"Brokeback Mountain" leads Golden Globe Nominees

...and "Goodnight and Good Luck" does well, too -- interesting "front" in the "culture wars," eh?

Brokeback' lassos seven Globes

Clooney nabs trio of nods for 'Good Night'

By BRIAN LOWRY

Ang LeeAng Lee's cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" rode off with a herd-leading seven nominations for the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards Tuesday, as specialty divisions, led by Universal's Focus Features, registered another strong showing in this year's balloting.

In addition to "Brokeback," Focus' "The Constant Gardener" and Warner Independent's "Good Night, and Good Luck" snagged best drama bids, along with New Line's "A History of Violence" and DreamWorks' Woody Allen-directed "Match Point."

Between Focus and runner-up Universal, the NBC Universal studio garnered 22 Globe nominations in all. That said, the most glaring omission was likely Universal's "Munich," though the potentially controversial docudrama about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict did tally nominations for director Steven Spielberg as well as the screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth.

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And the nominees are...

MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
"Brokeback Mountain"
"The Constant Gardener"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"A History of Violence"
"Match Point"

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Maria Bello, "A History of Violence"
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
Gwyneth Paltrow, "Proof"
Charlize Theron, "North Country"
Ziyi Zhang, "Memoirs of a Geisha"

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Russell Crowe, "Cinderella Man"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"Mrs. Henderson Presents"
"Pride & Prejudice"
"The Producers"
"The Squid and the Whale"
"Walk the Line"

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Keira Knightly, "Pride & Prejudice"
Laura Linney, "The Squid and the Whale"
Sarah Jessica Parker, "The Family Stone"
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Pierce Brosnan, "The Matador"
Jeff Daniels, "The Squid and the Whale"
Johnny Depp, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
Nathan Lane "The Producers"
Cillian Murphy, "Breakfast on Pluto"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Kung Fu Hustle" (China)
"Master of the Crimson Armor" aka "The Promise" (China)
"Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel)" (France)
"Paradise Now" (Palenstine)
"Tsotsi" (South Africa)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Scarlett Johansson, "Match Point"
Shirley MacLaine, "In Her Shoes"
Frances McDormand, "North Country"
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
George Clooney, "Syriana"
Matt DillonMatt Dillon, "Crash""Crash"
Will Ferrell, "The Producers"
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
Bob Hoskins, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"

DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen, "Match Point"
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Peter Jackson, "King Kong"
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Fernando Meirelles, "The Constant Gardener"
Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen, "Match Point"
George Clooney & Grant Heslov, "Good Night, And Good Luck"
Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
Tony Kushner & Eric Roth, "Munich"
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"

ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Alexandre Desplat, "Syriana"
James Newton Howard, "King Kong"
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Brokeback Mountain"
Harry Gregson-Williams, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
John Williams, "Memoirs of a Geisha"

ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" -- "Brokeback Mountain"
Music by: Gustavo Santaolalla, Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
"Christmas in Love" -- "Christmas in Love"
Music by: Tony Renis, Lyrics by: Marva Jan Marrow
"There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" -- "The Producers"
Music & Lyrics by: Mel Brooks
"Travelin' Thru" -- "Transamerica"
Music & Lyrics by: Dolly Parton
"Wunderkind" -- "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Music & Lyrics by: Alanis Morissette

TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
"Commander in Chief" (ABC)
"Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
"Lost" (ABC)
"Prison Break" (Fox)
"Rome" (HBO)

ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
Glenn Close, "The Shield""The Shield"
Geena Davis, "Commander in Chief"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Polly Walker, "Rome"

ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy"
Matthew Fox, "Lost"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
Wentworth Miller, "Prison Break"
Kiefer Sutherland, "24"

TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (HBO
"Desperate Housewives" (ABC)
"Entourage" (HBO)
"Everybody Hates Chris" (UPN)
"My Name is Earl" (NBC)
"Weeds" (Showtime)

ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Marcia Cross, "Desperate Housewives"
Teri Hatcher, "Desperate Housewives"
Felicity Huffman, "Desperate Housewives"
Eva Longoria, "Desperate Housewives"
Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"

ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Zach BraffZach Braff, "Scrubs""Scrubs"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Jason Lee, "My Name is Earl"
Charlie Sheen, "Two and a Half Men""Two And A Half Men"

MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION SERIES
"Empire Falls" (HBO)
"Into the West" (TNT)
"Lackawanna Blues" (HBO)
"Sleeper Cell" (Showtime)
"Viva Blackpool" (BBC America)
"Warm Springs" (HBO)

ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Halle Berry, "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Kelly MacDonald, "The Girl in the Café"
S. Epatha Merkerson, "Lackawanna Blues"
Cynthia Nixon, "Warm Springs"
Mira Sorvino, "Human Trafficking"

ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kenneth Branagh, "Warm Springs"
Ed Harris, "Empire Falls"
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, "Elvis"
Bill Nighy, "The Girl in the Café"
Donald Sutherland, "Human Trafficking"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Candice Bergen, "Boston Legal"
Camryn Manheim, "Elvis"
Sandra OhSandra Oh, "Grey's Anatomy"
Elizabeth Perkins, "Weeds"
Joanne Woodward, "Empire Falls"

