Monday, November 25, 2013

The FAC and The Gold Derby/Payne and Dern/Llewyn Davis News/Rudderless Stills/Oscar Talk/Oscar Podcast/Invisible Woman Visible

THE FAC AND THE GOLD DERBY ( AND A LITTLE BIT FROM THE GURUS OF GOLD)

 Here’s a comparative look at where the major Oscar categories are between The Film Awards Clearinghouse and The Gold Derby and in the case of Best Picture and Director, where they are ranked by Movie City News’ Gurus of Gold.

BEST PICTURE

FILM/FAC RANK/GOLD DERBY/GURUS OF GOLD

12 Years a Slave          (1)        (1)        (1)       
Gravity                         (2)        (2)        (2)       
Capt. Phillips                (3)        (4)        (3)       
Saving Mr. Banks         (4)        (5)        (4)       
American Hustle           (5)        (3)        (6)       
Nebraska                     (6)        (9)        (5)       
Inside Llewyn Davis      (7)        (8)        (7)       
The Wolf of Wall St.     (8)        (6)        (9)       
LD’s The Butler            (9)        (7)        (8)       
All is Lost                    (10)      (15)      (11)     
Her                             (11)      (13)      (10)     
August: Osage             (12)      (11)      (13)
Blue Jasmine               (13)      (12)      (12)
Dallas Buyers Club      (14)      (13)      (16)
Fruitvale Station          (15)      (10)      (15)

BEST DIRECTION

Cuaron/Gravity            (1)        (2)        (1)
McQueen/12 Years     (2)        (1)        (2)
Greengrass/Phillips       (3)        (4)        (3)
Russell/Hustle              (4)        (3)        (4)
Coens/Llewyn Davis    (5)        (7)        (6)
Payne/Nebraska          (6)        (6)        (5)
Hancock/Mr. Banks    (7)        (9)        (10)
Scorsese/Wolf             (8)        (5)        (8)
Chandor/Lost              (9)        (8)        (9)
Jonze/Her                    (10)      (11)      (7)


BEST ACTOR

Ejiofor/12 Years          (1)        (1)
Redford/Lost               (2)        (2)
McConnaughey/DBC   (3)        (3)
Hanks/Phillips              (4)        (4)
Dern/Nebraska            (5)        (5)
Whitaker/Butler            (6)        (6)
Bale/Hustle                   (7)        (11)
DiCaprio/Wolf             (8)        (10)
Isaac/Llewyn Davis      (9)        (12)
Jordan/Fruitvale           (10)      (7)

Gold Derby also has Phoenix and Elba in its Top Ten


BEST ACTRESS

Blanchett/Jasmine         (1)        (1)
Bullock/Gravity            (2)        (2)
Streep/August Osage   (3)        (5)
Thompson/Banks         (4)        (4)
Dench/Philomena         (5)        (3)
Adams/Hustle              (6)        (7)
Excharopolous/Blue     (7)        (6)
Delpy/Midnight            (8)        (12)
Winslet/Labor Day       (9)        (11)
Bejo/Past                     (10)      (10)

Gold Derby also has Larson and Louis-Dreyfuss in its Top Ten.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Fassbender/12 Years     (1)        (2)
Leto/DBC                     (2)        (1)
Hanks/Banks                 (3)        (3)
Addi/Phillips                  (4)        (4)
Bruhl/Rush                     (5)        (5)
Gandolfini/Enough          (6)        (6)
B. Cooper/Hustle          (7)        (10)
Hill/Wolf                       (8)        (14)
Goodman/Llewyn          (9)        (7)
Renner/Hustle               (10)      (13)

Gold Derby has Oyelowo and McConnaughey in its Top Ten.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Nyong’o/12 Years       (1)        (1)
WinfreyButler               (2)        (2)
Squibb/Nebraska         (3)        (4)
Roberts/August            (4)        (5)
Lawrence/Hustle          (5)        (7)
Martindale/August        (6)        (6)
Spencer/Fruitvale         (7)        (3)
Hawkins/Jasmine          (8)        (8)
Mulligan/Llewyn           (9)        (18)
Paulson/12 Years        (10)      (9)

Gold Derby also has Johansson in its Top Ten.


