Saturday, July 7, 2007

Zgamer's Bait An Oscar 1st Half of the Year Awards

Inspired by Pat's awards, I decided to do my own. Here are my choices:

Top 10

1. La Ventana
2. E.L.
3. Dragontown
4. Destiny
5. Sweet Black and Blue
6. Balton Prodcutions
7. Bootleg
8. Pygmalion
9. Recoil
10. River City Blue

Honorable Mentions
Sandstorm, Then, Grand Wizard, Rush, The Vampire Lestat, Tavistock Place, Rivalry At 6 P.M., Mom is 80, Glass, Negatives

Best Plot/Synopsis
Rush
Destiny*
Sweet Black and Blue
The Vampire Lestat
River City Blue

Best Awards Section
Recoil*
Balton Productions
Wicked
Faded Red
Bootleg

Best Online Awards Campaign
Gray Daze
Pygmalion*
Clue
Dragontown
Diary of a Sociopath

Best Title
Captain Fantastic*
Then
The Human Hole
Destiny
Bootleg

Most Likely to Become a Box-Office Hit
Wicked*
Balton Productions
The Giver
Gypsy
Assassins

Most Likely To Become a Cult Film
Dragontown*
The Vampire Lestat
Sixty Days
Diary of a Sociopath
The Guy Who Owned the Store

Most Original Bait
Dragontown
Dominion
Balton Productions*
Sweeden Day
Bootleg

Most Original Character
Edward Cutrone, played by Clive Owen, in Midnight
Dan Travis, played by Harry Connick Jr, in Balton Productions
Grant Rosella, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, in Louisa
Henry Gray, played by Paul Giamatti, in Diary of a Sociopath*
Alvin Stevens, played by Topher Grace, in Gray Daze

Best Cast
The Informer
Tavistock Place
Then*
Bootleg
Rivalry at 6 PM

Best Casting Choice
James Denton as Lance Armstrong in Livestrong
Vera Farmiga as Sheryl Crowe in Livestrong*
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Sir Elton John in Captain Fantastic
Sanaa Lathan as Wilma Rudolph in Running Mile
Anika Noni Rose as Dinah Washington in Dinah Was...

Best Crew
Grand Wizard
Sandstorm
Tavistock Place
La Ventana
Rush*

Best Tagline
Mom Is 80*
Louisa
Glass
Sweden Day
Sixty Days

Funniest Bait
Mom Is 80
Postality
Around the Horn*
Beeville, TX
Clue

Shameless Oscar Vehicle
Then
Dinah Was...
Running Miles
Livestrong
The 7000 Mile Screwdriver

Best Poster Design
Lucky Clover*
Diary of a Sociopath
Captian Scott
Imagine
Oil

Best Author
Brian (AZ)
Tony
Ross
D.W. Dillon*
Pat

Best Picture
La Ventana*
E.L.
Dragontown
Destiny
Sweet Black and Blue

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron for La Ventana
John Singleton for Glass
Stephen Gaghan for River City Blue*
David Lynch for Sweet Black and Blue
Pedro Almodóvar for Destiny

Best Actor
George Clooney for River City Blue
Ray Winstone for Rivalry at 6 P.M.
Geoffery Rush for Faded Red*
Harry Connick Jr. for Balton Productions
Benico Del Toro for La Ventana

Best Actress
Berry White for E.L.*
Emily Blunt, Pygmalion
Catherine Keener, A Child of Shame
Anika Noni Rose, Dinah Was...
Alexis Bledel for Sixty Days

Best Supporting Actor
Forrest Whitaker for River City Blue
Ethan Hawke for Rivalry at 6 P.M.*
Bill Nighly, E.L.
Mark Wahlberg, The Moon and The Rain
Edward James Olmos for The Informer

Best Supporting Actress
Vanessa Redgrave for Oil
Drea de Matteo for Bootleg
Penelope Cruz for La Ventana*
Kristin Chenoweth for Wicked
Maggie Cheung for Imagine

Best Original Screenplay
La Ventana
River City Blue*
Lucky Clover
Sandstorm
Destiny

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Vampire Lestat*
The Informer
The End of the Alphabet
Gypsy
Wicked

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