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BEST PICTURE
Picture - Studio xxx(italics = little seen)	Comment
This Week's Frontrunners (alphabetical)
The Aviator - Miramax (GG/D)	The $100 million indie film from IEG... lots of speculation, little actually known... built for awards season speed
Closer - Columbia (GG/D)	Respect must be paid
Fahrenheit 9/11 - Lions Gate/IFC/FAG	Kerry slightly ahead in polls
The Phantom Of The Opera - WB (GG/C-M)	The snobs aren't going to be happy
Sideways - Fox Searchlight (GG/C-M)	One for the cineastes?
Additional Golden Globers (Comedy/Musicall)
Ray - Universal	First step in chase of an Oscar nod
Spanglish - Columbia	When Jim Brooks is on, he is sure gold... but is this one too Westside Los Angeles?
Beyond The Sea - Lions Gate	Critics will be tough, but Spacey's showcase
Meet The Fockers - Universal	Babs Makes HFPAers Verklempt!
The Incredibles - Disney	Can Superheroes break out of the ani-ghetto?
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - Paramount	A dark kids' movie... how will it play to the adults?
Additional Golden Globers (Drama)
Finding Neverland - Miramax	An early push and Johnny Depp should drive this nomination... Oscar will be harder
The Motorcycle Diaries - Focus Features	Che's politics could be key with this group... and is "foreign language"
The Sea Inside - New Line	Could go into the HFPA's foreign language ghetto
Vera Drake - New Line	Posied to become a righteous darling of the season... unlikely for Oscar B.P., but Globes drama door is open
Hotel Rwanda - MGM	A movie that overpowers viewers
Unseen... Mixed Buzz
Alexander - Warner Bros.	We'll know an epic when we see it
Million Dollar Baby - Warner Bros	Uh, Clint? Talk to us...
On The Border
Kinsey - Fox Searchlight	Strong film, could be too dry
The Passion Of The Christ - Newmarket	Strong film, could be too wet
A Very Long Engagement - Warner Indie	Strong film, could be too French.
Out Of Race Since Sept. 22
Proof	Apple's mom moves to 2005
Stay (Fox)	Remained a 2005 title
The Upside Of Anger (New Line)	Moved to Spring 2005
Other Possibles - By Studio
Disney
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou	Long road... 2 acting Oscar noms & 1 writing Globe nom for Anderson's films so far
DreamWorks
Collateral	Summer... action
Shrek 2	Big money... one nod option
Focus
The Door In The Floor	Ressurecting the dead ain't easy
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind	Gonna make a run... but needs the cult to expand
Fox Searchlight
I Heart Huckabee's
Lions Gate
A Love Song For Bobby Long	A late entry grasping for traction
Stage Beauty	Shakespeare In Drag
MGM
De-Lovely	De-ad
New Line
The Notebook	One too many pots on the NL oven
Paramount
Alfie	A nice movie... but commecial first
The Manchurian Candidate	Queen of diamonds... queen of diamonds...
Team America: World Police	A wannabe Globes player only
Sony
Spider-Man 2	There are almost 400 million reasons why not
Sony Pictures Classics
Being Julia	Stage-y, but Annette-y
Bad Education	Perhaps a little to noir for voters
House Of Flying Daggers	Brilliant, but too much funm perhaps
Twentieth Century Fox
None
Universal
Bridget Jones: Edge Of Reason	A sequeled romp
Synergy	Can they have it ready in time to grab us?
Warner Bros
The Polar Express	All aboard!
Warner Indie
We Don't Live Here Anymore	The small will inherit an Indie Spirit nod

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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October 14 , 2004

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