Nov 19 2009Some of These Documentaries Will Be Nominated for an Oscar
Specifically, five of them.
The preliminary fifteen documentaries that will be cut down to the five that will be Academy Award nominees have been announced. So, uh, here they are:
-"The Beaches of Agnes," Agnès Varda, director
-"Burma VJ," Anders Østergaard, director
-"The Cove," Louie Psihoyos, director
-"Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors
-"Facing Ali," Pete McCormack, director
-"Food, Inc.," Robert Kenner, director
-"Garbage Dreams," Mai Iskander, director
-"Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders," Mark N. Hopkins, director
-"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors
-"Mugabe and the White African," Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey, directors
-"Sergio," Greg Barker, director
-"Soundtrack for a Revolution," Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, directors
-"Under Our Skin," Andy Abrahams Wilson, director
-"Valentino: The Last Emperor," Matt Tyrnauer, director
-"Which Way Home," Rebecca Cammisa, director
I, for one, am fairly surprised by the absence of Tyson, Anvil, and Capitalism: A Love Story. As well as the lack of nomination for Man on Wire, Super Size Me, An Inconvenient Truth, The Thin Blue Line, Spellbound, the entire Maysles Brothers catalog, and Nanook of the North. I don't understand exactly how these things work, but man, those were some good documentaries.
Reader Comments
1. Dogless - November 19, 2009 6:36 PM
I haven't heard of any of them, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest.
2. Anon - November 19, 2009 6:37 PM
I think Man on Wire was last year...
3. bribios - November 19, 2009 8:04 PM
I'm also shocked Capitalism wasn't on there. Not only did I think it was an auto nom, I thought it would be an auto win too. I guess without Bush in the whitehouse Hollywood feels less inclined to suck Michael Moore's cheddar spurting dick.
That said I keep hearing I need to watch Food Inc. The rest of these I've never heard of.
4. shamownage - November 19, 2009 8:51 PM
I saw Tyson a while back and thought it was fuckin amazing. I'm really suprised and disapppointed that it didn't at least get a nomination :(
5. Gordy - November 19, 2009 9:23 PM
Well, An Inconvenient Truth has been nominated already, surely that's enough--especially since it won 2. Personally, I think "Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted" is missing from this list. Great documentary.
6. rach - November 19, 2009 11:17 PM
No kidding, Gordy. If you're going to blow your wad wishing that the libtard docs made the list, you could at least pretend to have an interest in a conservative documentary.
7. ian - November 20, 2009 5:49 AM
i saw man on wire and it didnt make as much an impression as jesus camp
8. ua - November 20, 2009 6:46 AM
Are you retarted? Man on Wire, Super Size Me, An Inconvenient Truth, Spellbound - all of these were nominated, Man on Wire and An Inconvenient Truth even won. And Maysles brothers were nominated for Christo's Valley Curtain.
9. Cinema Obsessed - November 20, 2009 9:06 AM
Supersize Me was one of the best documentaries ever. Funny AND informative. OH has anyone seen SuperHigh Me? The documentary where the guy smokes pot all day everyday for a month and they test him of different stuff? Friggin hilarious and actually interesting, I highly recommend it.
10. debt help - November 20, 2009 2:00 PM
wow i didnt know that man on a wire was this year i thougt it was lasts years
11. tbag - November 20, 2009 2:53 PM
how can "trouble the water" not be on that list.. its one of the more amazing documentaries, if not movies, i've seen in a while.
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13. bribios - November 20, 2009 3:51 PM
CHRIST, PEOPLE!!!! That's the joke! IWS writer is just rattling off a couple documentaries that he HAS heard of, all of which have had their shot at an Oscar. This is getting out of hand, we need to come up with some kind of way to write sarcasm so it doesn't go flying over peoples heads. I guess in the meantime just assume that the last paragraph is probably a joke, since that's pretty much always the case.
14. Nick - November 20, 2009 5:18 PM
I'm pretty sure "The Cove" and "Facing Ali" are going to make the final cut. "Food, Inc." might also if just on the sheer amount of advertising they put out on facebook.
Money says "The Cove" for the win.
15. Marius - November 20, 2009 5:28 PM
HEY!!!
What about THIS IS IT? Michael Jacksons last appearance?
16. mfbinc - November 22, 2009 1:15 AM
FOOD INC was awesome....i dare anyone to watch it and not change their eating habits.....you'll never look at your food the same way again....
17. kristin - November 22, 2009 1:57 AM
just to nitpick... nanook of the north wasn't really a documentary, as Flaherty took eskimos living in modern ways, with guns, and asked them to act as their ancestors had, which they didn't do. it was more of a reenactment.
let's not forget Flaherty's louisiana story, either, which was funded by oil companies.
18. elkaybie - November 23, 2009 5:18 PM
The Cove ftw