Directors Guild Awards 2005
2005 Directors Guild Awards
2005 Directors Guild of America winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on January 29, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Best Director – Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Marc Forster – Finding Neverland
* Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford – Ray
Alexander Payne – Sideways
Best Director – Documentary
* Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni – The Story of the Weeping Camel
Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski – Born Into Brothels
Ross McElwee – Bright Leaves
Michael Moore – Fahrenheit 9/11
Jehane Noujaim – Control Room
Best Director – Television Movie
Robert Altman – Tanner on Tanner, Parts 1-4
Stephen Hopkins – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Lloyd Kramer – The [...]
by Andre Soares | January 29, 2005
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Tags: Alexander Payne, Clint Eastwood, Control Room, Directors Guild of America, Fahrenheit 9/11, Film Awards, Jehane Noujaim, Marc Forster, Martin Scorsese, Taylor Hackford
Dubai Film Festival 2004
"You’re appalling, you son of a dog. May your house be destroyed!" one Egyptian woman yelled during a showing of Jehane Noujaim’s Control Room at the first Dubai International Film Festival. The woman’s anger was directed at U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who is shown describing scenes of grieving Iraqis and bombed-out buildings as having been "stage-managed." Control Room, which goes behind the scenes of the Arab-language network Al Jazeera, is one of the dozens of films being presented at the festival.
The American government and military have claimed that the Qatar-based Al Jazeera is an anti-American tool for Muslim radicals, an accusation vehemently refuted by the network. Thus far, five Arab countries, among them US allies Iraq [...]
by Andre Soares | December 15, 2004
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Tags: Control Room, Dubai Film Festival, Film Festivals, Jehane Noujaim, Laila Olwi, Morgan Freeman, Orlando Bloom
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2004 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 13, 2004
Best Film Sideways
Runner-up: Before Sunset
Best Foreign-Language Film Shi mian mai fu / House of Flying Daggers (China / Hong Kong)
Runner-up: Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
Best Director Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers
Runner-up: Alexander Payne Sideways
Best Actor Jamie Foxx Ray
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up (tie): Annette Bening Being Julia and Kim Basinger The Door in the Floor
Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Runner-up: Clive Owen Closer
Best Supporting Actress Sharon Warren Ray and Laura Dern We Don’t Live Here Anymore
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett The Aviator
Best Ensemble: Sideways
Runner-up: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [...]
by Andre Soares | December 13, 2004
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Tags: Film Awards, Hilary Swank, House of Flying Daggers, Jamie Foxx, Jehane Noujaim, Laura Dern, Sharon Warren, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church, Zhang Yimou
