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“An Education” led the 2010 BAFTA film awards. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced its longlist and the coming-of-age drama scored 17 mentions including best film, director, and actress for Carey Mulligan.
Not too far behind was Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” with 15 mentions and Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” scored 12. Meanwhile, James Cameron’s “Avatar” and Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones” received 11 mentions apiece.
This longlist will be cut down to a shortlist from 15 mentions per category (except Best Animated Film) to 5. They will be announced January 21st. Then, the winners will be crowned one month later on Feb. 21st.
Best Film
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Director
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Original Screenplay
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Makeup and Hair
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Visual Effects
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Sound
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Editing
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Costume Design
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Production Design
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Cinematography
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Music
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Leading Actor
Brad Pitt (Ltd. Aldo Raine) – “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Lead Actress
Melanie Laurent (Shosanna Dreyfus) – “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz (Col. Hans Landa) – “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)Best Supporting Actress
Diane Kruger (Bridget von Hammersmark) – “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)
The “Inglourious Basterds” star — and winner of Jew/Not a Jew — was kayaking a mile from shore when he got pulled under by a whirlpool. Eli tells TMZ he tried climbing on a rock that was covered in sea urchins, with nobody in sight, but then a huge wave engulfed him … he tried gaining his balance on the rocks and stepped on the urchins, which unleashed scores of spikes into his body.
Eli screamed for help. A nearby fisherman saved him. The doctor couldn’t anesthetize his foot because of swelling, so the doc held up a needle and tweezers and said, “Be brave.”
And get this. When Eli got to shore, writhing in pain, a dude in a nearby boat came over — drink in hand — and asked Eli to meet his kid. Eli said, “Um, really, I just almost died out there.” The dude persisted, and his son — a 20-year-old who had too much to drink — came over for a schmoozefest. Eli held out his bloody hand and the meet and greet was over.
The Bear Jew was stung 200 times — pins in the bottom of his feet and palms. Eli is in pain but said to be ok. (Source)
I just wanted to give a big congratulations to the cast and crew of Inglourious Basterds for their (well-deserved) win at the 2010 People’s Choice Awards for “Best Independent Film.” Event photos and screen captures to be added soon!
I truly believe this is the start of a great award season for everyone involved with “Inglourious Basterds.”
While vacationing in Mexico, Eli managed to find himself in the midst of a crisis – kayak sank, leaving him stranded in Mexico surrounded by sea urchin’s. Via his official Twitter account, Eli let fans know what happened:
“It’s kind of weird to put into 140 characters, but in a nutshell I was in an ocean kayak in open water that suddenly sank. It had a hole. I was about a mile from the shore, behind a huge rocky island. I had to swim to the island and got pulled under the water and nearly hit it. I scrambled up and got about 200 sea urchin pins in the bottom of my feet and my palms. The rock was covered in crabs. It was like a scene out of Starship Troopers. I screamed for help until a fisherman saved me. This was in Mexico. I do not speak much Spanish. The doctor couldn’t anesthetize my foot because it would swell too much. She held up a needle and tweezers and simply said ‘Be brave.’
My vacation from there pretty much turned into Hostel 3. The doctor couldn’t get them all in 90 mins, so a friend continued for 6 hours. So now I’m hobbling around. I still have sea urchin spikes in my feet & palms. I can’t get them out and have to wait for them to dissolve. It was honestly the most painful experience I’ve ever had in my life. I just had to grit my teeth and bear it while they picked them out.
I started the year nearly melting and finished it nearly drowning. Plus I had been kayaking so I was exhausted when it sank. I’ve just been resting, taking antibiotics, soaking my feet. My hands are healing up but my feet are in rough shape. The best part was when I googled “sea urchins” and it said that they are poisonous, but if you get 1 spike, you’ll be fine. I had over 200.
Luckily, the crabs were scared of this Bear Jew on their rock and they’d back away. But then a wave would come and displace everyone. My feet and hands were such a mess I couldn’t walk – I had to crab-walk on my butt around the rock to find an opening where I could jump in. Two days later 4 baby sharks were spotted near where I was stranded. And where there are babies… I actually thought to myself “Oh my God – I’m going to get eaten to death by crabs! And I won’t even be around to tell @HarveyLevinTMZ!
I got back to shore and this rich tourist was trying to introduce me to his family. I was like ‘Um, pardon me, I almost just died…’ I’m standing there, dripping and bleeding, and he’s drunk and is like ‘Hey, meet my son!’ The son extends his hand. The son is also drunk. I actually said ‘I’m sorry, I can’t shake your hand, I don’t really have any skin there right now. Which way’s the hospital?’”
