Oscar 2010 Surprises: Joe Klotz, “Loin de Paname,” & IL DIVO

Toni Servillo in Il Divo (top); Gérard Jugnot, Nora Arnezeder in Paris 36 (bottom)

Oscar 2010: Very Few Surprises
This is a follow-up to my previous post on the Oscar 2010 surprises (or lack thereof). So, if you hear someone like Sandra Bullock or Jeff Bridges or Mo’Nique or even Stanley Tucci or Penelope Cruz telling the media, "Gee, whiz! By golly, this is all so totally unexpected." Feel free to call them shameless liars. Now, if someone like Joe Klotz says he was totally caught off guard when he found himself shortlisted for the 2010 Oscar, make sure to believe him.
Who’s Joe Klotz? See below a few more Oscar 2010 surprises in the less media-friendly categories.
Precious for best editing
Star Trek, [...]

by Andre Soares | February 2, 2010   
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LES CHORISTES d: Christophe Barratier

Les Choristes / The Chorus (2004)
Direction: Christophe Barratier
Screenplay: Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval; inspired by the 1945 motion picture La Cage aux rossignols / A Cage of Nightingales, written by Georges Chaperot, Noël-Noël, and René Wheeler
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad, Marie Bunel, Jacques Perrin, Maxence Perrin, Didier Flamand, Grégory Gatignol, Thomas Blumenthal
 

 

A gigantic hit in France, Christophe Barratier’s feature-film début, Les Choristes / The Chorus, is the newest cinematic incarnation of that old theme: the teacher who, through firmness, kindness, and understanding — mostly kindness and understanding — tames the savage hearts of his/her pupils. In addition to those qualities, the boarding-school teacher in Les Choristes, like the one played by Noël Noël in [...]

by Andre Soares | December 17, 2004   
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