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I intimated that and practically got lynched.Reza wrote:I am just as amazed at all this interest in Slumdog as all of you. Could it be the Mumbai blasts that has made the film stand out?
Certainly it's not the only reason, it just gave it more of an immediacy that it might not have otherwise had IMO.
But of course films made in and about India and Pakistan have been gaining in visibility in the last decade or so. It was only a matter of time before one of them broke through to mass market recognition.
rain Bard wrote:Why do you think so, Reza? I think it's a possibility but how many times have the music branch passed over a composer seeking his first-time nomination...
I am just as amazed at all this interest in Slumdog as all of you. Could it be the Mumbai blasts that has made the film stand out?
Anyway, A.R. Rahman...although VERY famous in India, has won (or been nominated) for a number of awards now for this film and the Academy will follow suit. Remember he also has a Tony nod under his belt and, I think, an Olivier nod as well. So he is fairly ''international'' and a recognised name now. Though why the song from this film is being mentioned as a possible nominee is beyond me.
Bollywood has been on the ''brink'' for sometime now. Watch it amalgamate with Hollywood now.
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I think a newish composer (not to India, obviously) working predominantly within a song score with a lot of people (it seems that every track on the CD is "Rahman feat. somebody") could easily hurt the film, but yeah - Popular films tend to get their scores swept in regardless (I'm thinking The Full Monty in particular, though that was back when there were two scoring categories.
Okay, so looking at the competition, it seems more likely now.
Okay, so looking at the competition, it seems more likely now.
Because the majority of musical cues (often the most striking ones, though I know OscarGuy vehemently disagrees with me on this point) were reused from previously-composed Phillip Glass and Burkhard Dallwitz scores to other films. The Academy music branch deemed that voters would have too much trouble differentiating the newly-composed music from that originally composed for the film.
I could see something like that happening to the Slumdog Millionaire score, with its reliance on M.I.A., the game-show theme music, etc. But I do imagine we'd have heard about it by now if that were the case.
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I could see something like that happening to the Slumdog Millionaire score, with its reliance on M.I.A., the game-show theme music, etc. But I do imagine we'd have heard about it by now if that were the case.
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Why was Truman Show ineligible?FilmFan720 wrote:Plus, the Globe score winner usually gets the nomination if it is a film that is coming with other nominations (Atonement, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, etc.). It is when they pick obscure choices (Legend of 1900, Painted Veil) or films deemed ineligible (Truman Show) that they falter. Their nominees don't necessarily have an impact, though.
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Plus, the Globe score winner usually gets the nomination if it is a film that is coming with other nominations (Atonement, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, etc.). It is when they pick obscure choices (Legend of 1900, Painted Veil) or films deemed ineligible (Truman Show) that they falter. Their nominees don't necessarily have an impact, though.
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I'll give you that, rain Bard, but the score has received 6 awards so far: Los Angeles Critics, New York Online Critics, San Diego Critics, Satellites, Broadcast Crtiics and Globes. That's not an insignificant number of awards... It's not like last year when Painted Veil took the Globe and one other award only.
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I'm going to have to agree with Reza to a small extent. While I am fairly certain it will get nominated for score, I'm not certain it's a lock. I think the song from the film is far more likely to get left off. Many of the precursors I see it down as a Score nominee, if they have a Song category, it's missing (the Globes, for example).
The music branch is just fickle in general, though. So anything is possible from them.
The music branch is just fickle in general, though. So anything is possible from them.
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Right now, regarding Slumdog, I see eight nominations.
Best Picture/Director/Adapted Screenplay/Editing and Cinematography seem to be near certainties. Patel is in a solid position for supporting actor (enthusiasm for the film seems to be what will sweep him in, a la 02 for Chicago/John C. Reilly), sound design (busy work here) and song for "Jai Ho" are also major candidates.
I think art direction, score and the other song ("O Saya") are longshots, but within the realm of reason.
So 8 to 11 nods. If it happens to break the double digit barrier, no other film stands a chance.
Oh and BAFTA nominating Pinto made me laugh because really, even fans of the film will have to admit her work is nothing special (though she's gloriously beautiful and needs to present an oscar).
Best Picture/Director/Adapted Screenplay/Editing and Cinematography seem to be near certainties. Patel is in a solid position for supporting actor (enthusiasm for the film seems to be what will sweep him in, a la 02 for Chicago/John C. Reilly), sound design (busy work here) and song for "Jai Ho" are also major candidates.
I think art direction, score and the other song ("O Saya") are longshots, but within the realm of reason.
So 8 to 11 nods. If it happens to break the double digit barrier, no other film stands a chance.
Oh and BAFTA nominating Pinto made me laugh because really, even fans of the film will have to admit her work is nothing special (though she's gloriously beautiful and needs to present an oscar).