Showing posts with label Birdman movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birdman movie. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2015

'Boyhood' Best Film at 2014 EE BAFTA Film Awards, 'Budapest Hotel' wins five


"Boyhood" may have been the biggest winner at the 68th BAFTAs winning best film, director and supporting actress (Patricia Arquette), but it was "The Grand Budapest Hotel" that took home the most awards. The comedy-caper won five awards: best original screenplay, production design, costume design, score and make-up & hair.

Other big winners were homegrown favorite "The Theory of Everything" with wins for lead actor (Eddie Redmayne), outstanding British Film and adapted screenplay.

Joining the aforementioned in the best film race were "Birdman" which won for its cinematography, while "The Imitation Game" was shut out of its nine categories.

Of the films not nominated in the top race, "Whiplash" won three for supporting actor (J.K. Simmons), sound and editing.

 Stephen Beresford and David Livingstone won oustanding British debut for their film "Pride".

Other winners in top races were Julianne Moore for lead actress.in "Still Alice," "The LEGO Movie" winning animated feature, and Oscar-nominated films "Ida" winning for film not in the English language and "Citizenfour" for documentary.

"Interstellar" won its bid for special visual effects.

Best film- "Boyhood"
Best director- Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Lead actor- Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Lead actress- Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Supporting actor- J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Supporting actress- Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Original screenplay- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Adapted screenplay- "The Theory of Everything"
Outstanding British film- "The Theory of Everything"
Outstanding British debut- Stephen Beresford and David Livingstone, "Pride"
Animated feature- "The LEGO Movie"
Film not in the English Language- "Ida"
Documentary- "Citizenfour"
Production design- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Costume Design- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Cinematography- "Birdman"
Score- "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (Alexandre Desplat, composer)
Editing- "Whiplash"
Sound- "Whiplash"
Special visual effects- "Interstellar"
Make up and hair- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
British short film- "Boogaloo and Graham"
British animated short- "The Bigger Picture"

Friday, September 26, 2014

'Birdman' To Open 23rd Philadelphia FIlm Festival, Full Line-up Announced

The Philadelphia Film Society announced today the line-up for the 23rd Philadelphia Film Festival, opening with Oscar-hopeful "Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance" by Alejandro González Iñárritu, and closing with another Oscar-hopeful in the Reese Witherspoon vehicle, "Wild".

The festival runs from Oct. 16 to Oct. 26 in six venues around Center City. Here is the complete festival program guide.

Over 100 feature length and short films will be presented in this year's set, ranging from the Cannes- heavy Masters of Cinema selection, to local fair in narrative and documentary features.

"Beginning with our Opening Night screening of the highly acclaimed Birdman through October 26th, our diverse collection of films, everything from prestigious world cinema hits to exciting new American indies will entertain, challenge and truly highlight some of the best cinema of the year," said society executive director J. Andrew Greenblatt in a press release.