Posted on 01/13/2007 2:46:06 PM PST by monkapotamus
Martin Scorsese Scores Upset at Critics Choice Awards Amid Oscar Fever
Saturday, January 13, 2007
By Roger Friedman
Martin Scorsese got a big surprise last night and scored an upset victory at the Critics Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. His movie, “The Departed,” won Best Film and he took home honors as Best Director. It was Scorsese’s best showing ever at an awards show, and a legitimate one at that. He joked to the crowd, “It’s the first I tried to make that has a plot.”
This big win for “The Departed” puts a slight dent in what looked like a sure Oscar win for “Dreamgirls,” which received four awards last night including Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy in the supporting actors categories and two music awards. The other big winner of the night was “Little Miss Sunshine,” which now looks like it will have the fifth slot for Best Picture at the Oscars.
Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker, who’ve won everything else imaginable for their respective roles in “The Queen” and “The Last King of Scotland,” won here as well in the dramatic category.
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I see movies via Netflix.
I know ya do .. it's got to be such a nice convenience. I haven't been able to get my guys here to set up my audio/visual components yet!! GRRRRrrrr
But ... I really LOVE going to the movies .. the whole darkened room, big screen experience.
The ONLY movie theater in my fair city closed last month.
NO! How awful ... what town is that with no theater?
Is Scorsese the one who had to leave the country 'cause he is a pedophile?
No - that was Roman Polanski.
thanks for the clearification. Well congrats to Mr. Scorsese.
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