Posted on 01/17/2006 6:09:13 AM PST by thehumanlynx
Brokeback Mountain Claims Big Four At The Golden Globes
Critically-acclaimed western Brokeback Mountain cleaned up at the Golden Globe Awards last night by claiming four top honors.
The controversial film, which has been banned from some cinemas for its gay themes, took home Best Movie (Drama), Best Screenplay and Best Song prizes at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards, while Ang Lee picked up the night's Best Director honor from his hero Clint Eastwood.
And there were triple celebrations for Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line when Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix claimed the acting honors in the Comedy/Musical movie category and the film picked up the Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) prize.
The win cost Phoenix dear, however - he bet Witherspoon's husband Ryan Phillippe he wouldn't win a Golden Globe. The Crash star demanded payment as his pal took to the stage at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
Meanwhile, there was a big upset for the stars of Desperate Housewives during the night's TV awards - all four Best Actress nominees from the show lost out to Mary Louise Parker, who plays a marijuana-selling desperate housewife on cable show Weeds.
But the stars of the hit show didn't miss out on a Best TV Show award - they scooped the coveted prize from Weeds, Curb Your Enthusiasm, My Name is Earl, Entourage and Everybody Hates Chris - and the show's Felicity Huffman claimed the night's Best Actress (Drama) movie award for her role as a transgender man in Transamerica.
The big TV winner was acclaimed mini-series Empire Falls, which claimed two honors - Best Actor (Paul Neuman) and Best Miniseries/TV Movie.
The full list of awards is:
Movie Awards Best Score: John Williams MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Best Original Song: A Love that Will Never Grow Old by Emmylou Harris, Bernie Taupin and Gustavo Santaolalla -Brokeback Mountain
Best Movie (Comedy/Musical): Walk the Line
Best Movie (Drama):
TV Awards
Best Mini-series or TV Movie: Empire Falls
Best TV Series (Movie/Comedy): Desperate Housewives
Best TV Series (Drama): Lost
Cecil B Demille Award for Lifetime Achievement: Sir Anthony Hopkins
Copyright 2006, World Entertainment News Network
Are Christians supposed to remain silent in respect to homosexual behavior if they object to it?
Big year for the leftists. Up for for "Best Picture" Oscars are an anti-American film (Syriana), an anti-Israel film (Munich), and a pro-homo film (BM).And Hollywood wonders why people are staying away from the theaters.
I've been telling people for years that this movie was overdue...But never did I think I would have to suffer with some lib "Mooring it up" against the Republican party. If anything the movie was supposed to be an indictment of the left
You know, I hope it wins the Oscar.Your wish will likely be granted. Did you catch how many times people called BM "important" last night? A sure sign that it's got the Oscar mojo. Once again, Hollywood will lecture America on how backwards it is, and millions of idiots will tune in anyway.
with tim robbins at the helm there is little doubt what/who the movie will pander to.
Just with Hollywood.
Not a bad thing.
Its not about the movie, gay theme movies get made all the time.
It is about Hollywood and being completely out of touch with their audience, in a year where the disconnect between them and their audience is being felt at the box office, they award this movie.
There was the same interest last year when they locked out "Passion" and awarded an other whacked out liberal themed movie. Their disconnect is growing thus the interest.
Then you vote with your pocketbook, which is what is understood. No one is forcing me to see "Brokeback", and I'm not interested. I didn't want to see "The Passion", either, and no one forced me to. I really enjoyed "Narnia", though. :) The awards are all self-aggrandizement, and if people really don't want to see a movie, it doesn't drive the box office.
Somehow I doubt you will be here long.
There has been no hatred on this thread, and this discussion is not about gays but the disconnect between Hollywood and its audience, in a year where that disconnect is being felt at the box office.
Gay lifestyle is not accepted as normal or healthy in flyover country, nor do they accept it being portrayed as normal, but this is what Hollywood is in love with. When they are not shoving some far left liberal message down their audiences throat who are mostly not liberal, then we get an anti-American or anti-Christian message, and it is being felt in the box office this year. Its the disconnect pure and simple.
Right. You shouldn't need to sit around a campfire beating drums to emotionally bond with your friends. Actually, that's a little gay in and of itself.
They try to say Lincoln was gay because he slept with his top SS man. But things were different then. It was war, there was probably only so much coal for the fire (Presidents weren't coddled so much then), it was COLD.
I think these homo-leninists are dangerous. Sure, it's just a movie, but it is intended to cause moral decay, and we've suffered too much of it already.
a.k.a. Backside Mounting.
The sheep got a break.
So instead of make friends, we guys make close female friends, and that confuses the relationship line even further. I've come to the conclusion that, to answer the age old question, men and women can't be "just friends" if there is the remotest possibilty that one might be sexually interested in the other. Otherwise it ends badly. In fact, I think this is all tending to keep me from being close to people in general. It's dangerous, and unpredictable in today's world. I used to have close confidants, usually female, sometimes male. Not anymore.
I also came away with the though that you might just be a troll. So it looks like several people "construed" you as a liberal.
since 2005-12-08
Hollywood is playing to itself. Humpmyback Mountain is an attempt to convert people. This is really not appealing to Muslim nations. Does Hollywood really think they are winning Muslim approval by voting top honors to mediocre films like Brokeback Mountain and TransAmerica? Mulahs in the Middle East would never endorse a film where a man cuts his genitals off to become a woman nor would they salivate over a movie where cowboys hump each other. Hollywood is why Muslims hate America.
There are a billion legitimate reasons to damn Brokeback mountain. What muslims think about it isn't one of them. I will guarantee you that FReepers don't give a flying ----- about what muslims think.
Someone who's been here since September hasn't been here long enough to suit you, and my month-plus isn't enough to suit you. I can't help that. Naturally, you don't have to respond to my posts, in that case, but you chose to do so.
You said you "though"(sic) I was a troll.Exactly what is the longevity date to cross in order to be considered someone who disagrees with you, rather than a "troll"? :)
There is a longevity date that will help decide if you are a purposeful troll or just witless. It's a secret.
I thought it was a secret, but on looking at that poster's profile, it's apparent that anyone who joined from February 15, 2001, to the present is suspect. ;-D
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