02.17.08
Awards: Art Directors Guild ‘08
The Art Directors Guild (ADG) tonight announced winners of its Excellence in 2007 Production Design Awards in eight categories of film, television and commercials during black-tie ceremonies from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Honorary awards were presented to Production Designer Stuart Craig for Lifetime Achievement and visual effects master Ray Harryhausen for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery. Art Directors Guild Chairman Thomas A. Walsh presided over the awards ceremony with Harry Shearer serving as host. Presenters for this year’s awards included Ray Bradbury, Tony Hale (”Arrested Development”), Natasha Henstridge (”Eli Stone”), Keegan-Michael Key (”Mad TV”), Joel McHale (”The Soup”), Jason Segel (”Knocked Up,” “How I Met Your Mother”), and Shaun Toub (”The Kite Runner”).
Period Film:
There Will Be Blood
Contempory Film:
No Country For Old Men
Fantasy Film:
he Golden Compass
Cinemaniac James said,
February 17, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Hey Nick, thanks for the kind words! I’m that guy from The Awards Greenhouse…it’s been a while, but I’ll be posting again soon, so I hope you’ll check back. I’m linking you as well, so I hope you’ll consider to do the same ;D. I really enjoy your blog to no end.
Speaking of which, this post made me ecstatic. Go TWBB in all possible categories!
Nick Plowman said,
February 17, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Hey! Yeah, it has been a while, glad to accommodate you.
Thanks for the affirmation, I hope to see TWBB soon, so I can join the hype brigade, it is lonely of here on my one man movie-starved wagon.
Cinemaniac James said,
February 17, 2008 at 7:55 pm
My pleasure, and thanks to you =).
And I hope so, too. It’s magnificent to the googolplex power. It’s a harsh thing to say, because NCFOM is great, but I think the wrong film, as usual, is headed for glory. I can only hope PTA walks away with SOMETHING though. My guess would be Adapted Screenplay, because Coens seem destined for Director.
You sound like a man who could use a few torrents, haha. Have you seen…Lars and the Real Girl?
Nick Plowman said,
February 17, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I haven’t seen No Country either!!! Sad, but both TWBB and No Country are only released AFTER the Oscars in South Africa, so sad!
I have only heard great things about TWBB, and Paul T. Anderson is one of my all time fav directors (Magnolia, Puch Drunk Love, Boogie Nights)….I am so hyped.
The only thing I have ever downloaded using torrents are soundtracks, and I can hardly get that right. Where would be a good place to find torrents?
I have seen Lars, and I LOVED it. Ryan Gosling is a God, and the screenplay is magic. You can check out my review if you like.
Cinemaniac James said,
February 17, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Oh, you poor, deprived man! I actually find NCFOM a weeee bit overrated, haha, as I do Juno. But they’re both A- efforts on my scale, being fair. That is tragic though. My favorite site to use is mininova.org, where I *always* find top quality screeners. What you must do is look for the keywords “DVD Rip” somewhere in the torrent title. Also, choose ones that have a higher number of seeds/leechers (still have no clue what that means, but it works, so I don’t question it). And I recommend selecting ones that have comments on it, so you can see if it’s worth downloading ^_^. I probably know of some specific torrents for certain movies, depending on which you’re looking for, so let me know.
And…oh, my God…you’ve…seen…my absolute FAVORITE movie of the year?! Annnnnnd you loved it?! I, sir, am astounded and ecstatic =D. I will check out that review. I’ll also post my own soon, which is on Word. But that’s amazing. I love that movie. And Gosling was robbed–so brilliant, as were Garner and Mortimer. And yes, Oliver’s screenplay is a gem. That should be winning! But just the fact that it’s nominated at all is enough to please me.
Nick Plowman said,
February 18, 2008 at 4:00 am
Tell me about it! Awesome, if I ever need *torrent* help, I’ll be sure to let you know.
I look forward to your review very much, Lars was a really wonderful film.