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

12 Years                      (1)        (1)
Capt. Phillips                 (2)        (5)
Before Midnight            (3)        (2)
August: Osage              (4)        (4)
Philomena                     (5)        (7)
Wolf of Wall St.            (6)        (3)
Blue is Warmest            (7)        (10)
Labor Day                    (8)        (11)
Short Term 12               (9)        (NR)
Book Thief                   (10)      (8)

Gold Derby has Walter Mitty and Lone Survivor in its Top Ten.


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Blue Jasmine                (1)        (2)
Inside Llewyn Davis     (2)        (3)
Nebraska                     (3)        (4)
American Hustle           (4)        (1)
Her                              (5)        (7)
Saving Mr. Banks         (6)        (8)
Gravity                         (7)        (5)
Fruitvale Station           (8)        (6)
The Butler                    (9)        (13)
Enough Said                (10)      (9)

Gold Derby has Dallas Buyers Club in its Top Ten.



PAYNE AND DERN



Alexander Payne told us in Telluride that there was a color version of "Nebraska".  Now he's telling The Dissolve the same thing and explaining why it exists:

http://thedissolve.com/news/972-theres-a-color-version-of-nebraska-alexander-payne/


And the Bruce Dern charm offensive continues.  Dern was interviewed this week by Awards Daily's (and friend of the blog) Sasha Stone:

http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/brucedern/


LLEWYN DAVIS NEWS



The Playlist posted a story that includes a new clip from the Coen Brothers' film as well as a trailer for the Showtime presentation of the concert "Another Day Another Time".  The concert will air on Showtime on Dec. 13.  Here's the post:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-inside-llewyn-davis-visits-the-record-label-in-new-clip-plus-trailer-for-showtime-concert-movie-with-cast-20131121


Additionally, The Wrap reports on its presentation of "Llewyn" as a part of its screening series and how Oscar Isaac came to be Llewyn Davis:

http://www.thewrap.com/inside-llewyn-davis-oscar-isaac-t-bone-burnett-coen-brothers


INVISIBLE WOMAN BECOMING VISIBLE



The Playlist has the U.K. trailer and a new poster for Ralph Fiennes' "The Invisible Woman" this week:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-new-uk-trailer-poster-for-ralph-fiennes-charles-dickens-drama-the-invisible-woman-20131120

RUDDERLESS STILLS



There were a couple of key stories this week about William H. Macy's Rudderless this week.  The film, written by Oklahomans (friend of the blog) Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison and  filmed in Oklahoma, was highlighted by a story about the first look at stills from the film and was also tipped as a hot prospect for The Sundance Film Festival by IndieWire.  Here are the links to those stories:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/first-pics-from-william-h-macys-rudderless-starring-anton-yelchin-selena-gomez-20131119

http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance-wishlist-30-films-we-hope-will-head-to-park-city-in-2014


OSCAR TALK



HitFix/InContention's Kristopher Tapley and Thompson on Hollywood's Anne Thompson have posted their latest version of Oscar Talk.  Links to it on either of their sites are here:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oscar-talk-afi-fest-out-of-the-furnace-lone-survivor-and-preparing-for-the-critics-awards

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-talk-whos-ahead-in-the-oscar-race-post-afi-fest-and-the-governors-awards-documentaries-and-beyond

OSCAR PODCAST

Sasha Stone/Awards Daily also has her latest Oscar Podcast up:

http://www.awardsdaily.com/oscarpodcast/?p=2204


More on Thursday/Thanksgiving Day...which will be posted from Albuquerque, NM and the Rio Grande Arts and Craft Festival: Holiday Show.

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