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Spanish Film Writers Awards 2007

2007 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards
2007 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards: January 16, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz in Volver
 

Best Film
* Volver, by Pedro Almodóvar
El Laberinto del fauno / Pan’s Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro
La noche de los girasoles, by Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo
Un franco, 14 pesetas, by Carlos Iglesias
Best Foreign Film
The Queen, by Stephen Frears (UK-France-Italy)
Copying Beethoven, by Agnieszka Holland (US-Germany)
Little Miss Sunshine, by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (US)
* Crash, by Paul Haggis (US)
Best Documentary
* Cineastas en acción, by Carlos Benpar
La leyenda del tiempo, by Isaki Lacuesta
La silla de Fernando, by Luis Alegre and David Trueba
La gran final, by Gerardo [...]

Oscar 2006

2006 Academy Awards
2006 Academy Award nominations: January 31, 2006
2006 Academy Award winners: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles on March 5, 2006
2006 Oscar Ceremony
2006 Oscar Nominations
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Photos: © AMPAS
 

Best Film
Brokeback Mountain, Diana Ossana and James Schamus
Capote, Caroline Baron, William Vince, and Michael Ohoven
* Crash, Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman
Good Night and Good Luck., Grant Heslov
Munich, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, and Barry Mendel

Best Foreign Language Film
La Bestia nel cuore / Don’t Tell (Italy)
Joyeux Noël / Merry Christmas (France)
Paradise Now (Palestine)
Sophie Scholl – Die Letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (Germany)
* Tsotsi (South Africa)

Best Documentary, Features
Darwin’s Nightmare, Hubert Sauper
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, [...]

American Cinema Editors Awards 2006

2006 ACE Eddie Awards
2006 American Cinema Editors Award winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 19, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Ryan Phillippe in Crash (top); Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line (bottom)
 

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Brokeback Mountain, Geraldine Peroni & Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E., Focus Features
The Constant Gardener, Claire Simpson, Focus Features
* Crash, Hughes Winborne, Lions Gate Films Inc.
Good Night and Good Luck., Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E., Warner Independent Pictures
Munich, Michael Kahn, A.C.E., Dreamworks SKG / Universal Pictures
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E., Warner Bros.
The Family Stone, Jeffrey Ford, Fox 2000 Pictures
Pride & Prejudice, Paul Tothill, Focus Features
Wedding Crashers, Mark Livolsi, New Line Cinema
* Walk [...]

CRASH – Awards and Nominations

Jennifer Esposito, Don Cheadle in Crash

Unless otherwise noted, all Crash awards and nominations are for the year 2005.
Photos: Lorey Sebastian / © Lions Gate Films Inc.

Academy Awards: 3 wins (best film; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco; best editing, Hughes Winborne);

3 additional nominations (best director, Paul Haggis; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best song, "In the Deep," music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker, lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York)

American Cinema Editors: 1 win (best edited feature – dramatic, Hughes Winborne)
Art Directors Guild: 1 nomination (best production design – contemporary film, Laurence Bennett)
British Academy Awards: 2 wins (best supporting actress, Thandie Newton; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);

7 additional nominations (best film; best director, [...]

CRASH – Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillippe

Crash (2005)
Director: Paul Haggis
Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate, Michael Peña, Shaun Toub
 
Ryan Phillippe in Crash
 

Screenwriter Paul Haggis‘ multiple award-winning directorial début is set in a Los Angeles that is part Quentin Tarantino, part Paul Thomas Anderson, part Spike Lee, and part Bret Easton Ellis; it is also a surreal place that has precious little in common with the actual Southern California metropolis.
Crash is all about how the Angeleno boiling — definitely not melting — pot is about to explode at any minute. According to Haggis and co-screenwriter Bobby Moresco, Los Angeles denizens spend all [...]

Cinema Audio Society Awards 2006

2006 Cinema Audio Society Awards
2006 Cinema Audio Society winners: Crystal Ballroom in the Millennium-Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on February 25, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line
 

For Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures:
Crash
Re-recording Mixers: Marc Fishman
Adam Jenkins
Rick Ash
Production Mixer: Richard Van Dyke
King Kong
Re-recording Mixers: Christopher Boyes
Michael Semanick, C.A.S.
Michael Hedges, C.A.S.
Production Mixer: Hammond Peek, C.A.S.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Re-recording Mixers: Kevin O’Connell
Greg P. Russell, C.A.S.
Rick Kline
Production Mixer: John Pritchett, C.A.S.
* Walk the Line
Re-recording Mixers: Paul Massey, C.A.S.
D.M. Hemphill, C.A.S.
Production Mixer: Peter F. Kurland, C.A.S
War of the Worlds
Re-recording Mixers: Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer [...]

