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Eine tolle Bilánz für den Arthaus-film "Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragons (auch wenn es nur ein tip ist)


Quelle: inside.com
Best Picture prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Billy Elliot, 278.0
2. Gladiator, 268.0
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 264.6
4. Almost Famous, 246.0
5. You Can Count on Me, 246.0
6. Erin Brockovich, 242.0
7. State and Main, 241.0
8. Quills, 239.0
9. Before Night Falls, 232.0
10. Shadow of the Vampire, 228.0


Best Director prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous, 249.0
2. Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me, 247.0
3. Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich, 241.0
4. Philip Kaufman, Quills, 239.0
5. Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, 223.0
6. Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 222.6
7. Ridley Scott, Gladiator, 219.0
7. David Mamet, State and Main, 217.0
8. Curtis Hanson, Wonder Boys, 215.5
10. Joel Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou, 212.0


Best actor
1. Geoffrey Rush, Quills, 231.9
2. Chow Yun-Fat, Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon, 224.6
3. Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me, 212.8
4. Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls, 210.9
5. Tom Hanks, Cast Away, 207.0
6. Russell Crowe, Gladiator, 206.9
7. Matt Damon, All the Pretty Horses, 205.9
8. Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys, 204.3
9. Ed Harris, Pollock, 202.9
10. John Malkovich, Shadow of the Vampire, 200.0
16. Nicolas Cage, The Family Man, 184.9

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Jede Menge PReise für Crouching Tigers


Crouching Tiger, Steven Soderbergh Win Top Honors From Los Angeles Critics

The director makes it three in a row, as he sweeps two awards in New York and one in Los Angeles for his two Oscar-caliber films. Douglas wins for Wonder Boys, Roberts for Brockovich. UPDATE
by Patrick Fraleigh

Saturday , December 16, 2000 10:07 p.m.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association named Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon its Best Picture of 2000, while honoring Steven Soderbergh as Best Director for both Erin Brockovich and Traffic.
The awards give Crouching and Soderbergh a significant boost in the race for Oscar nominations. Soderbergh was similarly honored by both the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review, giving him a clean sweep in the first wave of pre-Oscar awards. This was the first major such award for Crouching.

The association`s Best Picture award has often gone to big-budget Hollywood films such as The Insider, Saving Private Ryan and Schindler`s List. In the past 10 years, 90 percent of the L.A. Film Critics, picks have gone on to receive Oscar nominations, but only 20 percent have gone on to win a statuette.

Michael Douglas was named Best Actor for his work in Wonderboys, which was also runner-up for Best Picture.

Michael Douglas was named Best Actor for his work in Wonder Boys, which was also runner-up for Best Picture. Although this performance came early in the year, it made a lasting impression on the critics, who have been a solid indicator of Oscar nominations in this category. In the last 10 years, 90 percent of the association`s Best Actor winners have gone on to receive an Academy Award nomination. Javier Bardem, the Spanish star of Julian Schnabel`s Before Night Falls was runner-up in the critics` competition. Bardem was recently named Best Actor by the National Board of Review.

Julia Roberts was named Best Actress for Erin Brockovich, seconding her prize from the National Board of Review. Again, 90 percent of the Los Angeles critics` winners in the last decade have gone on to receive an Oscar nomination. In the last five years, the critics` award has gone to somewhat less mainstream performances, including those by Hilary Swank (Boys Don`t Cry), Fernanda Montenegro (Central Station) and Helena Bonham Carter(Wings of the Dove). Laura Linney, who won the New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress award, was named runner-up in Los Angeles for her work in You Can Count on Me.

In the Best Supporting Actor category, Willem Defoe won top honor for his work in Shadow of the Vampire. On the heels of his Traffic, Benicio Del Toro took the runner-up position.

Frances McDormand won the Los Angeles critics` Best Supporting Actress award for both Almost Famous and Wonder Boys. Zhang Ziyi was the runner-up for her performance in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

After winning the Best Screenplay award from the New York Film Critics, Kenneth Lonergan won the same prize from the Los Angeles critics. The Los Angeles award has been highly predictive in the Oscar race: All of its recipients have received Oscar nominations in the last ten years, and 80 percent of them have won the prize. Steven Kloves was runner-up for Wonder Boys.

In another honor for You Can Count On Me, Mark Ruffalo won the critics` New Generation award for his lead work in the film.

The Los Angeles critics also announced winners in the following categories:

Best Foreign Language Film: Edward Yang, Yi Yi (A One and A Two).
Runner-up: Patrice Leconte, Girl on the Bridge.

Best Animation: Chicken Run, directed by Nick Park and produced by Peter Lord.
Best Documentary: Mark Singer, Dark Days.

Runner-up: Aviva Kempner, Life and Times of Hank Greenberg.

Best Cinematography: Peter Pau, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Runner-up: Peter Andrews (AKA Steven Soderbergh), Traffic.

Best Production Design: Tim Yip, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Runner-up: Don Taylor, House of Mirth.

Best Music/Score: Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Runner-up: Bjork, Dancer in the Dark.

Career Acheivement: Conrad Hall

Special Citation: Film Critic Charles Champlin
LAFCA`s 26th annual achievement awards ceremony is slated for Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Wyndham Bel Age Hotel.

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The Inside Line: A Daily Ranking of All the Top Contenders
Players in the major categories -- Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay -- are rated from top to bottom.

Sunday , December 17, 2000 10:49 a.m.


Best Picture prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 390.1
2. Quills, 342.9
3. Billy Elliot, 337.4
4. Traffic, 330.5
5. Gladiator, 308.8
6. You Can Count on Me, 307.1
7. Chocolat, 303.3
8. Cast Away, 274.0
Erin Brockovich, 274.0
10. Before Night Falls, 273.2
11. Thirteen Days, 258.0
12. Wonder Boys, 257.3
13. Almost Famous, 254.0
14. State and Main, 252.8
15. All The Pretty Horses, 252.5
16. Shadow of the Vampire, 244.0
17. Unbreakable, 240.0
18. O Brother, Where Art Thou, 231.0
19. Meet The Parents, 230.0
20. Finding Forrester, 224.0
21. Pollock, 219.5
22. Chicken Run, 218.1
23. The Claim, 207.0
24. Virgin Suicides, 206.0
25. Sunshine, 205.9
26. The Gift, 203.0
27. The Family Man, 193.5
28. High Fidelity, 187.0
29. Space Cowboys, 186.5
30. Men of Honor, 185.5
31. Nurse Betty, 185.0
32. Dancer in the Dark, 183.2
33. Remember the Titans, 181.5
34. The Contender, 173.0
35. Tigerland, 172.5
36. Malena, 163.8
37. Jesus` Son, 161.5
38. Proof of Life, 161.0
39. The Patriot, 143.0
40. The Yards, 133.5
41. The Legend of Bagger Vance, 113.5
42. Pay it Forward, 88.0

Best Director prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich, 331.3
2. Lasse Halstrom, Chocolat, 278.8
3. Steven Soderbergh, Traffic, 274.3
4. Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 271.5
5. Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me, 267.0
6. Philip Kaufman, Quills, 256.0
7. Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous, 248.0
8. Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, 240.0
9. Curtis Hanson, Wonder Boys, 237.5
10. Ridley Scott, Gladiator, 230.0
11. David Mamet, State and Main, 227.8
12. Ed Harris, Pollock, 226.5
13. Joel Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou, 223.8
14. M. Night Shyamalan, Unbreakable, 223.0
15. Billy Bob Thornton, All the Pretty Horses, 221.5
16. Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream, 213.5
17. Julian Schnabel, Before Night Falls, 210.8
18. Jay Roach, Meet The Parents, 210.5
19. Christopher Guest, Best In Show, 210.0
20. Rod Lurie, The Contender, 201.0
21. Robert Zemeckis, Cast Away, 201.0
22. Clint Eastwood, Space Cowboys, 198.0
23. Lars Von Trier, Dancer in the Dark, 193.5
24. E. Elias Merhige, Shadow of the Vampire, 191.0
25. Stephen Frears, High Fidelity, 190.0
26. Michael Winterbottom, The Claim, 179.0
27. Roger Donaldson, Thirteen Days, 178.0
28. Gus Van Sant, Finding Forrester, 174.0
29. Sofia Coppola, Virgin Suicides, 171.5
30. Brett Ratner, The Family Man, 169.0
31. James Gray, The Yards, 159.0
32. Neil LaBute, Nurse Betty, 159.0
33. Joel Schumacher, Tigerland, 156.8
34. Boaz Yakim, Remember the Titans, 154.5
35. Robert Redford, The Legend of Bagger Vance, 152.5
36. Sam Raimi, The Gift, 142.0
37. George Tillman Jr., Men of Honor, 139.5
38. Taylor Hackford, Proof of Life, 107.0
39. Mimi Leder, Pay it Forward, 98.0


