ROTTEN TOMATOES: Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Golden Globe Nominations Announced

by Joe Utichi | December 11, 2008

"Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon," "The Reader," "Revolutionary Road" and "Slumdog Millionaire" battle it out for Best Drama while "Burn After Reading," "Happy-Go-Lucky," "In Bruges," "Mamma Mia! and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" fight for Best Comedy or Musical at this year's Golden Globes -- the nominations were announced today.

Best Motion Picture (Drama)
1. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2. Frost/Nixon
3. The Reader
4. Revolutionary Road
5. Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture (Drama)
1. Anne Hathaway -- Rachel Getting Married
2. Angelina Jolie -- Changeling
3. Meryl Streep -- Doubt
4. Kristin Scott Thomas -- I've Loved You So Long (Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T'aime)
5. Kate Winslet -- Revolutionary Road

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture (Drama)
1. Leonardo Dicaprio -- Revolutionary Road
2. Frank Langella -- Frost/Nixon
3. Sean Penn -- Milk
4. Brad Pitt -- The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
5. Mickey Rourke -- The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)
1. Burn After Reading
2. Happy-Go-Lucky
3. In Bruges
4. Mamma Mia!
5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)
1. Rebecca Hall -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Sally Hawkins -- Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Frances Mcdormand -- Burn After Reading
4. Meryl Streep -- Mamma Mia!
5. Emma Thompson -- Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)
1. Javier Bardem -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Colin Farrell -- In Bruges
3. James Franco -- Pineapple Express
4. Brendan Gleeson -- In Bruges
5. Dustin Hoffman -- Last Chance Harvey

Best Animated Feature Film
1. Bolt
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film
1. The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
2. Everlasting Moments (Sweden/Denmark)
3. Gomorrah (Italy)
4. I've Loved You So Long (France)
5. Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
1. Amy Adams -- Doubt
2. Penelope Cruz -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Viola Davis -- Doubt
4. Marisa Tomei -- The Wrestler
5. Kate Winslet -- The Reader

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
1. Tom Cruise -- Tropic Thunder
2. Robert Downey Jr. -- Tropic Thunder
3. Ralph Fiennes -- The Duchess
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Doubt
5. Heath Ledger -- The Dark Knight

Best Director (Motion Picture)
1. Danny Boyle -- Slumdog Millionaire
2. Stephen Daldry -- The Reader
3. David Fincher -- The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. Ron Howard -- Frost/Nixon
5. Sam Mendes -- Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay (Motion Picture)
1. Simon Beaufoy -- Slumdog Millionaire
2. David Hare -- The Reader
3. Peter Morgan -- Frost/Nixon
4. Eric Roth -- The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
5. John Patrick Shanley -- Doubt

Best Original Score -- Motion Picture
1. Alexandre Desplat --The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2. Clint Eastwood -- Changeling
3. James Newton Howard -- Defiance
4. A. R. Rahman -- Slumdog Millionaire
5. Hans Zimmer -- Frost/Nixon

Best Original Song -- Motion Picture
1. "Down To Earth" - Wall-E
2. "Gran Torino" - Gran Torino
3. "I Thought I Lost You" - Bolt
4. "Once In A Lifetime" - Cadillac Records
5. "The Wrestler" - The Wrestler

Nominations By Motion Picture Studios And Television Networks
Warner Bros. Pictures -- 11
Universal Pictures -- 9
The Weinstein Company -- 8
Fox Searchlight Pictures -- 7
Miramax Films -- 7
Dreamworks Pictures -- 6
Focus Features -- 6
Paramount Pictures -- 6
Paramount Vantage -- 6
BBC Films -- 5
Sony Pictures Classics -- 4
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures -- 4
IFC Films -- 2
Overture Films -- 2
Sony Pictures Releasing -- 2
Studio Canal -- 2
Pathe -- 1
Summit Entertainment -- 1
Village Roadshow -- 1

Nominations By Motion Picture
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button -- 5
Doubt -- 5
Frost/Nixon -- 5
The Reader -- 4
Revolutionary Road -- 4
Slumdog Millionaire -- 4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona -- 4
In Bruges -- 3
The Wrestler -- 3
Bolt -- 2
Burn After Reading -- 2
Changeling -- 2
Happy-Go-Lucky -- 2
I've Loved You So Long (Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T'aime) -- 2
Last Chance Harvey -- 2
Mamma Mia! -- 2
Tropic Thunder -- 2
Wall-E -- 2
Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Badder Meinhof Komplex) -- 1
Cadillac Records -- 1
The Dark Knight -- 1
Defiance -- 1
The Duchess -- 1
Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons Eviga �gonblick) -- 1
Gomorrah (Gomorra) -- 1
Gran Torino -- 1
Kung Fu Panda -- 1
Milk -- 1
Pineapple Express -- 1
Rachel Getting Married -- 1
Waltz With Bashir -- 1

Source: HFPA

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jrod1978 writes:
on Dec 11 2008 07:43 AM

Not surprised Dark Knight got only 1 nomination. The Golden Globes and Oscars have been favoring the smaller independent films. Not saying that these films are bad or that should nominate films based on box office numbers. However, this trend will continue to result in low ratings.

