Photo by Jonathan Olley
In this film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment, Jeremy Renner is shown in a scene from, "The Hurt Locker." The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best motion picture drama, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2009. The Golden Globe awards will be held Jan. 17 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" on Sunday won awards for best picture, director and actor (Jeremy Renner) from the National Society of Film Critics -- "a triple coup that makes the Iraq War drama the first film since 1997's 'L.A. Confidential' to sweep top honors from the Los Angeles, New York and national critics' groups," according to this report about the awards in Variety.
Photo by Jonathan Olley
In this film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment, Jeremy Renner is shown in a scene from, "The Hurt Locker." The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best motion picture drama, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2009. The Golden Globe awards will be held Jan. 17 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The full list of winner also can be found at the Variety site. (The critics agree with me that Paul Schneider of "Bright Star" deserves supporting actor recognition, along with the much-lauded Christoph Waltz of "Inglourious Basterds.") Memphis cinephiles will note that four of the 11 awards went to movies that never played here, namely, "Serpahine" (best actress, Yolande Moreau), "Summer Hours" (foreign-language film), "The Beaches of Agnes" (nonfiction film) and "The White Ribbon" (cinematography). However, "The White Ribbon," directed by the cruel (to his characters and sometimes his audiences) Austrian Michael Haneke ("Cache") still could show up...
For those who care about handicapping the Oscar race, this means "The Hurt Locker" has solidified its status as a top contender for the Best Picture award, although the fact that this year's expanded race will feature 10 nominees still leaves plenty of room for a victory by "Up in the Air" or even Pixar's "Up." We might also point out that Oscar's Best Picture of 1997 was not "L.A. Confidential" but a li'l somethin' called "Titanic"... (The other nominees that year: "As Good as It Gets," "Good Will Hunting" and, believe it or not, "The Full Monty.")
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