Posted on 03/28/2022 12:15:15 PM PDT by Red Badger
Dune harnessed Oscar power on Sunday night. The sci-fi adaptation from Legendary and Warner Bros. took home six Oscars, winning in cinematography, editing, score, visual effects, production design and sound.
Cinematographer Graig Fraser won his first Oscar as part of a busy year that also saw him unveil his work on The Batman and prepare to film Dune: Part Two. Backstage, he told press that he recently read a draft of the sequel, which is due out next year: “Part Two is a bigger story. I read the script, and I was more blown away than Part One.”
Hans Zimmer was not present at the ceremony to collect his original score statue, but his win marked a return to Oscar glory after last winning for The Lion King in 1995.
As expected, Dune won the Oscar for its visual effects. The winning team included production VFX supervisor Paul Lambert, who previously won Oscars for First Man and Blade Runner 2049; special effects supervisor Gerd Nefzer, who also won an Oscar for Blade Runner 2049; and first-time Academy Award recipients Tristan Myles, VFX supervisor at lead VFX house DNEG’s Vancouver studio, and Brian Connor, VFS supervisor at DNEG Montreal.
In a controversial move, this year’s Oscars presented eight categories an hour before the official telecast, with the speeches later edited into the show. Dune took home multiple statues during that pre-show hour, with director Denis Villeneuve and stars Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya seated in the audience to watch their film take home the first of these Oscars.
The Oscar for best sound went to Dune‘s supervising sound editors Mark Mangini and Theo Green, rerecording mixers Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett, and production sound mixer Mac Ruth. It was the second Oscar and sixth nomination for Mangini, who previously won for Mad Max: Fury Road; and the second Oscar and tenth nomination for Hemphill, who previously won for The Last of the Mohicans. It was the first win and third nom for Bartlett, the first win and second nom for Green, and the first win and fourth nom for Ruth.
In the press room, the sound team saved most of their praise for Villeneuve. “To do this for Denis is so close to my heart. He’s such a wonderful human and one of the best filmmakers that I’ve ever worked with,” said Bartlett. Green admitted his was “confused when Denis was not nominated for directing” and “seeing the sweep Dune is having tonight makes me very proud.”
Mangini noted that Villeneuve has a “forward-thinking” approach to sound, involving the team early in his filmmaking process. ”He has us designing sounds early, so they can inform the edit and the visual effects. We are much more proactive.”
Editor Joe Walker also won his award during the pre-show hour, telling the crowd an anecdote about his daughter. “In the hands of a skilled 17-year-old, the words ‘Oscar-nominated’ can be used as an insult. In the middle of a dispute my daughter once said to me: ‘Well it’s all very well for you, Oscar-nominated Joe Walker. So, thank you Academy for this upgrade — I need all the help I can get. Nell, Rose, Anoushka, I love you with all my heart!’ Thank you Mary Parent, Legendary, Warner, thank you to my team, most of all Denis : Merci du fond du coeur!”
Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos were honored for production design, and are also set to return for Dune Part Two, along with Fraser, Walker, and the VFX and sound department heads.
Dune went into the night with ten nominations, only losing out in best picture, makeup and hairstyling, costume design and adapted screenplay. The film, starring an A-list cast also including Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac and more, did not go into the night with any acting nominations.
Dune was considered a long-shot for best picture, but in a year dominated by smaller projects and streaming services, the Villeneuve film represented the biggest box office hit in that category. In bygone years, hits such as Titanic, the Lord of the Rings films, Avatar and Mad Max: Fury Road could be counted on to provide mainstream audiences with a reason to tune into the Oscars. But one year after the Oscars’ lowest rated telecast ever, Dune was the only best picture nominee that was a bona fide hit, bringing in $400 million globally. West Side Story, which has the next biggest box office haul in the category, grossed $75 million globally.
I enjoyed Dune this time far more than the old version. Far closer to the book.
I really hope Feyd Rautha is in part 2. Also, that they address the shield-lasgun quasi nuclear explosion reaction. I loved that there was no sound when the lashings were used, as lasers are silent.
Juvenile movies for juvenile minds.
What forgettable ‘woke’ piece of dreck won best picture?
We can only wait for the Jane Austen Version...............
CODA......................
I Dune care
I watched Dune a few nights ago. It seemed to progress very slowly.
It was not until the very end that I finally realized that there was a Part 2 coming. I did not hate the earlier 2 versions. Where was the Princess Irulan though? I sort of liked her narration in the first movie. I will have to watch it all again because that is what I do.
I was OK with it. I did read the first 3 books three times.
I have read the entire series, prequels and sequels...............
Thanks for answering my question. I'm definitely not any measure of the popularity or quality of movies these days because, as usual, I never heard of this one until you posted it, lol.
I am the same about the Clancy books as well as the Vince Flynn books. I actually did read 2 of the post Clancy death books, but that is all. I loved their work, Clancy and Flynn, but I find it disturbing that they are still putting out works presenting them as the genuine article.
Dune 2: More Cats Need Milking
Follow up to my earlier post to you re CODA. So I read the plot description at Wikipedia. Sounds like a Hallmark movie except it doesn’t seem the boy gets the girl in the end.
Haven’t seen it yet.
Meh, it was alright. Not as good as "Dune: The Novelization" based on the animated series "Dune, The Animated Series" featuring Bobcat Goldwaith as the voice of Paul and Joe Pesce as Baron Harkonnen, which was based on some book called "Dune, a True Story".
Missed that. Have seen the original movie and the William Hurt version. And the SciFi Children of Dune series.
>>Also, that they address the shield-lasgun quasi nuclear explosion reaction<<
It’s a big plot hole. Yes, having your own laser blow up can be disturbing if unexpected, but if you’re expecting it, just set it up aimed at the shield, and put a timer or remote trigger on it.
Wanna bet there will be a Dune 3 since Dune 1 did so well.
Gotta milk that worm for all it`s worth. :D
It’s a movie about a girl who can hear and is from a Deaf family ...............
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODA_(2021_film)
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