Best Actor prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Tom Hanks, Cast Away, 334.9
2. Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls, 279.8
3. Geoffrey Rush, Quills, 263.7
4. Ed Harris, Pollock, 256.4
5. Chow Yun-Fat, Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon, 247.6
6. Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me, 246.3
7. Russell Crowe, Gladiator, 232.9
8. Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot, 228.0
9. Matt Damon, All the Pretty Horses, 226.9
10. Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys, 226.9
11. Nicolas Cage, The Family Man, 222.4
12. Alfred Molina, Chocolat, 219.3
13. Robert De Niro, Meet The Parents, 218.9
14. William Macy, State and Main, 214.8
15. John Malkovich, Shadow of the Vampire, 213.0
16. Sean Connery, Finding Forrester, 207.9
17. Denzel Washington, Remember the Titans, 207.2
18. Kevin Costner, Thirteen Days, 203.0
19. Cuba Gooding Jr., Men of Honor, 198.8
20. Ralph Fiennes, Sunshine, 197.4
21. Philip Seymour Hoffman, State and Main, 190.7
22. Ben Stiller, Meet The Parents, 186.9
23. George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou, 174.9
24. Russell Crowe, Proof of Life, 171.9
25. Jim Carrey, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, 167.8
26. Kevin Spacey, Pay it Forward, 166.0
27. Peter Mullan, The Claim, 163.9
28. Billy Crudup, Jesus` Son, 157.4
29. Mel Gibson, The Patriot, 155.7
30. Colin Farrell, Tigerland, 147.0
31. John Cusack, High Fidelity, 144.9

32. Wes Bentley, The Claim, 144.5
Best Actress prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Julia Roberts, Erin Brokovich, 329.9
2. Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me, 314.4
3. Juliette Binoche, Chocolat, 288.8
4. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream, 258.4
5. Michelle Yeoh, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 243.0
6. Joan Allen, The Contender, 233.7
7. Cate Blanchett, The Gift, 219.2
8. Bjork, Dancer in the Dark, 211.0
9. Michelle Rodriguez, Girlfight, 197.5
10. Monica Bellucci, Malena, 192.7
11. Gillian Anderson, House of Mirth, 187.2
12. Rebecca Pidgeon, State and Main, 184.8
13. Tea Leoni, The Family Man, 181.7
14. Sarah Polley, The Claim, 179.7
15. Helen Hunt, Pay it Forward, 166.7
16. Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty, 159.0
17. Brenda Blethyn, Saving Grace, 126.2

18. Meg Ryan, Proof of Life, 125.0


Best Supporting Actor prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich, 267.5
2. Benicio Del Toro, Traffic, 251.0
3. Joaquin Phoenix, Quills, 240.8
4. Willem Dafoe, Shadow of a Vampire, 236.0
5. Michael Caine, Quills, 221.8
6. Johnny Depp, Chocolat, 217.5
7. Jeff Bridges, The Contender, 207.4
8. Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator, 205.5
9. David Paymer, State and Main, 203.8
10. Bruce Greenwood, Thirteen Days, 201.5
11. Aaron Eckhart, Erin Brockovich, 197.5
12. James Caan, The Yards, 193.4
13. Fred Willard, Best in Show, 193.3
14. Steven Culp, Thirteen Days, 190.5
15. Charles Durning, State and Main, 187.8
16. Gary Lewis, Billy Elliot, 185.9
17. Tobey Maguire, Wonder Boys, 185.3
18. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Almost Famous, 184.3
19. Rory Culkin, You Can Count on Me, 183.8
20. Donald Sutherland, Space Cowboys, 179.2
21. Don Cheadle, Traffic, 179.0
22. Matthew Broderick, You Can Count on Me, 178.8
23. Robert De Niro, Men of Honor, 175.8
24. Oliver Reed, Gladiator, 173.9
25. Alec Baldwin, State and Main, 169.8
26. Tim Blake Nelson, O Brother, Where Art Thou, 167.0
27. Morgan Freeman, Nurse Betty, 166.3
Billy Crudup, Almost Famous, 165.3
29. Will Patton, Remember the Titans, 164.5
30. Eddie Izzard, Shadow of the Vampire, 160.0
31. Jack Black, High Fidelity, 155.5
32. David Morse, Proof of Life, 151.0
33. Robert Brown, Finding Forrester, 149.8
34. Robert Downey Jr., Wonder Boys, 145.0
35. Danny DeVito, Big Kahuna, 131.9
36. Jeffrey Wright, Shaft, 131.3
37. Gary Oldman, The Contender, 129.4
38. Haley Joel Osment, Pay it Forward, 114.8
39. Bill Murray, Hamlet, 102.0

39. Will Smith, The Legend of Bagger Vance, 100.3
Best Supporting Actress prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

Frances McDormand, Almost Famous, 269.4
Lena Olin, Chocolat, 267.5
3. Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock, 259.1
4. Judi Dench, Chocolat, 252.5
5. Julie Walters, Billy Elliot, 244.4
6. Kate Hudson, Almost Famous, 235.5
7. Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 233.6
8. Frances McDormand, Wonder Boys, 229.0
9. Marg Helgenberger, Erin Brockovich, 221.7
10. Kate Winslet, Quills, 220.0
11. img src=`/img/spacer.gif` width=10 height=1>Penelope Cruz, All The Pretty Horses, 215.0
12. Rosemary Harris, Sunshine, 213.1
13. Sarah Jessica Parker, State and Main, 207.3
14. Lupe Ontiveros, Chuck & Buck, 207.0
15. Jennifer Connelly, Requiem for a Dream, 204.4
16. Nastassja Kinski, The Claim, 201.0
17. Jennifer Ehle, Sunshine, 200.6
18. Catherine Deneuve, Dancer in the Dark, 197.7
19. Samantha Morton, Jesus` Son, 194.7
20. Blythe Danner, Meet the Parents, 181.9
21. Ellen Burstyn, The Yards, 179.9
22. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Traffic, 178.5
23. Erika Christensen, Traffic, 178.1
24. Amy Madigan, Pollock, 175.5
25. Charlize Theron, The Yards, 172.5
26. Milla Jovovich, The Claim, 172.1
27. Tracy Ullman, Small Time Crooks, 161.5
28. Kirsten Dunst, Virgin Suicides, 157.1
29. Connie Nielsen, Gladiator, 156.5
30. Ashley Judd, Where the Heart Is, 86.5


