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Tuesday
Dec032019

'Marriage Story' Wins the Night at the Gotham Awards

by Murtada Elfadl

Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach’s LA has nothing on New York except space divorce story, fittingly dominated the Gotham Awards last night. It won every award it was nominated for - feature, screenplay, actor - plus the audience award. Awkwafina won best actress for The Farewell over Indie Spirit nominees Alfre Woodard, Mary Kay Place and Elisabeth Moss. She is not nominated for the LA counterpart to the Gothams. We doubt they’ll fall for Baumbach as hard as the New Yorkers did. They’ve seen the film and know which city he prefers.

Tributes were given to Laura Dern, Sam Rockwell, Ava DuVernay and producer Glen Basner. Baumbach and his partner Greta Gerwig came out in Raf Simmons designed sweaters adorned with Dern pictures to present her award. 

Here is the evening’s full list of winners...

BEST FEATURE

The Farewell

Hustlers

Marriage Story

Uncut Gems

Waves

Last Year’s Winner: The Rider

Spotlight (2015) and Moonlight (2016) have won this award so this could bode well for Marriage Story.

BEST DOCUMENTARY

American Factory

Apollo 11

The Edge of Democracy

Midnight Traveler

One Child Nation

Last Year’s Winner: Hale County This Morning, This Evening

BEST ACTOR

Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse 

Adam Driver Marriage Story  

Aldis Hodge Clemency  

André Holland High Flying Bird 

Adam Sandler Uncut Gems

Last Year’s Winner: Ethan Hawke for First Reformed

Still can’t believe Hawke didn’t ultimately get that Oscar nomination.

BEST ACTRESS

Awkwafina The Farewell

Elisabeth Moss Her Smell

Mary Kay Place Diane

Florence Pugh Midsommar

Alfre Woodard Clemency

Last Year’s Winner: Toni Colette, Hereditary

BEST SCREENPLAY

The Farewell Lulu Wang

High Flying Bird Tarell Alvin McCraney

The Last Black Man in San Francisco Jimmie Fails, Joe Talbot, Rob Richert  

Marriage Story Noah Baumbach

Midsommar Ari Aster

Last Year’s Winner:  Paul Schrader, First Reformed

Audience Award: Marriage Story

Last Year’s Winner: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD

Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre The Mustang

Kent Jones Diane

Joe Talbot The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Olivia Wilde Booksmart

Phillip Youmans Burning Cane

Last Year’s Winner: Bo Burnham for Eighth Grade

This was a bit surprising. The Mustang is also nominated for this award at the Indie Spirits as well as for Matthias Schoenaerts’ performance. It's a nice win for a film that opened way back in March.

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

Julia Fox Uncut Gems

Aisling Franciosi The Nightingale

Chris Galust Give Me Liberty

Noah Jupe Honey Boy 

Jonathan Majors The Last Black Man in San Francisco 

Taylor Russell Waves 

Last Year’s Winner:  Elsie Fisher for Eighth Grade

Amy Adams won this award for Junebug (2005). So has Michael B Jordan, Tessa Thompson and Timothee Chalamet. Let’s hope Russell also breaks out as she is wonderful in Waves.

BREAKTHROUGH SERIES – LONG FORM

Chernobyl

David Makes Man

My Brilliant Friend

Unbelievable

When They See Us

Last Year’s Winner: Killing Eve

BREAKTHROUGH SERIES – SHORT FORM

PEN15

Ramy

Russian Doll

Last Year’s Winner: 195 Lewis

What do you think of these winners? 

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Reader Comments (7)

That is a crazy result for MARRIAGE STORY. Will this give it more momentum or make it feel like "whoa' nellie... sweeping is a lot!"

December 3, 2019 | Unregistered CommenterNATHANIEL R

I keep having a feeling that Penelope Cruz is getting in for S/Actress.

December 3, 2019 | Unregistered Commentermarkgordonuk

4 wins from 3 nominations. That's what I call a sweep.

December 3, 2019 | Unregistered Commenterken s.

The Irishman just won the NBR Best Picture, Tarentino won Director, and the acting awards were Sandler/Zellweger/Pitt/Bates. I'm sure we'll all have time to take a closer look and pick over the full results soon enough.

December 3, 2019 | Unregistered Commenterken s.

Penelope Cruz was wonderful in "Pain and Glory"- these people loved "Marriage Story"

December 3, 2019 | Unregistered CommenterJaragon

i love that greta and noah are wearing the raf simons wild at heart/blue velvet sweaters in honor of laura!

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