2/14/08

Bob's Big Screen

Personal choices for film awards

by Bob Connally

It’s that time of year again: Hollywood awards season. And since I’m never quite happy with the Golden Globes, Oscars, BAFTAs (British Oscars), and other ceremonies, I offer the Bob Awards.

There are no trophies and they have absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the industry, but they make me feel better and isn’t that what it’s all about?  Winners will be announced in the next issue.

(Ed. Note: Readers are invited to select their own favorites in the major categories: best actor and actress, supporting actor and actress, best film and director. Send your choices to [email protected] by Friday, Feb. 22.)

Bob Award Nominations

Art Direction

The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford

The Darjeeling Limited

Fido

Ratatouille

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cinematography

Assassination of Jesse James

Atonement

Hot Fuzz

There Will Be Blood

Zodiac

Costume Design

Assassination of Jesse James

Blades of Glory

Fido

Grindhouse

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Film Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum

Grindhouse

Hot Fuzz

No Country For Old Men

Shoot ‘Em Up

Makeup

Amazing Grace

Factory Girl

Fido

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

La Vie en Rose

Original Score

Assassination of Jesse James: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

Atonement: Dario Marianelli

Hot Fuzz: David Arnold

Ocean’s Thirteen: David Holmes

There Will Be Blood: Jonny Greenwood

Original Song

Hot Fuzz: Here Come the Fuzz

Music & Lyrics: Pop Goes My Heart

Walk Hard: Let Me Hold You (Little Man)

Walk Hard: Royal Jelly

Walk Hard: Walk Hard

Sound Editing

Control

Hot Fuzz

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Walk Hard

Visual Effects

Grindhouse

Transformers

Zodiac

Supporting Actor

Casey Affleck: The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford

Javier Bardem: No Country For Old Men

Billy Connolly: Fido

Paul Dano: There Will Be Blood

Nick Frost: Hot Fuzz

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Charlie Wilson’s War

Supporting Actress

Martina Gedeck: The Lives of Others

Kelly Macdonald: No Country For Old Men

Leslie Mann: Knocked Up

Saoirse Ronan: Atonement

Winona Ryder: The Ten

Sigourney Weaver: The TV Set

Actor

Michael Cera: Superbad

Daniel Day-Lewis: There Will Be Blood

John Malkovich: Color Me Kubrick

Simon Pegg: Hot Fuzz

Brad Pitt: Assassination of Jesse James

John C. Reilly: Walk Hard

Actress

Julie Christie: Away From Her

Marion Cotillard: La Vie en Rose

Carice van Houten: Black Book

Laura Linney: The Savages

Ellen Page: Juno

Wei Tang: Lust, Caution

Ensemble Cast

Assassination of Jesse James

Hot Fuzz

Knocked Up

No Country For Old Men

Superbad

Zodiac

Adapted Screenplay

Assassination of Jesse James: Andrew Dominik

Away From Her: Sarah Polley

Charlie Wilson’s War: Aaron Sorkin

No Country For Old Men: Joel and Ethan Coen

There Will Be Blood: Paul Thomas Anderson

Zodiac: James Vanderbilt

Original Screenplay

Color Me Kubrick: Anthony Frewin

Hot Fuzz: Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg

Knocked Up: Judd Apatow

Ratatouille: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco

Superbad: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

Waiter: Alex van Warmerdam

Director

Andrew Dominik: Assassination of Jesse James

Edgar Wright: Hot Fuzz

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck: The Lives of Others

Joel and Ethan Coen: No Country For Old Men

Paul Thomas Anderson: There Will Be Blood

David Fincher: Zodiac

Best Picture

The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford

Hot Fuzz

The Lives of Others

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Zodiac