Monday, March 3, 2008

Awards Watch: 2007 Round Up

First things first: take a look at this week's cover of Entertainment Weekly, picturing a close-up of the four acting winners' awards, and you'll see incontrovertible proof that Oscar is indeed gay. On the left, you can see Daniel's and Tilda's snogging away (they are British after all), while Marion's and Javier's get down to business right in front of everyone (those wacky, uninhibited Europeans).

Anyway ... Every year I keep track of the top award winners, tallying up the trophies handed out by the top 26 organizations, critics groups and industry guilds to get a clearer picture of what is indeed the Best Picture (et al) of the year. And, Academy Award winners notwithstanding, you'll be happy to know that, over the previous three years, Sideways, Brokeback Mountain and United 93 were indeed the best Best Pictures of the year.

This year, Oscar was more in step with the rest, with No Country for Old Men taking eight top prizes, the same amount for Best Actor victor Daniel Day-Lewis and screenplay winner Juno. However, the most wins for any film in any category goes to Ratatouille, with ten awards total. In the end though, No Country was the top winner, with five overall wins in all categories.

For the complete yearly round up for the awards season just past, including the top winners in all categories (with at least two wins) and a list of the 26 groups tracked, see the comments section below.

2 comments:

Kirby Holt said...

2007 Awards Round Up:

Picture of the Year:
No Country for Old Men - 8 wins

Actor of the Year:
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood - 8 wins

Actress of the Year:
Julie Christie in Away from Her - 7 wins

Supporting Actor of the Year:
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men - 7 wins

Supporting Actress of the Year:
Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone - 6 wins

Director of the Year:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men - 7 wins

Adapted Screenplay of the Year:
No Country for Old Men - 7 wins

Original Screenplay of the Year
Juno - 8 wins

Cinematography of the Year:
There Will Be Blood - 4 wins

Art Direction of the Year:
There Will Be Blood - 2 wins

Costume Design of the Year:
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - 2 wins

Original Score of the Year: (tie)
Atonement / Ratatouille / There Will Be Blood - 2 wins each

Original Song of the Year:
"Falling Slowly" from Once - 2 wins

Film Editing of the Year:
The Bourne Ultimatum - 3 wins

Sound Mixing & Editing of the Year:
The Bourne Ultimatum - 6 wins

Visual Effects of the Year:
Transformers - 4 wins

Make-Up Design of the Year:
La Vie en Rose - 2 wins

Animated Feature of the Year:
Ratatouille -10 wins

Foreign Film of the Year:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - 4 wins

Documentary Feature of the Year: (tie) No End in Sight / Sicko - 3 wins each

Acting Ensemble of the Year:
No Country for Old Men - 2 wins

New Director of the Year:
Sarah Polley for Away from Her - 3 wins

Kirby Holt said...

The 26 Awards Groups Tracked:

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (the Oscars)

The American Film Institute (AFI Awards)

The International Animated Film Society (the Annie Awards)

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (the BAFTAs)

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics' Choice Awards)

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association

The National Society of Film Critics

The New York Film Critics Circle

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (The Golden Globes)

The Recording Academy (the Grammy Awards - film related categories only)

The Producers Guild of America

The Screen Actors Guild (The Actor Award)

The Directors Guild of America

The Writers Guild of America

The American Society of Cinematographers

American Cinema Editors (the Eddie Awards)

The Art Directors Guild

The Costume Designers Guild

The Cinema Audio Society

Motion Picture Sound Editors (the Golden Reel Awards)

The Visual Effects Society

Film Independnt (the Independent Spirit Awards)

The National Board of Review

The Online Film Critics Society

The International Press Academy (the Satelitte Awards)

The USC Scripter Award