Kenosha native Jim Rygiel took the long road to Hollywood’s highest honor. He went through New Zealand. The…
Continue ReadingKenosha native Jim Rygiel took the long road to Hollywood’s highest honor. He went through New Zealand. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate turned special-effects wizard had been asked by a studio executive to spend six months in Prague working on “Blade 2,” and “I said, ‘No.’ I didn’t want to move away. Then she asked, ‘How about moving to New Zealand for three years?’ And that was a little more interesting.” [More]
Thanks to Jocelyn for the link.
‘The view from the top of Beverly Hills was especially intoxicating for three-times Oscar nominee Richard Taylor. Speaking from a “swanky” pre-Oscar party last night, Taylor said the Hollywood hype on the eve of the 74th Academy Awards was overwhelming for the New Zealand contingent. Taylor has been nominated for best costume design, best visual effects and best make-up in Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring.’ [More]
Nienna sent in a report on what Peter Jackson said while he was on the Charlie Rose show on Friday night. [More]
From Nienna:
The Charlie Rose show (on PBS) interviwed the three directors nominated for both Best Picture and Best Director Friday, the 22nd. He talked to PJ first for about a half hour. PJ told about their struggle to get someone to fund their movie, and trying to find someone that would let them make three movies all at once, ultimatly leading them to New Line. He also
talked about casting, how important they knew this was going to be to the fans of Lotrs and how they decided on Ian Mckellan to play Gandalf. Charlie asked PJ what the hardest thing about making the movie was and he told about how hard it was to have actors that had to be different sizes. How they had to have two of each set, and two of each prop, to make the different actors appear different sizes. He also talked about how this wasn’t so much of a fansaty movie, as a historical movie. He mentioned how Tolkien had written the books with the idea of creating a ancient mythology for England, and this is what set Lotrs apart from other fanasty movies. You could tell throughout the whole interview what an avid fan of the books PJ was…this came out in everything he said. I was surprised to see him on the show, which I never watch, and just heard a mention of Lotrs while channal surfing, because usually whenever anyone Lotrs related is on TV, I hear about it here first. So it may of just been a rerun.
Some of the fun of waiting in anticipation for the Academy Awards themselves is predicting what Oscars Fellowship of the Ring will pick up on the night itself and arguing your case. So why not run a thread on our Message Boards for which TORn fans can prophecise glory or failure for Fellowship of the Ring and their reasons why? [More]
Actor In A Supporting Role
Jim Broadbent (Iris) (BAFTA)
Ethan Hawke (Training Day)
Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast)
Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring) (GG) (SAG)
Jon Voight (Ali)
Art Direction
Amélie
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (AFI)
Moulin Rouge
Cinematography
Amélie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Moulin Rouge
Costume Design
The Affair of The Necklace
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Directing
Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down)
Robert Altman (Gosford Park) (GG)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring) (BAFTA)
David Lynch (Mulholland Drive)
Film Editing
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Memento
Moulin Rouge
Makeup
A Beautiful Mind
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge (BAFTA)
Music (Score)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A Beautiful Mind
Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Monsters, Inc.
Music (Song)
Kate & Leopold (GG)
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Monsters, Inc.
Pearl Harbour
Vanilla Sky
Best Picture
A Beautiful Mind (GG)
Gosford Park (BAFTA)
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (BAFTA) (AFI)
Moulin Rouge (GG)
Sound
Amélie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Pearl Harbour
Visual Effects
A.I. Artifical Intelligence
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (BAFTA) (AFI)
Pearl Harbour
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Beautiful Mind (GG)
Ghost World
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Shrek
(AFI) = American Film Institute Award Winner
(BAFTA) = British Academy of Film and Television Arts Winner
(DGA) = Director’s Guild Award Winner
(GG) = Golden Globe Winner
(SAG) = Screen Actors Guild Award Winner
For more information, visit the official website for the Academy Awards, www.Oscars.com
