in a fairly traditional manner, and mounted without KuntoHovi klipovogo flicker, with the artistic side "Oil" is indeed irreproachable. While the "beauty" of course, a relative concept, it is unlikely there will be at least one viewer who finds a number of visual film insolvent.

Adds voltage and music. Unlike the new picture brothers Koenov radical left viewers without music, "Oil" is accompanied by a powerful symphonic soundtrack - it wrote, nothing less, Jonny Greenwood, guitarist group Radiohead. " Strictly speaking, Paul Thomas Anderson has long deserved his Oscar - for the tricky, but beloved by the people "Magnolia." Then, in 2000 - m, a young film director was not even nominated for the American Home Award. Now, after the "Oil" appeared in shots from the list of the Golden Globe and won five awards National Society of Motion Pictures, it's time to catch up and pay a director for granted. Why not: Despite the peculiar black humor, history of the rise and fall of Daniel Pleynvyu, to put it mildly, neveselaya (second title of the film - "There will be blood"). In a world in which greedy mizantropu opposes fake preacher, there is no God and no hope. No it is likely, and the Film Academy Award: asocial such a bleak and very rarely gets film Oscar. Daniel Pleynvyu dreams earn millions in order to protect themselves from the hated humanity. To achieve this goal Pleynvyu all ready to go - he agreed to lie, murder, any humiliation. "Srubit money" - the idea is not the highest, but it alas, and called the "American dream". America now have a lot of problems - and it will be very strange if the National Academy will give the main prize films, in fact razoblachayuschemu national idea. Life's a bitch and then you die. Oscar rarely give any films that deserve this. A Golden statuette not received any "Citizen Kane" or "Runner of razor blades, or even hichkokovsky" Psychosis "- and why suddenly for the masterpiece of Paul Thomas Anderson academics should make an exception?

candidate to Oscar "Juno" 2007

2008-01-25T11:14:00.000-08:00

Juno (2007)

comedy / drama

Director: Jason Reitman

Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Sera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Jenny Ellison

Why yes: cash grandiose success of this picture, which brought together a budget of 2.5 million dollars more in the hire of 87 million - is, indeed, the Holy Grail of American Film. Alchemical marriage of art and commerce - indeed, this is the essence of "Oscar", which, unlike festivals like Cannes or Venice, and not deal with the picture before they get in a rental. In doing so, Oscar constantly have to search for a compromise - a serious art seldom money. "Juno" - a perfect opportunity to show sincerity, not compromising principles. Oscar-2008: A scene from the movie "Juno" Tone, perfectly built with incredible scenario boy named Dyablo Cowdy already noted everything dancer Ellen Peydzh main role has been named best actress of his generation. In addition, the award voshitivshey all comedy drama about a pregnant 16 - year-old girl, the adoptive parents decided to find their future child, would neatly get out alive welters classic and semi-classic, claiming the award. And also give a signal - as in the times of the Great Depression was the most popular genre of comedy, and today, in an era of grand political problems and crises American audience than ever in need of repentance. Why not: In the last few years the list of nominees is always a small but very successful movie - "Little Miss Happiness," "Collision", "On the sidelines, translation difficulties." Typically, these films are regarded as favourites to enable click on the studio big nose. And, as a rule, they do not receive - only exception was the "Collision" is extremely important for the American film. Most likely, the fate awaiting losers and "Juno" - with all its charm, at the national backbone theme picture is not drawn.

candidate to Oscar "No Country for Old Men" 2007

2008-01-25T11:06:00.000-08:00

Detective / drama / thriller

Director: Ethan Cohen, Joel Cohen

Cast: Tommy Lee Jones (Sheriff Ed Tom Bell), Javier Bardem (Anton Chigur), Josh Brolin (Levelin Moss), Woody Harrelson (Carson Wales), Kelly McDonald (Carla Jean Moss)

Why yes: In fact, "The old man is not the place to" put on the books pulittserovskogo laureate Kormaka McCarthy is the same "great American novel", one of the main prinosheny culture of the New World - the world culture. Do not compare with the gift of the writer William Faulkner and Herman Melville. Coen managed to completely surprise move that spirit in his film. U themselves Koenov an Oscar already have - for best script for "Fargo." There is yet another nomination - for the script to "Oh, where are you, brother?". But that film twelfth brothers was one of the best in their filmographies, something is yes - directors of whom rarely recognized classics in life, able to go on rising. The award would enable the painting to gracefully withdraw from the Academy predicament - stress undervalued Koenov Merit for nearly a quarter-century since the break "Just blood," taking advantage of yield absolute favorite of the majority Film year.