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ihatecarneys writes:
on Dec 11 2008 07:49 AM

Just because The Dark Knight wasn't an indie film doesn't mean it should be punished. The Golden Globes are a bit of a joke by not recognizing Nolan, the film and the screenplay. Hopefully the Oscar people don't stick to the indie only trend.

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Bulletproof_Animal writes:
on Dec 11 2008 07:49 AM

The Dark Knight got what it deserved. If it weren't for Ledger that film would suck Simon Cowell's testies.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Dec 11 2008 07:57 AM

The Dark Knight I think is a great flick but nothing amazing, I do think it deserved what it got her but yes I think Nolan should be recognized also I am suprise Aronofsky wasn't nominated. I am REALLY suprised IN BRUGES picked up some nominations because its not that well know, but it was an AWESOME movie.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Dec 11 2008 08:06 AM

It sucks that Robert Downey Jr or Tom Cruise will not win even though they did a much better job than the druggie Heath Ledger. It is also crap that WallE was not nominated for best picture.

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Hari Seldon writes:
on Dec 11 2008 08:09 AM

In Bruges was predictable in the sense that it came across as if it was made for one reason and that was to become the darling of the award season. Nothing spectacular about it movie wise. As for the nominations, what else is on television that night?

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Gimy writes:
on Dec 11 2008 08:12 AM

i can't believe it, another year goes by and i didn't get nominated...

same old boring crap year in and year out. at least i know what movies to avoid now. one nom for TDK is pathetic. they got their praise from the fans i guess but god forbid uppity artsy idiots follow suit. i agree with carney fan, not even nominating nolan or the screenplay is stupid. the movie is one of the best grossing movies EVER for a reason...and yet it gets 1 nom? the ratings will peak whenever they announce if ledger won or not. the rest? snooze...

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indiefilmfan2 writes:
on Dec 11 2008 08:23 AM

The Golden Globes are just an Oscar pretender show yet they can't even seem to predict them right. For each of the last 4 years, the winner of Best Picture at the Globes did not win the Oscar for best pic. Even sadder is that the Globes get 2 cracks at it because of the division of comedies / musicals and dramas. I mean seriously, the 53% Mamma Mia! is up for best picture yet TDK and Wall-E were ignored? And that brings me to another point: I HATE THE ANIMATED CATEGORY. It gives the voters an excuse not to nominate groundbreaking films like Wall-E brcause it gets its own category.

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indiefilmfan2 writes:
on Dec 11 2008 08:31 AM

In Bruges was a drama. Just because it's a little offbeat or quirky doesn't mean it's a comedy. It's like saying Goodfellas was a comedy because of the signature Scorsese humor here and there.

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thereign writes:
on Dec 11 2008 08:49 AM

People say the Golden Globes are supposed to be a barometer for how the Oscars will go, but Dark Knight will definitely get more Oscar nominations--and nods. It's ridiculous that just because the Dark Knight was so popular, it's beginning to get backlash from people "just because". If so many people hated it, then the DVDs/Blu-rays wouldn't be disappearing off the shelves so fast.

The Dark Knight will be big at the Oscars, and The Captain of Team Douchebaggery is an a$$hole for continuing to call Heath Ledger a druggie, when it's a FACT he died of an ACCIDENTAL overdose.

Stop sucking Downey Jr.'s **** for 10 seconds, so you can come up for air and live in the real world with the rest of us, loser.

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Some guy you dont know writes:
on Dec 11 2008 08:54 AM

The Dark Knight will not be big at the Oscars you idiots. STFU already. How can any sane person not be tired of it my now? You idiots have over-hyped it beyond anyone's levels.

