Posted: 01/10/2002 |
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Film 2001 as Seen by Wayne Caseby Wayne Case | |
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The Top Ten (Alphabetical) Runners-Up (Alphabetical) The Anniversary Party Honorable Mention (Alphabetical) Angel Eyes Guilty Pleasures (Alphabetical) American Outlaws The Worst Films Of 2001 The Bad: (Alphabetical) Anti-Trust The Badder: (Alphabetical) Head Over Heels The Baddest: (In order of disrespect) 1. Freddy Got Fingered (From Tom Green, this is quite possibly the worst film ever made.) But Not For Me (Alphabetical) The Man Who Wasn’t There—The MOVIE that wasn’t there! Moulin Rouge—MTV overlay destroys what would have been a good musical. Think: MTV meets a Gilbert & Sullivan extravaganza. Mulholland Drive—An intriguing set-up that falls apart without adequate explanation or resolution. Best Actor (Alphabetical) Russell Crowe—A Beautiful Mind Kevin Kline—Life As A House Guy Pearce—Memento Billy Bob Thornton—Monster’s Ball Denzel Washington—Training Day
Paul Franklin Dano—L.I.E. Anthony Hopkins—Hannibal Anthony Hopkins—Hearts In Atlantis Hugh Jackman—Kate & Leopold Ian Mckellen—The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Haley Joel Osment—A.I. Kevin Spacey—The Shipping News Tom Wilkinson—In The Bedroom
Drew Barrymore—Riding In Cars With Boys Halle Berry—Monster’s Ball Sissy Spacek—In The Bedroom Tilda Swinton—The Deep End Renee Zellweger—Bridget Jones’s Diary
Stockard Channing—The Business Of Strangers Tara Fitzgerald—Dark Blue World Nicole Kidman—The Others Nicole Kidman—Moulin Rouge Laura Linney—Maze Julianne Moore—Hannibal Meg Ryan—Kate & Leopold Reese Witherspoon—Legally Blonde
Hayden Christensen—Life As A House Brian Cox—L.I.E. Gene Hackman—The Royal Tenenbaums Jude Law—A.I. Steve Zahn—Riding In Cars With Boys
Paul Bettany—A Beautiful Mind Jim Broadbent—Iris Colin Firth—Bridget Jones’s Diary James Gandolfini—The Mexican Hugh Grant—Bridget Jones’s Diary Gene Hackman—Heartbreakers Joe Pantoliano—Memento Timothy Spall—Rock Star
Jennifer Connelly—A Beautiful Mind Cameron Diaz—Vanilla Sky Kristin Scott Thomas—Life As A House Maggie Smith—Gosford Park Marisa Tomei—In The Bedroom
Jane Adams—The Anniversary Party Cate Blanchett—Bandits Kate Winslet—Iris
Tie: Mark Andrus for Life As A House and Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson for The Royal Tenenbaums
Tie: Helen Fielding for Bridget Jones’s Diary and Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan for Memento
Daryn Okada for Texas Rangers John Schwartzman for Pearl Harbor Oliver Stapleton for The Shipping News Vilmos Zsigmond for Life As A House
1. Life As A House by Mark Isham 2. Riding In Cars With Boys by Hans Zimmer & Heitor Pereira 3. A.I. by John Williams 4. The Shipping News by Christopher Young 5. Pearl Harbor by Hans Zimmer and others 6. The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship by Howard Shore 7. Gosford Park by Patrick Doyle 8. Mulholland Drive by Angelo Badalamerti
1. “There You’ll Be” from Pearl Harbor 2. “Only Time” from Sweet November 3. “For Always” from A.I. 4. “When You Know” from Serendipity 5. “The Storm is Over” from Hardball 6. “May It Be” from The Lord Of The Rings
The Michelle Phillips/Cornelia Sharpe/Angel Thompkins Worst Actress Award: Not awarded this year! The Heaven’s Gate Budget Award: Town & Country The Otto Preminger “Light Touch” Award: Tim Burton’s Planet Of The Apes The Sam Peckinpah “Wretched Excess” Award: A tie between 15 Minutes and 3000 Miles To Graceland The Sidney Lumet Miscasting Award: Julia Stiles as a ballerina in Save The Last Dance A Star is Born Break-Thru Award: Female—Brittany Murphy for Don’t Say A Word, Riding In Cars, Sidewalks Of New York, & Summer Catch Male: Hugh Jackman for Kate & Leopold, Someone Like You, & Swordfish Great Expectations Award: Richard Kelly, writer/director of Donnie Darko The Surgeon General’s Warning Award: A tie between: Keanu Reeves & director Brian Robbins for Hardball and the cast & the directing Coen Brothers for The Man Who Wasn’t There. The John Hartl Stop-Them-Before-They-Direct-Again Award: Director brothers, the Malloys (Brendan & Emmett) for Out Cold The Calling-Sydney-Guilaroff-for-Help-Hair-Style Award: Meg Ryan in Kate & Leopold The What About Bob Most Annoying Award: Vince Vaughn in Made The Bill Lee (father of Spike Lee) Worst Musical Scoring Award: James Newton Howard for America’s Sweethearts & Pieter Bourke and Bill Brown for Ali
2. Peter Hyams limited his contribution this year to only one attempt, The Musketeer. He directed & served as cinematographer on it. Fortunately, he chose to shoot most of it dark enough to hide some obvious deficiencies & flaws. At present, no future releases from Mr. Hyams are threatened, although I’m sure he’ll be back to inflict more pain in the near future. 3. Ed Zwick continues to produce rather than direct. He directed no theatrical releases this year. 4. Charlton Heston limited his theatrical exposure to just one film, Town & Country. His overwrought supporting performance was the best thing about Town & Country. That’ll give you an idea about just how bad the film really is. Be warned that Mr. Heston has been cast as Joseph Menegle, the hated Nazi “angel of death,” in something called Papa Rua Alguem (2002). [NOTE: 1/16/2002 To all of you that pointed it out (one), good ole Chuck did a bit in Tim Burton’s PLANET OF THE APES, also. It was uncredited and, frankly, I missed him. Further, he supplied the voice for one of the characters in the animated feature CATS & DOGS.] 5. James Foley did not direct a theatrical film in 2001 and there is hope for 2002, also. Although he was signed to helm The Farm (2002), “creative differences” caused him to ankle.
