I haven't seen it....actually didn't have much interest in seeing it either.
Angela "We are all books of blood, wherever opened we are red" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Laurie Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:04 AM To: The Sandbox Discussion List Subject: Re: [Sndbox] Cold Mountain snubbed Renee Zellwiger or however you spell her name is the only one in Cold Mountain that deserves a nomination. Laurie --- Angela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BlankBy Bob Tourtellotte > LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) - The race for Oscars (news - > web sites) gold took an > unexpected turn on Tuesday when a major list of > nominees for best film > director snubbed Anthony Minghella (news) and his > widely-hailed Civil War > epic "Cold Mountain" but gave a nod to Gary Ross's > horse racing saga, > "Seabiscuit." > > > Reuters Photo > > > > The widely-respected Directors Guild of America, an > association representing > movie directors, put Peter Jackson (news) and his > smash box office hit "Lord > of the Rings: The Return of the King," on the list > of best film director > nominees along with Peter Weir (news) for his > seafaring epic, "Master and > Commander: The Far Side of the World." > > > Rounding out the list of five nominees were Clint > Eastwood (news) with crime > thriller "Mystic River," and Sofia Coppola (news) > for her Tokyo romance, > "Lost in Translation." > > > "Return of the King" now positions itself as an > award front-runner, Oscar > watchers said, as industry voters could reward > Jackson for the combined > trilogy that includes 2001's "The Lord of the Rings: > The Fellowship of the > Ring" and last year's "The Lord of the Rings: The > Two Towers. The nomination > also marks Jackson's third consecutive DGA nod, the > first time that has ever > happened. > > > Still it was Minghella's absence and the inclusion > of "Seabiscuit" that had > Hollywood buzzing. > > > "It's a bit of cliche, but it really does mean the > most when (a nomination) > comes from your peers," Ross told Reuters. > > > The "Seabiscuit" nod follows Monday's nomination for > best film producing > team for Ross and co-producers Kathleen Kennedy and > Frank Marshall from the > Producers Guild of America. > > > The nomination was especially rewarding for > "Seabiscuit," about the > come-from-behind, Depression-era champion because it > has been a dark-horse > this Oscar race owing to its summer debut outside > the fall season that is > filled with Academy Award hopefuls. > > > The loss of Minghella and his critically acclaimed > "Cold Mountain" from the > DGA race proved to be a "shocker" for Tom O'Neil, > host of award Website > goldderby.com and author of "Movie Awards." > > > "We had presumed up to now that the race for best > picture at both the Golden > Globes and Oscars was between 'Cold Mountain' and > 'Lord of the Rings,"' said > O'Neil. "The news today means a major step back for > 'Cold Mountain."' > > > "Cold Mountain" received a leading eight nominations > for Golden Globe awards > (news - web sites), which are given out by the > Hollywood Foreign Press > Association and are perceived as instrumental in > swaying Oscar voting. Globe > winners will be named on Jan. 25. > > > Moreover, "Cold Mountain" is backed by Miramax Films > and its chief Harvey > Weinstein, who have waged widely successful > campaigns in Oscar races since > the 1990s, backing winners like Minghella's "The > English Patient" and last > year's "Chicago." > > > Some Oscar watchers attributed Minghella's absence > to a timing issue as > ballots for the DGA awards were mailed out on > December 8, but "Cold > Mountain" did not debut until Christmas day, Dec. > 25, meaning ballots could > have been returned early. > > > Only six times since 1949 has the winner of the > DGA's honor not won the best > director Oscar, and 10 of the past 14 PGA winners > have claimed the best film > Oscar, which is the U.S. film industry's top award > given out by the Academy > of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (news - web > sites). Oscars will be > awarded on Feb. 29. > > > Fading in the Oscar pack appear to be Tom Cruise > (news) movie "The Last > Samurai," director Tim Burton (news)'s "Big Fish," > and low-budget film "In > America," from Irish director Jim Sheridan. > > > Coppola's film appears to be the independent movie > to beat this year. The > director is the daughter of acclaimed filmmaker > Francis Ford Coppola (news), > himself a DGA winner for 1972's "The Godfather" > which earned the best > picture Oscar that year but failed to win the best > director Oscar. > > Angela > "We are all books of blood, wherever opened we are > red" > > > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 image/jpeg name=amdf440779.jpg > _______________________________________________ > Sndbox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > ===== Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. 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