DGA Nominees 2009
And the DGA nominees are:
- David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
- Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
- Gus Van Sant, Milk
DGA and PGA match five for five. Will Oscar follow?
The last time the two guilds matched up was in 1998, the same year Titanic was named Oscar’s Best Picture. But along the way, Amistad lost out on a Best Picture nod, which instead went to The Full Monty. I find it hard to believe that all five of the pictures listed above can carry their momentum into a Best Picture nomination. The question is which one of the above movies is Amistad? Frost/Nixon, I’m looking in your direction.
The Dark Knight fans are celebrating again today, too, as Nolan nabbed a DGA award nomination. (It one a few People’s Choice Awards, too.) But now we’re looking at a situation where The Dark Knight, with all the guild support (including sound and cinematography), could lead the nomination on Jan. 22. It will likely have to beat The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for that title.
So, if for some reason The Dark Knight takes the Broadcast Film Critics Award for Best Picture tonight and it nabs an ACE Eddie nomination on Monday, we could see the momentum in the Best Picture race swing in The Dark Knight‘s direction.
If there’s an Amistad, there has to be a Titanic, right?
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