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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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 Posted - 01/24/2007 : 01:57:57
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Originally posted by turrell
What did Sacha adapt from, a bunch of cocktail napkins?
Nope, from the spontaneous responses of his victims.
Yeah - funny movie but I doebt there was much actual writing involved.
There was an article in yesterday's LA Times that showed in detail how the Writers Guild of America, Sacha's team of writers, and the studio that released the film all conclude that Borat was written, there was a screenplay, and it deserves eligibility in the Academy Awards. Even if it does qualify, I think it was inappropriate for voters to vote for it when they could have nominated several other worthy films that fits the description of an adapted screenplay much better. |
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w22dheartlivie 
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 03:02:38
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Originally posted by Montgomery
Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond; Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson; Peter O'Toole, Venus; Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness; Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland.
On 21/1/07 I wrote:
The biggest disappointment I had along those lines was Murder By Numbers, which had such a terrific base to be a great film, but fell flat on its face, despite the presence of promising Michael Pitt and Ryan Gosling.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 06:26:47
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Hehehe. Mel's flim got bupkis!
Nominated for Makeup, Sound and Sound Editing - it's like the booby prize of nominations, considering everything that's been said about the movie. And I can't imagine that Dreamgirls won't take it for Sound - musicals almost always get that one.
Hehehehe!
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 09:34:38
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Originally posted by Montgomery
I was looking at a Rolling Stone article and they mentioned A Scanner Darkly for Best Animated film.
I forgot about that. That should definitely have been nominated if eligible, and should have won. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 09:36:28
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Originally posted by turrell
What did Sacha adapt from, a bunch of cocktail napkins?
I presume it means that Borat appeared on television first. |
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 09:55:19
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| Has anyone seen 'Half Nelson'? I hadn't heard of it before the nominations were announced... Is it any good? Is Ryan Gosling a surprise nomination or does he deserve it over, say, Aaron Eckhart or Sacha Baron Cohen? |
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 12:48:10
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Originally posted by Salopian
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What did Sacha adapt from, a bunch of cocktail napkins?
I presume it means that Borat appeared on television first.
Absolutely right, Sally, according to this story. |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 15:17:02
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Jesus Camp??? Wonder if thats on Netflix. 
Far Left and Fare right documentarys. wonder which one will win in Hollywood.hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 16:03:40
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Originally posted by TitanPa
Jesus Camp??? Wonder if thats on Netflix.
Far Left and Fare right documentarys. wonder which one will win in Hollywood.hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Far Left? You think these are Far Left?!!!
A quick trawl around the net brings you such theories as:
1. [on the Iraq question, for example] US troop deployments are for the purpose of protecting the oil pipe-lines and coincidentally the profits of Cheney, et al who brokered billions of bucks worth of franchise rights before a single shot had been fired.
2. [on WTC for example] That the attacks were masterminded by factions within the US military on the Pearl Harbor principle to assure international support for neo-con plans to escalate conflict throughout the middle east.
3. [on global warming, for example] That the western powers know that nothing anyone can do from now on will make the slightest bit of difference to climate change, and its inevitability can only be addressed by assuring that power remains with those who already have it.
I can think of at least one publicly accessible documentary which deals with some of these issues. Hollywood, methinks, is looking firmly the other way!  sad but true
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 20:11:15
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Originally posted by TitanPa
Jesus Camp??? Wonder if thats on Netflix.
It is, but there's a "Very Long Wait." |
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Oscar Nominations
