PGA nominations are in...
According to Variety:
"Babel"
"The Departed"
"Dreamgirls"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"The Queen"
Alright, so that's a pretty expected line-up, given the guild's recent move toward Oscar prognostication (what with that giant merger of new members a few years back). Could this be our Best Picture line-up? Possibly, but "Letters from Iwo Jima" is still very much likely as members of the Academy are just now seeing the film this week and last, given screeners going out a bit late. But this week really counts.
I'm of the mind that only one of the "somber efforts, "Babel, "Letters" and "United 93," will get in. Beyond that, I think at least three of the other films on this list are locked. We'll see where "Dreamgirls" goes with the DGA and SAG next before we hand over that "lock" status it has kind of demanded all season long.
Comments
What do you make of Iwo Jima's unspectacular box-office? Both Children of Men & Pan's Labyrinth had much high screen averages, and they were on playing on three times as many screens as Iwo Jima.
I think the public doesn't want to see another Iwo Jima film (especially those who had to suffer through Flags of Our Fathers). Perhaps the Academy will feel differently, we'll see...
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| January 3, 2007 01:33 PM