Mountain FogCONGRATULATIONS PARAMOUNT PICTURES
December 16th 2009 06:43
Paramount Pictures has just released its list of Golden Globe nominations and other film awards, both nominated for and already awarded, for its stable of 2009 releases.
Screentrek heartily congratulates Paramount Pictures and its global community, in particular, Rob Irwin and all the staff at Paramount Pictures Australia.
The following list and descriptions are unaltered in text and as released by Paramount Pictures. (Colouring added by screentrek for emphasis).
Up In The Air
6 Nominations including Best Film and Best Director for UP IN THE AIR
Best Foreign film for BROKEN EMBRACES
Best Actress for Carey Mulligan for AN EDUCATION
Stanley Tucci for Best Supporting Actor for THE LOVELY BONES
Jason Reitman’s film UP IN THE AIR has scored six major Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Reitman), Best Screenplay (Reitman and Sheldon Turner), Best Actor for George Clooney as well as nods for both actresses, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick, who featured in the 5 Best Supporting Actress nominations.
The nominations follow a great week for the comedy drama on the awards circuit. The American Film Institute (AFI) named it one of the Top 10 Films of 2009; The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association awarded UP IN THE AIR Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Clooney; it received Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, where it was also the runner-up for Best Film and Best Supporting Actress (Anna Kendrick); Clooney was named Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle; the St Louis Film Critics gave the film 6 nominations – matching those from the Golden Globes; and the 15th Critics’ Choice Awards awarded it 8 nominations – again matching the 6 Golden Globe nominations, plus naming it for Best Acting Ensemble and Best Editing.
Paramount’s Boxing Day release THE LOVELY BONES, directed by Peter Jackson and based on the best selling book by Alice Sebold, garnered a nomination for Stanley Tucci in the Best Supporting Actor category. The drama also received 6 nominations for the Critics’ Choice Awards: Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan); Best Supporting Actor (Tucci), Best Young Actor/Actress (Ronan), Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects. It also received 4 nominations from the St Louis Film Critics – for Ronan, Tucci, Visual Effects and as ‘Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film’.
The critically acclaimed BROKEN EMBRACES directed by Pedro Almodovar and starring Penelope Cruz, received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. BROKEN EMBRACES opens in cinemas tomorrow and has received rave reviews:
**** A LUMINOUS performance from Penelope Cruz" - Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies
**** David Stratton, At the Movies
"****1/2 LUSCIOUS! Penelope Cruz is a GODDESS. There is no SEXIER and more womanly woman in movies. She is BREATHTAKING. “- Sydney Morning Herald
**** Des Partridge, Courier Mail
Carey Mulligan received a Best Actress nomination for her performance as Jenny in AN EDUCATION. Directed by Lone Scherfig and based on a memoir by Lynn Barber, with the screenplay written by Nick Hornby, AN EDUCATION is in cinemas now.
Martin Scorsese, whose next film SHUTTER ISLAND opens in cinemas on February 18, will be awarded the Cecil B DeMille Award at The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards held in Los Angeles on January 17.
BROKEN EMBRACES in cinemas 17 December
UP IN THE AIR in cinemas 14 January
SHUTTER ISLAND in cinemas 18 February
AN EDUCATION in cinemas now
This is a Paramount Pictures Released Press Statement.
"Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. The company's labels include Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, DreamWorks Pictures, MTV Films and Nickelodeon movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studios, and Worldwide Television Distribution."
Screentrek heartily congratulates Paramount Pictures and its global community, in particular, Rob Irwin and all the staff at Paramount Pictures Australia.
The following list and descriptions are unaltered in text and as released by Paramount Pictures. (Colouring added by screentrek for emphasis).
Official poster copyright Paramount Pictures
Up In The Air
6 Nominations including Best Film and Best Director for UP IN THE AIR
Best Foreign film for BROKEN EMBRACES
Best Actress for Carey Mulligan for AN EDUCATION
Stanley Tucci for Best Supporting Actor for THE LOVELY BONES
Jason Reitman’s film UP IN THE AIR has scored six major Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Reitman), Best Screenplay (Reitman and Sheldon Turner), Best Actor for George Clooney as well as nods for both actresses, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick, who featured in the 5 Best Supporting Actress nominations.
The nominations follow a great week for the comedy drama on the awards circuit. The American Film Institute (AFI) named it one of the Top 10 Films of 2009; The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association awarded UP IN THE AIR Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Clooney; it received Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, where it was also the runner-up for Best Film and Best Supporting Actress (Anna Kendrick); Clooney was named Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle; the St Louis Film Critics gave the film 6 nominations – matching those from the Golden Globes; and the 15th Critics’ Choice Awards awarded it 8 nominations – again matching the 6 Golden Globe nominations, plus naming it for Best Acting Ensemble and Best Editing.
Paramount’s Boxing Day release THE LOVELY BONES, directed by Peter Jackson and based on the best selling book by Alice Sebold, garnered a nomination for Stanley Tucci in the Best Supporting Actor category. The drama also received 6 nominations for the Critics’ Choice Awards: Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan); Best Supporting Actor (Tucci), Best Young Actor/Actress (Ronan), Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects. It also received 4 nominations from the St Louis Film Critics – for Ronan, Tucci, Visual Effects and as ‘Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film’.
The critically acclaimed BROKEN EMBRACES directed by Pedro Almodovar and starring Penelope Cruz, received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. BROKEN EMBRACES opens in cinemas tomorrow and has received rave reviews:
**** A LUMINOUS performance from Penelope Cruz" - Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies
**** David Stratton, At the Movies
"****1/2 LUSCIOUS! Penelope Cruz is a GODDESS. There is no SEXIER and more womanly woman in movies. She is BREATHTAKING. “- Sydney Morning Herald
**** Des Partridge, Courier Mail
Carey Mulligan received a Best Actress nomination for her performance as Jenny in AN EDUCATION. Directed by Lone Scherfig and based on a memoir by Lynn Barber, with the screenplay written by Nick Hornby, AN EDUCATION is in cinemas now.
Martin Scorsese, whose next film SHUTTER ISLAND opens in cinemas on February 18, will be awarded the Cecil B DeMille Award at The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards held in Los Angeles on January 17.
BROKEN EMBRACES in cinemas 17 December
UP IN THE AIR in cinemas 14 January
SHUTTER ISLAND in cinemas 18 February
AN EDUCATION in cinemas now
This is a Paramount Pictures Released Press Statement.
"Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. The company's labels include Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, DreamWorks Pictures, MTV Films and Nickelodeon movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studios, and Worldwide Television Distribution."
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