Best Original Screenplay prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. You Can Count on Me, Kenneth Lonergan, 333.1
2. Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe, 264.0
3. Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan, 257.0
4. Erin Brockovich, Susannah Grant, 249.0
5. Billy Elliot, Lee Hall, 246.3
6. O Brother, Where Art Thou, Ethan Coen, 239.0
7. State and Main, David Mamet, 232.8
8. Best in Show, Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, 207.0
9. Girlfight, Karyn Kusama, 202.5
10. Cast Away, William Broyles Jr., 191.0
11. Dancer in the Dark, Lars Von Trier, 181.3
12. The Yards, James Gray and Matt Reeves, 173.0
13. The Contender, Rod Lurie, 172.0
14. The Gift, Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson, 168.0
15. Shadow of the Vampire, Steven Katz, 164.0
16. Finding Forrester, Mike Rich, 153.0
17. Remember the Titans, Gregory Allen Howard, 149.5
18. Sunshine, Istvan Szabo and Israel Horowitz, 140.0
19. Nurse Betty, John C. Richards and James Flamberg, 137.0
20. Men of Honor, Scott Marshall Smith, 131.5
21. Tigerland, Ross Klavan and Michael McGruther, 111.5

21. Proof of Life, Tony Tilroy and John C. Richards, 101.0
Best Adapted Screenplay prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. All the Pretty Horses, Ted Tally, 293.7
2. Quills, Doug Wright, 252.3
3. Chocolat, Robert Nelson Jacobs, 242.3
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Wang Hui Ling, James
Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung, 234.5
5. Before Night Falls, Lazaro Gomez, Carriles Cunningham
O`Keefe and Julian Schnabel, 229.8
6. Traffic, Stephen Gaghan, 218.9
7. Requiem for a Dream, Hubert Selby Jr. and Darren
Aronofsky, 212.5
8. Thirteen Days, David Self, 206.0
9. Meet The Parents, Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg, 196.5
10. Wonder Boys, Steven Kloves, 187.0
11. High Fidelity, D.V. DeVincentis, 185.0
12. Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola, 175.5
13. The Claim, Frank Cottrell Boyce, 172.0
14. Pollock, Susan Emshwiller and Barbara Turner, 155.5
15. Jesus` Son, Elizabeth Cuthrell, David Urrutia and Oren
Moverman, 139.0
16. My Dog Skip, Gail Gilchriest, 112.5
17. The Legend of Bagger Vance, Jeremy Leven, 97.5
18. Pay it Forward, Leslie Dixon, 68.5
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Leading Up to the Big Night: Key Dates in the Race
From film critics` awards, all the way through the SAG awards in March, here`s the timetable.

Friday , December 15, 2000 04:05 p.m.


These are key dates in the 2000 Oscar race:

Dec. 16, 2000: Los Angeles Film Critics Awards announced.
Anmerkung: Crouching Tiger - best film

Dec. 21, 2000: Golden Globe nominations announced.

Dec. 31, 2000: Films must complete Oscar run.

Jan. 9, 2001: Oscar nominating ballots mailed.

Jan. 9, 2001: American Film Institute announces top 10 films of the year.

Jan. 14, 2001: New York Film Critics Awards presented.

Jan. 16, 2001: Los Angeles Film Critics Awards presented.

Jan. 21, 2001: Golden Globes presented.

Jan. 30, 2001: Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations announced.

February 13, 2001: Oscar nominations announced.

February 28, 2001: Oscar ballots mailed.

March 4, 2001: Writers Guild of America Awards presented.

March 10, 2001: Directors Guild of America Awards presented.

March 11, 2001: Screen Actors Guild Awards presented.

March 20, 2001: Oscar voting closes.

March 25, 2001: Academy Awards presented at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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Nächster Erfolg für CTHD und auch Requiem for a dream (Darstellerin) kommt gut weg.

Bostoner Kritiker wählen "Almost Famous" zum Film des Jahres 2000

Boston, 18.12.2000 - Für die Mitglieder der Boston Society of Film Critics ist Cameron Crowes "Almost Famous" der Film des Jahres 2000. Cameron Crowe wurde außerdem zum besten Regisseur und Frances McDormand zur besten Nebendarstellerin gewählt; den Preis für das beste Drehbuch teilt sich Crowe mit Steve Kloves ("Die Wonder Boys"). Zum besten Nebendarsteller wählten die Bostoner Kritiker Fred Willard ("Best in Show"), die Preise für die besten Hauptdarsteller gehen an Ellen Burstyn ("Requiem for a Dream") und Colin Farrell ("Tigerland"). Zum besten nichtenglischsprachigen Film des Jahres wurde Ang Lees "Tiger & Dragon" gewählt.

Quelle: Blickpunkt:Film

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Das Oskar-Rennen ist weiter offen


INSIDE OSCARS: Premiere Bets on Billy, Erin, Crouching, Gladiator and Cast Away
Annual exercise in Oscar predictions is hit and miss, but it sure stirs up the buzz.
by Andrew Hindes

Thursday , January 04, 2001 03:30 p.m.


Oscar hopefuls Billy Elliot, Cast Away, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich and Gladiator will soon get a vote of confidence from Premiere magazine, which predicts in its upcoming issue that all five will garner Best Picture nominations.
Premiere`s prognosticators expect Best Director nominations to go to Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger), Ridley Scott (Gladiator), Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich) and Robert Zemeckis (Cast Away), but think Billy Elliot Director Stephen Daldry will be snubbed in favor of Quills` Philip Kaufman.

Premiere`s batting average last year was mixed and West Coast editor Anne Thompson admits, `We always make some hideous mistakes.`

The article, by frequent contributor Gregg Kilday, will appear in the magazine`s February issue, which hits newsstands Jan. 16. It was written in late November when, as Kilday notes, the Oscar contender ``cupboard was looking awfully bare.`` That was just after buzz for several early favorites including Almost Famous, Pay It Forward and The Contender had fizzled. Still, the magazine manages to pick five likely nominees in each of the top six award categories: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Supporting Actor and Actress.

In the Best Actor category, Premiere likes Sean Connery (Finding Forrester), Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Tom Hanks (Cast Away), Ed Harris (Pollock) and Geoffrey Rush (Quills). On the Best Actress front, it`s Joan Allen (The Contender), Juliette Binoche (Chocolat), Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream), Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me) and Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich).

Kilday worked closely with West Coast editor Anne Thompson on the piece. It`s the third time the twosome gazed into the Oscar crystal ball for Premiere; they previously collaborated on similar pieces as staffers at Entertainment Weekly.

Their batting average last year was mixed: They scored just two out of five in the Best Picture category, and three out of five for Best Actor and Supporting Actress. The two had better luck with Actresses (4 out of 5) and Supporting Actors (a perfect 5).

It`s worth noting that the monthly`s publishing schedule forces it to finalize its picks by mid-December, even before the Golden Globe nominees are announced. ``There`s a good deal of momentum in the Oscar race and we have to figure out where it`s going to go ahead of time,`` says Thompson. For instance, last year`s issue was put to bed before The Hurricane`s Oscar chances were downgraded by charges it played fast and loose with historical events.

Thompson says her and Kilday`s research includes talking to industry insiders, including Oscar marketing consultants, as well as Academy members themselves. ``You can learn early on, for example, that films like Requiem for a Dream and Quills aren`t playing as well for Academy members as they are for critics,`` says Thompson. Still, she acknowledges, ``We always make some hideous mistakes.``

The accuracy of this year`s predictions will be revealed on Feb. 13, when Oscar nominations are announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. •

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The Inside Line on Best Picture and Best Director
It`s an ever-changing game as studios campaign and the buzz shifts on a daily basis.

Wednesday, January 10, 2001 05:50 p.m.


