jakeem Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 "Boyhood," director Richard Linklater's groundbreaking film with a 12-year gestation period, won three major awards -- including Best Film -- at the annual ceremony of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/08/europe/baftas-2015/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 "Boyhood," director Richard Linklater's groundbreaking film with a 12-year gestation period, won three major awards -- including Best Film -- at the annual ceremony of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/08/europe/baftas-2015/ I did watch a bit of the BAFTAs, before and after Downton Abbey of course. I'm pleased that Boyhood did so well. Hope the DGA Award is not a harbinger of a Birdman win at the Oscars. Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I did watch a bit of the BAFTAs, before and after Downton Abbey of course. I'm pleased that Boyhood did so well. Hope the DGA Award is not a harbinger of a Birdman win at the Oscars. Yuck. Anything's possible at this point. Since 1948, there have been seven instances in which the winner of the Directors Guild award did not win the Academy Award for Best Director: 1968 -- Anthony Harvey, "The Lion in Winter" (DGA); Sir Carol Reed, "Oliver!" (AA). 1972 -- Francis Ford Coppola, "The Godfather" (DGA); Bob Fosse, "Cabaret" (AA). 1985 -- Steven Spielberg, "The Color Purple" (DGA); Sydney Pollack, "Out of Africa" (AA). 1995 -- Ron Howard, "Apollo 13" (DGA); Mel Gibson, "Braveheart" (AA). 2000 -- Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (DGA); Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic" (AA). 2002 -- Rob Marshall, "Chicago" (DGA); Roman Polanski, "The Pianist" (AA). 2012 -- Ben Affleck, "Argo" (DGA); Ang Lee, "Life of Pi" (AA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pier_Angeli Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I entered a contest one year I copied down the list of all the winners at the BAFTA's and put them down as the winners of Oscar's. I got second place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 It does not look like there is a clear front winner for best pic at this point (Boyhood did seem the favorite a few months ago). Best actor seems a toss up also. Only best actress seems a lock (for Julianne Moore, long overdue for one). Might be some upsets this year........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 It does not look like there is a clear front winner for best pic at this point (Boyhood did seem the favorite a few months ago). Best actor seems a toss up also. Only best actress seems a lock (for Julianne Moore, long overdue for one). Might be some upsets this year........... The Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories are pretty much locks. Both J.K. Simmons ("Whiplash") and Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood") have won just about every award in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 The Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories are pretty much locks. Both J.K. Simmons ("Whiplash") and Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood") have won just about every award in sight. Yes. But I wasnt including those in my thinking........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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