SUPPORTING ACTOR, SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Naveen Andrews, "Lost"
Paul Newman, "Empire Falls"
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
Randy Quaid, "Elvis"
Donald Sutherland, "Commander in Chief"

http://www.variety.com/ac2006_article/VR1117934519?nav=news

Just had to do that.

and it was pretty funny to see some people get up an walk out mid-movie..I live in a very neon red (Texas) county so it didn't really surprise me. They frigging waited long enough, the restaurant scene (where they were dancing on tables) was pretty far into the move, and that is when the people walked their uptight asses out of the theater.

They musta been sighing as they hit the "exit" signs...

before a fictional 2005 G8 summit in Iceland, and dealt beautifully with world poverty. The lead actors got recognition; I wish the movie itself had received a nod. Seems to me that "Warm Springs" has been nominated for at least 10 awards cycles. It was good, but The Girl in the Cafe was really really good.

I'll keep an eye -- both! -- out for it...!

Since it's getting recognition, maybe they'll show it again, or somehow otherwise make it available.

...so may be Netflixable!

"Make Poverty History" campaign. He also wrote a special episode of his sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley", which aired last new year, as a part-launch & advert for the white wristbands.

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He looked very confused and bewildered by the whole idea of it, if not slightly repulsed.

Not to diss straight people, but he was just so completely out of the loop it was almost funny; maybe he's one of those guys who only watches 20 seconds of movies as he's channel-flipping during the commercials, while really watching Sports.

I definitely sense a major slap at the Bush administration this year--look for "Brokeback" "Good night" and other inflammatory films ("Crash" and "Syriana") to figure big during awards.

Adapted from the true story GW Bush and Jeff Guckert/Gannon!

everything it's nominated for I want it to win, and everything it's not nominated for I want it to somehow win.

if brokeback turns in good money at the box office -- even better.
maybe -- just maybe we'll begin to some some interesting ''big'' screen stories re: gay folk and their lives.

I'm in the bible belt and haven't heard a peep of protest about this movie, yet.

'til the Oscar nominations come in, though!

I'd have expected to hear something by now.

Focus on the Family and other similar groups say they are going to ignore the movie. They say they don't want to give it too much attention.

:sarcasm:

If this starts to win awards, there's no way they can ignore it.

it makes me feel funny"

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The Plan is in full force now!!

Buuuuwwwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!


Attention to my fellow homersex'als:

Zippa plapp, vilto nada wella poo.

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in their picks...

Two movies that will get tongues a-wagging! Gotta love Hollywood. Slammed mercilessly and they put out a gay cowboy movie!!!

Brokeback Mountain
by ANNIE PROULX
Issue of 1997-10-13
Posted 2005-12-05

They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat, up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high-school drop-out country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Ennis, reared by his older brother and sister after their parents drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road, leaving them twenty-four dollars in cash and a two-mortgage ranch, applied at age fourteen for a hardship license that let him make the hour-long trip from the ranch to the high school. The pickup was old, no heater, one windshield wiper, and bad tires; when the transmission went, there was no money to fix it. He had wanted to be a sophomore, felt the word carried a kind of distinction, but the truck broke down short of it, pitching him directly into ranch work.

In 1963, when he met Jack Twist, Ennis was engaged to Alma Beers. Both Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis’s case that meant a tobacco can with two five-dollar bills inside. That spring, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment—they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal. The summer range lay above the tree line on Forest Service land on Brokeback Mountain. It would be Jack Twist’s second summer on the mountain, Ennis’s first. Neither of them was twenty.

They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs. The venetian blinds hung askew and admitted a triangle of white light, the shadow of the foreman’s hand moving into it. Joe Aguirre, wavy hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, gave them his point of view.

“Forest Service got designated camp-sites on the allotments. Them camps can be a couple a miles from where we pasture the sheep. Bad predator loss, nobody near lookin after em at night. What I want—camp tender in the main camp where the Forest Service says, but the herder”—pointing at Jack with a chop of his hand—“pitch a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep, out a sight, and he’s goin a sleep there. Eat supper, breakfast in camp, but sleep with the sheep, hundred per cent, no fire, don’t leave no sign. Roll up that tent every mornin case Forest Service snoops around. Got the dogs, your .30-.30, sleep there. Last summer had goddam near twenty-five-per-cent loss. I don’t want that again. You,” he said to Ennis, taking in the ragged hair, the big nicked hands, the jeans torn, button-gaping shirt, “Fridays twelve noon be down at the bridge with your next-week list and mules. Somebody with supplies’ll be there in a pickup.” He didn’t ask if Ennis had a watch but took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, wound and set it, tossed it to him as if he weren’t worth the reach. “Tomorrow mornin we’ll truck you up the jump-off.” Pair of deuces going nowhere.

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http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/articles/051212fr_archive01

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