Case is not only a visual picture of perfection, powerful and quiet rhythm total absence of music, which together create a fascination impression, and not in the final frame, where the hero Tommy Lee Jones tells his sleep, and which could be included in the list of world cinema best finals . The fact is that Coen, following the latest Tarantino's films have done very difficult and important job of "closing" 90 - x - once ruled the irony and absurdity no longer simply samotsenny outlook, as a tool of high tragedy. Sam Tommy Lee Jones playing in yet another year of significant films "In the Ela Valley" - the same reason. Generally, the acting of "The Old Man this is not the place reminds some deadly ballet. I metaphysics-killer Javier Bardem, and the old sheriff Tommy Lee Jones, and free man Josh Brolin played not so much character, but the very destiny. Why not: Koeny rather spoil the reputation of their latest comedy - with a popular novel genre came shameful and embarrassing. "The old man is not the place" - an obvious attempt to return the position, simply repeating the old tricks, once had success. But this return to the old artistic principles, and may not meet understand - it may academics regarded as a lack of "cooperation" and the desire to remain among the marginalized rather-spacious than like Scorsese, retrain honest toiler in the industry. A principled marginalized "Oscars" do not give. A busy and confusing philosophy rather rastrepala movie plot - Jones hero, a helpless witness to the horrors perpetrated around, eventually cease to be a party to the actions being replaced on the sidelines, and, rather than reflect what is happening along with the audience, dissolves almost to transparency. A lack of music - it's just dishonest: if everyone will remember how Hollywood composers will pay on loans?

Subtleties of procedure for the nomination of Oscar

2008-01-25T10:53:00.000-08:00

The world's most prestigious award for outstanding achievement in cinematography - "Oscar" awards, as you know, the American Film Academy. The candidates for the award are nominated by their peers for the film industry. A prerequisite for the nomination of a nomination to all films except "Foreign-Language" is that the film should be read in at least one theater in Los Angeles for 7 days, but no later than December 31 of each year. The length films (excluding a nomination for short film) should not be less than 40 minutes, and the film should be withdrawn on a film format from 35 to 70 mm and should not be shown before the theatrical rolled on the television channels. Winners are determined by a secret ballot of members of the Academy. Voting for all categories (except for the primary - "the best film of the year") are among the members of the American Film, in accordance with their kinoprofessiey (the right to vote has 5829 members Film separated for 16 different industries), each branch shall vote for their category that is chosen actors actor operators - operators, etc. But for the "best film" Year of all members must vote in the Academy, which recently largely familiar with aspirants in the house of distributed videotapes. Voting members Film traditionally conducted in two phases. In the first phase, lists of films that have received the right to join the fight for Oscar nominations and divided on to which they are entitled, distributed to members of the Academy who are eligible to vote for any work produced in the rental in the United States during the reporting period and establish " short list "(the short list) applicants for the Oscar. Then fill kinoakademiki Sheets, which handles auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. It also forms a "short list" of applicants for "Oscar". Trapped in the list of work are official nominated for an Oscar. " A list should be made public, after which the second phase of voting in which kinoakademiki should select the best works from the past in the semifinals. Completed in the second phase of voting questionnaire also comes in a company PricewaterhouseCoopers, in a climate where auditors secrecy provedyat counting of the ballots and determine the winners. The cards with their names placed in envelopes that are printed out during a solemn ceremony Oscar. The rules for selection of films prize in the category of "Best Foreign Language Film" as follows: pre-test conducted nomination films submitted as kinoorganizatsiyami different countries, and the American Committee nominatsionnym - critics or distributors, primechayuschimi candidates at various film festivals. Each country in the contest may attend only one picture. List of nominees for Best Foreign Language Film "is defined in two stages: first, the jury of several hundred members of the American Film Academy appreciates paintings submitted for the competition, and by a vote of a list of the paintings, claiming to be included in the nomination. In the second stage, a group of ten randomly selected members of the Academy of the total number of films to choose first five nominees, and then - the winner. In 2007, the American Film Academy has issued new rules under which the studios in campaigns to move their products to seek "Oscar" must combine several letters and messages in a single and with the ability to use e-mail channels. Under the new rules, the studio must provide academician of the right to refuse to receive any correspondence via ground mail. In addition, they should be given the right to download interesting scenario with their web sites using special passwords. In doing so, the studio is prohibited to send any mail carriers with music clips, tracks or fragments of songs. I-80 awards ceremony "Oscar" will be held February 24, 2008 in the theater "Kodak" in the Hollywood & Highland Center. Key dates of the ceremonies - the deadline for the submission of applications prior to the awarding of commemorative prizes: 3 December Organizing Committee began its work and has started formal filing.

