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The nominations are in, and it looks like the big grabbers this year are Jason Reitman's Juno, Tony Gilroy's Michael Clayton, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, and the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men.
Was anyone forgotten? Who should win? And do you think the Oscars will fall victim to the writers' strike just like the Golden Globes before them?
Here is your opportunity to talk about anything you want related to the Sundance Film Festival. What are you looking forward to? What films do you think will be disastrous? Which new actors deserve recognition, and which returning ones need to go? The sky's the limit. Talk it up.
On Shootout this week, Peter Guber and Peter Bart discussed film actresses breaking into television, and thus potentially damaging the indie-film industry. Interestingly enough, if you look at the crop of films at Sundance this year, the opposite could be taking place as well. Consider the case of Mischa Barton, who left a lucrative gig as the troublesome teen on FOX's The O.C. to pursue a film career, and has since been pretty much invisible. But now she's starring in one of the most talked-about films of the festival, Assassination of a High School President co-starring Bruce Willis of all people.
Adrian Grenier is in the same boat. Known as Entourage's leading man, Grenier is starring in Adventures of Power, a new film written and directed--and I swear I'm not making this up--by a man named Ari Gold.
What do you think? Are film artists flocking to television or is it the opposite? Who would you most like to see jump into another medium?
Sundance is often considered a place of discovery for new actors and filmmakers. But can a well-known actor be rediscovered here as well? Consider the case of Winona Ryder, who arguably hasn't had a commercially successful film since Girl, Interrupted.
In the meantime she's suffered embarrassments like Mr. Deeds and even more embarrassing personal dramas like the infamous shoplifting episode. Her Sundance film, The Last Word, has drawn significant buzz and is expected to be one of this year's crowd-pleasers. Factor in her upcoming turn as Spock's mother in the Star Trek prequel and you've got the makings of a Winona resurrection.
Sharon Stone is in a similar situation. Previous attempts to revive her career--Basic Instinct 2, anyone?--proved to be unmitigated disasters. She stars in The Year of Getting to Know Us, a dark comedy featuring such B -listers as Jimmy Fallon and Tom Arnold. Will three careers suddenly re-ascend?
Tom Sizemore, who made a name for himself a decade ago as the war hero in Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down then hit rock bottom with a heroin and methamphetamine addiction, documented in his VH1 reality series Shooting Sizemore. He's in Red this year, a film starring the always-excellent Brian Cox.
Who would you like to see make a comeback?
