Jeremy Irvine in Steven Spielberg’s War Horse
Following a series of disappointments this awards season, Steven Spielberg has finally had his two 2011 releases come out on top — at the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards earlier this evening. War Horse won the Golden Reel for sound editing: sound effects and foley in a feature film, while The Adventures of Tintin won for sound editing: sound effects, foley, dialogue and ADR in an animation film.
Martin Scorsese also had two of his films winning sound editing awards. George Harrison: Living in the Material World took the Golden Reel for sound editing: sound effects, foley, dialogue, ADR and music in a feature documentary, while Hugo won for sound editing: music in a feature film.
The other motion picture winners were Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers of War for sound editing: sound effects, foley, dialogue, and ADR in a feature foreign language film; James Bobin’s The Muppets for sound editing: music in a musical feature; and J.J. Abrams‘ Super 8 for sound editing: dialogue and ADR in a feature film.
Additionally, producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, The Abyss, Armageddon, The Incredible Hulk, The Walking Dead), received the 2012 MPSE Filmmaker Award, and sound designer and editor George Watters II (Mommie Dearest, Flashdance, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) was given the Career Achievement Award.
Jeremy Irvine/War Horse picture: David Appleby / DreamWorks.
Following what dissapointments? Tintin won a BUTTLOAD of Awards. And War Horse won quite a few too. There’s nothing wrong with how it did.