Slaves and con-artists lead Golden Globes
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The searing historical epic “12 Years a Slave” and con-artist caper “American Hustle” lead the 71st annual Golden Globes with seven nominations each.
The nominations announced yesterday in Beverly Hills by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association suggest both films — one outlandish and farcical, the other grimly accurate — may be this year’s Oscar favorites.
Hailed by critics as an unblinking portrait of slavery, “12 Years a Slave” verified its front-runner status with nominations including best film drama, Chiwetel Ejiofor for best actor in a drama, Steve McQueen for best director and Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong’o for their supporting roles.
“All of these nominations hopefully mean that more people will go and see it and that is really exciting because I feel this film is pivotal and just so good for the world,” said Nyong’o.
“American Hustle” dominated the Globes’ other category side: comedy or musical. The fictionalized story of the FBI’s Abscam investigation amid the disco 1970s earned nominations for best movie comedy and David O. Russell for best director. Much of its starry cast received nominations, including lead actors Christian Bale and Amy Adams, as well as last year’s Oscar darling, Jennifer Lawrence for best supporting actress.
Also in the mix are Alexander Payne’s father-son road trip “Nebraska,” with five nominations, including best actor for Bruce Dern. The space odyssey “Gravity” earned four nominations, as did the Somali pirate thriller “Captain Phillips,” starring Tom Hanks as the kidnapped cargo ship captain.
Alfonso Cuaron’s innovative 3D spectacle “Gravity,” for which star Sandra Bullock received a best actress nomination, should be a bigger Oscar heavyweight at the Academy Awards, which honor technical categories that the Globes don’t. With more than US$630 million in worldwide box office, “Gravity” also figures to be the populist favorite.
This year’s comedy competition — usually a mixed bag compared to the dramatic categories — could be the strongest field yet for the Globes. Aside from “American Hustle,” the group includes Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Nebraska,” Spike Jonze’s “Her” and the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
The soulful futuristic romance “Her” and 1960s Greenwich Village folk tale “Inside Llewyn Davis” both reaped three nominations, including nods for its stars: newcomer Oscar Isaac for “Llewyn Davis” and Joaquin Phoenix for “Her.”
The last film of 2013 to screen, Scorsese’s three-hour financial industry extravaganza had been one of the biggest question marks this awards season. After being snubbed on Wednesday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, it earned a nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as an out-of-control Wall Street trader, along with the best picture nomination.
Robert Redford, also overlooked on Wednesday, was nominated as best actor by the Globes for his nearly unspoken performance as a man shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean in “All Is Lost.”
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