2004 BEST DIRECTOR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS

FINAL PREDICTIONS / JANUARY 24, 2005 / 3 for 5 [60%]

CORRECT PREDICTION=BLUE / RED=INCORRECT PREDICTION

MY PREDICTED FIVE
1. (1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1) Martin Scorsese for THE AVIATOR	2. (2)(4)(14)(21)(-)(-)(-) Clint Eastwood for MILLION DOLLAR BABY	3. (3)(2)(5)(8)(18)(-)(-)(-) Alexander Payne for SIDEWAYS	4. (11)(12)(19)(17)(14)(15)(16)(18) Michel Gondry for ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND	5. (5)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-) Zhang Yimou for HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
MY REVIEW	MY REVIEW	MY REVIEW	MY REVIEW	MY REVIEW
noms: HFPA wins: NYFCO, PHOENIX, BFCA	noms: HFPA wins: NYFCC, SDFCA, CHICAGO, VAN	noms: HFPA, IFP wins: LAFCA, SEFCA, FLA, SAN FRAN	noms: wins: WAFCA, TORONTO, OFCS	noms: wins: BOSTON, NSOFC
Other possibilities: Marc Forster for FINDING NEVERLAND(6)(7)(12)(12)(7)(20)(19)(15) Taylor Hackford for RAY(8)(8)(6)(7)(6)(18)(16)(-) Mike Nichols for CLOSER(4)(3)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(3) Michael Mann for COLLATERAL(10)(13)(-)(-)(-)(17)(9)(11) Bill Condon for KINSEY(7)(5)(3)(4)(3)(17)(15)(-) Mike Leigh for VERA DRAKE(9)(9)(7)(3)(15)(21)(6)(-) Terry George for HOTEL RWANDA(13)(14)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-) Dark Horses, but still not out of the question: Walter Salles for THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES(12)(11)(9)(9)(11)(12)(12)(10) Joshua Marston for MARIA FULL OF GRACE(14)(20)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-) Pedro Almadovar for BAD EDUCATION(15)(15)(18)(17)(8)(6)(5)(5) Alejandro Amenabar for THE SEA INSIDE(16)(19)(15)(15)(19)(-)(-)(-) A pair of Directors who may have a loyal enough following to begat a surprise nomination: Michael Moore for FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (18)(18)(16)(5)(4)(4)(5)(9) Mel Gibson for THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (17)(17)(18)(17)(12)(3)(3)(8) Directors that were contenders at one time, but alas, no longer: Joel Schumacher for PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (6)(3)(11)(16)(10)(11)(12) Oliver Stone for ALEXANDER (17)(6)(5)(6)(7)(2) Wes Anderson for THE LIFE AQUATIC (19)(18)(14)(8)(4)(4) Jean Pierre Jeunet for A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (16)(13)(13)(8)(5)(9)(18) James L. Brooks for SPANGLISH (10)(8)(10)(9)(7)(6)(6)
MY CHRISTMAS PREDICTIONS / DECEMBER 25
Mike Nichols CLOSER	Alexander Payne SIDEWAYS	Clint Eastwood MILLION DOLLAR BABY	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Zhang Yimou HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
MY PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY PREDICTIONS / DECEMBER 7
Mike Nichols CLOSER	Alexander Payne SIDEWAYS	Clint Eastwood MILLION DOLLAR BABY	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Bill Condon KINSEY
MY THANXGIVING PREDICTIONS / NOVEMBER 25
Mike Nichols CLOSER	Alexander Payne SIDEWAYS	Joel Schumacher PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Bill Condon KINSEY
MY POST-ELECTION SHOCK PREDICTIONS / NOVEMBER 7
Mike Nichols CLOSER	Oliver Stone ALEXANDER	Mike Leigh VERA DRAKE	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Bill Condon KINSEY
OCTOBER 13 PREDICTIONS
Mike Nichols CLOSER	Oliver Stone ALEXANDER	Michael Moore FAHRENHEIT 9/11	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Bill Condon KINSEY
AUGUST 9 PREDICTIONS
Mike Nichols CLOSER	Jean Pierre Jeunet A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT	Michael Moore FAHRENHEIT 9/11	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Mel Gibson THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
AUGUST 4 PREDICTIONS
Mike Nichols CLOSER	Wes Anderson THE LIFE AQUATIC	Michael Moore FAHRENHEIT 9/11	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Pedro Almadovar BAD EDUCATION
HALFWAY MARK PREDICTIONS / JULY 25
Mike Nichols CLOSER	Wes Anderson THE LIFE AQUATIC	Oliver Stone ALEXANDER	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Pedro Almadovar BAD EDUCATION
YEAR-IN-ADVANCE PREDICTIONS / FEBRUARY 28
Robert Altman PAINT	Steven Spielberg THE TERMINAL	Oliver Stone ALEXANDER	Martin Scorsese THE AVIATOR	Mel Gibson THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

BACK TO TOP
HOME