Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Tally

I saw 79 movies in 2004. Only 27 of those were represented in some way in my Little Mermaid Awards' 14 categories. This was the total nomination and medal tally:

8 nominations
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze)

7 nominations
I ♥ Huckabees (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze)

5 nominations
Before Sunset (1 Gold, 1 Silver)
La Mala Educacion (2 Gold, 3 Bronze)

4 nominations
Dogville (1 Gold, 2 Silver)
Kill Bill, Volume 2
Sideways (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze)

3 nominations
Birth (2 Gold, 1 Silver)
Closer (1 Gold, 1 Silver)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2 Silver)
Saved! (1 Silver)

2 nominations
Alfie (1 Bronze)
The Aviator (1 Gold)
Collateral (1 Silver)
The Saddest Music in the World
Spider-man 2
Vera Drake (1 Bronze)

1 nomination
Dawn of the Dead (1 Bronze)
Mean Creek (1 Silver)
The Incredibles
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (1 Bronze)
The Stepford Wives
Being Julia
The Dreamers (1 Bronze)
Mean Girls
We Don't Live Here Anymore (1 Bronze)
Wilby Wonderful

And for what it's worth,

The Best Movie With No Nominations: Goodbye Lenin!
The Best Movie With No Gold Medals: Spider-man 2
I Cannot Believe I Nominated Them: The Stepford Wives

Best Film Editing


  • Closer, by John Bloom & Antonia Van Drimmelen


  • Dawn of the Dead, by Niven Howie


  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Valdis Oskarsdottir


  • La Mala Educacion, by Jose Salcedo


  • Vera Drake, by Jim Clark


My apologies to: Before Sunset, Birth, Collateral, Mean Girls, Spider-man 2

Best Ensemble Acting


  • Dogville(Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Stellan Skarsgard, Lauren Bacall, Blair Brown, Philip Baker Hall, Jeremy Davies, Patricia Clarkson, James Caan, Chloe Sevigny, John Hurt)


  • I ♥ Huckabees(Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman, Jude Law, Isabelle Huppert, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts)


  • Mean Creek(Rory Culkin, Trevor Morgan, Scott Mechlowicz, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder, Ryan Kelley)


  • Saved!(Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Macaulay Culkin, Eva Amurri, Patrick Fugit, Chad Faust, Martin Donovan, Heather Matarazzo)


  • Sideways(Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh)


My apologies to: Birth, Closer, Intermission, Mean Girls, Vera Drake, We Don't Live Here Anymore

Monday, August 27, 2007

Best Original Score

  • Birth, by Alexandre Desplat

  • Collateral, by James Newton Howard

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Jon Brion

  • I ♥ Huckabees, by Jon Brion

  • The Incredibles, by Michael Giacchino


My apologies to: Alfie, Finding Neverland, La Mala Educacion, The Motorcycle Diaries

Best Production Design

  • The Aviator, by Dante Ferreti & Luca Tranchino

  • Dogville, by Peter Grant

  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Tony Fanning, William Hawkins, Rick Heinrichs & Martin Whist

  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, by Mark Friedberg, Stefano Maria Ortolani, Marco Trentini & Eugenio Ulissi

  • The Stepford Wives, by Jackson DeGovia & Peter Rogness


My apologies to: Birth, The Dreamers, Empire Falls, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Vera Drake

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Best Costume Design


  • Alfie, by Beatrix Aruna Paztor

  • The Aviator, by Sandy Powell

  • Being Julia, by John Bloomfield

  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Colleen Atwood

  • The Saddest Music in the World, by Meg McMillan


My apologies to: Kill Bill Volume 2, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Vera Drake

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Best Cinematography

  • Alfie, by Ashley Rowe

  • Birth, by Harris Savides

  • Collateral, by Paul Cameron & Dion Beebe

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Ellen Kuras

  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Emmanuel Lubezki


My apologies to: Dogville, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, La Mala Educacion, The Saddest Music in the World, Vera Drake

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Closer, by Patrick Marber

  • The Dreamers, by Gilbert Adair

  • Mean Girls, by Tina Fey

  • The Saddest Music in the World, by Guy Maddin & George Toles

  • Sideways, by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor


My apologies to: Million Dollar Baby, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, Spider-man 2

Best Original Screenplay

  • Before Sunset, by Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Charlie Kaufman

  • I ♥ Huckabees, by Jeff Baena & David O. Russell

  • La Mala Educacion, by Pedro Almodovar

  • Saved!, by Brian Dannelly


My apologies to: Goodbye Lenin!, The Incredibles, Kill Bill Volume 2, Mean Creek

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Best Actor in A Supporting Role

  • Paul Bettany as Tom Edison - Dogville

  • David Carradine as Bill - Kill Bill, Volume 2

  • Peter Krause as Hank Evans - We Don't Live Here Anymore

  • Jude Law as Brad Stand - I ♥ Huckabees

  • Mark Wahlberg as Tommy Corn - I ♥ Huckabees


My apologies to: Jamie Bell - Undertow, Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Philip Davis - Vera Drake, Brendan Fehr - Sugar, Liev Schreiber - The Manchurian Candidate

Monday, July 23, 2007

Best Actress in A Supporting Role

  • Eva Amurri as Cassandra Edelstein- Saved!

  • Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver- Kill Bill, Volume 2

  • Virginia Madsen as Maya - Sideways

  • Ellen Page as Emily Anderson- Wilby Wonderful

  • Naomi Watts as Dawn Campbell - I ♥ Huckabees


My apologies to: Cate Blanchett - The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Patricia Clarkson - Dogville, Kirsten Dunst - Spider-man 2, Anne Heche - Birth, Suleka Mathew - Touch of Pink, Rachel McAdams - Mean Girls, Lucy Punch - Being Julia, Lily Tomlin - I ♥ Huckabees, Naomi Watts - We Don't Live Here Anymore