Wednesday, June 18, 2008

September 2006

Congratulations to our Oscar "Bait" of the Month winner:

"Ironic Nonfiction"

Written by Daniel Crooke from Ohio

Top 20 Baits of the Month

1. Ironic Nonfiction
2. The Breadwinner
3. Cielo Drive
4. Midnight Mass
5. Tosca
6. The Iniquity Beyond
7. Between Elephants & Mice
8. Little Miss Murder
9. The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
10. Phantom Fights
11. House of Fate
12. Mail-Order Bliss
13. Infatuation
14. Kissinger
15. All's Fair in Love & War / South Pacific
16. Outlive
17. The Butcher of Hanover
18. Deception Point
19. Katrina
20. Convalescence / The Ballad of Mary King

Honorable Mentions: Courage, The Devil's Contract, Foils, Snow Flower & The Secret Fan, Swing for Me, That's So Hot, The Art of Being Here, Fred & Ethel, Letters, Lady Lindy, Mermania, Odysseus, Q

SAG AWARDS
Chosen by our contestants

Best Supporting Actress

Halle Berry, Mail-Order Bliss
Glenn Close. Mermania
Elle Fanning, Little Miss Murder
Catherine Keener, Cielo Drive
Cloris Leachman, The Art of Being Here
Debra Messing, Fred and Ethel

Best Supporting Actor

Steve Buscemi, Cielo Drive
Chris Cooper, Outlive
Tim Curry, Ironic Nonfciton
Johnny Depp, The Devil's Contract
Harrison Ford, Courage
Gael Garcia Bernal, Midnight Mass
Freddie Highmore, Tommy
Cillian Murphy, Little Miss Murder

Best Actress

Keisha Castle-Hughes, The Breadwinner
Stockard Channing, Mermania
Nicole Kidman, Princess Die
Rachel McAdams, Lady Lindy
Susan Sarandon, Little Miss Murder
Kate Winslet, Midnight Mass

Best Actor

Jim Broadbent, Foils
Billy Crudup, Cielo Drive
Heath Ledger, Courage
Tim Robbins, Ironic Nonfiction
Robin Williams, Midnight Mass

Best Ensemble

Cielo Drive
The Iniquity Beyond
Little Miss Murder
Midnight Mass
Phantom Fights
Tosca

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
Chosen by our contestants

Best Picture (Drama)

The Breadwinner
Cielo Drive
Foils
The Inquity Beyond
Midnight Mass

Best Actor (Drama)

Eric Bana, The Inquity Beyond
Jim Broadbent, Foils
Billy Crudup, Cielo Drive
Seu Jorge, Arriba
Robin Williams, Midnight Mass

Best Actress (Drama)

Keisha Castle-Hughes, The Breadwinner
Nicole Kidman, Princess Die
Susan Sarandon, Little Miss Murder
Charlize Theron, Cielo Drive
Uma Thurman, The Ballad of Mary King
Kate Winslet, Midnight Mass

Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)

Between Elephants and Mice
Ironic Nonfiction
Mail-Order Bliss
Mermania
Swing for me

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)

John Cleese, The Screwtape Letters
Harry Conick Jr., Anything Goes!
Chris Cooper, Swing for me
Paul Giamatti, The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
Tim Robbins, Ironic Nonfiction

Robin Williams, Life on the Moon

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)

Stockard Channing, Mermania
Felicity Huffman, Ironic Nonfiction
Nicole Kidman, South Pacific
Laura Linney, Between Elephants and Mice
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anything Goes!

Best Supporting Actor

David Cross, Life on the Moon
Billy Crudup, The Inquity Beyond
Tim Curry, Ironic Nonfiction
Johnny Depp, The Devil's Contract
Ian McKellen, Foils
Cillian Murphy, Little Miss Murder
Edward Norton, House of Fate
James Spader, Fred & Ethel

Best Supporting Actress

Julie Andrews, Foils
Halle Berry, Mail-Order Bliss
Glenn Close, Mermania
Elle Fanning, Little Miss Murder
Catherine Keener, Cielo Drive
Cloris Leachman, The Art of Being Here
Debra Messing, Fred & Ethel

Best Director

Woody Allen, Between Elephants and Mice
Pedro Almodovar, Midnight Mass
Joel Coen, The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
Milos Forman, The Breadwinner
Milos Forman, Mermania
Curtis Hanson, Cielo Drive
Robert Zemeckis, Foils

Best Screenplay

Between Elephants and Mice
The Breadwinner
Cielo Drive
Foils
Ironic Nonfiction
Midnight Mass