2. To filmmakers and trailer vendors: Please identify all significant cast members in trailers. Even little known supporting players often have fans. 3. To producers and directors: Please put the major credits at the start, rather than the end, of your films. 4. To producers and directors. At the end of your film, during the closing credits, please include a “curtain call” where each significant cast member is identified. I love to see brief film clips that show the actors in character from earlier in the film with their names etched onto the images. 5. To producers, directors and distribution executives. Please don’t cut your serious films with adult themes just to get PG-13 ratings. I realize that higher boxoffice potential is a seductive incentive, but adults deserve some films made exclusively for mature audiences. The Ellen Terry Awards: Ben Affleck—Pearl Harbor Jason Behr—The Shipping News Paul Bettany—A Knight’s Tale & A Beautiful Mind Edward Burns—Sidewalks Of New York Justin Chambers—The Wedding Planner Billy Crudup—Charlotte Gray Matthew Davis—Legally Blonde From Driven: Christian De La Fuente, Kip Pardue, & Til Schweiger Ben Foster—Get Over It Troy Garity—Bandits (Related To The Fondas: Mother, Jane; Grandfather, Henry; 1st Cousin Of Bridget & Nephew Of Peter) Aidan Gillen—The Low Down Krystof Hadek—Dark Blue World Josh Hartnett—Black Hawk Down, Blow Dry and Pearl Harbor Ethan Hawke—Tape And Training Day Hugh Jackman—Kate & Leopold, Someone Like You, and Swordfish Billy Kay in L.I.E. Matt Keeslar—Texas Rangers Greg Kinnear—Someone Like You Ashton Kutcher—Texas Rangers Robert Sean Leonard—Tape And Driven Matthew Lillard—Summer Catch James Marsden—Sugar & Spice Breckin Meyer—Kate & Leopold Viggo Mortensen—The Lord Of The Rings Rupert Penry-Jones—Charlotte Gray Brad Renfro—Bully Rodrigo Santoro—Behind The Sun Liev Schreiber—Kate & Leopold Seann William Scott—American Pie 2 Ian Somerhalter—Life As A House Stuart Townsend—About Adam Ondrej Vetchy—Dark Blue World Paul Walker—Joy Ride and The Fast And The Furious Fred Weller—The Business Of Strangers Luke Wilson—Legally Blonde and The Royal Tenenbaums Owen Wilson—Behind Enemy Lines and The Royal Tenenbaums Steve Zahn—Joy Ride and Riding In Cars With Boys Jennifer Anniston—Rock Star Jessica Biel—Summer Catch Selma Blair—Kill Me Later and Legally Blonde Cate Blanchett—The Shipping News, Charlotte Gray, and The Lord Of The Rings Jennifer Coolidge—American Pie 2 and Legally Blonde Laura Dern—I Am Sam Illeana Douglas—Ghost World Gina Gershon—Driven Anjelica Huston—The Royal Tenenbaums Jennifer Love Hewitt—Heartbreakers Ashley Judd—Someone Like You Jena Malone—Life As A House Anna Massey—Dark Blue World Ann Miller—Mulholland Drive Brittany Murphy—Don’t Say A Word, Riding In Cars With Boys, Summer Catch, and Sidewalks Of New York Gwyneth Paltrow—Shallow Hal and The Royal Tenenbaums Michelle Pfeiffer—I Am Sam Molly Shannon—Serendipity Leelee Sobieski—Joy Ride Mary Steenburgen—I Am Sam and Life As A House Julia Stiles—The Business Of Strangers Uma Thurman—Tape Marisa Tomei—Someone Like You Estella Warren—Driven Emma Watson—Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone Sigourney Weaver—Heartbreakers Dianne Wiest—I Am Sam Bridgette Wilson-Sampras—The Wedding Planner Wayne Case is an entertainment industry executive in Hollywood. Got a problem? E-mail us at filmmonthly@gmail.com |