The majority of the film's nomination are for technical achievements,
including film editing and production design.
Not exact matches
After
filming with a practical puppet of TARS, the visual effects team made minor
edits which
included taking out some wires, physical props and rigs, and wiping out any instances of Irwin in the
film.
«This time, its war, «was the tagline and Aliens went on to become one of the biggest blockbuster
films of 1986 and not to mention ending up being nominated for Seven Oscars
including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver and winning two Oscars for Sound Effects
Editing and Special Visual Effects.
The unanimously - praised
film with a modest budget of $ 23 million deservedly won seven Academy Awards,
including Best Picture, Best Director (the first for Spielberg), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score (John Williams), Best
Editing (Michael Kahn), and Best Art Direction.
In lieu of the earlier
film's dreamlike expressive effects, Disobedience puts an uncommon faith in concisions of acting and
editing (
including a wordless, believable montage of grief), and in loaded moments and changes in point of view that would probably play differently on a second viewing.
His
film would earn 8 Academy Award nominations,
including Best Picture, winning two for its screenplay and
editing.
Beauvois's
film (the French Oscar submission, which surprised many by failing to make the Academy's shortlist) took the top prize, but it was «The Ghost Writer» that netted the most wins, with four —
including two for Polanski himself (Best Director and Adapted Screenplay), plus honors for
editing and Alexandre Desplat's score.
The second Blu - ray disc
includes an in - depth look at the
film with «A Filmmaking Journey» with Steven Spielberg, «
Editing and Scoring» featuring Spielberg's long - time collaborators Michael Kahn and John Williams, «The Sounds of War Horse» about the sound design and «Through the Producer's Lens» which takes a look at the photographic journey of producer Kathleen Kennedy.
At various points in his fantastically varied and storied career he wrote position papers on the need of support for a moribund Australian
film industry, wrote and directed numerous episodes of such seminal TV shows as Homicide and Division 4 for Crawford Productions, was central in establishing
film courses and departments in places such as Canberra and Brisbane (Griffith University), wrote plays and performed poems at Melbourne University and La Mama in the 1960s, directed feature
films in the early 1980s (most memorably Ginger Meggs in 1982), made documentaries for the ABC and SBS (The Myth Makers, Images of Australia, The Legend of Fred Paterson, and numerous others), wrote and
edited such books as Screenwriting: A Manual and Queensland Images in
Film and Television, helmed commercials for a vast array of companies and government bodies, contributed
film reviews to ABC radio (and more occasionally TV) across various states (for almost 40 years), wrote for numerous publications
including Overland, The Canberra Times, Metro, The Concise Encyclopedia of Documentary
Film, The Hobart Mercury, and so much more.
«The Shape of Water» leads all
films this year with 14 nominations
including Best Picture, Sally Hawkins for Best Actress, Richard Jenkins for Best Supporting Actor, Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress, Guillermo del Toro for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay alongside Vanessa Taylor, Dan Laustsen for Best Cinematography, Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin for Best Production Design, Sidney Wolinsky for Best
Editing, Luis Sequeira for Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Visual Effects, Best Sci - Fi or Horror Movie, and Alexandre Desplat for Best Score.
Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan's epic summer blockbuster won two awards;
including Nolan named Best Director and the
film winning for Best
Film Editing.
His latest feature, «Django Unchained,» marks a few firsts for the director —
including the first
film not produced by Lawrence Bender (if you don't count «Grindhouse») and the first
film not
edited by longtime collaborator Sally Menke (who unfortunately passed away in 2010)-- and though it's hard to say how much of an effect that had on the finished product, it's easily one of his weaker movies.
Produced by Netflix and Synthesis
films, Making A Murderer, which follows the story of convicted murderer Steven Avery, took home four trophies,
including outstanding documentary series, and nonfiction program writing, directing and
editing.
The
film received three other awards from the OFCS
including Best Director for George Miller, Best
Editing and Best Cinematography.
«La La Land,» the most nominated
film of the evening, took home eight awards, the most of the night,
including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (a tie) for Damien Chazelle, Best Cinematography for Linus Sandgren, Best Production Design for David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds - Wasco, Best
Editing for Tom Cross, Best Song, and Best Score for Justin Hurwitz.
