2009 Golden Globe Awards: Slumdog Millionaire, Kate Winslet and 30 Rock Win Big
The 2009 Golden Globe Awards ceremony has officially wrapped up, and unfortunately we missed the entire show here at Film Junk because we were in the midst of recording this week’s podcast. We’ll have to rely on you guys to fill us in on the highlights from the actual telecast, but from looking at the list of winners, it’s pretty obvious that the big stories are Slumdog Millionaire winning in all 4 categories for which it was nominated, and also Kate Winslet winning both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for two different movies. Crazy. Check out a quick summary of winners below, or follow the link to see the full list. Any major upsets?
Also embedded below is a clip from Mickey Rourke’s acceptance speech for Best Actor – Drama. How can you not love this guy?
Best Motion Picture – Drama: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Performance by an Actor – Drama: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Best Performance by an Actress – Drama: Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
Best Performance by an Actor – Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell (In Bruges)
Best Performance by an Actress – Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Best Animated Feature: Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Song: “The Wrestler” by Bruce Springsteen
Best Television Series – Drama: Mad Men
Best Television Series – Musical Or Comedy: 30 Rock
Comments (11)
gotta love the middle finger from Aronofsky
I guess a lot of people liked Winslet, but I felt Hathaway was robbed.
Posted by Goon on January 12th, 2009excellent 30 minute Roarke interview:
http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2008/11/dp30_mickey_rou.html
Posted by Goon on January 12th, 2009Is it OK to flash the middle finger on television? I want to know in case I get asked onto a talk show.
Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock presented a Best Actress in a Television Drama award to Rogue. That was the highlight for me.
Posted by Reed Farrington on January 12th, 2009“Is it OK to flash the middle finger on television?”
I’m pretty sure its not. I’m basing this off of pro wrestling actually. Whenever Stone Cold Steve Austin would actually flip the bird he would get his fingers blurred out, and yet when he would enter the ring and flipped the crowd as part of his turnbuckle stance they would not. Then I realized he was flipping “in reverse”, as shown in this lame piece of fan art:
http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/stone-cold-steve-austin-dave-olsen.jpg
Posted by Goon on January 12th, 2009I still don’t understand why The Wrestler wasn’t up for best picture. I haven’t seen The Reader, but from what I have gathered, it didn’t really deserve to be in there. I am happy that Slumdoggy did so well though, especially Danny Boyle’s win.
Posted by Neil M on January 12th, 2009“The Wrestler is just way too edgy to be nominated. However, it’s pretty cool that Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture since it was the actually the one choice that falls outside of the typical Oscar-bait crap.”
– Sean (from another post)
I wouldn’t say The Wrestler is WAY too edgy to be nominated, but thinking back to it I can see your point. And since The Reader apparently screams Oscar-bait (according to the RT consensus), I don’t know why I was surprised.
Posted by Neil M on January 12th, 2009It made me sad that The Wrestler wasn’t nominated either, since it was heaps better than anything else that was nominated (save maybe Slumdog Millionaire, which I haven’t seen yet so I can’t judge). Rourke’s acceptance speech was awesome; I loved that instead of thanking God like everyone else does, he thanked his dogs.
Colin Farrell’s win was my one very happy surprise and brought me a brief moment of joy.
I found it really hard to get excited by any of these nominations because they’re all for good but not great films. I fear the Oscar noms will bring more of the same.
Posted by Liz on January 12th, 2009lol goon
Posted by cronenfly on January 13th, 2009i didn’t think Mickey Rourke would ever show up in public again, then there he was, winning big at the Golden Globes
Posted by coffee on January 15th, 2009I saw Slumdog Millionaire today. Boyle has really done a good job with this movie. While the movie deals with the gory details of the underbelly of Mumbai, it doesnt really leave you with a sick feeling. The story feels like a commentary and at the end you just feel good about the whole movie. Very well done I must say.
The music score by Rehman is amazing, the actors who played junior Jamal and Salim were the real stars. They were simply too good. Freida Pinto had just 15 mins of screen presence. I think she was overhyped.
Posted by Mumbai on January 18th, 2009Slumdog Millionaire” has it all, and I am sorely tempted to give it a 10/10
Posted by Pinky on January 27th, 2009Leave a Reply