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The other day I read this review of Downhill Racer, recently out on DVD: The success of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" made Robert Redford a movie star. But a far less successful movie released just weeks later in 1969, a riveting drama featuring one of best performances in Redford's career, is responsible for turning Redford into the icon to independent film....Redford plays the title role, David Chappellet, a...

JM got a nom for Best Supporting Actor (the only 'Last Station' nod) The full list is here: http://incontention.com/?p=18260

TLS nominated for Independent Spirit Awards, but no nom for James. :( EST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer) 500 Days of Summer Amreeka Precious Sin Nombre The Last Station BEST DIRECTOR The Coen Brothers Lee Daniels Cary *beep* James Grey Michael Hoffman BEST FEMALE LEAD Maria Bello Helen Mirren Gwentyth Paltrow Gabby Sidibe Nisreen Faour BEST SUPPORTING MALE Jemaine Clements Woody Harrelson Cristian McKay Ramon McKinnon Christopher Plummer

Double Play- Chris O'Donnell- In Love and War -Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock- Speed -Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves- Street Kings -Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker- Last King of Scotland -James McAvoy Gena Rowlands- The Notebook -Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling- Remember the Titans -Denzel Washington Denzel Washington- The Great Debaters -Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker- Last King of Scotland -James McAvoy Next: Dick Van Patten Due to recent...

I am more that ready for some new James videos! My daughter was here for Thanksgiving and we watched Starter for 10 together. While we were watching, she kept saying, "I hope he doesn't end up with the blonde girl." (MK, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Shameless and Shakespeare, if you have time.)

Shyt. Totally forgot he was in State of Play. My bad... Dick Van Dyke - Night at the Museum - Ben Stiller - Dodgeball - Vince Vaughan - Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Angelina Jolie - Wanted - James McAvoy Next: Phillip Seymour Hoffman "I'm a contemporary dancer, not a hip hop dancer. I do fan kicks and roll on the floor" Travis Wall

While I find it very encouraging that Film Independent gave such strong recognition to The Last Station overall, I'm still somewhat bummed that they didn't include JM as well as Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren in their list of nominees. After all, some reviewers have really raved about James' performance in TLS. I'll still continuing to keep my hopes up for JM in the other award races, since the Independent Spirit...

Thanks INU for this great news. It is too bad about James not being recognized but I think Gengenger and Nez both cautioned us that this performance was too subtle to grab their attention. But I have GREAT expectations for James in The Conspirator. A couple of blog comments that have been made, with which I agree, is that this helps the Oscar campaign because of the recognition and the additional publicity. I consider it a big loss that Sony...

bump. don't want to lose this one! Peace begins with a smile. - Mother Theresa

Hey Saint, I think The Conspirator, based on what I know about the project, embodies other themes. There was a very real, not inferred, judgement on the nature of competition in both Downhill Racer and the Candidate; the obvious ones involve how competition is corrosive, how it's lauded and emulated without having any meaning, how this is celebrated...winning equaling heroism...that kind of thing. Downhill Racer and the Candidate are both...