Monday, January 9, 2012

Keeping Up with the Guilds


As an Oscar handicapper, the only awards I concern myself with prior to the big show are the various guild accolades.  The old maxim is that whatever wins the guild will win the Oscar. That rang true for a number of years, and although the tide has shifted a little as of late, the guilds always manage to elect an Oscar front-runner.

A brief run down of how the guilds work: only members of a specific guild get to vote for the winners, meaning actors award actors, directors award directors, and so on. Because the Oscars are wide open (everyone votes in every category), the guilds aren’t perfect at predicting the winners, but they’re damn close.

To be honest, I’m not at all impressed with the guild nominations this year, just like I assume I won’t be impressed with the Oscar nominations come Jan. 24. Regardless, here are the nominations for the major guild awards, and the date of their respective ceremonies.

Producers Guild Awards
Winners will be announced Jan. 21
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
War Horse

Directors Guild Awards
Winners will be announced Jan. 28
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants 
Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Screen Actors Guild
Winners will be announced Jan. 29
BEST ACTOR
Demián Bichir – A Better Life
George Clooney – The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Brad Pitt – Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Armie Hammer – J. Edgar
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Christopher Plummer – Beginners

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer- Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer – The Help

BEST CAST
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
Midnight in Paris

Writer’s Guild Awards
Winners will be announced Feb. 21
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
McCarthy
50/50 – Will Reiser
Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
Win Win – Tom McCarthy
Young Adult – Diablo Cody

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Payne
The Descendants – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Steven Zaillian
The Help – Tate Taylor
Hugo – John Logan
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

4 comments:

  1. I think it's pretty interesting year and I have a feeling there will be suprises. But the lack of love for "Shame" is just disturbing. These are grown up people, not teens who can't see the film. What on Earth...? At least Moneyball is getting some love, though.

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  2. @Sati. Oh God don't even get me started. The 2011 awards race is the year of the exclusion. So much greatness is left out, so much mediocrity is left in.

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  3. @Evan It's...bad. The movies are so much better this year, but the Oscars are going to be just as bad as last years.

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