The nominations are out for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards, and Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” leads the way with six nods. “The Artist” is the astonishingly rendered homage to the silent film era starring Jean Dujardin. Hazanavicius was able to transport audiences back almost 90 years with his innovative filmmaking techniques, while creating a compelling story that spoke to 21st century audiences.
The film was nominated for Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical); Hazanavicius was nominated for Best Director and for Best Screenplay; Dujardin for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical; Bernice Bejo for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture; and Ludovic Bource was nominated for Best Original Score.
Other films with strong showings include “The Ides of March,” “The Help,” Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” and Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants.”
Both Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet are up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) for their roles in “Carnage.” The Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role category also features two actresses from the same movie—Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer from “The Help.”
Ryan Gosling has two Best Actor nominations, in both the Drama and Comedy/Musical categories, for his turns in “The Ides of March” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” respectively. George Clooney was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) for his role in “The Descendants” and also as Best Director and for Best Screenplay (along with Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon) for “The Ides of March.”
A film surprisingly left off the list for Best Motion Picture (Drama) was “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” directed by David Fincher and starring Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig. Mara did receive a Best Actress (Drama) nomination, and the film itself was nominated in the Best Original Score category for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
The 69th annual Golden Globes, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be given out Sunday, January 15.
The list of nominees in the film categories:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
“The Descendants” - Ad Hominem Enterprises; Fox Searchlight Pictures
“The Help” - DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media; Touchstone Pictures
“Hugo” - Paramount Pictures presents a GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures
“The Ides of March” - Columbia Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group, Crystal City Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing
“Moneyball” - Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing International
“War Horse” - DreamWorks Pictures; Touchstone Pictures
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Glenn Close - “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis – “The Help”
Rooney Mara – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
Tilda Swinton – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
George Clooney “The Descendants”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “J. Edgar”
Michael Fassbender – “Shame”
Ryan Gosling – “The Ides of March”
Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
“50/50” - Summit Entertainment and Mandate Pictures; Summit Entertainment
“The Artist” - a La Petite Reine – Studio 37 – La Classe Americaine – JD Prod- France3 Cinema – Jouror Production-uFilms coproduction; The Weinstein Company
“Bridesmaids” - Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures
“Midnight in Paris” - A Mediapro, Versatil Cinema & Gravier Production; Sony Pictures Classics
“My Week with Marilyn” - The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster – “Carnage”
Charlize Theron – “Young Adult”
Kristen Wiig – “Bridesmaids”
Michelle Williams – “My Week with Marilyn”
Kate Winslet – “Carnage”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Brendan Gleeson – “The Guard”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “50/50”
Ryan Gosling – “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
Owen Wilson – “Midnight in Paris”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“The Adventures of Tintin” - Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/ Hemisphere Capital/Amblin Entertainment/Wingnut Films Production/ Kennedy/Marshall Production A Steven Spielberg Film; Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures
“Arthur Christmas” - Columbia Pictures & Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman; Sony Pictures Releasing International
“Cars 2” - Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures
“Puss in Boots” - DreamWorks Animation; Paramount Pictures
“Rango” - Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink / GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Flowers of War (Jing Ling Shi San Chai)” (China) - New Pictures Film Company; Wrekin Hill Entertainment
“In the Land of Blood and Honey” (USA) - GK Films; FilmDistrict
“The Kid with a Bike ((Le Gamin au Velo)” (Belgium) - Les Films du Fleuve; Sundance Selects
“A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)” (Iran) - Asghar Farhadi; Sony Pictures Classics
“The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)” (Spain) - El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.; Sony Pictures Classics
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Bernice Bejo – “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
Janet McTeer “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Kenneth Branagh – “My Week with Marilyn”
Albert Brooks – “Drive”
Jonah Hill – “Moneyball”
Viggo Mortensen – “A Dangerous Method”
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen – “Midnight in Paris”
George Clooney – “The Ides of March”
Michel Hazanavicius - “The Artist”
Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese – “Hugo”
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen – “Midnight in Paris”
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon – “The Ides of March”
Michel Hazanavicius - “The Artist”
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – “The Descendants”
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin – “Moneyball”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Ludovic Bource – “The Artist”
Abel Korzeniowski - “W.E.”
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Howard Shore – “Hugo”
John Williams – “War Horse”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“Hello Hello” — “Gnomeo and Juliet” - Music by: Elton John; Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
“The Keeper” — “Machine Gun Preacher” - Music & Lyrics by: Chris Cornell
“Lay Your Head Down” — “Albert Nobbs” - Music by: Brian Byrne; Lyrics by: Glenn Close
“The Living Proof” — “The Help” - Music by: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas; Lyrics by: Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas
“Masterpiece” — “W.E.” - Music & Lyrics by: Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry
