DGA announces their picks for feature film
Filed under: Awards, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Oscar Watch
After announcements came from the WGA, PGA and SAG, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) decided to join in on the
fun and shovel out their choices for feature film today. Is anyone else as excited as I am? Anyone? Anyone? Though Steven Spielberg was snubbed by the other three guilds, the DGA tossed him
a bone. That's right, he's on the list. You can rest safely now. The other picks include George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck, Paul Haggis for Crash, Bennett Miller for Capote and Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain.
Munich marks Spielberg's tenth nomination (of which he's won three) and Lee has won once. This is the first nomination for the other three directors. An interesting statistic shows that the winner of the DGA's award for outstanding directorial achievement has been the same as Oscar's choice the past 51 out of 57 times. Last year, Clint Eastwood (who gets a lifetime achievement award this year) won both for Million Dollar Baby. This leads me to believe that everyone in the DGA is psychic, and I think that's pretty cool. The winner will be announced on January 28th at the 58th annual DGA awards dinner.
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1-05-2006 @ 11:15PM
Christopher Campbell said...
The statistic may be interesting, but it isn't surprising. Since the directing Oscar is voted on by directors, those same people who vote for the DGA awards, I wonder why it isn't 57 for 57. It is interesting that one of Spielberg's guild wins was for a film he didn't win the Oscar for (The Color Purple) and same goes for Ang Lee's single guild win (for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
The six variations are:
Anthony Harvey (The Lion in Winter) guild vs. Carol Reed (Oliver!) Oscar
Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather) guild vs. Bob Fosse (Cabaret) Oscar
Spielberg (The Color Purple) vs. Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
Ron Howard (Apollo 13) vs. Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) vs. Steven Soderbergh (Traffic)
Rob Marshall (Chicago) vs. Roman Polanski (The Pianist)
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