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Together, Birdman and Boyhood have made $62 million at the North American box office, compared to $310 million for the most commercially successful of the eight best picture nominees, Iraq war drama American Sniper from director Clint Eastwood.
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The Oscars last night was kind of a wash for thoseof us who think of us as an us: Neil Patrick Harris couldnt save his pitiable jokes, American Sniper got shut out of the major awards, and Common and John Legend proclaimed with power. Penn probably intended it as a bit of warm ribbing to a pal, a more roguish take on Steven Spielbergs shout-out to Robert Zemeckis kid when presenting 1995s best director Oscar: Alex, your father just won the Academy Award!
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In this instance, it was #OscarsSoWhite Penn couldnt present the Academy Award for Best Picture to ���Birdman��� director Alejandro Gonz��lez I����rritu without first uttering, ���Who gave this sonofabitch a green card?��� Penn opened. Then she decided to.
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Go back and Google ���Sacheen Littlefeather��� (the Native American activist who accepted Marlon Brandos ���Godfather��� Oscar), or check out Vanessa Redgraves shocking 1977 speech, in which she accused ���Zionist hoodlums��� of campaigning against her. But.
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Theres a distinctly indie, film-festival feel to this years contenders, and American Sniper is the only one to have connected in a big way with the general public. But Birdman is the most vibrant, original, pulsating, unpredictable��.
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The 41-year-old star, who was hosting the 87th Annual Academy Awards, poked fun at the producers outfit that featured furry spheres around it as he said: It takes a lot of balls to wear a dress like that. Perry, who. Shes not with us anymore.
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Director Alejandro G. Inarritu and the cast of Birdman accept their Oscars for the best motion picture. Director Alejandro. The Oscars would help themselves by bringing back more longtime stars, such as Andrews and Shirley MacLaine. They represent.
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���We wrote this song for a film that was based on events that were 50 years ago, but we say Selma is now, because the struggle for justice is right now,��� he said, invoking threats to the Voting Rights Act and the level of correctional control of African.
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But the Grammys have shown shes a heck of a pianist, and at the Oscars she let her voice roar on a medley from ���The Sound of Music.���. ���We wrote this song for a film that was based on events that were 50 years ago, but we say Selma is now, because.
Birdman wins best picture, director at politically charged Oscars
Birdman Director Alejandro Inarritu, center, and producer John Lesher pose with the Oscars for best director, best original screenplay and best picture backstage Sunday at the 87th Academy Awards in Hollywood. Reuters .
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While Birdman rocked the Oscars, winning four awards including Best Picture, the focus of the night seemed to be elsewhere. Many stars took their time on the Oscars stage to voice their opinion on civil rights, suicide and other social issues. VPC.
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In our Ear on the Oscars series, mixers talk drums, fantasies and that deep Birdman voice.. American Sniper Sound Team: Why Chris Kyles Gun Didnt Have to Be the Biggest and Baddest. INTERSTELLAR. I dont think we consciously worked on it that way, at least not most of the time. I think the biggest moment of that would be when he flashes into the action sequence, and then does the flying sequence. Thats probably the most magical component through the��.
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Maybe a big one. I would still say based on conversations with Academy voters that Imitation Game and Whiplash are often the most-mentioned outside of the Boyhood/Birdman contingent.. One six -time Oscar winning veteran producer told me after the PGA ceremony that he was surprised by the result and thought ���that movie about the 12 year old boy or Imitation Game��� would take it. Perhaps the. Clearly those voices are being heard by voters. Inarritu is living a��.
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Tonight offered a buffet of Hollywood crazy: Terrence Howard getting way too many feelings about reading the word mind-blowing off a teleprompter; Lady Gaga belting Edelweiss���; Shirley MacLaine redefining the disco pantsuit; the Birdman director.
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This could mean Birdman is the new frontrunner to take the Oscar ��� and if Inarritu wins Best Director that will make the fifth straight year Best Director went to a foreign born director. Were not.. American directors are still pretty much on top of the game both in terms of critical and commercial success, and I think that having more international nominees and winners is a good thing. Im super... There are voices for Birdman and voices for Grand Budapest. There are��.
