And the 6 winners were...
Best Feature The Hurt Locker
Best Documentary Food Inc.
Breakthrough Director Robert D. Siegel Big Fan(Siegel broke out just last year as the screenwriter of The Wrestler)
<--- Breakthrough Actress Catalina Saavedra The Maid
Best Ensemble Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse and Evangeline Lilly in The Hurt Locker
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You You Won't Miss Me
I love the title of that last competitive prize but, snarkily, I can't help but add that the title applies to 90% of the movies that get made nowadays if you live anywhere but in a massive city.
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I really must see the Maid, I keep hearing so many good things about it.
Knowing the Northwest though I won't ever get to see it. I don't even get to see Broken Embraces till it comes out in Portland on Christmas day. Boo.
"The Maid" is such a rewarding film. So happy for Catalina Saavedra.
The Maid is such an uncomfortable experience to sit through, and yet it feels rewarding at the same time. Saavedra's sociopath maid just makes my skin crawl.
is she our dark horse.
Catalina Saavedra!
have you seen "The Maid" Nathaniel? You must! I want to see Catlina as a FB nominee.
Nathaniel, you can't seriously think the last station noms here affect its oscar chances, right? If so, do we have to look out for a dark horse sin nombre best pic nod? Of maybe Amreeka will run the table.
bbats nothing that Gotham or INdie Spirits nom do directly affect the Oscars no. but i believe that teh psychology of voters from one awrds group to the next is not that different.
i've always had a hunch that last station would do well and after seeing it I was even more sure thta Oscar voters would like it.
the big question mark is whether Sony's decision to release it in the glut will dampen its prospects (too much happening all at once and when that happens only the strongest survive)
The Hurt Locker is one of me best films of 2009. It's an honest look, without taking sides or pushing the filmmaker's agenda. One things for sure, no movie about the Iraq war even comes close to this one in terms of realism.
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