Friday, February 24, 2012

The 2011 Piggy Winners

Since the Oscars are this Sunday here are the 2011 Piggy Winners. Further down somewhere I have a list of all the worthy films that were shortlisted.

Best Picture
The Nominees:
Project Nim
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Take Shelter
The Tree of Life
Shame

The Winner
The Tree of Life

Best Director
The Nominees:
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Steve McQueen: Shame
Jeff Nichols: Take Shelter
Lynne Ramsey: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Nicholas Winding Refn: Drive

The Winner
Nicholas Winding Refn: Drive

Best Screenplay
The Nominees:
Beginners
Drive
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Take Shelter
Jane Eyre

The Winner
Take Shelter

Artistry
Drive
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Melancholia
Shame
The Tree of Life

The Winner
The Tree of Life

Best Actor
The Nominees:
Michael Fassbender:  Shame
Hunter McCraken: The Tree of Life
Ewan McGregor: Beginners
Peter Mullen: Tyrannosaur
Michael Shannon: Take Shelter

The Winner
Michael Fassbender: Shame

Best Actress
The Nominees:
Olivia Colman: Tyrannosaur
Viola Davis: The Help
Charlotte Gainsbourg: Melancholia
Tilda Swinton: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Mia Wasikowska: Jane Eyre

The Winner
Tilda Swinton: We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actor
The Nominees:
Bryan Cranston: Drive
Ezra Miller: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Viggo Mortenson: A Dangerous Method
Brad Pitt: The Tree of Life
Christopher Plummer: Beginners

The Winner
Brad Pitt: The Tree of Life

Best Supporting Actress
The Nominees:
Jessica Chastain: The Tree of Life
Kiera Knightley: A Dangerous Method
Melanie Laurant: Beginners
Carey Mulligan: Shame
Octavia Spencer: The Help

The Winner
Carey Mulligan: Shame

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The Book of Life by Hal Hartley

I always liked the end monologue from this movie.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

1985 Piggys

Winners in Red
BEST PICTURE
BLOOD SIMPLE

DANCE WITH A STRANGER

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

SMOOTH TALK

THE COLOR PURPLE
 BEST DIRECTOR
HECTOR BABENCO: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

JOYCE CHOPRA: SMOOTH TALK

COEN BROTHERS: BLOOD SIMPLE

MIKE NEWELL: DANCE WITH A STRANGER

STEVEN SPEILBERG: THE COLOR PURPLE
 ARTISTRY
BLOOD SIMPLE

THE COLOR PURPLE

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

THE GOONIES

YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
 ACTOR
JON CUSACK: BETTER OFF DEAD

RUPERT EVERETT: DANCE WITH A STRANGER

WILLIAM HURT: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

ERIC STOLTZ: MASK

TREAT WILLIAMS: SMOOTH TALK
 ACTRESS
CHER: MASK

LAURA DERN: SMOOTH TALK

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: THE COLOR PURPLE

FRANCES MCDORMAND: BLOOD SIMPLE

MIRANDA RICHARDSON: DANCE WITH A STRANGER
 SUPPORTING ACTOR
DANNY GLOVER: THE COLOR PURPLE

SAM ELLIOTT: MASK

IAN HOLM: DANCE WITH A STRANGER

RAUL JULIA: THE COLOR PURPLE
 SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MARGARET AVERY: THE COLOR PURPLE

SONIA BRAGA: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

ALLY SHEEDY: THE BREAKFAST CLUB

OPRAH: THE COLOR PURPLE
 SCREENPLAY
BLOOD SIMPLE

THE COLOR PURPLE

DANCE WITH A STRANGER

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

THE BREAKFAST CLUB
The Numbers:
The Color Purple: 8 Piggy Noms, 2 Wins
Kiss of the Spider Woman: 7 Piggy Noms, 4 Wins
Dance With a Stranger: 6 Piggy Noms, 2 Wins
Blood Simple: 5 Piggy Noms
Smooth Talk: 4 Piggy Noms
Mask: 3 Piggy Noms
The Breakfast Club: 2 Piggy Noms
The Goonies: 1 Piggy Nom
Young Sherlock Holmes: 1 Piggy Nom
Better off Dead: 1 Piggy Nom

The 1984 Piggy's

Winners in Red
Best Picture
Amadeus

Another Country

A Passage to India

Stranger Than Paradise

The Killing Fields
 Best Director
Milos Foreman:  Amadeus

Jim Jarmusch:  Stranger Than Paradis

Roland Joffe:  The Killing Fields

David Lean:  A Passage to India

Marek Kanievsk:  Another Country
 Best Screenplay
Sixteen Candles

Amadeus

Another Country

Birdy

Stranger Than Paradise
 Artistry
Amadeus

A Passage to India

Body Double

Dune

The Killing Fields
 Best Actor
F. Murray Abraham:  Amadeus

Rupert Everett:  Another Country

Tom Hulce:  Amadeus

Rob Lurie:  Stranger Than Paradise

Sam Waterston:  The Killing Fields
 Best Actress
Judy Davis:  A Passage to India

Melanie Griffith:  Body Double

Molly Ringwald:  Sixteen Candles
 Best Supporting Actor
Victor Banjeree:  A Passage to India

Richard Edson:  Starnger Than Paradise

Colin Firth:  Another Country

Anthony Michael Hall:  Sixteen Candles

Haing Gnor:  The Killing Fields
 Best Supporting Actress
Peggy Ashcroft:  A Passage to India

Estzer Balint:  Stanger Than Paradise

Elizabeth Berridge:  Amadeus

Glenn Close:  The Natural

Nastassja Kinski:  Paris, Texas
The Numbers:

Amadeus: 7 Piggy Noms, 1 Win
A Passage to India: 6 Piggy Noms, 3 Wins
Stranger Than Paradise: 6 Piggy Noms, 2 Wins
Another Country: 5 Piggy Noms, 1 Win
The Killing Fields: 5 Piggy Noms
Sixteen Candles: 3 Piggy Noms, 1 Win
Body Double: 2 Piggy Noms
Birdy: 1 Piggy Nom
Dune: 1 Piggy Nom
The Natural: 1 Piggy Nom
Paris, Texas: 1 Piggy Nom