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cjmovieman writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:04 AM

it is the best live-action reviewed movie this year moron. Will it be the best film of 08...no. besides if you listen to any oscar buzz chris nolan is right up there with brown and fincher. it will be nominated for best director and win supporting actor. it is going to have to fight for a bp nom but it will get one

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nogard46 writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:11 AM

you TDK fanboys are hopelessly lost! Every year its like this, (i've been on RT for about 7 yrs now)around awards season the fanboys started to cry because their darling movie they overhyped themsleves up to fall in love with doesn't get the nominations it doesn't deserve. They are just so stuck in this self created delusion.

Well take solace in knowing you TDK fanboys won't be the first nor the last to experience this.

Kill Bill back in 2003, stupid movie which made the fanboys fall in love with, overuse of silly ultra violence silly dialog.

V for vendetta back in 05, the stupiest movie ever, but.. but... but ..natalie shaved her head for this role that always equal Oscars right????

Deathproof in 2007, a movie I almost walked out on. So distasteful so self indulgent, it was like watching tarantino wipe his butt after Taco bell Grande meal filmed the used tp and called it art, and guess what!!! the fanboys beleived it!

SIGH

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Kokushi writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:14 AM

Same crap every year (i want to see all BP nom) but why not change, same shat drama nomination every year, shock people, suprise them, give something different, i always expected that dramas will get the thir nom, im sure all the people in GG a bunch of old people that that hate comic book movies and think that that dramas are the best thing in the world, like the same shat happen in the Oscars of 98, 90, 94 but lets wait for the Oscars nom.

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v-alexander-the-great writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:14 AM

The Franco nom for Pineapple Express is awesome! I hope he wins that. The supporting actor noms have some good ones...Cruise vs. Downey vs. Ledger...I'd be alright with any of those winning.

I know it's blasphemy but I'd rather see Kung-Fu Panda get best Animated..Wall-E was good but it just was too sweet for me.

Finally, I am of the same sentiment as many of you above, I think there are too many indie movies on here that nobody's heard of and nobody is going to watch this show because of these poor choices.

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Zed'sDead writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:16 AM

The Dark Knight is not going to garner any more Oscar nominations than it did for the Golden Globes. In comparison to the other films that are nominated, The Dark Knight is just not up to par with the others. The Golden Globes are the more conservative of the awards shows, so there is now way in hell that the Academy Awards are going to be more rewarding towards TDK.

I feel like The Dark Knight got great reviews because, not only was it pretty good, but it was pretty great when compared to your average "comic book" flick. It is revolutionary in that genre, but when you place it next to films like Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Slumdog Millionaire, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, it makes it easy to understand why it only received one nomination.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:20 AM

It is so funny that the reign would tell me to stop sucking RDJ **** for a minute and live in the real world when he cant stop sucking Heath the druggie Ledgers **** and is so dellusional to actually think that Dark Knight is a great movie. STOP SUCKING NOLANS **** AND LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD. Continue to think it is an accidental overdose, he was a pathetic man who pussed out on life and ODed.

P.S. On a side note, everywhere i have been Dark Knight has not been flying off the shelves, but Lost has.

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nogard46 writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:27 AM

In reply to this comment (#2178017)
there is no backlash, TDK's weakness was evident and obvious upon initial release, you fanboys just drowned it out with name calling and uncivilized discourse. And you fanboys bouyed the BO numbers with your insane amount of repeat veiwership, honestly tell everyone how many times you seen the film?
TDK never had the broad appeal like Spiderman or even Ironman, it reached a small and teeny tiny niche market and it reached it very well (I'm well aware of the BO numbers so quote that all you want). And now that its out on DVD, and attempting to reach a wider audience, well its failing.

TDK= Twilight, a niche film, well designed to reach the targeted audience. Hollywood is a business, and hype works, its ok to get into it a little bit but then move on, no need to get attached like a lost puppy.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:37 AM

In reply to this comment (#2178129)
"TDK= Twilight, a niche film, well designed to reach the targeted audience. Hollywood is a business, and hype works, its ok to get into it a little bit but then move on, no need to get attached like a lost puppy."

--Yeah but TDK reached a general audience where Twilight didnt, and TDk was loved by critics and Twilight was crapped on. I do think The Dark Knight is a great movie but I didn't think it is amazing and it has a few little flaws that don't bother me much. Also did anyone else here get the DVD?!?! It sucks, for one of the biggest movies ever it has some crappy special features.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Dec 11 2008 09:39 AM

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Also NOGARD saying the dvd is failing to reach the general audience is a bit of an understatement considering BLU RAY alone sold 600,000 copies and also can the movie really find a wider audience?!?! Didn't like everyone see it?!? Well I guess to you box office numbers don't mean much.

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