THE AVIATOR Screening
Martin Scorsese’s 2004 Best Picture nominee The Aviator is the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ "Great To Be Nominated" series. The handsome but vapid Howard Hughes biopic will be screened on Monday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Following the screening, cast members Alec Baldwin, Jacob Davich, J.C. Mackenzie, and Amy Sloan, production sound mixer Petur Hliddal, special effects supervisor R. Bruce Steinheimer, and miniature effects supervisor Matthew Gratzner will take part in a discussion about the film.
The US$100-million-plus The Aviator wasn’t quite the hoped-for critical and box-office hit, though the biopic won numerous accolades and did good business thanks to the casting of Leonardo DiCaprio [...]
by Andre Soares | July 24, 2008
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Nastri d’Argento 2008
2008 Nastri d’Argento
National Union of Italian Film Journalists’ 2008 Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 11, 2008
2008 Nastri d’Argento winners: Teatro Antico di Taormina, Sicily, on June 14, 2008
(”*” denotes the winner in each category)
Isabella Ragonese plays a college grad who struggles to find work in A Whole Life Ahead
Best Director
Antonello GRIMALDI – Caos calmo
Daniele LUCHETTI – Mio fratello è figlio unico
Silvio SOLDINI – Giorni e nuvole
* Paolo VIRZÌ – Tutta la vita davanti / A Whole Life Ahead
Gianni ZANASI – Non pensarci
Best European Film
Across the Universe – Julie Taymor
Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Shekar Kapur
Atonement – Joe Wright
La vie en [...]
by Andre Soares | June 14, 2008
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Tags: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, A Whole Life Ahead, Abdellatif Kechiche, Across the Universe, Agente matrimoniale, Alba Rohrwacher, Alessandro Gassman, Alina Marazzi, Amore bugie e calcetto, Andrea D’Ambrosio, Andrea Molaioli, Ang Lee, Angela Finocchiaro, Anita Caprioli, Anna Bonaiuto, Anna Negri, Antonello Grimaldi, Antonia Liskova, Antonio Albanese, Arnaldo Catinari, Atonement, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Bianco e nero, Biùtiful càuntri, Brad Bird, Caos calmo, Carla Vangelista, Carlo Lizzani, Carlo Mazzacurati, Carlo Poggioli, Caroina Crescentini, Carolina Crescentini, Catia Dottori, Cemento armato, Chris Kraus, Civico Zero, Claudio Collepiccolo, Claudio Piersanti, Colpo d'occhio, Come tu mi vuoi, Cover boy, Cristian Mungiu, Cristiana Capotondi, Cristina Comencini, Daniel Silverman, Daniele Luchetti, Daniele Silvestri, Daniele Vicari, Dante Ferretti, Davide Marengo, Domenico Procacci, Doriana Leondeff, Eduardo Crespo, Elio Germano, Elisabetta Montaldo, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Ennio Morricone, Esmeralda Calabria, Fabio Bonifacci, Federica Pontremoli, Film Awards, Four Minutes, Francesca Calvelli, Francesca Lo Schiavo, Francesca Marciano, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Maselli, Francesco Piccolo, Gianna Nannini, Gianni Zanasi, Giorgio Diritti, Giorni e nuvole, Giulia Calenda, Giuliano Gemma, Giuliano Montaldo, Giuseppe Battiston, Hotel Meina, I demoni di San Pietroburgo, I Viceré, I'm Not There, Il mio paese, Il vento fa il suo giro, Ilaria Fraioli, Into the Wild, Io l'altro, Irina Palm, Isabella Ragonese, Jason Reitman, Joe Wright, Joel and Ethan Coen, Julian Schnabel, Julie Taymor, Kasia Smutniak, Kazuko Kurosawa, La giusta distanza, La graine et le mulet, La ragazza del lago, La seconda volta non si scorda mai, La Vie en Rose, Le ferie di Licu, Lele Marchitelli, Lezioni di cioccolato, Lezioni di felicità, Lionello Cerri, Luca Lionello, Luca Lucini, Lucia Ragni, Lust Caution, Maddalena Ravagli, Marco Chimenz, Marco Pettenello, Marco Stabilini, Margherita Buy, Marina Confalone, Mario Venuti, Marjane Satrapi, Massimo Ghini, Massimo Zamboni, Michele Pellegrini, Milena Canonero, Mio fratello è figlio unico, Mirco Garrone, Mohsen Melliti, Nanni Moretti, Nastri d'Argento, Nastri d'Argento 2008, National Union of Italian Film Journalists, Nelle tue mani, Nero bifamiliare, Nessuna qualità agli eroi, Nicola Pecorini, Nicola Piovani, Nicoletta Ercole, No