Best Picture prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 608.6
2. Traffic, 570.9
3. Billy Elliot, 527.4
4. Gladiator, 489.2
5. Erin Brockovich, 471.4
6. Wonder Boys, 421.2
7. Almost Famous, 419.5
8. Chocolat, 387.8
9. Quills, 359.4
10. You Can Count on Me, 359.3
11. Cast Away, 346.0
12. Chicken Run, 312.0
13. Sunshine, 305.8
14. Shadow of the Vampire, 294.5
15. Thirteen Days, 294.0
16. O Brother, Where Art Thou, 290.5
17. Before Night Falls, 289.2
18. Best in Show, 288.0
19. State and Main, 274.3
20. Finding Forrester, 253.5
21. Unbreakable, 252.5
22. Meet The Parents, 247.5
23. Pollock, 225.0
24. Virgin Suicides, 218.0
25. High Fidelity, 201.0

Best Director prospects, ranked according to the Inside Line:

1. Steven Soderbergh, Traffic, 501.4
2. Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich, 490.4
3. Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 424.1
4. Ridley Scott, Gladiator, 335.4
5. Lasse Hallstrom, Chocolat, 305.5
6. Istvan Szabo, Sunshine, 300.4
7. Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me, 290.7
8. Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous, 278.8
9. Curtis Hanson, Wonder Boys, 264.7
10. Philip Kaufman, Quills, 264.1
11. Robert Zemeckis, Cast Away, 260.5
12. Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, 249.5
13. Joel Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou, 245.6
14. M. Night Shyamalan, Unbreakable, 232.0
15. David Mamet, State and Main, 228.3
16. Ed Harris, Pollock, 226.5
17. E. Elias Merhige, Shadow of the Vampire, 221.3
18. Christopher Guest, Best In Show, 212.5
19. Jay Roach, Meet The Parents, 209.0
20. Clint Eastwood, Space Cowboys, 205.5
21. Julian Schnabel, Before Night Falls, 203.3
22. Rod Lurie, The Contender, 203.0
23. Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream, 202.5
24. Gus Van Sant, Finding Forrester, 200.5
25. Lars Von Trier, Dancer in the Dark, 193.5

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Zwar handelt es sich bei folgender Meldung nicht um die Oscar Verleihung, aber um einen andere wichtige Verleihung, nämlich den "Independent Spirit Award". Ich denke Kinowelt ist da recht gut vertreten mit seinen bereits aufgeführten oder demnächst in den Kinos erscheinenden Titel.

(fett) = Kinowelt Movies


IFP Spirit Awards nominate Requiem, Chuck & Buck
Denis Seguin in Toronto January 12, 2001

Miguel Arteta`s Chuck & Buck, Darren Aronofsky`s Requiem For A Dream and Kenneth Lonergan`s You Can Count On Me have each received five nominations for the 16th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards. The Independent Feature Project/West announced the nominees in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Julian Schnabel`s Before Night Falls, David Gordon Green`s George Washington and Jordan Walker-Pearlman`s The Visit each earned four nods. Ang Lee`s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon earned three nominations, including Best Picture, leading the larger-budget nominees.

The Best Feature category includes a contest between a David and several Goliaths, with the ultra-low budget George Washington facing Requiem, Crouching Tiger and Before Night Falls as well as Jim Jarmusch`s Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai.

Lee, Aronofsky, Arteta and Schnabel were nominated for Best Director joined by Christopher Guest for his mockumentary Best In Show. Lonergan`s film was nominated for Best First Feature, joining Karyn Kusama`s Girlfight, Gina Prince-Blythewood`s Love & Basketball, Jordan Walker-Pearlman`s The Visit and Ben Younger`s Boiler Room.

Lonergan also received a Best Screenplay nod along with Mike White for
Chuck & Buck, Valerie Breiman for Love & Sex, Raymond De Felitta for Two Family House and Robert Dillon for Waking The Dead.

Chuck & Buck was among the nominees for the award for Best Feature Under $500,000. George Washington, with a budget of $48,000, was ineligible in the category because of its Best Feature nomination. The film`s ensemble cast was nominated collectively for Best Debut Performance as was White for Chuck & Buck.

Tim Roth`s English-language British film The War Zone was amongst the nominees for Best Foreign Film joining Lars Von Trier`s English-language multi-national co-production Dancer In The Dark, Wong Kar-Wai`s Hong Kong movie In The Mood For Love, Santosh Sivan`s Indian arthouse hit The Terrorist and Bahman Ghobadi`s A Time For Drunken Horses, the Iranian entry for the Academy Awards.

The nominations were cause for celebration at Artisan Entertainment. Three of its releases, Requiem, Chuck & Buck and Ghost Dog, earned a total of eleven nominations.

In order to be eligible, a film must have shown at a commercial theatre during the 2000 calendar year or have played at one of the following six film festivals: New York, Seattle, Sundance, Telluride, Toronto or New Directors/New Films. The nominators are asked to consider such criteria as a filmmaker`s uniqueness of vision, budgetary limitations and percentage of independent financing.

16TH ANNUAL IFP/WEST INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE
Before Night Falls
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
George Washington
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Requiem for a Dream

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Boiler Room
Girlfight
Love & Basketball
The Visit
You Can Count on Me

BEST FEATURE - Under $500,000
Bunny
Chuck & Buck
Everything Put Together
Groove
Our Song

BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Christopher Guest Best in Show
Darren Aronofsky Requiem for a Dream
Julian Schnabel Before Night Falls
Miguel Arteta Chuck & Buck

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Joan Allen The Contender
Ellen Burstyn Requiem for a Dream
Sanaa Lathan Love & Basketball
Laura Linney You Can Count on Me
Kelly MacDonald Two Family House

BEST MALE LEAD
Javier Bardem Before Night Falls
Adrien Brody Restaurant
Billy Crudup Jesus` Son
Hill Harper The Visit
Mark Ruffalo You Can Count on Me

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Pat Carroll Songcatcher
Jennifer Connelly Requiem for a Dream
Marcia Gay Harden Pollock
Lupe Ontiveros Chuck & Buck
Zhang Ziyi Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Willem Dafoe Shadow of the Vampire
Cole Hauser Tigerland
Gary Oldman The Contender
Giovanni Ribisi The Gift
Billy Dee Williams The Visit

BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
Rory Culkin You Can Count on Me
Michelle Rodriguez Girlfight
Emmy Rossum Songcatcher
Mike White Chuck & Buck

(Ensemble)
Candace Evanofski George Washington
Curtis Cotton III George Washington
Damian Jewan Lee George Washington
Donald Holden George Washington
Rachael Handy George Washington

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
David Gordon Green George Washington
Ross Klavan & Michael McGruther Tigerland
Gina Prince-Bythewood Love & Basketball
Jordan Walker-Pearlman The Visit
Ben Younger Boiler Room

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Lou Bogue Shadow of the Vampire
John De Borman Hamlet
Matthew Libatique Requiem For A Dream
Tim Orr George Washington
Xavier Perez Grobet & Guillermo Rosas Before Night Falls

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Dancer in the Dark
In the Mood for Love
The Terrorist
A Time for Drunken Horses
The War Zone

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dark Days
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Long Night`s Journey Into Day
Paragraph 175
Sound and Fury

Quelle: screendaily.com

Gruss
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Einige ganz interessante Aussagen zum Oscar:


INSIDE OSCARS: Academy Awards Are About Art, But Commerce Creeps In All Over the Place
Friday , January 19, 2001 06:52 p.m.


Rankings on the Inside Line are calculated daily, based on a contender`s pedigree, awards, reviews, press, promotional campaign and buzz. For a detailed explanation of our metrics system, click here.
You`re not really supposed to talk about box office at Oscar time.

It`s crude, like discussing the inheritance at a rich uncle`s wake. This is supposed to be about the Art.

With the commercially minded Golden Globes upon us, however, a few words about the money factor are in order. In a nutshell, losers don`t get Oscars -- not in the Best Picture category, at any rate. Think of it as the public holding veto power in the race. Academy members do the voting; but a picture won`t win if the audience doesn`t ultimately endorse it. The Insider was nominated for an Oscar, as were L.A. Confidential, The Thin Red Line and Quiz Show. But those pictures ultimately bowed before movies that displayed real audience magic -- American Beauty, Shakespeare in Love, Titanic and so forth.

