All tag results for 'best picture'

Given all the awards that The King's Speech has been nominated for AND won, MAYBE it's good as it is???

Harvey Weinstein doesn't seem to think so, and he's working on a new marketing strategy to clean up profane dialogue from the film, in an effort to bring it down to a PG-13 rating.

The King's Speech director Tom Hooper does not support making any cuts to the film, and we don't blame him in the least!

Here's what Hooper had to say about it:

"I wouldn't support cutting the film in any way. I think we looked at whether it's possible to bleep out the f*cks and stuff, but I'm not going to actually cut that part."

Good for you, Tom! You directed a wonderful film, which is a strong candidate for Best Picture at the Oscars, and it would be absurd for you to have to cut the film at this stage of the game!

To quote the Beatles' immortal words, let it be, Harvey!

Do U think The King's Speech should be cut? Or should it stay as is?

Tags: awards, beatles, best picture, cuts, director, edits, harvey weinstein, let it be, nominations, oscar, pg 13, the kings speech, tom hooper

According to some, YES!

If you were surprised as us over Burlesque getting ANY recognition from the Golden Globes, not to mention a nod in the 'Best Picture' category, then you won't be surprised to hear that many are thinking that the HFPA members had a little, ahem, incentive to give the flick some accolades!

Patrick Goldstein, of the L.A. Times, explains:

"If you talk to the top award-season consultants, they can barely disguise their lack of respect for the HFPA members, who often put themselves in indelicate situations, as with this year's crew, which took a Sony-sponsored trip to Las Vegas to see Cher in concert, then gave her film a stunning best picture nod."

Wowza! Shady shady!

As much as we LOVE our Cher, we have to admit that this movie, as fun as it was, definitely seems a little out of place in the list of nominations!

But who knows?!

What do U think?? Should Burlesque be re-titled Bribe-lesque?

Tags: best picture, bribery, burlesque, concert, golden globes, la times, nominations, patrick goldstein, shady, sony

Wow! This is huge!

Both The New York Film Critics Circle AND The LA Film Critics Association have named The Social Network, directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, as the best picture of the year!

New York's Chair Armond White says:

”This year's choices reflect the current critical mindset. It's proof that it's always a good year for movies.”

What an honor!

We will be absolutely SHOCKED if this movie doesn't win the Best Picture Academy Award!

Check out both New York's and Los Angeles' full list of accolades…AFTER THE JUMP!

Thoughts?

Tags: aaron sorkin, armond white, best picture, chairman, david fincher, director, los angeles film critics association, name, new york film critics circle, nominations, screenwriter, the social network

Early last month, we learned that Disney was going to push Toy Story 3 for Best Picture, and now it looks like they're moving full steam ahead with their efforts.

Here's what Walt Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross had to say about it:

"We’re going for the Best Picture win. We wanted to have the best movie and the reviews have clearly said that and it’s the number one box office hit of the year so I’m not sure why we would not go for it all."

As part of their AWESOME advertising campaign to promote Toy Story 3 as Best Picture, they're going to have ads wherein characters from TS3 re-enact famous images from previous Oscar winners.

SO cool!

Award-winning films they plan to enact in their ads include West Side Story, On The Waterfront, Shakespeare in Love, Silence of the Lambs, Titanic, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and Forrest Gump.

Disney plans to release as many as 20 different ads in their effort to get the word out there.

Here's more from Rich Ross:

"The theory is pretty simple for us. It's thrilling that there is a separate category for animation and that allows animated movies to be recognized but for some reason an animated film has never gotten Best Picture and I always wondered was there not an appetite? We decided this year we have the biggest and best reviewed film of the year. If not this year, and not this movie, when?"

And more:

"As far as 'Up' last year it’s not surprising but I think the strategy is you go for Best Picture and as a fallback you end up as Best Animated Feature. And I guess I always thought that was not confident. With this movie we wanted to come up with a campaign that kept our aspirations clear but at the same time used a tongue in cheek approach. It's all to recognize the quandary which is that no animated picture had won Best Picture, so we used only Best Picture images to reflect that. I feel very confident we have a movie everybody loves and I want to make sure with our support and our campaign that people don’t feel the consolation prize is the appropriate prize for a movie like Toy Story 3. I think people will look at the ads and feel it's very Pixar and very Disney. At the same time it’s very clear. Toy Story 3 is a Best Picture. Vote for it. Please.”

We continue to fully support your efforts, Disney! It'd be very cool to see history made at this year's Oscars with Toy Story 3 being the first animated feature to win Best Picture.

We wish you the absolute best of luck, bbs!

Do U support Disney's campaign for Toy Story 3 to win Best Picture?

Tags: best animated feature, best picture, box office, campaign, oscars, pixar, rich ross, toy story 3, ts3, vote, west side story

Disney is REALLY serious about their desire to take home the Best Picture Oscar this year.

According to The New York Times, Disney is going to push Toy Story 3 for the coveted Best Picture award.

Here's what the NY Times had to say about it:

“…The Walt Disney Company has decided to take a deep breath and push Pixar’s Toy Story 3 with all of its might. An animated film has never won the top prize — only two, Beauty and the Beast and Up, have ever been nominated — and Disney, in a decision that went all the way to Robert A. Iger, the media giant’s chief executive, has decided that Toy Story 3 should finally be the one."

We fully support your efforts, Disney! Would be very cool to see an animated film bring home the top prize…especially one as deserving as Toy Story 3.

Do U think Toy Story 3 deserves Best Picture?

Tags: animated, beauty and the beast, best picture, new york times, oscar, pixar, robert a iger, top prize, toy story 3, up