Country for Old Men, Non pensarci, Notturno bus, Olivier Dahan, Paolo Virzì, Parlami d'amore, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peppe Ruggiero, Persepolis, Peter Del Monte, Piano solo, Piera Degli Esposti, Piero De Bernardi, Pino Daniele, Questa notte è ancora nostra, Ramiro Civita, Ratatouille, Riccardo Tozzi, Riprendimi, Roberto Cimatti, Sabrina Ferilli, Sam Garbarski, Sean Penn, Sergio Rubini, Seta, Shekar Kapur, Sidney Lumet, Signorina Effe, Silver Ribbons, Silvio Muccino, Silvio Soldini, Sonetàula, Sweeney Todd, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Secret of the Grain, The Simpsons Movie, There Will Be Blood, Tideland, Tim Burton, Tiro Mancino, Todd Haynes, Toni Servillo, Tonino Zera, Tre donne morali, Tutta la vita davanti, Valerio Mastandrea, Vier Minuten, Vincent Paronnaud, Vittorio Moroni, Vittorio Storaro, Vogliamo anche le rose, Wilma Labate
Oscar 2008: Phillipe Pollet-Villard, Dante Ferretti, Robert Elswit
Phillipe Pollet-Villard – best live action short film winner
Robert Elswit – best cinematography winner
Francesca Lo Schiavo, Dante Ferretti – best art direction winners
Photos: Matt Petit / © A.M.P.A.S.
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by Andre Soares | February 26, 2008
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, Dante Ferretti, Film Awards, Francesca LoSchiavo, Phillipe Pollet-Villard, Photos, Robert Elswit
Oscar 2008: Best Screenplay, Cinematography, Music
Ethan Coen, Josh Brolin, Joel Coen, James McAvoy
Oscar 2008: Best Picture, Actor, Actress
Best adapted screenplay
Atonement (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Away from Her (Lionsgate)
Written by Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
* No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Best original screenplay
* Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins
Best cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner [...]
by Andre Soares | February 24, 2008
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, Christopher Rouse, Dante Ferretti, Diablo Cody, Film Awards, Joel and Ethan Coen, Oscar Ceremony 2008, Robert Elswit
Oscar 2008: Film Editors and Art Directors Seminars at the American Cinematheque
Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (top); Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (bottom)
A couple of American Cinematheque events at the Egyptian Theatre at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles:
The American Cinema Editors‘ seminar "Invisible Art, Visible Artists" will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 23. The scheduled participants are the 2008 Oscar nominees:
Christopher Rouse, The Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy, Into the Wild
"Roderick Jaynes" (Joel and Ethan Coen), No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor, There Will Be Blood
Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy in Atonement (top); Jayne Wisener in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (bottom)
The Art Directors [...]
by Andre Soares | January 26, 2008
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, American Cinematheque, Christopher Rouse, Dante Ferretti, Film Awards, Jack Fisk, Los Angeles Screenings, No Country for Old Men, The Bourne Ultimatum
Art Directors Guild Awards 2005
2005 Art Directors Guild Awards
2005 Art Directors Guild award winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 12, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Emily Browning, Liam Aiken, Jim Carrey in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (top); Tom Hanks, Stanley Tucci in The Terminal (bottom)
FEATURE FILMS
Best Production Design – Period or Fantasy – Feature Film
The Aviator – Dante Ferretti
Finding Neverland – Gemma Jackson
The Incredibles – Lou Romano
* Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events – Rick Heinrichs
The Phantom of the Opera – Anthony Pratt
Best Production Design – Contemporary – Feature Film
Collateral – David Wasco
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Dan Leigh
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – Mark Friedberg
Million Dollar Baby – Henry [...]