2006 SAG Award Winners

Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (top); Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener in Capote; Sandra Bullock in Crash

Among the winners of the 2006 Actor statuettes, the Screen Actors Guild awards, were:

Best actress Reese Witherspoon for playing country singer June Carter in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line
Best actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote, for playing another real-life character, Truman Capote
Best (faux) supporting actress Rachel Weisz for her tragic human-rights fighter in The Constant Gardener (Weisz is actually a lead character in the political drama, and is being recognized as such in Britain)
Best supporting actor Paul Giamatti for the box-office disappointment Cinderella Man
The ethnically conscious melodrama Crash, for its all-star cast, including Matt [...]

SAG Awards 2006

2006 SAG Awards
2006 Screen Actors Guild of America award winners: January 29, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon in Crash
 

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Russell Crowe / CINDERELLA MAN – Jim Braddock (Universal Pictures)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman / CAPOTE – Truman Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Heath Ledger / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Ennis Del Mar (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix / WALK THE LINE– John R. Cash (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn / GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – Edward R. Murrow (Warner Independent Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Judi Dench / MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Mrs. Laura Henderson (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman / TRANSAMERICA – Bree [...]

Writers Guild Awards 2006

2006 Writers Guild Awards
2006 WGA Award winners: February 4, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain (top); Matt Dillon in Crash (bottom)
 

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CINDERELLA MAN, Screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman, Story by Cliff Hollingsworth, Universal Pictures
* CRASH, Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Story by Paul Haggis, Lions Gate Films
THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, Written by Judd Apatow & Steve Carell, Universal Pictures
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, Written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov, Warner Independent Pictures
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, Written by Noah Baumbach, Samuel Goldwyn Films
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, Based on the Short Story by Annie Proulx, [...]

Producers Guild Awards 2006

2006 Producers Guild Awards
2006 Producers Guild of America’s Golden Laurel winners: January 22, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
 

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE
* BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Diana Ossana
James Schamus
CAPOTE
Caroline Baron
William Vince
Michael Ohoven
CRASH
Paul Haggis
Cathy Schulman
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Grant Heslov
WALK THE LINE
James Keach
Cathy Konrad
 
ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE
CHICKEN LITTLE
Randy Fullmer
MADAGASCAR
Mireille Soria
ROBOTS
Jerry Davis
John C. Donkin
William Joyce
TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
Tim Burton
Allison Abbate
* WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
Claire Jennings
Nick Park
 
TELEVISION: LONG-FORM
EMPIRE FALLS (HBO)
INTO THE WEST (TNT)
LACKAWANNA BLUES (HBO)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Halle Berry
Vincent Cirrincione
Shelby Stone
Nellie Rachel Nugiel
* THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS (HBO)
Freddy DeMann
George Faber & Charles Pattinson
WARM SPRINGS (HBO)
Mark Gordon
Celia Costas
Chrisann Verges
 
TELEVISION SERIES: COMEDY
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (FOX)
Ron Howard & Brian Grazer
David Nevins
Mitchell Hurwitz
John Levenstein
Richard [...]

Chicago Film Critics Awards 2005

2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Award winners: January 9, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Jennifer Esposito, Don Cheadle in Crash
 

Best Film:
Brokeback Mountain
* Crash
Good Night and Good Luck.
A History of Violence
King Kong
Best Foreign-Language Film:
* Hidden
Kung Fu Hustle
Oldboy
2046
Downfall
Best Documentary:
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
* Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Best Director:
George Clooney for Good Night and Good Luck.
* David Cronenberg for A History of Violence
Peter Jackson for King Kong
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg for Munich
Best Actor:
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Terrence Howard in Hustle & [...]

Toronto Film Festival 2004: Controversies

At the 2004 Toronto Film Festival, besides Charlize Theron’s no-show and Kevin Spacey’s show sporting a dyed scalp, there’s writer-director Paul Haggis‘ Crash (Haggis also wrote Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby), a well-received new film that has the same title as the 1996 David Cronenberg picture about car crashes, mutilations, and kinky sex. According to the Toronto Star, those behind Cronenberg’s work are now threatening to take legal action against the producers of the new Crash (above, with Matt Dillon).
Then, there’s George Butler’s documentary, Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry, about Kerry’s (seemingly never-ending) Vietnam war years. Of the U.S. presidential candidate, Butler told the Associated Press, "I truly believed the moment I saw him: This [...]

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