CREATIVITY AWARDS

Best Plot/Synopsis

Between Elephants & Mice
The Breadwinner
Convalescence
Infatuation
The Iniquity Beyond
Ironic Nonfiction

Best Awards Campaign

The Ballad of Mary King
Cielo Drive
Little Miss Murder
Midnight Mass
Outlive
Tosca

Most Original Bait

Bait an Oscar
Between Elephants and Mice
The Butcher of Hanover
Mail-Order Bliss
Q
Singularity

Best Original Character

Roger, played by Adam Sandler, in "All's Fair in Love & War"
Heather, played by Laura Linney, in "Between Elephants & Mice"
Parvana, played by Keisha-Castle Hughes, in "The Breadwinner"
Ron Slackins, played by Tom Cruise, in "House of Fate"
Paul Patterson, played by Eric Bana, in "The Iniquity Beyond"
Augustus Gloop, played by Tim Robbins, in "Ironic Nonfiction"

Best Crew

Arriba
Cielo Drive
Fred & Ethel
Lady Lindy
Mixing Families
Snow Flower & The Secret Fan

Best Cast

Courage
Deception Point
Katrina
Kissinger
Mixing Families
Phantom Fights

Best Casting Choice

Stockard Channing as Ethel Merman in "Mermania"
Seu Jorge as Roberto Clemente in "Arriba"
Debra Messing as Lucille Ball in "Fred & Ethel"
Cillian Murphy as John Mark Karr in "Little Miss Murder"
Joan Plowright as Queen Mary in "Jewels in the Crown"
Geoffrey Rush as Henry Kissinger in "Kissinger"

Best Tagline

"Crazy Mary Killed Her Kid / Crazy Mary Ran and Hid / Crazy Mary Got Put Away / But She’ll Be Back Again… Some Day"
The Ballad of Mary King

"What would you choose between black & white, between more and less, between big and small, between elephants and mice?"
Between Elephants & Mice

"Fight your demons...but don't always expect to win"
The Iniquity Beyond


"Sometimes, Destiny and Love are Better Written than Spoken...."
Letters

"Behind the making of a classic was the making of a scandal"
Phantom Fights

"Every year a documentary comes out that changes the way we think. This is not one of them"
Q

Funniest Bait

The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
Ironic Nonfiction
Life On The Moon
Mail-Order Bliss
Q
That's So Hot
Swing For Me

Shameless Oscar Vehicles

Bait an Oscar
Katrina
Lady Lindy
Midnight Mass
Odysseus
Tommy

Best Poster Design

Arriba
The Ballad of Mary King
Midnight Mass
Phantom Fights
Tommy

Best Author

Connor Campbell (Fred & Ethel, The Breadwinner)
Daniel Crooke (Ironic Nonfiction, Foils)
Harry (Between Elephants & Mice, Odysseus)
James Somerton (Midnight Mass & The Ballad of Mary King)
Tony (The Iniquity Beyond, Arriba)


THE BIG 8 AWARDS

Best Picture

The Breadwinner
Cielo Drive
Ironic Nonfiction
Midnight Mass
Tosca

Best Director

Pedro Almodovar, Midnight Mass
Milos Forman, The Breadwinner
Curtis Hanson, Cielo Drive
Alexander Payne, Ironic Nonfiction
Martin Scorsese, Phantom Fights

Best Actor

Eric Bana, The Iniquity Beyond
Jim Broadbent, Foils
Tom Cruise, House of Fate
Gerard Depardieu, South Pacific
Tim Robbins, Ironic Nonfiction
Robin Williams, Midnight Mass

Best Actress

Stockard Channing, Mermania
Laura Linney, Between Elephants & Mice
Uma Thurman, The Ballad of Mary King
Liv Tyler, Letters
Kate Winslet, Midnight Mass
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anything Goes!

Best Supporting Actor

David Bowie, Ironic Nonfiction

Chris Cooper, Outlive
Harrison Ford, Courage
Johnny Depp, The Devil's Contract
William H. Macy, The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
John Stewart, The Lawyer & The Waitress

Best Supporting Actress


Julie Andrews, Foils
Cloris Leachman, The Art of Being Here
Joan Plowright, Jewels in the Crown
Emma Thompson, Deception Point
Marisa Tomei, Convalescence
Halle Berry, Mail-Order Bliss

Best Original Screenplay

Between Elephants & Mice
Cooper
Infatuation
Ironic Nonfiction
Midnight Mass
Outlive
Phantom Fights

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Breadwinner
Deception Point
Lady Lindy
Little Miss Murder
South Pacific
Tosca

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