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Post by Brother Fease on May 27, 2024 16:14:06 GMT
Anora is a comedy-drama, written, directed, edited, and co-produced by Sean Baker. The film just won the prestigious Palm d'Or or Golden Palm at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. This is the first American film to win this award since 2011's Tree of Life. Only three American films have won the Golden Palm without scoring any Oscar nominations - Scarecrow (1973), Elephant (2003), and the documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004). In 3 of the last 4 years, the Golden Palm winners have scored Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay nominations.
The early reviews have been quite good: 98% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating and 7.4/10 IMDB User score. Lots of praise for the lead performances from Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn. Sean Baker is getting high marks for his writing and directing abilities.
All of Sean Baker's films have been highly acclaimed. The Florida Project is the only film of his to gross over 1 million dollars at the U.S-Canadian box-office and earn any Oscar nominations -- solo nod for Willem Dafoe for Supporting Actor.
[stop at the 1:24 mark]
[early review from The Oscar Expert, forward to 6 minute mark for awards speculation]
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on May 27, 2024 16:40:35 GMT
I'll say it has an inside track on noms for Picture, Actress, and Original Screenplay at this point. Leaving out Director for now since I think given Baker's past output that it may get pushed out by showier contenders, but I wouldn't be surprised if he got that nod too.
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Post by DanQuixote on May 27, 2024 18:41:57 GMT
The Anatomy of a Fall haul.
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Post by JangoB on May 27, 2024 20:17:27 GMT
The Anatomy of a Fall haul. This. Won't be surprised if it doesn't become an Oscar movie at all either, though. |
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Post by finniussnrub on May 27, 2024 20:32:33 GMT
The longest Palm to best picture nominee streak is 2, and has happened before recent times. However maybe this is truly a new trend, or just an outlier, where the Palm (barring the definitely non-Oscar movie Titane) is being considered by voters in the Oscar race since Parasite, where that hasn't really been the case in the past. If Anora also succeeds, then I'd say Palm is now a true predictive precursor, if it flops, maybe not.
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Post by Brother Fease on May 27, 2024 20:35:36 GMT
The Anatomy of a Fall haul. This. Won't be surprised if it doesn't become an Oscar movie at all either, though. It depends on how much Neon campaigns for it. I have heard no word on when it will hit the U.S shores or even the British or Australian shores. My guess is probably sometime between late August and November. |
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Post by JangoB on May 27, 2024 20:50:45 GMT
This. Won't be surprised if it doesn't become an Oscar movie at all either, though. It depends on how much Neon campaigns for it. I have heard no word on when it will hit the U.S shores or even the British or Australian shores. My guess is probably sometime between late August and November. It also depends on whether AMPAS responds to it. Lately they've certainly shown themselves to be more open to stuff one wouldn't normally consider Oscary.. but who knows how a Sean Baker movie about sex workers and Russian thugs will play for them. |
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Post by quetee on May 27, 2024 21:05:58 GMT
Looking forward to this. I just realized that the lead was in Once Upon a Time... So it is possible for her to score a nod.
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Post by quetee on May 27, 2024 21:06:53 GMT
Is there a release date yet?
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Post by Brother Fease on May 27, 2024 21:51:55 GMT
Looking forward to this. I just realized that the lead was in Once Upon a Time... So it is possible for her to score a nod. There's no release date, but will inevitable get one for U.S, Canadian, and UK markets before December 31st.
Madison was in Once Upon a Time and Scream.
When I was saw the movie Scream (5) in theaters, I thought to myself, where do I recognize her. Then I realized afterwards, "Oh she was a member of the Manson gang".
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Post by Brother Fease on May 27, 2024 21:55:26 GMT
It depends on how much Neon campaigns for it. I have heard no word on when it will hit the U.S shores or even the British or Australian shores. My guess is probably sometime between late August and November. It also depends on whether AMPAS responds to it. Lately they've certainly shown themselves to be more open to stuff one wouldn't normally consider Oscary.. but who knows how a Sean Baker movie about sex workers and Russian thugs will play for them. Last year, they did reward Poor Things with 4 Oscars. That had a lot of sex in it. But I do get that Baker's style hasn't been know to be appealing to Oscar voters. Madison and Eydelshteyn are not exactly established actors, unlike Dafoe. |
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Post by quetee on May 27, 2024 22:05:32 GMT
It also depends on whether AMPAS responds to it. Lately they've certainly shown themselves to be more open to stuff one wouldn't normally consider Oscary.. but who knows how a Sean Baker movie about sex workers and Russian thugs will play for them. Last year, they did reward Poor Things with 4 Oscars. That had a lot of sex in it. But I do get that Baker's style hasn't been know to be appealing to Oscar voters. Madison and Eydelshteyn are not exactly established actors, unlike Dafoe. At least they are actors though with bonafide roles. I think that makes a difference Besides, the movie sounds like Pretty Woman without the sweetness. |
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Post by mhynson27 on May 28, 2024 0:21:16 GMT
Yeah what Dan said, the Anatomy haul.
