Will 'The Artist' and 'The Descendants' Turn back Indie Spirit-Oscar Trend?

Will 'The Artist' and 'The Descendants' Turn back Indie Spirit-Oscar Trend? By Scott Feinberg November 30, 2011 Photo by Fox Searchlight The nominations for that 27th annual Independent Spirit Honours were revealed on Tuesday, and were centered through the Weinstein Company's "The Artist" and The new sony Pictures Classics' "Take Shelter," which obtained five nods each. In the past, Indie Spirit those who win have tended to obtain nominated for -- but lose -- in the Academy awards. That may change this year, however, with "The Artist" and "The Descendants," two films which have both resonated as strongly every with Academy people so far, both nominated for the best feature, best director and finest script."The Artist," "The Descendants" and "Take Shelter" will compete for best feature with "Beginners" (the large champion finally night's Gotham Honours), "Drive," and "50/50." Bizarrely, Woodsy Allen's "Night time in Paris," which is among the likeliest best picture Oscar nominees, was refused a place within this category (in addition to best director and finest script), despite the fact that it had been nominated for best supporting actor (Corey Stoll) and finest cinematography. Drake Doremus' "Constantly,Inch that also appeared to become a likely nominee, seemed to be snubbed.A couple of other films were excluded from the main groups for other reasons: Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Existence," using its $32 million budget, was too large to pass through being an indie with this group. Meanwhile, three critics' faves with Oscar aspirations -- Lars von Trier's "Melancholia," Steve McQueen's "Shame" and Lynne Ramsey's "We Want to Discuss Kevin" -- were considered to become foreign films and therefore ineligible outdoors from the category alotted for individuals.Lastly, two inexplicable snubs happened within the lead acting groups: George Clooney, the star of "The Descendants," remained from the best actor race, while Glenn Close, the star of "Albert Nobbs," was excluded from the very best actress area-- despite the fact that her co-star Jesse McTeer was nominated for the best supporting actress. (I wouldn't read an excessive amount of in to these particular final results indeed, it is extremely likely the Academy will reverse them.) I expect that individuals races will be won by Jean Dujardin ("The Artist") and either Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn") or Elizabeth Olsen ("Martha Marcy May Marlene"), correspondingly, which Christopher Plummer ("Beginners") and Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants") will prevail within the supporting groups. The Hollywood Reporter Will 'The Artist' and 'The Descendants' Turn back Indie Spirit-Oscar Trend? By Scott Feinberg November 30, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT Fox Searchlight The nominations for that 27th annual Independent Spirit Honours were revealed on Tuesday, and were centered through the Weinstein Company's "The Artist" and The new sony Pictures Classics' "Take Shelter," which obtained five nods each. In the past, Indie Spirit those who win have tended to obtain nominated for -- but lose -- in the Academy awards. That may change this season, however, with "The Artist" and "The Descendants," two films which have both resonated as strongly every with Academy people so far, both nominated for the best feature, best director and finest script."The Artist," "The Descendants" and "Take Shelter" will compete for the best feature with "Beginners" (the large champion finally night's Gotham Honours), "Drive," and "50/50." Bizarrely, Woodsy Allen's "Night time in Paris," which is among the likeliest best picture Oscar nominees, was refused a place within this category (in addition to best director and finest script), despite the fact that it had been nominated for the best supporting actor (Corey Stoll) and finest cinematography. Drake Doremus' "Constantly,Inch that also appeared to become a likely nominee, seemed to be snubbed.A couple of other films were excluded from the main groups for some other reasons: Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Existence," using its $32 million budget, was too large to pass through being an indie with this group. Meanwhile, three critics' faves with Oscar aspirations -- Lars von Trier's "Melancholia," Steve McQueen's "Shame" and Lynne Ramsey's "We have to Discuss Kevin" -- were considered to become foreign films and for that reason ineligible outdoors from the category alotted for individuals.Lastly, two inexplicable snubs happened within the lead acting groups: George Clooney, the star of "The Descendants," was excluded from the very best actor race, while Glenn Close, the star of "Albert Nobbs," was excluded from the very best actress area-- despite the fact that her co-star Jesse McTeer was nominated for the best supporting actress. (I wouldn't read an excessive amount of in to these particular final results indeed, it's highly likely the Academy will reverse them.) I expect that individuals races will be won by Jean Dujardin ("The Artist") and only Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn") or Elizabeth Olsen ("Martha Marcy May Marlene"), correspondingly, which Christopher Plummer ("Beginners") and Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants") will prevail within the supporting groups. The Hollywood Reporter