The
film, nominated in 10 categories, took home 7 Oscars,
including two for Cuaron: Best Director and Best
Film Editing.
The
film was rated 93 % fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and received critical praise for its story, direction, acting from lead Hugh Jackman and supporting actor Patrick Stewart,
including editing, cinematography, original score and sound design.
This segment
included the cinematography, costume design,
film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short
film, live action short
film, sound
editing, sound mixing and visual effects nominations.
According to a long - standing
film - history periodization that — #yesallperiodizations — is contested and contestable, this year marks the centenary of the birth of the «classical Hollywood» style, with a set of agreed - upon conventions
including continuity
editing, crosscutting between parallel events unfolding at the same time, the use of close - ups to express a character's state of mind, etc..
Along with the Blu - ray debut of one of Brian De Palma's most polarizing
films, the two - disc set
includes what is being called a «Director's Cut» but was actually
edited by Peet Gelderblom, a commercial filmmaker and critic from The Netherlands, to reorder the
film to De Palma's original plan.
Joe Pesci won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in this
film but it was nominated for five more
including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best
Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The
edits to «Night and the City» for the British version, which is also
included in its entirety, changed the
film slightly, but it's really the scores, created entirely independently, that make them completely different
films.
The Academy offered a major surprise by not only honoring the
film with nominations for Best Actor Andrew Garfield,
Editing, Sound
Editing, and Mixing, but also for Director and Best Picture, signaling that scandal - tainted Mel Gibson, who directed «Braveheart» to five Oscar wins
including director and picture back in 1996, made such a strong movie that the Academy couldn't deny him.
And the supporting characters,
including best - bud chef Stuart (Bill Hader), aren't as developed as the ones in the corresponding
film — though Conor's relationship with his father (Ciarán Hinds) benefits from the fuller treatment Them left on the
editing - room floor.
Curtis, who has directed such
films as «My Week with Marilyn» and «Woman in Gold,» has assembled an impressive technical team that
includes cinematography by Ben Smithard's («Belle» and TV's «Cranford» for which he won an Emmy),
editing by Victoria Boydell («The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel»), production design by David Roger (TV's «Great Expectations»), and costumes by Odile Dicks - Mireaux («Brooklyn» and «An Education»).
From a selection of
films across 21 categories, the groundbreaking Mad Max: Fury Road leads the field, securing 11 nominations
including Best Picture, Best Director (George Miller), Best Ensemble Cast, as well as Cinematography, Costume Design, Film
Editing, Makeup & Hairstyling, Production Design, Original Score, Sound Design, and Visual Effects.
The 21 - second long
film might have been longer and
included more overt female nudity, but was possibly
edited by Edison or later exhibitors of the
film to remove any controversial skin.
«La La Land» leads all
films this year with 12 nominations
including Best Picture, Ryan Gosling for Best Actor, Emma Stone for Best Actress, Damien Chazelle for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Linus Sandgren for Best Cinematography, David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds - Wasco for Best Production Design, Tom Cross for Best
Editing, Mary Zophres for Best Costume Design, Two Best Song Nominations for «Audition (The Fools Who Dream)» and «City of Stars,» and Justin Hurwitz for Best Score.
That would be enough to tide over fans anticipating the upcoming definitive release, but there are also shorter featurettes on costume design, theatrical lighting, and
film editing; a selection of auditions and screen tests (though, it must be noted, not
including Jennifer Hudson's — I guess some things had to be saved for later); an extensive still gallery; and, most intriguingly, pre-visualization sequences for the musical numbers shot with dancer stand - ins.
Starting with 24
films from the company's vaults, the project will
include the
edited versions as free extras alongside digital downloads from retailers like iTunes, VUDU, and FandangoNow.
I think the DVD might be even more interesting if they
include all the deleted scenes for us to get a handle of why it was so difficult to
edit this
film.
Glover is recognized for his star turns in the blockbuster «Lethal Weapon» series,» though he has appeared in more serious fare
including «The Color Purple» and «Witness»; while the two collectively earned 19 Oscar nominations (with two wins for best writing and
editing for the latter), Glover missed out on a nomination for each
film.
