Awards Season - Country's Wins are Getting Old

February 10, 2008

The final guilds awards were handed recently and it seems like a stuck record with No Country for Old Men picking up award after award. However, it wasn't the only winner.

The categories and nominations are...

DGA...

Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a Feature Film

• Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men

• Asger Leth for Ghosts of Cite Soleil

• This is very good news for Joel and Ethan Coen as the DGAs are very strong predictors for the Oscars.
• On the other hand, Ghosts of Cite Soleil didn't even get an Oscar nod.

The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in the Theatrical Motion Pictures

• No Country for Old Men

• Sicko

• Ratatouille

• Another win for No Country for Old Men. It is clearly a favorite to walk away with at least a few Oscars. Ratatouille also wins, which also bodes well for Oscar night.
• Sicko, on the other hand, is less dominating in its category.

Original Screenply

• Juno

• No Country for Old Men

• Taxi to the Dark Side

• Juno's win here is the first this Awards Season, which is disappointing given all of its nominations.
• Another Award Ceremony, another win for No Country for Old Men.
• Taxi to the Dark Side topped Sicko, which makes this category all the more difficult to predict.

- C.S.Strowbridge

Filed under: Awards Season, Ratatouille, Juno, No Country for Old Men, Sicko, Taxi to the Dark Side, Ghosts of Cité Soleil