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Those Oscar Missed: Best Adapted Screenplay

Posted on January 8, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Adapted Screenplay refers to a screenplay on which the material is based on another medium (examples being short stories, novels, plays, comic books, TV shows, video games, short films, newspaper articles, or even previous films). … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged 12 Monkeys, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Al Capone, Andrew Solt, Barry Lyndon, Batman Begins, Best Adapted Screenplay, Bob Kane, Christopher Nolan, David Mamet, David S. Goyer, Diane Johnson, Dorothy B. Hughes, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Edmund H. North, Eliot Ness, Franz Seitz, Full Metal Jacket, Gloria Grahame, Gunter Grass, Happy Anniversary, hugo, Humphrey Bogart, In A Lonely Place, Inception, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jeph Loeb, Jonathan Nolan, Memento, Nicholas Ray, Oscar Farley, Point Blank, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, That Obscure Object of Desire, The Dark Knight, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Long Halloween, The Shining, The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Untouchables, The Verdict, Twilight, Volker Schlondorff, Wag the Dog, Watchmen | 4 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Cinematography

Posted on December 1, 2012 by filmscorehunter

Cinematography is such an important part of a film. In many ways it can define it, used by the director to let us see what he/she wants us to see and not see. There are so many terrific examples of … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Cinematography, Oscar Talk | Tagged A Patch of Blue, A Star Is Born, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Auntie Mame, Avatar, Barry Ackroyd, Bela Lugosi, best cinematography, Billy Crudup, Black Narcissus, Bound For Glory, Bruno Delbonnel, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Christian Berger, Citizen Kane, Coal Miner's Daughter, Don Burgess, Ed Wood, Ernest Laszlo, Forrest Gump, Funny Face, Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet, Gigi, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Stradling, Haskell Wexler, Inglourious Basterds, James Crabe, James Wong Howe, John Toll, Joseph Ruttenberg, Kagemusha, King Kong, Kingdom of Heaven, Larry Fong, Legends of the Fall, Leon Shamroy, Logan's Run, Mauro Fiore, Michael Chapman, Nestor Almendros, Network, Oscar Snubs, Owen Roizman, Piotr Sobocinski, Raging Bull, Ralf D. Bode, Ran, Rear Window, Richard H. Kline, Road To Perdition, Robert Burks, robert richardson, Robert Surtess, Roger Deakins, Shoji Ueda, South Pacific, Strangers On A Train, Superman, Takao Saito, Taxi Driver, Tess, The Blue Lagoon, The Formula, The Fugitive, The Hurt Locker, The Old Man and the Sea, The Searchers, The Shawshank Redemption, The White Ribbon, Three Colors: Red, To Catch A Thief, To Kill A Mockingbird, Vertigo, VistaVision, Watchmen, Wyatt Earp | 2 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Costume Design

Posted on November 28, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Costume design is essential to every motion picture. It can make or break a film; if done correctly it can make the viewer believe in the authenticity of the time period the film depicts. Historical films … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged 2010, A Passage To India, Amadeus, Batman Returns, best costume design, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Bright Star, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Coco Before Chanel, Dune, Enchanted April, Gandhi, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes, Howard's End, Kingdom of Heaven, LaTraviata, Malcolm X, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Nine, Oscar Snub, Places In the Heart, Pride and Prejudice, Sophie's Choice, Superman, The Bostonians, The Dark Crystal, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Young Victoria, Toys, Tron, Tron:Legacy, Victor Victoria, Walk the Line, Watchmen | 6 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Posted on November 19, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Makeup and Hairstyling can often be a toss-up. A lot of great work has been nominated (and deservedly won). Every now and again there’ll be a nominee that you look at and say, “Really?” as … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged 2010, A Beautiful Mind, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Bicentennial Man, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Bruce Campbell, Clive Barker, Coming To America, Cyrano De Bergerac, Darkman, Dick Tracy, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, Evil Dead II, Ghosts of Mississippi, Happy New Year, Harry and the Hendersons, Hoffa, Hook, Il Divo, Jon Stewart, Mask, Moulin Rouge, Movies, Mrs. Doubtfire, Nightbreed, Norbit, Oscar Snubs, Patrick Stewart, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Planet of the Apes, Roommates, Star Trek, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Nemesis, Ted Raimi, The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Young Victoria, Titanic, tom hardy, Watchmen | 2 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Production Design

Posted on November 18, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Production Design is one of my favorite Oscar categories. This is the category where artists can shine the most. There’s been so much great work over the years that was thankfully nominated (and most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Room With A View, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Alien, Aliens, Amelie, Annie, Avatar, Barry Lyndon, Barton Fink, Batman, Best Production Design, Blade Runner, Bugsy, Coal Miner's Daughter, dante ferretti, Dreamgirls, Forrest Gump, Gandhi, Gosford Park, Hannah and Her Sisters, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, hugo, Jim Henson, Kagemusha, Legend, Moulin Rouge, Movies, oscars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return To Oz, Rick Carter, Ridley Scott, Road To Perdition, Scatman Crothers, Sherlock Holmes, Sleepy Hollow, Snubs, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, steven spielberg, The Abyss, The Color of Money, The Dark Crystal, The Elephant Man, The Empire Strikes Back, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Mission, The Shining, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Tin Drum, The Young Victoria, There Will Be Blood, Troy, True Grit, Victor Victoria, war horse, Watchmen, Yentl | 3 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Visual Effects

Posted on November 9, 2012 by filmscorehunter

GUEST COLUMN BY JAKE THOMPSON Visual Effects can be a difficult category to predict sometimes. In a given year, the most obvious of choices will deservedly get nominated. But every now and then, one of the nominees will make us … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged Academy Awards, Avatar, best visual effects, Burt Dalton, Cast Away, cinema, Clay Pinney, Dan Kaufman, Dark Crystal, District 9, Douglas Smith, Dragonheart, Films, Gladiator, Habib Zargarpour, Hollow Man, Independence Day, James Straus, Joe Letteri, John Frazier, John Frazier & Walt Conti, Legend, Movies, Oscar Snubs, Paul Kavanagh, Perfect Storm, Peter Muyzers, Phil Tippett, Richard Baneham, Robert Habros, Russell Earl, Scott Squires, Spidr-Man 3, Star Trek - Roger Guyett, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, Stefen Fangmeier, Stephen Rosenbaum, The Frighteners, Those Oscar Forgot, Twister, Volker Engel, Watchmen | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Watchmen

Those Oscar Missed: Best Adapted Screenplay

Those Oscar Missed: Best Cinematography

Those Oscar Missed: Best Costume Design

Those Oscar Missed: Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Those Oscar Missed: Best Production Design

Those Oscar Missed: Best Visual Effects

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