Will Yes...the Premiere articles mentions his "BD" performance.... And..thanks...for Florida critics poll comments....good choices :)
'Departed' tops Florida critics list Mirren, Whitaker take top acting honors once again By STUART LEVINE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida Film Critics Circle have selected "The Departed" as its best film of the year, while naming Martin Scorsese as top director. The leading acting categories went according to what many others have said so far this awards season: Helen Mirren for "The Queen" and Forest Whitaker for "The Last King of Scotland." For supporting, Jennifer Hudson of "Dreamgirls" and Djimon Hounsou of "Blood Diamond" were the crix choices. Screenplay honors went to Jason Reitman for "Thank You for Smoking" and best foreign-language film was awarded to "Pan's Labyrinth." Runners-up in the top film category were "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Babel," "United 93," "Dreamgirls," "Blood Diamond," "Thank You for Smoking," "Perfume," "The Queen" and "Flags of Our Fathers." The Florida Film Critics Circle winners: Best Film: "The Departed," directed by Martin Scorsese Runners-up: "Letters from Iwo Jima" "Babel" "United 93" "Dreamgirls" "Blood Diamond" "Thank You for Smoking" "Perfume" "The Queen" "Flags of Our Fathers" Best Foreign-Language Film: "El Laberinto del fauno" ("Pan's Labyrinth"), directed by Guillermo del Toro Best Director: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland" Best Actress: Helen Mirren, "The Queen" Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond" Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman, "Thank You for Smoking" Best Documentary: "An Inconvenient Truth" by Davis Guggenheim Best Animated Film: "Monster House" directed by Gil Kenan Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, "Children of Men" Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker, "The Departed" Best Score: Thomas Newman, "The Good German" Best Song: "Ordinary Miracle," David Stewart and Glen Ballard, performed by Sarah McLachlan, from "Charlotte's Web" Best Family Film: "Charlotte's Web," directed by Gary Winick Best Art Direction: Production designer K. Barrett; art directors Pierre Duboisberranger and Anne Seibel for "Marie Antoinette" Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero, "Marie Antoinette" Best Visual Effects: "X-Men: The Last Stand" Youth in Film Award: Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine" Best DVD: (packaging, content and transfer) "Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition" William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter O'Toole
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has announced its annual awards for the best and worst in film for 2006. “This year saw Oklahoma’s film critics for the first time working as a group in deciding awards on a statewide level,” said Kathryn Jenson White, film critic for the Oklahoma Gazette and founding president of the critics’ organization. “We created OFCC in February 2006 so that we could work together to promote film and increase the visibility of Oklahoma’s film viewing community among filmmakers and studios. The film critics of Oklahoma see all the major films of any given year and write hundreds of reviews of them as individuals. They also choose their best-of-the-year films for their individual media outlets. These awards represent our consensus.” Representing print outlets in Oklahoma with consistently active film critics — the Oklahoma Gazette, The Oklahoman, the Tulsa World, Urban Tulsa Weekly, The Norman Transcript and The Edmond Sun — OFCC has 12 voting members. “The voting was intense in this our first year,” Jenson White said. “While Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Departed’ and Paul Greengrass’ ‘United 93’ were clear favorites, the tally for the rest of the films we nominated for our Top 10 list included many great films just under those that got the most votes. The performance categories were particularly strong in 2006, with only two votes separating Helen Mirren’s amazing depiction of Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen” from Judi Dench’s wonderful turn in ‘Notes on a Scandal.’ The Best First Feature category was also hotly con-*test*-('")ed, with the film that came in second to ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ ‘Thank You for Smoking,’ gathering passionate support.” While 2006 ended as a strong year for fine films and outstanding performances, the news wasn’t all good. OFCC critics named 27 films as contenders for Obvious Worst Film of the Year and another 25 for Not-So-Obvious Worst Film of the Year. “As professional moviegoers, we can’t choose to see just the films we want to, of course, so all our members see many failed films,” Jenson White said. “And although we agree on many films, all of us also have individualized tastes. While ‘Borat’ made our Top 10 list, several of our voting members placed it on one of their worst film nomination slates. ‘Superman Returns’ and ‘Shut Up and Sing’ had champions, but not quite enough votes to make the best list. The Not-So-Obvious Worst Film category contains films that, like this year’s choice, ‘Bobby,’ tried nobly but failed, and films that had many good qualities but some element a critic considered a fatal flaw.” Not all of 2006’s films opened in Oklahoma before voting for the year’s best took place, although studios provided press screenings and DVDs of many of their films so critics could assess and consider them for year-end awards. “One of our goals with these awards is to help studios understand that enough Oklahomans love good film to make it worth their while to open films here,” Jenson White said. “We aren’t a major market, but we have a dedicated group of cinephiles in the state who hunger to see the best films made each year.” OKLAHOMA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE 2006 FILM AWARDS Top 10 Movies “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” “Casino Royale” “The Departed” “Half Nelson” “The Last King of Scotland” “Little Children” “Little Miss Sunshine” “Pan’s Labyrinth” “The Queen” “United 93” Best Film “United 93,” dir. Paul Greengrass Best Director Martin Scorsese, “The Departed” Best First Film “Little Miss Sunshine,” dir. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Obviously Worst Film “Basic Instinct 2,” dir. Michael Caton-Jones Not So Obviously Worst Film “Bobby,” dir. Emilio Estevez Best Actor Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland” Best Actress Helen Mirren, “The Queen” Best Supporting Actor Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children” Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal” Breakout Performance Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls” Best Documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” dir. Davis Guggenheim Best Foreign Film “Pan’s Labyrinth,” dir. Guillermo del Toro Best Animated Feature “Cars,” dir. John Lasseter and Joe Ranft