Gotham Award Winners
Monday, November 28, 2011 at 10:00PM The Gotham Awards are going on at Cipriani's even as I type this. As you know Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg, and Tom Rothman are being honored with career tributes but competitive prizes are also being handed out.
Tilda, Charlize, and Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) glam up the event
Awards...
Breakthrough Actor Felicity Jones (Like Crazy)
Breakthrough Director Dee Rees (Pariah)
Ensemble Performance Beginners
So it hasn't been a good night for Martha Marcy May Marlene which was nominated for all three of those prizes despite no Best Feature nomination.
Best Film Not Playing in a Theater Near You Scenes of a Crime directed by Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock
Audience Choice Girlfriend directed by Justin Lerner
Best Documentary Better This World
Best Feature ***TIE*** BEGINNERS and THE TREE OF LIFE
The tie between Beginners and Tree of Life is a strange development. According to IndieWire the jury debated for 2½ hours. Though I am against ties on a fundamental level, it couldn't have happened to nicer movies ;) and it's kind of a great tense way to kick off the season. Let more strange "we can't decide!" developments follow. Total agreement for 3 consecutive months is B-O-R-I-N-G.
Eeep, we're here. It's happening again. Awards season has begun. Tomorrow morning the New York Film Critics Circle announces their honorees.
Beginners, Felicity Jones, Gotham Awards, NYC, Pariah, precursor awards
Reader Comments (15)
Felicity Jones – is this real? Over Elizabeth Olsen? Sigh.
Mayukh -- yes it's real. But the Gotham Awards are often surprising in which direction they move.
Is it possible that Felicity Jones might have some more support than everyone thought
The livestream's mic feed cut out whenever Tilda Swinton cut off, those fascists! Here's hoping she scores with the NY Critics tomorrow with her internally haunting work in Kevin, I'll honestly be so sorely disappointed if someone like Dunst beats her (no Thelma Adams stop it!!) for such a self-aware and heavy handed performance.
Yea for Beginners! It's the film that I found myself most moved by and the one that has lingered with me more than any other I've seen so far this year. As happy as I am that Plummer appears to have the inside track on a nom (and possible win) this year, I would love to see everyone involved with film get some awards love as well. Anyone think these wins could be indicative of the film getting some real traction for the rest of the awards season?
Val -- i'd love it if it did. I recently saw it a second time and it was even better honestly.
Jack -- really? I gotta say i'm with Thelma here. LOVED Dunst in that movie... hope she gets at least one more prize post Cannes
NICE! two films bound to be in my top 5 are given top honor!!!
Who all was on the Best Feature jury? I know Natalie Portman was since she announced that it was a tie but the only other name I heard was Nicole Kidman's.
Nevermind, found it.
The jury was:
Anne Carey
Lee Percy
Nicole Kidman
Jodie Foster
Natalie Portman
Great taste. ;)
4 women on the jury? That's interesting. I wonder if that played any role in deliberations.
^ Of course it did. Just less of it had to with gender and more just their good taste as artists.
YAY for Beginners. Absolutely moving, stunning film. One of the best of the year for sure. I'm glad it got something.
Eek! Awards season is beginning! Excitement. :D I also hope Kirsten can get some more attention. Also Elizabeth Olsen and Charlize. Those are dark horses I'm rooting for.
Another YAY for Beginners!
Yay for Beginners. Surprising but lovely choice.
Why is Charlize Theron even receiving a "career tribute"?! Very good actress but she doesn't have a resume deserving of that. Though they gave that award to Natalie Portman too. WTF. I feel I will root for her for Young Adult though.
Anyway, so happy for Gary Oldman. HE is someone who deserves that career tribute. And he is the only one that received a standing ovation. Must mean something. I think he'll be a bigger threat for the oscar win that most people think.
I'm with zn3v6 on the "career tributes" issue (can we please hand those out to folks, like Oldman, who are at least older than my morning cup of tea?) Particularly when it comes to very young, rich and successful A-listers who are already reaping tons of rewards from every other direction. I hate it when "career tributes" are really just another form of PR for the latest film. (But then again, aren't ALL awards programs, at some level?)
I'm NOT with you, Nat, on the issues of ties - if you can't honestly decide, then honestly give the award to both. I think there should be more ties, or rather, what's wrong with it? The whole thing is that with acting prizes, you're comparing apples to oranges. (Five women reciting the same dialogue from Macbeth, for instance, would be the only way to have apples to apples.) A lot of times I suspect what breaks the tie are issues that have nothing to do with the actual performances ("Well, I really like So-And-So as a person..." etc).
I don't understand how someone could win for multiple performances, like, at all.