Precursor: Spirit Awards
Below, I will be posting the winners as they are announced (and I discover them). The most recent winner is currently listed at the top.
The Winners
Best Feature
Precious (Wesley, Tripp)
Best Director
Lee Daniels - Precious (Wesley, Tripp)
Best Male Lead
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
Best Female Lead
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
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Best Visual Effects
This is our penultimate post and how fitting that such a sure thing category is being revealed between two undecided races. Nevertheless, here are our predictions on the Visual Effects category, some facts and favorites.
Trivia: Five Facts
- The first award was given out for Visual Effects alone in 1963 and has been given out every year since then except 1973.
- Dennis Muren is the champion of nominations for Visual Effects having received 15 nominations to date. His nearest competitor is Richard Edlund with 10 followed by John Frazier with 9 and Ken Ralston with 7. For most wins, Muren is again the champ with 8 trophies followed by Ken Ralston with 5, and L.B. Abbott, Richard Edlund and Glen Robinson with three each.
- Stautettes to go out for this category: 158 (not counting the old Special Effects award which combined Sound Effects and Visual Effects).
- Visual Effects was one of the few categories that could have no category in any given year, 2 or 3 nominations, or a single special achievement award. Today, the Visual Effects slate will always contain three nominations. Other than 1973, the category has always been awarded, but eight times it was awarded as a Special Achievement Award (1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983 and 1990)
- 1976 was the only year on record where two special awards were given for Visual Effects: King Kong and Logan's Run received those prizes.
Precursor Predictions: Spirit Awards
Film Independent's Spirit Awards are a recognition of the year's best small budget, independently-financed films (though this last part has decreased over the years with the infusion of niche specialty houses from major studios making movies for little money). This is traditionally the final precursor to announce before the Oscars and will be doing so Friday evening. Here are our predictions for those awards.
Spirit Awards
Best Feature
Amreeka
(500) Days of Summer (Peter)
The Last Station
Precious (Wesley, Tripp)
Sin Nombre
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Precursor: Visual Effects Society
Avatar wins big at the Visual Effects Society Awards. Winners listed below.
Visual Effects Society
Visual Effects/Visual Effects-Driven Picture
Avatar (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
Supporting Visual Effects
Sherlock Holmes
Animation/Animated Picture
Up (Wesley)
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Precursor: American Society of Cinematographers
Below is the winner of the Cinematogrpahy award from the American Society of Cinematographers:
The Winner
Cinematography
The White Ribbon
Precursor: Cinema Audio Society
The winner of the CAS award for Best Sound Mixing is below:
The Winner
Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker (Peter)
Precursor Predictions: Visual Effects Society
Sunday, the very last of the guilds to announce will do so. The Visual Effects Society is probably the one group whose decision doesn't matter as the Oscar winner in this category has been virtually set in stone since before the nominations were even announced. Still, it's a fun group to watch the results on. So, here are our predictions:
Visual Effects Society
Visual Effects/Visual Effects-Driven Picture
2012
Avatar (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
District 9
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Precursor Predictions: A.S. of Cinematographers & Audio Society
Saturday, the American Society of Cinematographers and Cinema Audio Society are the next-to-last guilds to give out their prizes. Below are our predictions.
American Society of Cinematographers
Cinematography
Avatar
The Hurt Locker (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
The White Ribbon
Cinema Audio Society
Sound Mixing
Avatar (Wesley, Tripp)
District 9
The Hurt Locker (Peter)
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Precursor: Costume Designers Guild Awards
The Costume Designers Guild have announced the winners of their 12th Annual awards. Below are the winners.
The Winners
Period Costume Design
The Young Victoria (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
Fantasy Costume Design
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
Contemporary Costume Design
Crazy Heart
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Precursor Predictions: Costume Designers Guild
Tomorrow, the Costume Designers Guild will be feting its own when it presents its awards for the best costume design work of 2009. Below are our predictions in the three film categories:
Costume Designers Guild
Period Costume Design
Coco Before Chanel
Julie & Julia
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
Fantasy Costume Design
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
Star Trek
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Which film do you think SHOULD win the Oscar for Best Picture?
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- Up (0%, 0 Votes)
- A Serious Man (0%, 0 Votes)
- Precious (0%, 0 Votes)
- Inglourious Basterds (0%, 0 Votes)
- The Hurt Locker (0%, 0 Votes)
- An Education (0%, 0 Votes)
- The Blind Side (0%, 0 Votes)
- Up in the Air (0%, 0 Votes)
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Opening This Week
- Green Zone (W) OT
- Remember Me (W)
- She's Out of My League (W)
- Our Family Wedding (W)
- Mother (N)
- Guide:
- W - Wide
- L - Limited
- N - New York and/or L.A.
- O - Oscar Contender (films that compete in all major categories)
- OT - Oscar Contender - Techs (films that compete in tech categories only)
Weekend Box Office
March 3-5, 2010
| 1. | Alice in Wonderland OT | ||
| $116.1M | (Total: $116.1M) | ||
| 2. | Brooklyn's Finest | ||
| $13.4M | (Total: $13.4M) | ||
| 3. | Shutter Island O | ||
| $13.2M | (Total: $95.8M) | ||
| 4. | Cop Out | ||
| $9.3M | (Total: $32.5M) | ||
| 5. | Avatar O | ||
| $8.1M | (Total: $720.6M) | ||
| 6. | The Crazies | ||
| $7.1M | (Total: $27.5M) | ||
| 7. | Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief OT | ||
| $5.1M | (Total: $78.1M) | ||
| 8. | Valentine's Day | ||
| $4.2M | (Total: $106.3M) | ||
| 9. | Crazy Heart O | ||
| $3.3M | (Total: $29.5M) | ||
| 10. | Dear John | ||
| $2.8M | (Total: $76.6M) | ||