Best Films – 1933
Greta Garbo in Queen Christina
FILM
Baby Face
d: Alfred E. Green; scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola
The Barbarian
d: Sam Wood; scr: Anita Loos, Elmer Harris
Dinner at 8
d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart
Gold Diggers of 1933
d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: Erwin Gelsey, James Seymour, David Boehm, Ben Markson
I’m No Angel
d: Wesley Ruggles; scr: Mae West
The Kennel Murder Case
d: Michael Curtiz; scr: Robert Presnell, Robert N. Lee, Peter Milne
King Kong
d: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper; scr: James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose
The Mystery of the Wax Museum
d: Michael Curtiz; scr: Don Mullaly, Carl Erickson
Queen Christina
d: Rouben Mamoulian; scr: H. M. Harwood, S. N. Behrman
Nils Asther, Barbara Stanwyck in The Bitter Tea of [...]
by Andre Soares | April 3, 2009
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Tags: Alfred E. Green, Aline MacMahon, Baby Face, Barbara Stanwyck, Best Films, Blood Money, Classic Movies, Constance Bennett, Dinner at 8, Elmer Harris, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Frances Dee, Fredric March, George Cukor, Gold Diggers of 1933, Greta Garbo, Hilda Vaughn, I'm No Angel, Jean Harlow, King Kong, Ladies They Talk About, Lady for a Day, Lionel Atwill, Mae Clarke, Marion Davies, Mary Boland, Merian C. Cooper, Michael Curtiz, Myrna Loy, Peg o' My Heart, Queen Christina, Ramon Novarro, Robert Montgomery, Rouben Mamoulian, Ruth Chatterton, The Barbarian, The Eagle and the Hawk, The Kennel Murder Case, The Mystery of the Wax Museum, Warren William, Wesley Ruggles
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 [...]
by Andre Soares | January 30, 2006
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Tags: Crash, Film Awards, King Kong, Lackawanna Blues, Memoirs of a Geisha, Quentin Tarantino, Walk the Line, War of the Worlds
Visual Effects Society Awards 2006
2006 Visual Effects Society Awards
2006 Visual Effects Society award nominations: January 9, 2006
2006 VES award winners: Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on February 15, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
FEATURE FILMS
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe – Dean Wright, Randy Starr, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Jim Mitchell, Theresa Corrao, Tim Alexander, Tim Webber
* King Kong – Eileen Moran, Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Eric Saindon
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith – John Knoll, Roger Guyett, Rob Coleman, Denise Ream
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
Jarhead – Pablo Helman, Jeanie King, Grady Cofer, Brett Northcutt
* [...]
by Andre Soares | January 9, 2006
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Tags: Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Film Awards, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, John Lasseter, King Kong, Kingdom of Heaven, Memoirs of a Geisha, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, War of the Worlds
Oscar 2006: Best Sound Editing Longlist
War of the Worlds by Steven Spielberg
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven semi-finalists for the 2006 sound editing Academy Award. They are (in alphabetical order):
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds
As per the Academy’s press release, ten-minute clips from each of the seven films will be screened for the Sound Editing Award Committee on Tuesday, January 24. Members will then vote to [...]
by Andre Soares | January 9, 2006
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KING KONG – Naomi Watts – d: Peter Jackson
King Kong (2005)
Direction: Peter Jackson
Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson; from Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace’s story for the 1933 film
Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Kyle Chandler, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Craig Hall, Evan Parke
The biggest disappointment about Peter Jackson’s King Kong is that, despite all the p.r. regarding Jackson’s fascination with the Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack 1933 horror classic, this latest remake is considerably closer in spirit — or lack thereof — to the 1976 Dino De Laurentiis production, with (heavy) touches of Jurassic Park and Raiders of the Lost Ark thrown in. In other words, the new King Kong is very much the sort of adventure [...]
by Andre Soares | December 30, 2005
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Tags: Adrien Brody, Adventure Movies, Andy Serkis, Film Reviews, Jack Black, Jamie Bell, King Kong, Naomi Watts, Oscar 2005, Oscar Movies, Peter Jackson
San Diego Film Critics Awards 2005
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Award winners: December 19, 2005
Best Film: King Kong directed by Peter Jackson
Runner-up: Capote directed by Bennett Miller
Best Foreign-Language Film: Innocent Voices by Luis Mandoki
Best Director: Bennett Miller, Capote
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress: Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Best Supporting Actor: Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Best Original Screenplay: Shane Black, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Best Adapted Screenplay: Dan Futterman, Capote
Best Non-Fiction Film: Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog
Best Animated Film: Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, The New World
Best Editing: Ronald Sanders, A History of Violence
Best Production Design: Jeanette Scott, Sin City
Body of [...]
by Andre Soares | December 19, 2005
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Tags: Bennett Miller, Capote, Film Awards, Innocent Voices, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Joan Allen, King Kong, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Weisz
Oscar 2006: Best Visual Effects Shortlist
War of the Worlds; Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven films in consideration for best visual effects for the 2006 Academy Awards.
They are:
Batman Begins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds
by Andre Soares | December 18, 2005
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Tags: 2006 Oscar, Academy Awards, Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Film Awards, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, King Kong, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, War of the Worlds
Fay Wray
Fay Wray, best remembered as King Kong’s highly vocal love interest in the 1933 interspecies-romance classic, died in New York City on August 8, 2004. She would have turned 97 on September 15.
Besides King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, the Canadian-born Wray (Sept. 15, 1907, in Cardston, Alberta) also screamed and/or fainted in several other motion pictures of the 1930s, including Schoedsack and Irving Pichel’s first-rate thriller The Most Dangerous Game / The Hounds of Zaroff (1932), opposite Joel McCrea and mad hunter Leslie Banks, and a couple of two-strip Technicolor horror films directed by Michael Curtiz, Doctor X (1932) and The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), both starring Lionel Atwill. [...]
by Andre Soares | September 1, 2004
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Tags: Classic Movies, Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray, John Monk Saunders, King Kong, Robert Riskin, The Affairs of Cellini, The Mystery of the Wax Museum, The Wedding March