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Post by mhynson27 on May 28, 2024 0:24:18 GMT
I'll say it has an inside track on noms for Picture, Actress, and Original Screenplay at this point. Leaving out Director for now since I think given Baker's past output that it may get pushed out by showier contenders, but I wouldn't be surprised if he got that nod too. The thing with director though, is we've had at least one Cannes representative since 2018, and not all have them have been showy either. |
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Post by sterlingarcher86 on May 28, 2024 1:19:47 GMT
I'll say it has an inside track on noms for Picture, Actress, and Original Screenplay at this point. Leaving out Director for now since I think given Baker's past output that it may get pushed out by showier contenders, but I wouldn't be surprised if he got that nod too. The thing with director though, is we've had at least one Cannes representative since 2018, and not all have them have been showy either. I can see Rasoulof being in the conversation too. He has an AMAZING narrative. |
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Post by Brother Fease on May 28, 2024 1:24:19 GMT
I'll say it has an inside track on noms for Picture, Actress, and Original Screenplay at this point. Leaving out Director for now since I think given Baker's past output that it may get pushed out by showier contenders, but I wouldn't be surprised if he got that nod too. The thing with director though, is we've had at least one Cannes representative since 2018, and not all have them have been showy either. Excellent point. The director's branch does tend to go for high brow taste as well.
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Post by mhynson27 on May 28, 2024 2:16:43 GMT
The thing with director though, is we've had at least one Cannes representative since 2018, and not all have them have been showy either. I can see Rasoulof being in the conversation too. He has an AMAZING narrative. Eh, I think he's probably the 5th most likely from Cannes tbh. |
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Post by DanQuixote on May 28, 2024 9:25:23 GMT
NEON have proven themselves to be incapable of handling two films in one year (Portrait of a Lady on Fire). They definitely picked up Rasoulof’s film because it had strong Palme winner buzz and they wanted to guarantee five in a row. Now that Anora won, they’re going to dump Rasoulof ala La Chimera and concentrate all their energy on Anora.
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Post by stephen on May 28, 2024 17:35:16 GMT
In terms of likelihood, I'd say Picture is reasonable, and Director and Actress feel like possible gets but they're up against potentially stiff competition, especially the former. I personally find it hard to imagine Madison getting in without Baker in Director, though, but we'll see.
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Post by sterlingarcher86 on May 30, 2024 17:10:09 GMT
NEON have proven themselves to be incapable of handling two films in one year (Portrait of a Lady on Fire). They definitely picked up Rasoulof’s film because it had strong Palme winner buzz and they wanted to guarantee five in a row. Now that Anora won, they’re going to dump Rasoulof ala La Chimera and concentrate all their energy on Anora. I have never bought into the “X is this studios too choice so Y will be pushed aside”. It’s overused especially on here and doesn’t usually work out that way. Neon would be thrilled to have two nominees. Portrait and La Chimera weren’t getting in anyways. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 30, 2024 17:27:45 GMT
NEON have proven themselves to be incapable of handling two films in one year (Portrait of a Lady on Fire). They definitely picked up Rasoulof’s film because it had strong Palme winner buzz and they wanted to guarantee five in a row. Now that Anora won, they’re going to dump Rasoulof ala La Chimera and concentrate all their energy on Anora. I have never bought into the “X is this studios too choice so Y will be pushed aside”. It’s overused especially on here and doesn’t usually work out that way. Neon would be thrilled to have two nominees. Portrait and La Chimera weren’t getting in anyways. I think Portrait definitely could've gotten in with a stronger campaign. It's one of the most acclaimed movies of the 2010s. |
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on May 30, 2024 17:40:59 GMT
I have never bought into the “X is this studios too choice so Y will be pushed aside”. It’s overused especially on here and doesn’t usually work out that way. Neon would be thrilled to have two nominees. Portrait and La Chimera weren’t getting in anyways. I think Portrait definitely could've gotten in with a stronger campaign. It's one of the most acclaimed movies of the 2010s. In 2019 it was remarkable enough for Parasite to cut through the noise and be a strong contender let alone win. I just don't think Portrait was on the radar enough. The Farewell that same year received comparable acclaim (contemporaneously, Portrait obviously has leapfrogged in acclaim since), has some English dialogue, and came out early enough in America to theoretically generate buzz and it got nothing. |
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Post by TylerDeneuve on May 30, 2024 17:42:22 GMT
NEON have proven themselves to be incapable of handling two films in one year (Portrait of a Lady on Fire). They definitely picked up Rasoulof’s film because it had strong Palme winner buzz and they wanted to guarantee five in a row. Now that Anora won, they’re going to dump Rasoulof ala La Chimera and concentrate all their energy on Anora. Hm... They did pretty well with Spencer and The Worst Person in the World! (They could have done a lot better though, admittedly.) |
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Post by DanQuixote on May 30, 2024 18:05:09 GMT
NEON have proven themselves to be incapable of handling two films in one year (Portrait of a Lady on Fire). They definitely picked up Rasoulof’s film because it had strong Palme winner buzz and they wanted to guarantee five in a row. Now that Anora won, they’re going to dump Rasoulof ala La Chimera and concentrate all their energy on Anora. I have never bought into the “X is this studios too choice so Y will be pushed aside”. It’s overused especially on here and doesn’t usually work out that way. Neon would be thrilled to have two nominees. Portrait and La Chimera weren’t getting in anyways. I mean obviously they’d love to have two nominees. What I’m saying is that NEON hasn’t been able to do that in the past and I doubt this is the year it happens. |
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Post by sterlingarcher86 on May 30, 2024 18:26:34 GMT
I have never bought into the “X is this studios too choice so Y will be pushed aside”. It’s overused especially on here and doesn’t usually work out that way. Neon would be thrilled to have two nominees. Portrait and La Chimera weren’t getting in anyways. I think Portrait definitely could've gotten in with a stronger campaign. It's one of the most acclaimed movies of the 2010s. Just being acclaimed isn’t enough |
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