The latest news from the 20/20 Awards, which annually revisit the Academy Awards with the advantage of 20 years of hindsight - Seattle, WA
NEWS
Newest Syndicate Members - February 2, 2012
We would like to welcome our most recent members to the Voting Syndicate:
The screenwriting team of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais were nominated this year for a screenwriting 20/20 for their screenplay THE COMMITMENTS. Their many other credits include ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, THE BANK JOB and many more popular titles.
Visual effects producer Warren Franklin's many credits include THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
20/20 nominee Edward Saxon is the Oscar winning producer of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and ADAPTATION.
Editor Herve Schneid, who was nominated this year for a 20/20 Editing DELICATESSEN. His other work includes AMELIE, ALIEN: RESURRECTION, and dozens more.
Director Ward Serrill work includes the high school basketball documentary THE HEART OF THE GAME.
Newest Syndicate Members - December 30, 2011
We would like to welcome our most recent members to the Voting Syndicate:
Dirk Blackman is the writer of UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS and writer/Executive producer of OUTLANDER.
Director Craig Johnson's feature film debut TRUE ADOLESCENTS stars indie-film superstar Mark Duplass.
Geof Miller is the writer of DEEPSTAR SIX and the producer of SHREDDER.
Scott Rosenberg is the writer behind such monster hits as HIGH FIDELITY, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, and lots more.
Newest Syndicate Members - December 6, 2011
We would like to welcome our most recent members to the Voting Syndicate:
Scott Rosenfelt is the producer of such box office hits as HOME ALONE, TEEN WOLF, and many more.
Oscar nominated documentarian Lucy Walker is the director of the films WASTE LAND and DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND.
Davie-Blue is the star of a handful of indie nuggest, such as BASS ACKWARDS and TRUE ADOLESCENTS.
You probably first saw him as Tom Hanks' mailman in SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, but Matt Smith killed it in OUTSOURCED and THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF LITTLE DIZZLE.
Erik Aho's music can be heard on a weekly basis hit TV shows like THE AMAZING RACE and THE BACHELOR, but I was lucky enough to have worked with him on INHERITANCE.
Newest Syndicate Members - November 26, 2011
We would like to welcome our most recent members to the Voting Syndicate:
Ed Cunningham is the producer of the much acclaimed documentaries KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS and NEW YORK DOLL.
John Zaring is the writer and producer of the romantic comedy PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS starring Frank Whaley.
Oscar winning editor Richard Chew's many credits include STAR WARS, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, and Francis Ford Coppola's THE CONVERSATION.
Writer and director of the film WHEEDLE'S GROOVE, Jennifer Maas is also the co-producer on HUMPDAY and associate producer of the upcoming YOUR SISTER'S SISTER.
John Jacobsen is the director of AROUND THE FIRE and a founding member and instructor at the highly coveted FILM SCHOOL located in Seattle.
Daniel Gildark is the writer and director of the horror film CTHULU based on the H.P. Lovecraft story.
GRAND ILLUSION THEATER to Host
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION SCREENINGS
Starting in September the Grand Illusion Theater in Seattle, WA will be hosting the FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION SCRRENINGS where we take a fresh look at films from 20 years ago. The purpose of these screenings is to remind our Syndicate Members what films were released at the time, and to open a discussion about the film's merits with our audience.
First film up on the docket is DELICATESSEN. Future titles scheduled are THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, BARTON FINK, and BOYZ 'N THE HOOD.
The screenings are private and by invitation only. Please contact us if you wish to be included on our mailing list.
GOODFELLAS wins big at 2nd Annual 20/20 Awards
Martin Scorsese's gangster classic steals the spotlight from Kevin Costner's DANCES WITH WOLVES.
20 years after sweeping the 1991 Academy Awards, Kevin Costner's Civil War epic, DANCES WITH WOLVES, was completely shut out at this year's 20/20 Awards held at Seattle's Central Cinema on Wednesday night. Long regarded as criminally overlooked by members of the Academy, GOODFELLAS made out like a bandit with 6 awards--including Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay.
Other winners from the evaluated year-1990-included Best Supporting Actress Annette Bening for THE GRIFTERS, Joel and Ethan Coen for their Best Original Screenplay--MILLER'S CROSSING, and Tim Burton's modern day fairy-tale EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, which garnered a respectable 4 awards in technical categories--having won no Academy Awards twenty years prior. Joe Pesci, Kathy Bates and Jeremy Irons won Odd Couples (winnnig a Felix for the same work in which they were awarded the Oscar 20 years earlier) for their turns in GOODFELLAS, MISERY and REVERSAL OF FORTUNE respectively.
The ceremony was light-hearted and humorous, featuring a wide array of guest speakers including screenwriter Mark Handley, critic Tom Tangey and producer Jessica Aceti, who led the audience in a sing-a-long of Bon Jovi's Blaze of Glory - winner for Best Original Song.
THE WINNERS
BEST PICTURE
Goodfellas
BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas
BEST ACTOR
Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
BEST ACTRESS
Kathy Bates - Misery
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Annette Bening - The Grifters
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen - Miller's Crossing
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi - Goodfellas
BEST SONG
Blaze of Glory - Young Guns 2
BEST SCORE
Danny Elfman - Edward Scissorhands
BEST EDITING
Thelma Schoonmaker - Goodfellas
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Michael Ballhaus - Goodfellas
BEST ART DIRECTION
Bo Welch - Edward Scissorhands
BEST COSTUME
Colleen Atwood - Edward Scissorhands
BEST MAKEUP
Edward Scissorhands
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Jacob's Ladder
BEST VISUAL FX
Total Recall
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
La Femme Nikita
BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Dream
We keep hearing from our nominees - April 11, 2011
"That's a hell of a good idea, and I'm not just saying that since I was nominated. A fantastic way to both revisit some films, but also revisit the time a bit. A fantastic thing. Many congratulations."
-- Chris Eigeman, Best Supporting Actor Nominee; METROPOLITAN
"Many thanks for the nomination which of course has come as a complete surprise. What a wonderful idea, reconsidering films for awards twenty years after they were made, when the dust has settled you might say!"
-- Norman Reynolds, Best Art Direction Nominee; AVALON
