2004 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD NOMINATIONS
MY FINAL PREDICTIONS ARE POSTED
FINAL OUTCOME = 4 for 5 [80%]
BEST ENSEMBLE / AKA BEST PICTURE






THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
HOTEL RWANDA
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
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who should win:
Sideways - far outweighs the others in a great ensemble (Million Dollar Baby would be the next closest) - Aviator and Rwanda have great performances but not all around like Sideways - Neverland, well, forget about that one...
who will win:
Sideways...
and the SAG goes to...
Sideways !!!! (an exclamation point for each of the four main ensemblees)
BEST ACTRESS





Annette Bening
in
BEING JULIACatalina Sandino Moreno
in
MARIA FULL OF GRACEImelda Staunton
in
VERA DRAKEHilary Swank
in
MILLION DOLLAR BABYKate Winslet
in
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
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who should win:
Staunton gives the best performance of 2004 (male or female) - but there is not a bad performance in this bunch...
who will win:
Although Staunton has won a bunch of critics awards, Swank is winning it all now...
and the SAG goes to...
Hilary Swank (is Annette Bening getting mad at Hilary yet?)
BEST ACTOR





Don Cheadle
in
HOTEL RWANDAJohnny Depp
in
FINDING NEVERLANDLeonardo DiCaprio
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THE AVIATORJamie Foxx
in
RAYPaul Giamatti
in
SIDEWAYS
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who should win:
Giamatti gives both a hilarious and tragic performance - the best (and most subtle) of his career so far...
who will win:
duh, Foxx (although I'm getting kind of sick hearing his name called by now)...
and the SAG goes to...
duh...
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS





Cate Blanchett
in
THE AVIATORCloris Leachman
in
SPANGLISHLaura Linney
in
KINSEYVirginia Madsen
in
SIDEWAYSSophie Okonedo
in
HOTEL RWANDA
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who should win:
Cate Blanchett is the one sparkling vibrant star of this rather lackluster piece...
who will win:
it will probably be Virginia (although I wouldn't mind seeing
okonedo take the award either)...
and the SAG goes to...
Cate!! Wow!!! Fantastic!!!!
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR





James Garner
in
THE NOTEBOOKThomas Haden Church
in
SIDEWAYSJamie Foxx
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COLLATERALMorgan Freeman
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MILLION DOLLAR BABYFreddie Highmore
in
FINDING NEVERLAND
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who should win:
Church or Freeman would make me happy...
who will win:
prob. Freeman, for his whole body of work...
and the SAG goes to...
Morgan Freeman at last