BEST PICTURE
Picture - Studio	Comment
Dreamgirls (GG)	In spite of the world's whitest critic questioning its soul, voters want to see it and are cheering
Letters From Iwo Jima	The smart, dry, critics choice
The Queen (GG)	Solid, speaks to the age group
The Departed (GG)	Well enough liked to get a nom... too Scorsese to win
The Battle For The 5 Slot
Little Miss Sunshine (GG)	The longest time in the contender slot... strong core
The Pursuit of Happyness	Outside shot... but regardless of some lukewarm reviews, the movie plays like gangbusters and will be one of the high grossers of the contenders
Babel (GG)	Lots of Globes attention... but not much else
Little Children (GG)	The most critics play amongst the second tier... but is it enough?
Globes Nominees With No Oscar Chance
Bobby (GG)
Borat (GG)
The Devil Wears Prada (GG)
Thank You for Smoking (GG)

Other Possibles - By Studio
Columbia/Tri-Star
All The King's Men
The Da Vinci Code
The Holiday
Marie Antoinette
Running With Scissors
Stranger Than Fiction
Disney
Apocalypto
The Prestige
Focus
Hollywoodland
Scoop
Fox
A Good Year
Focus Features
Catch A Fire
Fox Searchlight
Fast Food Nation
The History Boys
The Last King of Scotland
Notes of a Scandal
MGM
Home of the Brave
Rocky Reloaded
Miramax
The Hoax
Venus
New Line
The Nativity
Paramount
Flags of Our Fathers
World Trade Center
Picturehouse
Fur
Pan's Labyrinth
Sony Pictures Classics
Volver
Universal
Children of Men
The Good Shepherd
United 93
Warner Bros
Blood Diamond
For Your Consideration
The Fountain
The Good German
Warner Indie
The Painted Veil
The Weinstein Company
Breaking & Entering
The Yari Group
The Illusionist

 

Charts from December 14 Picturex Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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December 21, 2006
- by David Poland