Monday, February 23, 2009

The Maciejs

The awards that happened in my head last night, cuz why the hell not?

Best Picture
- Entre les murs (the Class)
- My Winnipeg
- Rachel Getting Married **winner**
- Synecdoche, NY
- WALL•E

Achievement in Directing
- Jonathan Demme for Rachel Getting Married
- Charlie Kauffman for Synecdoche, NY
- Guy Maddin for My Winnipeg **winner**
- Andrew Stanton for WALL•E
- Gus Van Sant for Milk

Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Robert Downey Jr. for Iron Man
- Colin Farrell for In Bruges
- Sean Penn for Milk
- Mickey Rourke for the Wrestler **winner**
- Michael Shannon for Shotgun Stories

Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Juliette Binoche for Flight of the Red Balloon
- Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married **winner**
- Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
- Melissa Leo for Frozen River
- Michelle Williams for Wendy and Lucy

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
- Bill Irwin for Rachel Getting Married
- Heath Ledger for the Dark Knight **winner**
- Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go-Lucky
- Tom Noonan for Synecdoche, NY

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Penelope Cruz for Vicki Cristina Barcelona
- Rosemary DeWitt for Rachel Getting Married **winner**
- Samantha Morton for Synecdoche, NY
- Allison Pill for Milk
- Marisa Tomei for the Wrestler

Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- François Bégaudeau for Entre les murs (the Class) **winner**
- Mark Fergus, Matt Holloway, Art Marcum and Hawk Ostby for Iron Man
- Jonathan Nolan for the Dark Knight
- Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt for Wendy and Lucy
- Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park

Achievement in Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Pete Docter, Jim Reardon and Andrew Stanton for WALL•E
- Charlie Kauffman for Synecdoche, NY **winner**
- Mike Leigh for Happy-Go-Lucky
- Jenny Lumet for Rachel Getting Married
- Martin Mcdonagh for In Bruges


Best Foreign Language Film: Entre les murs (The Class) (France)
Best Documentary Feature: the Order of Myths
Best Song: "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature: WALL•E
Best Animated Short: This Way Up
Best Live Action Short: New Boy
Achievement in Art Direction: Speed Racer
Achievement in Costume Design: the Fall
Achievement in Make-Up: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Achievement in Visual Effects: the Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Cinematography: the Dark Knight
Best Documentary Short, Achievement in Editing, Best Score, Achievement in Sound Editing, Achievement in Sound Mixing: I don't give a shit.

OK, done with 2008 Oscars/year-end movie stuff forever. Can u tell I'm bored?

3 comments:

Kevin said...

Hell yeah on Speed Racer

Anonymous said...

Little known fact: 'The Maciejs' also featured a 15 minute stage number by song and dance man Conor Duffy.

Maciej said...

I gave Cinematography to the Dark Knight?