American Society of Cinematographers Awards 2006
2006 ASC Awards
2006 American Society of Cinematographers winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on February 26, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe in Memoirs of a Geisha
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
* Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS for Memoirs of a Geisha
Robert Elswit, ASC for Good Night and Good Luck.
Andrew Lesnie, ASC, ACS for King Kong
Wally Pfister, ASC for Batman Begins
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for Brokeback Mountain
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in TV movie/miniseries/pilot
Alan Caso, ASC for Into the West/"Wheel to the Stars" (TNT)
Thomas A. Del Ruth, ASC for Code Breakers (ESPN)
* Robbie Greenberg, ASC for Warm Springs (HBO)
Jan Kiesser, ASC, CSC for Reefer Madness (Showtime) [...]
by Andre Soares | February 15, 2006
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Tags: Andrew Lesnie, Dion Beebe, Film Awards, Memoirs of a Geisha, Robbie Greenberg, Robert Elswit, Rodrigo Prieto, Sydney Pollack, Wally Pfister, Warm Springs
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Awards II
Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Awards and Nominations: Part I
New York Film Critics Circle: 3 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger)
New York Film Critics Online: One of the year’s top-ten films
Norwegian Film Institute Amanda Awards: 1 nomination (best foreign film)
Online Film Critics Society: 2 wins (best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best score, Gustavo Santaolalla);
6 additional nominations (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto)
Phoenix Film Critics Society: 5 wins (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana [...]
by Andre Soares | December 5, 2005
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Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain, Film Awards, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Gustavo Santaolalla, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Rodrigo Prieto
21 GRAMS – Sean Penn, Naomi Watts
21 Grams (2003)
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo, Danny Huston, Eddie Marsan, John Rubinstein
Shot in documentary-style, 21 Grams is a bleak, convoluted, and surprisingly powerful drama about three individuals linked to both one another and to the immediacy of death: Paul (Sean Penn) is a dying man in dire need of a heart transplant; Jack (Benicio Del Toro) is a born-again ex-con who has run over a father and his two daughters as they were crossing a street; and Cristina (Naomi Watts) is the woman whose family Jack has killed. (By the way, the film’s title refers to the alleged weight of a person’s soul. That figure came [...]
by Andre Soares | October 16, 2004
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Tags: 21 Grams, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Benicio del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Duncan MacDougall, Existentialist Drama, Film Reviews, Guillermo Arriaga, Melissa Leo, Naomi Watts, Oscar 2003, Oscar Movies, Psychological Drama, Rodrigo Prieto, Sean Penn, Three-Star Movies, Three-Star Oscar Nominees