On the Inside Line, we don`t assign points for box-office success, which, again, would be crude. But it`s easy to see that commercial success or failure leaks steadily into the numbers by way of the buzz, the press and even, sometimes, the reviews. Traffic, already a hit with the critics, shot to the top spot with 644.9 points, as the press picked up energy from the film`s surprisingly strong performance. (It opened for USA Films to $15.5 million on only 1,500 screens -- as duly noted most recently by Richard Natale in the Los Angeles Times.) Thirteen Days, by contrast, opened wide to just $11.3 million in more than 2,000 theaters -- not enough to provoke the kind of stories or talk that might have lifted it out of the No. 12 spot, with 333.0 points.

Indeed, the intensity of box-office response largely distinguishes our first-tier contenders from the second tier. Gladiator and Erin Brockovich, No. 5 with 518.2 points and No. 4 with 534.4 points, respectively, were commercial blockbusters, like Silence of the Lambs or Dances With Wolves. It`s hard to keep them out off the top five, with the press and promoters alike speculating constantly about their prospects. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- No. 2 with 635.7 points -- meanwhile benefits from the long-drawn platforming process by which Sony Classics keeps the audience hungry for the picture. It`s taken in an amazing $30.3 million to date, and had a phenomenal per-site average of nearly $15,000 last weekend, which keeps a certain sizzle on it in the trades (as with the Hollywood Reporter`s ``Tiger King of (the Los Angeles Film Critics) Jungle`` story). Even Billy Elliot, the softest performer among the top five, has a respectable $18 million in the bank and keeps drawing revenue from more than 200 theaters, thus keeping prospects alive.

The second tier, by contrast, has largely fought a losing battle at the box office. Chocolat, at No. 7 with 441.6 points, may prosper in the long term, but it hasn`t exploded like Tiger, and remains just outside the magic circle of likely nominees. Almost Famous, at No. 6 with 466.0 points, would certainly be inside the top five if ticket sales hadn`t stopped dead at $32 million -- about half the film`s reported budget. Quills (No. 10 with 376.5 points), Wonder Boys (No. 8 with 438.5 points), and even the critically adored You Can Count on Me (No. 9 with 392.0 points) all suffer from the same problem -- not enough audience to generate the kind of excitement a Best Picture needs. •

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73RD ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

February 13, 2001

BEST PICTURE
CHOCOLAT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
ERIN BROCKOVICH
GLADIATOR
TRAFFIC

DIRECTING
BILLY ELLIOT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
ERIN BROCKOVICH
GLADIATOR
TRAFFIC

ACTOR -- LEADING
Javier Bardem
Russell Crowe
Tom Hanks
Ed Harris
Geoffrey Rush

ACTOR -- SUPPORTING
Jeff Bridges
Willem Dafoe
Benicio Del Toro
Albert Finney
Joaquin Phoenix

ACTRESS -- LEADING
Joan Allen
Juliette Binoche
Ellen Burstyn
Laura Linney
Julia Roberts

ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
Judi Dench
Marcia Gay Harden
Kate Hudson
Frances McDormand
Julie Walters

WRITING (ADAPTED)
CHOCOLAT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
TRAFFIC

WONDER BOYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL)
ALMOST FAMOUS
BILLY ELLIOT
ERIN BROCKOVICH

GLADIATOR

YOU CAN COUNT ON ME

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
AMORES PERROS
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DIVIDED WE FALL
EVERYBODY FAMOUS!
THE TASTE OF OTHERS

ART DIRECTION
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DR. SEUSS` HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
GLADIATOR
QUILLS
VATEL

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
GLADIATOR
MALÈNA
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
THE PATRIOT

COSTUME DESIGN
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DR. SEUSS` HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
GLADIATOR
102 DALMATIANS
QUILLS

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF THE
KINDERTRANSPORT
LEGACY
LONG NIGHT`S JOURNEY INTO DAY
SCOTTSBORO: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
SOUND AND FURY

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
BIG MAMA
CURTAIN CALL
DOLPHINS
THE MAN ON LINCOLN`S NOSE
ON TIPTOE: GENTLE STEPS TO FREEDOM

FILM EDITING
ALMOST FAMOUS
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
GLADIATOR
TRAFFIC
WONDER BOYS

MAKEUP
THE CELL
DR. SEUSS` HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE

MUSIC (SCORE)
CHOCOLAT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
GLADIATOR
MALÈNA
THE PATRIOT

MUSIC (SONG)
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DANCER IN THE DARK
THE EMPEROR`S NEW GROOVE
MEET THE PARENTS
WONDER BOYS

SHORT -- ANIMATED
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
THE PERIWIG-MAKER
REJECTED

SHORT -- LIVE ACTION
BY COURIER
ONE DAY CROSSING
QUIERO SER (I WANT TO BE...)
SERAGLIO
A SOCCER STORY (UNA HISTORIA DE FUTEBOL)

SOUND
CAST AWAY
GLADIATOR
THE PATRIOT
THE PERFECT STORM
U-571

SOUND EDITING
SPACE COWBOYS
U-571

VISUAL EFFECTS
GLADIATOR
HOLLOW MAN
THE PERFECT STORM

Wenn ich richtig gezählt habe, dann sind das 10 Nominationenn allein für Tiger & Dragon!

Gruss

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Ang Lee wins third best foreign-language Oscar nod
Mike Goodridge in Los Angeles February 13, 2001




It was an extraordinary morning for Ang Lee, the Taiwanese director overlooked by the Academy for Sense And Sensibility in 1995 and The Ice Storm in 1997. Not only did he win picture and director nominations for his box office sensation Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but he won his third Best Foreign Language Film nod after The Wedding Banquet in 1993 and Eat Drink Man Woman in 1994.

Indeed the nomination is also Taiwan`s third, for Lee has singularly represented his country in this category.

Sony Pictures Classics has domestic rights to the film, but also last week bought domestic on the Czech Republic nominee Divided We Fall which had been winning strong buzz from Academy members and was a popular entry in the World Cinema section of this year`s Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Jan Hrebejk, it is the fourth Czech Republic nominee ever after The Shop On Main Street in 1965, Closely Watched Trains in 1967 and Kolya in 1996. Menemsha Entertainment is handling sales on Divided We Fall.

Divided We Fall, set in the last days of World War II in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, stars Anna Siskova and Boleslav Polivka as a Czech couple hiding a Jewish neighbour in their house.

Meanwhile Amores Perros, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu`s epic Mexican tryptych, also snares a nomination, a coup for Lions Gate Films which has worldwide rights. The much-lauded film is Mexico`s fifth nomination after Macario (1960), The Important Man (1961), Tlayucan (1962) and Letters From Marusia (1975).

Miramax Films last week partnered with Offline Releasing on the US release of Agnes Jaoui`s The Taste Of Others, the French Oscar entry, and in the Berlin Film Festival bought domestic rights to Belgian entry Everybody Famous! directed by Dominic Deruderre. The positive response from Academy voters no doubt contributed to their interest and indeed both won nominations this morning.

The Jaoui film is France`s 31st nomination - a record for any country, while it is the fifth nomination for Belgium after Paix Sur Les Champs (1970), The Music Teacher (1988), Daens (1992) and Farinelli: Il Castrato (1994).

The Taste Of Others (Le Gout Des Autres) stars Jean-Pierre Bacri as a French industrialist who becomes obssessed with his English tutor, an actress played by Jaoui herself.

Everybody Famous! is a sentimental comedy about a father who kidnaps a pop star and holds her to ransom in order to give his daughter a chance to sing on TV. Deruderre`s credits include Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Suite 16 and Crazy Love.

Critically acclaimed films which failed to make the final cut included In The Mood For Love from Hong Kong, A Time For Drunken Horses from Iran, Me You Them from Brazil, Maelstrom from Canada, The 100 Steps from Italy, Time Of Favour from Israel and Chunhyang from South Korea.
Gladiator, Crouching Tiger lead Oscars race
Mike Goodridge in Los Angeles February 13, 2001




Gladiator and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon led the field in the 2000 Academy Award nominations announced this morning in Los Angeles, which generated a few surprises and set some unusual records.

