OSCAR 2020 FIRST ATTEMPT-BEST ACTOR
MTFB continues its first pass at predicting Oscar nominees for 2020-21 in various major categories. Today we're looking at Best Actor with, as always, a focus on those performances that were a part of the list of 29 films that TFF released that would have been screened as a part of TFF #47. Performers designated with *** are in films that may not be released prior to the Feb, 28, 2021 Oscar eligibility deadline. TFF#47 performers are in Bold:
1) Anthony Hopkins/The Father
2) Gary Oldman/Mank
3) Tom Hanks/News of the World***
4) Delroy Lindo/Da 5 Bloods
5) Bill Murray/On the Rocks
6) Daniel Kaluuya/Judas and the Black Messiah***
7) Joaquin Phoenix/C'mon C'mon***
8) Ben Affleck/The Way Back
9) Matt Damon/Stillwater***
10) Michael Fassbender/Next Goal Wins***
LOOKS AT THE WAY I SEE IT AND THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
This week we got new footage from two TFF #47 documentaries. Initially, we were treated to the a first clip from Dawn Porter's The Way I See It which focuses on Pete Souza who spent time as the Chief Official White House photographer for Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
Here's that clip from YouTube:
If you have trouble viewing this video, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evHHCHocAqQ
Also, ahead of its play at the Zurich film festival, we have a new clip from Greg Kersahe and Michael Dweck's The Truffle Hunters. Also from YouTube:
As with the above clip, if you have trouble viewing here's the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS1AWDp7ftE
THE BEE GEES GO TO HBO
We got word this week that Frank Marshall's documentary focusing on The Brothers Gibb has been acquired by HBO. The Bees Gees: How Do You Mend a Broken Heart was announced as an official TFF #47 selection back at the end of July and now mxdwn.com reports that HBO Documentary Films now has plans to screen the doc on this fall on HBO Max and their flagship platform.
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