The American Film Academy presented the official commemorative poster Oscar

2008-01-25T10:46:00.000-08:00

The American Film Academy presented the official commemorative poster (80 - th) ceremony Oscar on its website. The poster is made on the design of one of the most famous artists in Hollywood dioramas - Struzanom Drew (Drew Struzan). Anyone wishing in the United States can buy a poster for $ 25. A complete list of nominees for the Oscar in 2008 will be announced on 22 January. Television sets ceremony Oscar, which will be held on February 24, 2008, will maintain a broadcaster ABC. Organizers of the American Academy Award earlier stated that the award ceremony will hold Oscar and without striking scriptwriters who have promised to boycott the event

American scientists have learned to determine the chances for Oscar

2008-01-25T10:42:00.000-08:00

Researchers from the California Center study population learned to determine the chances of receiving Oscar. For scientists used data IMDB database, which stores information about virtually all productions from around the world. For the study were selected movies created in the period from 1927 until 2005. The American Film Academy was established in 1927, so he was taken for reference. Researchers selected from a list of movies and actors nominated for the Oscar during the aforementioned period of time, The Science Daily reported. Taken into account the number of studios, behind a particular project, genre films, the size of the actor, sex main character, his professional respect, the nomination of other actors, as well as scriptwriters and directors involved in the shootings, the Oscar. It turned out that the most likely candidate for the Oscar is a drama, while the smaller film awards, the higher the chances of a drama to get any of the prizes (including Chief) of the American Film Academy. In addition, it became known that the more famous actor, the better his chances of a "Oscar", and women twice as often nominated for the award than men. Researchers have found a number of other predictors that affect the chances of a Film Prize. Among other is the fact that familiarity with the members of the American Film Academy absolutely no influence on the opportunity to receive an award that surprised the initiators of the study

Best film in a foreign language aspirants - ""Beaufort

2008-01-25T10:16:00.000-08:00

Beaufort (2007)

* Length: 125 min.

* gunman / drama / war

* Director: Joseph Cedar

* Script: Joseph Cedar, Ron Leshem

Producers: David Mandil, Chylik Michaeli, Doody Zilber

Executive producers: Moshe Ederi, Doody Zilber

Operator: Ofer Inov

Artist: Miguel Markin

Editing: Zohar M. Cela

* Cast: Alon Abutbul, Eli Altonio, Daniel Brook, Oshri Cohen, Gal Friedman, Nevo Kimchi, Ohad Noller, Arthur Perzev, Yigal Resnik, Itay Shor, Itay Tiran, Amy Weinberg.

History 22 - summer roadblock commander "Beaufort" Liraza Liberty and its soldiers, evolving over a couple of months, before Israel withdrew its troops from Lebanon. But this story is not about war, but the exodus. History, in which the enemy has no face, just bombs falling from the sky, while the young soldiers, in spite of panic, must carry out its mission should retain roadblocks to their last breath. And when Liraz laying explosives under the same building, which is defending many of his friends have died, in his eyes, all falling apart, so it was taught as an officer, a very close, obyatye horror of war, his fighters die.