Crouching Tiger became only the third foreign-language film in history to win a Best Picture nomination as well as a Best Foreign Language Film nod, while Steven Soderbergh became the first director since Michael Curtiz in 1938 to win two Best Director nominations - for Traffic and Erin Brockovich. Not even Francis Ford Coppola achieved that feat in 1974 when both The Conversation and The Godfather - Part II were released.

Ang Lee won his first Best Director nomination for Crouching Tiger which, with ten nominations, is the most nominated foreign language film in history. The film`s other nominations were for screenplay, cinematography, art direction, costume design, editing, music and song.

Meanwhile Gladiator took the most nominations - 12 - including best picture and Ridley Scott`s second best director after Thelma And Louise a decade ago. Russell Crowe won his second consecutive best actor nomination and Joaquin Phoenix his first for best supporting actor.

Other key films were the two by Soderbergh. Sceptics had warned that Traffic - with its drugs theme - would fail to snag a Best Picture nod, but they were wrong. The critically praised movie beat out more Academy-friendly films like Almost Famous and Billy Elliot to land a place in the final five alongside Soderbergh`s other film of the year Erin Brockovich. The only problem facing Soderbergh now is that, like at the recent Golden Globes, he will split his own vote and walk away empty-handed.

Julia Roberts won her third acting nomination for Erin Brockovich and already ranks as the hot favourite to win; she was joined by her cast-mate Albert Finney who wins his fifth nomination. However Benicio Del Toro is the obvious choice for Best Supporting Actor in Soderbergh`s other film Traffic.

It was a triumphant win for Sony Pictures Classics which released Crouching Tiger as well as Pollock which came out of nowhere to win two acting nominations - Ed Harris picks up his first best actor nod and his third in total while Marcia Gay Harden wins her first in the supporting actress category. Sony Classics also picked up a foreign language nominee Divided We Fall from the Czech Republic recently.

Miramax Films should also be happy. Despite a year which was hardly as glittering as some of their more recent ones, the company managed to win a Best Picture nomination for Chocolat as well as a Best Actress nod for Juliette Binoche (her second nomination) and a Best Supporting Actress nod for Judi Dench - her third nomination in four years. Miramax also jumped on board two foreign language picture nominees in the last week - France`s The Taste of Others and Belgium`s Everybody Famous!

Former acting winners Tom Hanks scored his fifth nomination for Cast Away, Geoffrey Rush his third for Quills, Frances McDormand her third for Almost Famous and Ellen Burstyn her sixth for Requiem For A Dream.

Popular first time acting nominees were Spain`s Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls, Laura Linney for You Can Count On Me and Kate Hudson for Almost Famous.

Missing from the nominee lineup were favourites including Michael Douglas for Wonder Boys, Bjork for Dancer In The Dark and Jamie Bell for Billy Elliot, Sean Connery for Finding Forrester and Mark Ruffalo for You Can Count On Me.

For DreamWorks, which released Gladiator domestically, it was a winning morning, with two acting nods for The Contender - Jeff Bridges and Joan Allen each won their third nominations - and four for Almost Famous. Universal which co-financed Gladiator and Erin Brockovich and has worldwide rights to Billy Elliot also had a bumper morning.

In the documentary category, hot docs Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories of The Kindertransport and Long Night`s Journey Into Day were both nominated as expected alongside Sound And Fury, Legacy and Scottsboro: An American Tragedy.

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:

BEST PICTURE:
Chocolat (Prods: David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Prods: Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee)
Erin Brockovich (Prods: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher)
Gladiator (Prods: Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig)
Traffic (Prods: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford)

DIRECTING:
Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot
Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich
Ridley Scott - Gladiator
Steven Soderbergh - Traffic

ACTOR - LEADING:
Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
Russell Crowe - Gladiator
Tom Hanks - Cast Away
Ed Harris - Pollock
Geoffrey Rush - Quills

ACTRESS - LEADING:
Joan Allen - The Contender
Juliette Binoche - Chocoloat
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem For A Dream
Laura Linney - You Can Count On Me
Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich

ACTOR - SUPPORTING:
Jeff Bridges - The Contender
Willem Dafoe - Shadow Of The Vampire
Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
Albert Finney - Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator

ACTRESS - SUPPORTING:
Judi Dench - Chocolat
Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
Kate Hudson - Almost Famous
Frances McDormand - Almost Famous
Julie Walters - Billy Elliot

WRITING (ADAPTED):
Chocolat - Robert Nelson Jacobs
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo Jung
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Traffic - Stephen Gaghan
Wonder Boys - Steve Kloves

WRITING (ORIGINAL):
Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
Billy Elliot - Lee Hall
Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant
Gladiator - David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
You Can Count On Me - Kenneth Lonergan

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Amores Perros - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Mexico
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Ang Lee, Taiwan
Divided We Fall - Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic
Everybody Famous! - Dominique Deruddere, Belgium
The Taste Of Others - Agnes Jaoui, France

ART DIRECTION:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Yip
Dr Seuss` How The Grinch Stole Christmas - Michael Corenblith (Art Direction), Merideth Boswell (Set Decoration)
Gladiator - Arthur Max (Art Direction), Crispian Sallis (Set Decoration)
Quills - Martin Childs (Art Direction), Jill Quertier (Set Decoration)
Vatel - Jean Rabasse (Art Direction), Francoise Benoit-Fresco (Set Decoration)

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Peter Pau
Gladiator - John Mathieson
Malena - Lajos Koltai
O Brother, Where Are Thou? - Roger Deakins
The Patriot - Caleb Deschanel

COSTUME DESIGN:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Yip
Dr Seuss` How The Grinch Stole Christmas - Rita Ryack
Gladiator - Janty Yates
102 Dalmatians- Anthony Powell
Quills - Jacqueline West

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport - Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer
Legacy - Tod Lending
Long Night`s Journey Into Day - Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy - Barak Goodman and Daniel Anker
Sound And Fury - Josh Aronson and Roger Weisberg

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
Big Mama - Tracy Seretean
Curtain Call - Chuck Braverman and Steve Kalafer
Dolphins - Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore
The Man On Lincoln`s Nose - Daniel Raim
On Tiptoe: Gentel Steps To Freedom - Eric Simonson and Leelai Demoz

FILM EDITING:
Almost Famous - Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Squyres
Gladiator - Pietro Scalia
Traffic - Stephen Mirrione
Wonder Boys - Dede Allen

MAKEUP:
The Cell - Michele Burke, Edouard Henriques
Dr Seuss` How The Grinch Stole Christmas - Rick Baker, Gail Ryan
Shadow Of The Vampire - Ann Buchanan, Amber Sibley

MUSIC (SCORE):
Chocolat - Rachel Portman
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun
Gladiator - Hans Zimmer
Malena - Ennio Morricone
The Patriot - John Williams

MUSIC (SONG):
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
"A Love Before Time"
Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun; Lyric by James Schamus

Dancer In The Dark
"I`ve Seen It All"
Music by Bjork; Lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson

The Emperor`s New Groove
"My Funny Friend and Me"
Music by Sting and David Hartley; Lyric by Sting

Meet The Parents
"A Fool In Love"
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Wonder Boys
"Things Have Changed"
Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan

SHORT - ANIMATED:
Father And Daughter - Michael Dudok de Wit
The Periwig-Maker - Steffen Schäffler and Annette Schäffler
Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt

SHORT - LIVE ACTION:
By Courier - Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick
One Day Crossing - Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi
Quiero Ser (I Want To Be…) - Florian Gallenberger
Seraglio - Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell
A Soccer Story - Paulo Machline

SOUND:
Cast Away - Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
Gladiator - Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Ken Weston
The Patiot - Kevin O`Connell, Greg P. Russell and Lee Orloff
The Perfect Storm - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and Keith A. Wester
U-571 - Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline and Ivan Sharrock

SOUND EDITING:
Space Cowboys - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
U-571 - Jon Johnson

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Gladiator - John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey
Hollow Man - Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk and Stan Parks
The Perfect Storm - Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier and Walt Conti

BREAKDOWN BY NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS PER FILM:
Gladiator - 12
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 10
Chocolat - 5
Erin Brockovich - 5
Traffic - 5
Almost Famous - 4
Billy Elliot - 3
The Grinch - 3
The Patriot - 3
Quills - 3
Wonder Boys - 3
Cast Away - 2
The Contender - 2
Malena - 2
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 2
The Perfect Storm - 2
Pollock - 2
Shadow of the Vampire - 2
U-571 - 2
You Can Count On Me - 2
Amores Perros - 1
Before Night Falls - 1
The Cell - 1
Dancer In The Dark - 1
Divided We Fall - 1
Emperor`s New Groove - 1
Everybody Famous! - 1
Hollow Man - 1
Meet The Parents - 1
102 Dalmatians - 1
Requiem For A Dream - 1
Space Cowboys - 1
The Taste Of Others - 1
Vatel - 1

Macht alles in allem 16 Nomienierungen für Kinowelt (inkl. Kinowelt UK)

Gruss

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Tolle Bilanz für Crouching Tiger!