Wishing Eli a speedy recovery and no more accidents for the rest of 2010!
The people have spoken – and they love Vampires! Not surprisingly ‘Twilight’ snagged the most nominations for the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. The ‘Twilight’ franchise stars earn six nods while it’s TV counterpart, ‘True Blood’ receives three.
Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominee slate and will also choose the winners in 35 categories. The ceremony will be broadcast live on CBS on Jan. 6, so tune in!
Best Independent Film:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)Best Movie Actor
Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds)
Eli himself has confirmed he will be attending tomorrow’s show.
The Hostel director and Inglourious Basterds co-star talks to TIME about his creative influences. (Source)
Pretty-Scary.net is inviting viewers to votes for the “Scary Stud of 2009″. Among the nominees is Eli – so cast your votes.
It’s time to vote for Scary Stud of 2009! Stroll down memory lane with our funny, sexy, charming scary studs of 2009 and let us know which one you think deserves the crown.
Nominees: Dani Filth, Billy Garberina, Robert Patrick, Eli Roth, Corin Nemec, Mike J. Nelson, Tom Atkins, and Scott Norton.
Voting ends January 31, 2010
To cast your vote visit: Pretty-Scary.net
Piranha 3D
Opens: April 16th 2010
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Ving Rhames, Richard Dreyfuss, Jerry O’Connell, Eli Roth
Director: Alexandre Aja
Summary: After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for Lake Victoria’s new razor-toothed residents. But with only one chance to save her family from totally being devoured, our heroine must risk everything to destroy them.
Analysis: With the horror genre having devolved into tedious torture porn, neutered ghost stories or sleep-inducing slasher remakes, it’s about time someone brought back the classic creature feature. A remake of “Gremlins” and “Innerspace” director Joe Dante’s 1978 Jaws-spoof “Piranha”, this is one of the few times a redo is justified as the original isn’t really seen as a classic while the basic premise is open to all sorts of possibilities.
Hitting the scene with the impressive “Haute Tension”, director Alexandre Aja surprised quite a few people with 2006′s remake of Wes Craven’s “The Hills Have Eyes” which managed to be one of the better examples of a horror retread that works. His 2008 effort “Mirrors” was a stinker, but the concept itself was stupid. Here though the tone is both fun and frightening, the gore is said to be extremely graphic, and the 3D potential is far more promising than it was for the likes of “My Bloody Valentine” or “The Final Destination”. (Source)
Eli Roth is calling for an Inglourious Basterds prequel – because he’s already shot a scene with Cloris Leachman that he hopes will be included. The actor/director reveals Quentin Tarantino left a lot on the cutting room floor after wrapping the first film – and Roth feels sure it’s good enough to be included in another movie.
He says, “We have three scenes that we shot in Boston that take place before the war, and Quentin says if he does the prequel, he’s going to use them. They’re not going to be DVD extras. There’s a great scene with me and Cloris Leachman. I go and get her to sign the (his trademark) bat. It’s me and the little old Jewish ladies of the neighbourhood.”
And Roth isn’t the only ‘basterd’ keen to make another movie.
He tells Eonline.com, “Everybody would drop whatever they’re doing to go back to work with Quentin. All the time, (co-star) Brad (Pitt) says, ‘Prequel, prequel!’ All the ‘basterds’ would jump on it in a second.”
Phil on Film has compiled a top 10 list of the “Wost Films of the Decade”. Undeservingly, Eli’s film, “Hostel: Part II” (2007), made the list.
3. “Hostel: Part II” (Eli Roth, 2007)
One of the most depressing developments in the past decade has been the rise of the ‘torture porn’ film, a particular brand of extreme cinema that has become big business purely despite having little to offer beyond scenes of dismemberment and death. A key figure in this genre is Eli Roth, whose Hostel films feature young American holidaymakers in Europe being kidnapped and tortured by rich businessmen who have paid for the privilege. This sequel follows the formula of the first film, but Roth flips the gender, so this time we get to see attractive young women getting it in the neck rather than men. In the film’s signature sequence, a naked Heather Matarazzo is hung from her ankles and then sliced apart by a scythe-wielding woman, who lies underneath her and bathes in her blood. All this scene does is push the envelope slightly in terms of the depiction of onscreen violence, but is that really a worthwhile endeavour? Roth doesn’t appear to put any more thought into his film than that, and he displays no interest in or sympathy for his characters; they are there only to kill or be killed.
On a side note: Personally, I disagree with this. I think “Hostel: Part II” was a very well-done film with a unique story plot that intrigued movie goers, particularly, horror fans (like myself).
Hemlock Grove
The Last Exorcism (2010)
Piranha (2010)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
