Monday, September 23, 2019

Oscar History and TFF Part Six / New Trailer for The Aeronauts / The Best of the Fests

OSCAR AND TFF HISTORY PART SIX 2005-2009



This is the continuation of my project to chart every Oscar nominee in the 21 feature categories that played at the Telluride Film Festival since the first TFF in 1974.

So today we move to 2005-2009.  The number of nominations and wins are indicated in parentheses for each year.



2005 (19/5)


Brokeback Mountain- Director-Ang Lee-WON, Adapted Screenplay-WON, Score-WON, Picture, Actor-Heath Ledger, Supporting Actor-Jake Gyllenhaal, Supporting Actress-Michelle Williams, Cinematography

Capote- Actor-Philip Seymour Hoffman-WON, Picture, Director-Bennett Miller, Supporting Actress-Catherine Keener, Adapted Screenplay

Walk the Line- Actress-Reese Witherspoon-WON, Actor-Joaquin Phoenix, Film Editing, Costume, Sound

Paradise Now- Foreign Language


2006 (14/2)


Babel- Score-WON, Picture, Director-Alejandro Inarritu, Supporting Actress- Rinko Kikuchi, Supporting Actress-Adriana Barraza, Original Screenplay, Film Editing

The Last King of Scotland-Actor-Forest Whitaker-WON

The Lives of Others-Foreign Language-WON

Little Children- Actress-Kate Winslet, Supporting Actor-Jackie Earle Haley, Adapted Screenplay

Volver- Actress-Penelope Cruz

Venus- Actor-Peter O'Toole


2007 (14/2 or ***22/4)


Juno- Original Screenplay-WON, Picture, Director-Jason Reitman, Actress-Ellen Page

The Counterfeiters- Foreign Language-WON

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly- Director-Julian Schnabel, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography

Into the Wild- Supporting Actor-Hal Holbrook, Film Editing

I'm Not There- Supporting Actress-Cate Blanchett

Persepolis- Animated

Encounters at the End of the World- Documentary

***and if you count it***
There Will Be Blood- Actor-Daniel Day Lewis-WON, Cinematography-WON, Picture, Director-Paul Thomas Anderson, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Art Direction, Sound Editing


2008 (13/8 or ***26/11)


Slumdog Millionaire- Picture-WON,  Director-Danny Boyle-WON, Adapted Screenplay-WON, Film Editing-WON, Cinematography-WON, Score-WON, Song-WON, Sound Mixing-WON, Sound Editing, Song

Waltz with Bashir-Foreign Language

Revanche- Foreign Language

Happy-Go-Lucky-Original Screenplay

***and if you count it***
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Art Direction-WON, Visual Effects-WON, Makeup-WON, Picture, Actor-Brad Pitt, Supporting Actress-Taraji P. Henson, Director-David Fincher, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography, Costume, Score, Sound Mixing


2009 (16)


Up in the Air- Picture, Actor-George Clooney, Supporting Actress-Vera Farmiga, Supporting Actress-Anna Kendrick, Director-Jason Reitman, Adapted Screenplay

An Education- Picture, Actress-Carey Mulligan, Adapted Screenplay

The Last Station- Actress- Helen Mirren, Supporting Actor-Christopher Plummer

The White Ribbon- Foreign Language, Cinematography

A Prophet-Foreign Language

Bright Star-Costume

Coco Before Chanel-Costume



NEW TRAILER FOR THE AERONAUTS

Tom Harper's The Aeronauts has a new trailer for its U.K. audiences.  The film is set to open there on Nov. 6th, a full month before its opening in the United States.

The Aeronauts stars Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne and Oscar nominee Felicity Jones.  Here's the trailer from YouTube:




THE BEST OF THE FESTS...

The Film Stage, much like a number of other outlets, has put together a list of films they regard as the best that emerged over the runs of the Telluride, Venice and Toronto festivals.

In their estimation that list included the following films from TFF #46:

Marriage Story
Uncut Gems 
Waves.

The article also includes letter grades for a number of other films that played across the three fests including:

Portrait of a Lady on Fire- A
A Hidden Life A-
Pain and Glory A-
Parasite A-
Varda by Agnes A-
The Climb B+
Diego Maradona B+
Family Romance LLC B+
Ford v. Ferrari B+
The Report B
Motherless Brooklyn C-




In addition to that article, Indiewire posted its own unique look at other aspects of the films that have been part of the film fest triumvirate with this article that focuses on their take of the best craft work in those films.  Among the films and tech work cited are these from TFF #46:

Parasite: Production Design
Portrait of a Lady on Fire: Cinematography
Marriage Story: Film Editing
Uncut Gems: Sound Mixing
Ford v. Ferrari: General




That's today's MTFB.  I'll have more on Thursday including a look at my first Oscar predictions for directing and the supporting acting categories.

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