Proving that this year's U.S. awards season is all about well heralded roles and Oscar front runners, the Screen Actors Guild has unveiled its performances-centered nominations for the 2009 awards.
The list is predictable though: ensemble films "Doubt" (5 nominations including its 4main thespians), "Milk" (3 nods), and "Frost/Nixon" (2 nods) were cited along with the unexpected high profile showing of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2 nods inc. Brad Pitt as Best Male Actor-Lead and Ensemble Cast Performance). And another proof that the Brits might rule the Kodak Theater come March 2009: Danny Boyle's critically praised "Slumdog Millionaire" hit the slam dunk with its Ensemble Cast nod (as well as Best Male Actor-Supporting nominee Dev Patel, which narratively speaking is a lead role, just like another actress with category fraud issues: Kate Winslet - pictured above, right). The latter was nommed for Best Female Lead and Supporting nods for Ensemble Cast snubbee "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader" respectively. And proving that the SAGs are into glamour parties just like the Globes, the husband and wife team of "Brangelina" will be there as lead actor and actress nominees (Jolie for her role in Best Male Actor snubbee Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" and Pitt).
Here is the complete list of film category nominees:
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale - “THE VISITOR” (Overture Films)
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon - “FROST/NIXON” (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk - “MILK” (Focus Features)
BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button - “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy - “THE WRESTLER” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
SNUBBED: Clint Eastwood, "Gran Torino" (he's well loved by the Academy, so I expect that he will receive retribution come nominations day on January 29); Leonardo diCaprio, "Revolutionary Road"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym - “RACHEL GETTING MARRIED” (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins - “CHANGELING” (Universal Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy - “FROZEN RIVER” (Sony Pictures Classics) (Her nod is expected given the more actors and actresses-friendly SAG.)
MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films) (Pictured above, left)
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler - “REVOLUTIONARY ROAD” (Paramount Vantage)
SNUBBED: Critics' fave Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Her Oscar chances are safe though, as Academy-fave Mike Leigh's previously nommed lead actresses Brenda Blethyn and Imelda Staunton show, though both were shortlisted by the SAG during their runs.); Kristin Scott-Thomas, "I've Loved You So Long"; Cate Blanchett, "The Curious Case..."
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JOSH BROLIN / Dan White - “MILK” (Focus Features) (Retribution for being snubbed by the Guild last year for "No Country...")
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus - “TROPIC THUNDER” (Paramount Pictures) (I'm not sure with the Academy though, given the divisive reception to the film and his role.)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
HEATH LEDGER / Joker - “THE DARK KNIGHT” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEV PATEL / Older Jamal - “SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
SNUBBED: James Franco, "Milk"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / Sister James - “DOUBT” (Miramax Flms)
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena - “VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA” (The Weinstein Company)
VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie - “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz - “THE READER” (The Weinstein Company)
SNUBBED: Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler" (two consecutive Oscar nods with no SAG citation though, so her future is similar to Academy fave Clint Eastwood); Rosemarie de Witt, "Rachel Getting Married" (goodbye Oscar!); Debra Winger, "Rachel..."
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
DOUBT (Miramax)
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
MILK (Focus Features)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
SNUBBED: "The Dark Knight" (Its Oscar Best Pic chances are getting dimmer lately, given its Golden Globe and SAG Best Pic and Ensemble Cast nod absence.); "Revolutionary Road" (The high profile cast didn't help matters clearly, esp. with Kate Winslet being the only actress from the movie to be cited by most guilds and critics' groups. Its Oscar Best Film hopes are a foregone conclusion for sure, though Winslet's two nods are expected to happen also come Oscar nominations day.); "Rachel Getting Married" (Divisive critical and box-office reception for the film resulted to a single nod for lead actress Anne Hathaway, now a formidable Oscar contender.); "WALL-E" (Goodbye Oscar Best Pic hopes? I don't think so. "Dark Knight"? Hmmm...)
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