Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Reza wrote:

anonymous1980 wrote:I wonder if the Silver Linings Playbook team agreed to attend and that's why they swept. In the past, they've given awards to people nominated who simply agreed to show up.

Or maybe they actually thought the film deserved its sweep? And why not? After all the film and the actors are all being mentioned by all the critics groups on their lists of nominations. So why the suspicion?

I don't know if the recipients attended or not. Their website hasn't been updated, but typically their selections are not a reliable predictor of the Oscars. Last year they had ten nominees in each of the acting categories and gave the directing award and three of the four awards to people who were not nominated for Oscars - Ryan Gosling, Albert Brooks, Jessica Chastain for Tree of Life, not The Help. Nicholas Winding Refn won Best Director for Drive, The Descendants won for Best Picture and Terrence Malick, who I don't think anyone expected to show up, won for Best Original Screenplay.

anonymous1980 wrote:I wonder if the Silver Linings Playbook team agreed to attend and that's why they swept. In the past, they've given awards to people nominated who simply agreed to show up.

Or maybe they actually thought the film deserved its sweep? And why not? After all the film and the actors are all being mentioned by all the critics groups on their lists of nominations. So why the suspicion?

I wonder if the Silver Linings Playbook team agreed to attend and that's why they swept. In the past, they've given awards to people nominated who simply agreed to show up.

To my knowledge the Satellites have never been televised. Perhaps you're thinking of the ghastly Broadcast Critics Awards.

Were these actually broadcast on television? I seem to recall that last year's show was such a complete shit-fest, it was almost painful to watch.

The Winners:

FILM AWARDS
Motion picture: "Silver Linings Playbook"
Director: David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Actor: Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Supporting actor: Javier Bardem, "Skyfall"
Supporting actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"
Original screenplay: Mark Boal, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Adapted screenplay: David Magee, "Life of Pi"
Motion picture, animated or mixed media: "Rise of the Guardians"
Motion picture, documentary: "Chasing Ice"
Motion picture, international: (tie) "The Intouchables," "Pieta"
Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, "Life of Pi"
Editing: Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Score: Alexandre Desplat, "Argo"
Song: "Suddenly" from "Les Miserables"
Sound (editing and mixing): Andy Nelson, John Warhurst, Lee Walpole, Simon Hayes, "Les Miserables"
Visual effects: Michael Lantieri, Kevin Baillie, Ryan Tudhope, Jim Gibbs, "Flight"
Art direction & production design: Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank, Leslie McDonald, "Lincoln"
Costume design: Manon Rasmussen, "A Royal Affair"

TELEVISION AWARDS
Miniseries or movie made for television: "Hatfields & McCoys"
Actor in a miniseries/movie made for television: Benedict Cumberbatch, "Sherlock
Actress in a miniseries/movie made for television: Julianne Moore, "Game Change"
Supporting actor in a miniseries/TV movie: Neal McDonough, "Justified"
Supporting actress in a miniseries/TV movie: Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey"
Drama series: "Homeland"
Genre series: "Walking Dead"
Actor in a drama: Damian Lewis, "Homeland"
Actress in a drama: Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Comedy or musical series: "The Big Bang Theory"
Actor in a comedy: Johnny Galecki, "The Big Bang Theory"
Actress in a comedy: Kaley Cuoco, "The Big Bang Theory"

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry: Terence Stamp
Nikola Tesla Award: Walter Murch
Auteur Award: Paul Williams
Honorary Satellite Award: Bruce Davison
Newcomer Award: Quvenzhane Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Humanitarian Award: Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Motion picture ensemble: "Les Miserables"
Television ensemble: "Walking Dead"

They're up here:

http://www.cinemasight.com/precursor-17 ... ions-2012/

This is what happened last year - I ended up actually calling their office and getting them to e-mail me the PDF before they released it, their servers had gone down.

I've been waiting all day for an announcement - now their site has gone down.