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Der Markt-Forscher

Was Oscars wirklich wert sind

Von Felix Asch

Wenn in Hollywood die Oscars verteilt werden, geht es um weit mehr als eine kleine vergoldete Bronzestatue.
Nominierungen und Preise bringen Millionen.

"And the Oscar goes to …" - ein Umschlag wird aufgerissen, ein Name genannt, Fanfaren
erklingen, vorformulierte Dankesreden und ein paar laute Schluchzer folgen. Die
Oscarverleihung ist ein glitzerndes Spektakel der Emotionen, das einen zu Tränen rühren
kann. Manchen aber treibt es bei Nominierung und Verleihung keine Tränen, sondern
Dollarzeichen in die Augen: Den kühlen Rechnern unter uns, Filmproduzenten etwa. Oder den
amerikanischen Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern, die sich in einer gerade erschienen Arbeit mit
der Frage "Was ist ein Oscar wert?" beschäftigt haben. Ihre Ergebnisse sollten Musik für die
Produzenten der Filme sein, die Dienstagnacht nominiert wurden.

Denn im Gegensatz zur RTL-Container-Welt sind Nominierungen in der Welt der Oscars etwas
Gutes und viel wert. Um genau zu sein: Millionen von Dollars wert. Denn die Forscher haben errechnet, dass eine
Nominierung für den Preis als bester Film den Umsatz in den Wochen bis zur Verleihung um 98 Prozent steigert. Ist ein
Film schließlich der große Gewinner und erhält den Oscar, hebt der Umsatz endgültig ab. Auf mehr als das Dreifache
normaler Filmumsätze steigen die Einnahmen in den Wochen nach der Preisverleihung.

Wie viel das in Mark und Pfennig ausmacht, hängt vom Timing der Filmemacher ab. Je später ein Film gestartet ist, umso
mehr kann er von Nominierung und Oscar profitieren. Für einen Film wie den Drogenthriller "Traffic", der erst kurz vor
Weihnachten in die US-Kinos kam, dürfte die Nominierung mindestens 50 Millionen Mark einbringen. Ein Oscar wäre dann
eine dreistellige Millionensumme wert. Dazu kommt das Umsatzplus, das ein Oscar-gekrönter Film einfährt, wenn er
irgendwann in Europa auf die Leinwände kommt und schließlich in den Videotheken landet. Nicht schlecht für eine vier Kilo
schwere Bronzestatue.

Natürlich werden solche Zahlen nur mit den wichtigsten Oscars erreicht. "Beste(r) Schauspieler(in)" bringt noch fast 50
Prozent Plus bei Nominierung und verdoppelt den Umsatz, falls ein Oscar draus wird. Aber schon bei "Bester
Nebendarsteller" oder erst recht bei "Beste Kostüme" überwiegt der ideelle Wert - am Erfolg des Films an den Kassen
ändern diese Preise kaum etwas.

Ob sich ein Darstellerpreis für den Schauspieler in barer Münze auszahlt, hängt davon ab, ob der Gewinner schon ein
Superstar ist oder der Oscar ihn erst dazu macht. Tom Hanks oder Julia Roberts, beide auch ohne Oscar Garanten für
Kassenschlager, werden durch einen Oscar nicht noch mehr als 20 Millionen Dollar pro Film bekommen. Gewinnt aber der
überraschend nominierte Spanier Javier Bardem am 25. März, dann könnte er seine Gage mehr als verzehnfachen und in
den Club der Schauspiel-Millionäre aufsteigen.

In der Oscar-Nacht heißt es also genau hinschauen: Nur echte Freudentränen wegen der künstlerischen Auszeichnung
sehen wir bei der Verleihung im März, wenn die Oscars erwartungsgemäß an Hanks, Roberts und den Film "Gladiator"
gehen, der schon weit über 200 Millionen Dollar eingespielt hat. Gewinnen aber noch frische Filme wie "Chocolat" oder
"Traffic" und die Noch-Nicht-Stars Javier Bardem oder Joan Allen, dann wird sich zwischen die Tränen aus Freude über
den künstlerischen Erfolg auch die eine oder andere Träne in Form eines kleinen Dollar- oder Eurozeichens mischen. Es
wäre ihnen zu gönnen.

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INSIDE OSCARS: The Not-So-Gentle Murmur of Buzz Boosts Crouching, Shaves Gladiator and Crowns Roberts
Julia would have to start dating Russell Crowe to blow it now. Hollywood`s talk-shops are good to Ang Lee and deeply fretful about the Soderbergh split.

The Inside Line
by Michael Cieply

Friday, February 23 08:13 P.M.


Rankings on the Inside Line are calculated daily, based on a contender`s pedigree, awards, reviews, press, promotional campaign and buzz. For a detailed explanation of our metrics system prior to the nominations announcement, click here. And for our current methodology, click here.
Though it`s been relatively quiet since the Oscar nominations were announced 10 days ago, we`ve picked up just enough buzz to start assigning points:


Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- No. 3 on the Inside Line with a score of 265.2 -- picks up 13 points, as the American Film Market in Santa Monica teems with knockoffs, and audiences keep responding (the box office has topped $73 million). The buzz would be louder, but Academy-watching technical experts are saying votes will be drained off by those who assume the picture is being sufficiently honored as a Best Foreign-Language Film contender, and spend their Best Picture chip elsewhere.

Ang Lee, No. 1 with 361.6 points among directors, picks up 18 buzz points. Even competitors are betting he`ll prevail, especially since he was overlooked in years past for worthy pictures like Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm.

Gladiator and Ridley Scott -- No. 1 with 316.3 points points and No. 3 with 297.4 points, respectively -- get just five buzz points each, after factoring in the previously discussed Hannibal penalty. Normally, the score would be higher, as Oscar-watchers chew over the positive effect of David Franzoni`s unexpected screenplay nomination. But Hannibal`s flaws, as a glossy but empty thriller, simply draw too much attention to potential weaknesses in Scott`s Oscar film. (For the record, Fort Worth Star-Telegram film writer Christopher Kelly makes good today on his promise to attack Gladiator every Friday. This week`s assault includes a letter from Roger Briggs, a Fort Worth reader, who writes: ``I watched Gladiator while a recovering hepatitis patient. The disease was far eaiser to survive.``)

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Sonntag Abend - British Film Awards mit 14x Tiger&Dragon

Friday February 23 1:56 PM ET
Tiny `Elliot` Faces `Gladiator` in British Awards
Photos

By Claire Soares

LONDON (Reuters) - A British David pitches its cunning against a mighty Hollywood Goliath and a Chinese martial arts wonder Sunday night in a showdown in the heart of London`s West End.