Instead, it is all about mood while telling the rise - to - fame story through its sharp and unique
editing style — the
film's co-directors earlier work
includes The Tree of Life, Moneyball and 28 Days Later, which should give you a good idea how Jimi: All Is by My Side feels vitally different from your standard musical biopic.
Bonus materials
include: Twist by Polanski (a documentary from director Roman Polanski's point of view), Kidding With Oliver Twist (the young stars share their experience while
filming Oliver Twist) and The Best of Twist (a look at the sets, costumes, photography,
editing and music of the
film).
It was also a big day for Call Me By Your Name, which lead all
film noms with a total of six
including best picture, but Universal / Blumhouse's Get Out continued to prove it's a serious contender this season with five noms for the Jordan Peele movie
including best picture, director, screenplay,
editing and male lead Daniel Kaluuya.
Other extras
include «Judy,» a short
film by fansite webmaster Jeff Hayes that follows up on Karen Fields» bully and largely proves that it's a blessing that «80s schlock at least had the entry barrier of professional shooting and
editing equipment.
Some other actors that appeared at the event to honor the best of
editing in
film, television, and documentaries
included Get Out «s Betty Gabriel, The Goldbergs «Sam Lerner, and the event's host Tichina Arnold.
The adaptation was a smashing success in every respect, performing very well at the box office for its exciting thriller elements, while its writing, directing,
editing and cinematography would earn it eight Academy Award nominations,
including Best Picture, a first for an R - rated
film (although 1969's X-rated Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, had been re-rated to an R in 1971).
Or they could go with «Whiplash,» a
film that hasn't found much of a theatrical audience but will likely be nominated in several other categories,
including supporting actor, screenplay and
editing.
With abrupt cuts in music, jumpy
editing that
includes needless insertions of old images and footage, and random fading to black, the
film feels a bit all over the place at times.
I seriously doubt that you managed to see all 31
films I listed and you dissed to actually make a judgment (and anybody listing a bunch of
films not from 2014 is going to have their judgment called into question anyway, as you realized when you
edited your post to move Tangerines to 2015 and
include» (or earlier)» to cover your butt... and actually undermine your argument).
The
film was nominated for eight Academy Awards,
including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction / Set Decoration, and Best
Film Editing, but the
film won only two well - deserved awards: Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro) and Best Sound.
The
film was followed at a distance by Christopher Nolan's «Dunkirk» with eight,
including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best
Film Editing.
Topics discussed
include Brolin's goatee continuity, the challenges of recreating such a recent period, the time it took to get the movie going, the
films researched for look and feel (Body Heat for sweat, Stand by Me for nostalgia, Terrence Malick movies for
editing), shooting things quickly documentary - style, and bits that were lost (
including a Budweiser print ad meticulously recreated
Firestorm This 2013 Hong Kong feature was nominated for a slew of native
film awards
including Best Action Choreography, Best
Editing, Best Visual Effects and Best New Director and with my penchant for violent Asian cinema, I have trouble believing that this won't be a surprise victory for SIFF.
With sharp - as - a-blade
editing, Steven Rogers's whip smart script and superb performances (
including Margot Robbie as Harding), the
film leaves you wondering what might have been if this powerful competitor had been given half a chance.
This 2013 Hong Kong feature was nominated for a slew of native
film awards
including Best Action Choreography, Best
Editing, Best Visual Effects and Best New Director and with my penchant for violent Asian cinema, I have trouble believing that this won't be a surprise victory for SIFF.
Blu - ray extras
include audio commentary by Cox, executive producer (and ex-Monkee) Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas and select co-stars; deleted scenes; interviews with various cast and crew members,
including Iggy Pop; a conversation between Stanton and producer Peter McCarthy; and the heavily
edited TV version of the
film.
«Drive» was the second most nominated
film picking up six mentions
including the aforementioned Picture and Director as well as Best Supporting Actor (Albert Brooks), Best Adapted Screenplay,
Editing and Cinematography.
The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced earlier this week, and while Edgar Wright «s music - driven heist
film Baby Driver didn't end up with any nods in the major categories, the
film did end up with a few technical awards,
including Best
Editing, Best Sound
Editing and Best Sound Design.