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And this is part of what makes the politics of ���Interstellar��� quite interesting, because Nolans space-exploration movie is right-wing in a different, much more American key than the ���peace, order and noblesse oblige��� Toryism of the ���Batman��� trilogy... self-starring Raymond Carver adaptation on Broadway) and to the brink of what seems like a nervous breakdown ��� unless, of course, the telekinetic powers he thinks hes developing (while the voice of Birdman growls in��.
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I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account, which you can call and leave a message for us at (925) 526-5763, which may be even easier to.. we do see yet another Picture/Director split at the Oscars this year, do you think its more likely that Birdman takes Picture and Richard Linklater takes Director, or that Boyhood takes Picture and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu takes Director?
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Selma does just that, and more. DuVernay created a work of art that not only detailed the accurate history of the black civil rights movement of American past, but a work of empathy in a relevant time where injustices against African-Americans are at.
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Accepting her Oscar for best supporting actress for ���Boyhood,��� Patricia Arquette also made a nicely pitched plug for wage equality ��� her ���Norma Rae��� moment, as Harris put it ��� drawing an impassioned response from Meryl Streep in the audience. Most of .
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Or it could surprise everyone and pick American Sniper, a colossal smash by an industry veteran thats made more money than every other Best Picture nominee combined. Preference: Theres a not a lot to complain about in��.
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But his cinematographer, Emmanuel Chivo Lubezki, 50, who won an Oscar in March for Gravity, reveals to THR that the longest take in Birdman actually lasts about 15 minutes, and most are in the 10-minute range. That still involved a lot of sleight of hand on the part of Lubezki, who shared camera. is entirely subjective. How many Russians care about Michael Keaton versus their history? Birdman is a little seen film defined by an American cinematic milieu.
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Common and John Legend (right) take the stage to pose with their Oscars after winning the award for best original song for ���Glory��� from the film ���Selma,��� during the 87th Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday. (Lucy Nicholson.. In a statement.
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Possibly the most ubiquitous sound of the city, a recording of a single, monotone, guttural male voice plays from the tricycle of nearly every tamale seller here. ���Ricos. The tamale man made a cameo in Birdmans Times Square. ���We put it in all of.
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. years nominees ��� about her ballot. A conversation with a different member will post each day leading up to the Oscars ceremony on Feb.. its resonating out in the world. I mean, American Sniper made more in its third weekend in wide release than Birdman has made in its entirety.. Youre taking the word of the convicted criminal saying theyre innocent (if said criminal is a PoC) over the decision of their peers who actually heard the case. How is that not racist?
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Over the 66 years in which the DGA Award was previously presented, its winner went on to win the best director Oscar on all but seven occasions (most recently two years ago when Argos Ben Affleck won the DGA Award but was not. While the news is surely demoralizing for the team behind Boyhood and the other films that are Oscar-nominated opposite Birdman in the categories of best picture (American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game,��.
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In the video, Spinney sits in his dressing room when he begins to hear Big Birds voice in his head saying, ���This place is crawling with monsters. It smells like bird seed.��� Done in ���Birdmans��� signature single-take style, Spinney��.
Birdman Takes Most Oscars
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It was filmed in an unusual style in what seems like one long, continuous take featuring an avian alter-ego with a booming voice. Everything sounds so risky,. But it is far ahead of fellow nominees at the box office, having collected more than.
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The writer-director was in his native Mexico this weekend for the Latin American premiere of the Michael Keaton starrer. Birdman:. In Birdman, Keatons character Riggan Thomson battles an ego-driven inner voice, a voice that Inarritu is no stranger to amid all the recent Oscar talk. ���Im aware of my Birdman voice, and the vulture has become a little sterling,��� he told The Hollywood Reporter. ���But (an Oscar) will not make me more happy or more miserable. The film��.
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The most closely watched race, for best picture, included eight selections, rather than the maximum of 10. (Movies have to surpass a. The nominees for the top statuette in the 87th Academy Awards are: American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash. The inclusion of Selma at the... 89.3 KPCC. 89.1 KUOR 90.3 KVLA. Support the voices you trust! Pledge Now��.