British hit ``Billy Elliot,`` the heart-warming tale of a miner`s son who wants to be a ballet dancer, is up for best film at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, but faces stiff competition from U.S. heavyweight ``Gladiator`` and the Mandarin-language hit ``Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.``

The BAFTAs, Britain`s equivalent of the Oscars, end a star-studded week of glamour and glitz in the British capital, which has played host to London Fashion Week and the Laurence Olivier Theater Awards.

And this year`s film awards have a higher profile, thanks to a decision to hold them before the Oscars. Once a postscript to the marquee Hollywood event, the film industry will look to the BAFTAs now for clues about who might win on Oscar night.

Stephen Fry, this year`s host, may be able to avoid the once-common catch phrase, ``I`m afraid (the winner) can`t be with us tonight`` -- loosely translated as, ``They`ve already got the Oscar and couldn`t be bothered to make the flight.``

The growing importance of the British academy is reflected in the schedule of Russell Crowe, nominated for best actor on both sides of the Atlantic for his role in Roman epic ``Gladiator.``

He came to England Tuesday to promote his new film ``Proof of Life,`` flew to the other side of the world for its Australian premiere and will return to London Sunday.

``Really Smart Idea``

``I think it`s a really smart idea to put the BAFTAs on before the Oscars. If in the last few years its level of importance has dropped, its repositioning will bring it back to the place it should be,`` Crowe told reporters.

Competing with Crowe for the best actor crown are 14-year-old Jamie Bell, the eponymous hero of ``Billy Elliot,`` Geoffrey Rush for his portrayal of the Marquis de Sade in ``Quills,`` and Tom Hanks for ``Castaway.``

Best actress nominees are Julia Roberts for ``Erin Brockovich,`` Michelle Yeoh for ``Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,`` Juliette Binoche for ``Chocolat`` and Hilary Swank for ``Boys Don`t Cry,`` a performance that won her last year`s Oscar.

As he was for the Oscars, Steven Soderbergh was twice nominated as best director by the British academy -- with nods for ``Erin Brockovich`` and ``Traffic.``

Once accused of being too focused on homegrown films, the 2,500-member British academy this year lavished its attention on two offshore productions -- ``Gladiator`` and ``Crouching Tiger,`` bestowing 14 nominations on each.

``This year`s race is truly international and one of the most open in recent memory,`` BAFTA chairman Simon Relph said.

[mizuno]

Eine interessante Site rundum die Oscarverleihung ist folgende:

http://www.goldderby.com/

Gruss

[local hero 3]

Ein erster Hinweis auf die Rollenverteilung bei den Oscars.
Gladiator wird vermutlich "bester Film", Tiger "bester ausländischer Film" + "bester director".


Gladiator dominates Baftas, but Bell is best actor
Staff Writers in London February 25, 2001



Jamie Bell, the young star of Stephen Daldry’s feature film debut, Billy Elliot, has won the Bafta award for best leading actor – despite having been overlooked in the Oscar nominations.

Bell, who claimed that he almost didn’t bother attending the awards, given the caliber of the competition, beat the Oscar-nominated Russell Crowe to the coveted title at the awards ceremony in London on 25 February. Ridley Scott`s Gladiator dominated the awards, scooping five Baftas, including best film, as well as cinematography, production design, editing and the Orange audience vote for best film.



The first Orange British Academy Film Awards since the pivotal date change to schedule the event one month before the Oscars, saw the highest-ever turnout of Hollywood talent, both as nominees and presenters.

The full list of awards was as follows:

Best Film:
Gladiator

Alexander Korda Award for outstanding British Film of the Year:
Billy Elliot

David Lean Award for Best Achievement in Direction:
Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Orange audience award:
Gladiator

Best Screenplay (Original):
Cameron Crowe for Almost Famous

Best Screenplay (Adapted):
Stephen Gaghan for Traffic

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Jamie Bell for Billy Elliot

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Julie Walters for Billy Elliot

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Benicio Del Toro for Traffic

Best Film Not in the English Language:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music:
Tan Dun for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Academy fellowship:
Albert Finney

Michael Balcon Award for outstanding British contribution of cinema:
Mary Selway

Carl Foreman award for Most Promising Newcomer to British Film:
Pawel Pawlikowski, writer/director of Last Resort

Best Cinematography:
John Mathieson for Gladiator

Best Production Design:
Arthur Max for Gladiator

Best Costume Design:
Tim Yip for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Editing:
Pietro Scalia for Gladiator

Best Sound:
Jeff Wexler/D M Hemphill/Rick Kline/Paul Massey/Mike Wilhoit for Almost Famous

Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects:
Stefen Fangmeier/John Frazier/Walt Conti/Habib Zargarpour/Tim Alexander for The Perfect Storm

Best Make-Up/Hair:
The Grinch

Best Short Film:
Gary Holding/Justine Leahy/Tinge Krishnan for Shadowscan

Best Short Animation:
Claire Jennings/Willem Thijssen/Michael Dudok De Wit for Father and Daughter

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Saturday, March 10 08:28 P.M.

Directors Guild Crowns Ang Lee for Tiger & Dragon
Prize puts the director and picture both on an Academy Awards fast track. Only four times has it failed to predict the directing Oscar. Thomas Schlamme and James Burrows pick up TV awards.
by Michael Cieply and Patrick Fraleigh


Ang Lee the Directors Guild of America feature film award for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, giving both the director and the picture a powerful boost in the Oscar race.
Only four times in the past has a DGA winner failed to pick up the Best Director Oscar. Most recently, Ron Howard won the DGA prize for directing Apollo 13 in 1995, but Mel Gibson won the Oscar for Braveheart. The DGA prize usually predicts the Best Picture award as well.

Among the major television awards, Thomas Schlamme won the dramatic series directing award for a West Wing episode titled ``The Portland Trip``, and James Burrows won the comedy series directing prize for a Will & Grace episode called ``Lows in the Mid-Eighties``.

Ridley Scott had a guild feature film nomination for Gladiator, and Steven Soderbergh was nominated twice, for Erin Brockovich and Traffic.

The guild had nominated Cameron Crowe for Almost Famous, but he failed to receive a directing nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Director Stephen Daldry, nominated by the Academy for Billy Elliot, had received no DGA nomination.

The ceremony, was held at the Century Plaza Hotel on Saturday night.


Meine Meinung:
Die Konkurrenz aus dem Feld geschlagen; in gut 10 Tagen wissen wir, ob Tiger & Dragon wirklich das Kunststück vom "der englische Patient" wiederholen kann. Ich würde es dem Film und Kinowelt wünschen.

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Die Oscar-Bilanz fuer Tiger & Dragon kann sich aber auch sehen lassen:

Bester fremdsprachiger Film
Beste Filmmusik
Beste Ausstattung
Beste Kamera

[mizuno]

Die Oscarverleihungen waren nicht die einzigen, die an dieem Wochenende stattgefunden haben.

FULL LIST OF INDEPENDENT SPIRIT WINNERS

Best Feature Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best First Feature You Can Count On Me
Best Feature - under $500,000 Chuck & Buck
Best Foreign Film Dancer In The Dark
Best Documentary Dark Days
Best Director Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Screenplay Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count On Me
Best First Screenplay Gina Prince-Blythewood, Love & Basketball
Best Male Lead Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls
Best Female Lead Ellen Burstyn, Requiem For A Dream
Best Supporting Male Willem Dafoe, Shadow Of The Vampire
Best Supporting Female Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Cinematography Matthew Libatique, Requiem For A Dream
Motorola Producers Award (honours “a producer who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrates the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films”) Paul S Mezey, The Ballad Of Ramblin Jack & Spring Forward
Movado Someone To Watch Award (honours “a director of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition”) Marc Forster, Everything Put Together
DirecTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award (honours “an emerging documentary director of non-fiction features; a film-maker of unique vision and talent who has not yet received significant attention”) David Shapiro & Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

Quelle: screendaily.com

Momentum Filme wie "You Can Count On Me" und "Requiem For A Dream" habe ic aus akteullem Anlass mal aussenvor gelassen

Gruss
mizuno