Once Articles

Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova – best original song winners, Once Photo: Matt Petit / © A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

2008 Spirit Awards Film Independent's 2008 Spirit Award nominations: November 27, 2007 2008 Spirit Award winners: February 23, 2008 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Ellen Page in Juno   BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik I'm Not There, Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern * Juno, [...]

Best Cinematography There Will Be Blood, Robert Elswit Robert Elswit won the American Society of Cinematographers award, beating Roger Deakins for two films, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and No Country for Old Men. Though Deakins does have a chance to win the Oscar for either film, this is one instance where the much overused — and almost invariably absurd [...]

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová's ballad "Falling Slowly," from John Carney's Irish-made romantic musical Once, remains in the running in the Best Original Song category of the 2008 Academy Awards. Several days ago, questions had arisen about the song's eligibility because before Once came out different versions of "Falling Slowly" had been featured in two music albums and in the trailer of the Czech movie [...]