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Edited on Thu Nov-23-06 11:24 AM by CBHagman
This could be the year that Martin Scorsese loses his perpetual bridesmaid status and wins a Best Director Oscar (for The Departed), though with the Academy you never know.
If they give another Best Actor Oscar to Jack Nicholson, though, I am personally kicking in the screen of my TV. One of my bitterest complaints about the Academy is how they will nominate past winners (Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, et al) without acknowledging worthy candidates who aren't household names. For example, Nicholson won for As Good as it Gets, and Ian Holm was never even nominated for his critically acclaimed turn in The Sweet Hereafter. The Academy strikes me insular and lacking in imagination. They neglect worthy directors in PRECISELY the same way, or so it appears.
Okay. End of rant. Also possible:
Toni Collette (truly a deserving nominee for her entire body of work) for Best Supporting Actress (Little Miss Sunshine). Frances de la Tour, same category, for The History Boys. Richard Griffiths, Best Supporting Actor, The History Boys. Michael Sheen for Best Supporting Actor (as Tony Blair in The Queen).
Perhaps the only shoo-ins I can think of are the various Departed-related nominations (Scorsese, Nicholson), plus Meryl Streep (either actress category) for The Devil Wears Prada, Helen Mirren for The Queen, and possibly Annette Bening for Running with Scissors. I'll be astonished if any one of those people fails to snag a nomination.
But we aren't done yet with the rollout of films for the holiday season, when they do save a number of serious dramas for consideration.
By the way, perhaps we should make friendly wagers as to which departed talents will be left out of the "In Memoriam" segment this year. They always omit someone, either due to time constraints or just plain failure to acknowledge. The left out the director Krzysztof Kieslowski once (and made up for it the next year) and completely forgot Oscar-nominated actress Dorothy McGuire another time.
We know they'll remember Robert Altman, Glenn Ford, Don Knotts, Maureen Stapleton, and probably Jack Warden, but will they pick up on Valli, Barnard Hughes, Marian Marsh, and various others?
I also predict massive exploitation of Daniel Craig in his new role as James Bond.
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