Dark Knight completes perfect trifecta - Nolan nominated for Best Director by Director’s Guild of America

by Blair on Jan.09, 2009, under NEWS

Well it looks like the Dark Knight is pulling it off… after a bit of a rocky uncertain start to awards season, the dark horse candidate has become a surefire favorite for the Oscar nod. Now it’s added a Director’s guild nomination to it’s other nominations by the Producer’s Guild for Best Picture and Writer’s Guild for Best Screenplay…

Another Nomination Day, Another Dark Knight

Thu., Jan. 8, 2009 12:50 PM PST by Joal Ryan

Warner Bros. Pictures

At this point, The Dark Knight can only surprise if it isn’t a top Oscar nominee.

The Batman blockbuster padded its resume today with a Directors Guild of America Awards nomination for Gotham revisionist Christopher Nolan.

This is really an astounding turnaround for an amazing “blockbuster” film many considered a long shot for awards season.

31 comments for this entry:

R W O
January 9th, 2009 on 9:40 am
Oh god, best news for today
Is the nominees list for Oscar coming soon ?
Michael
January 9th, 2009 on 3:16 pm
It comes out Jan 22nd.
Kristin
January 9th, 2009 on 6:18 pm
Now the Oscars have to take notice of the film. It’s so much more than an action flick. Can’t wait to hear the news ‘The Dark Knight is up for __ nominations in the Oscar running!’.
Big Braveheart
January 10th, 2009 on 10:43 am
That’s it! Keep them coming! The Dark Knight deserves all the awards for
the great film that it is, it’s no less a serious contender than any of these films
they are talking about. Let’s see it nail some nominations and be carried on to great success!! Go Dark Knight Go!!!!
Theo Edison
January 10th, 2009 on 11:41 pm
Glad that Dark Knight is getting the recognition it deserves. And even though the Academy voters are still largely the same people who overlooked Brokeback Mountain, pressure from the critics, the guilds and the public should convince them.

If anything, Wally Pfiester has a cinematography nomination in the bag, like he did with The Prestige and BB.
vampyra
January 11th, 2009 on 12:41 am
More awards, great, now the Academy Awards panel have to sit up and take notice. I can’t wait for Oscar night. I hope Heath Ledger gets the posthumous Best Supporting Actor gong, because I believe he was robbed with Brokeback Mountain, (the film’s subject matter too controversial perhaps?) Anyway, you knock ‘em dead Dark Knight!
Nic
January 11th, 2009 on 6:00 pm
Heath just won the Golden Globe!!!!
Rayne
January 11th, 2009 on 7:20 pm
HEAH LEDGER WINS GOLDEN GLOBE!!!!

HERE IS THE ARTICLE AS IT APPEARED ONLNE:

Heath Ledger won the supporting-actor Golden Globe on Sunday nearly a year after his death, earning the prize for his diabolical turn as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight.”

The award was accepted by “Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan, who said he and his collaborators were buoyed by the enormous acclaim and acceptance the film and Ledger’s performance have gained worldwide.

“All of us who worked with Heath on `The Dark Knight’ accept with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride,” Nolan said. “After Heath passed, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema.”

The Globe win boosts Ledger’s prospects for the supporting-actor honor at the Academy Awards, whose nominations come out Jan. 22, the one-year anniversary of the actor’s death from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

Only one actor has ever won a posthumous Oscar, best-actor recipient Peter Finch for 1976’s “Network.”
Rayne
January 11th, 2009 on 7:21 pm
I Mis-spelled Heath, I know.
Bruce Laerd
January 11th, 2009 on 7:22 pm
I just can’t believe that GG only have one nomination for Dark Knight.

Come Oscars, it’s going to be Slumdog vs Dark Knight
Anonymous
January 11th, 2009 on 7:28 pm
good news is that the PGA has nominated DK for best picture. many times 4/5 PGA best pic nominess end up being a best pic contender for the oscars. lets hope dark knight is one of those lucky 4
val
January 11th, 2009 on 9:14 pm
I just watched the Globes . What an amazing moment! Heath is definitley taking that Oscar and a BP chance is looking good too!
Kristin
January 11th, 2009 on 10:11 pm
Congrats to Heath for winning Best Supporting Actor in the Golden Globes!
R W O
January 12th, 2009 on 6:28 am
Congratulation !!!! He totally deserved it !!!
Big Braveheart
January 12th, 2009 on 2:01 pm
Great honour for Heath and he should win the Oscar! He deserves them all!
Bruce Laerd
January 12th, 2009 on 5:07 pm
ACE just nominated The Dark Knight.
vampyra
January 12th, 2009 on 11:36 pm
There is nothing more to say, you have said it all for me! I’m so very happy and thrilled that Heath won the Golden Globe, though that happiness is tinged with sadness because he is not with us anymore. It would be great if he won an Oscar too. Can’t wait until Oscar night, hope TDK wins Best Picture it deserves it.
Bruce Laerd
January 13th, 2009 on 7:53 pm
Another nomination for the Dark Knight from Custome Design Guild
Aleš
January 14th, 2009 on 3:16 am
So happy for Heath that he won Golden Globe.
Next stop an Oscar!!!
vampyra
January 15th, 2009 on 1:07 am
I have just read that Heath Ledger has been nominated for a BAFTA award. Great news!
WillyJoel
January 15th, 2009 on 8:14 am
hmmm.. the BAFTAS just snubbed The Dark Knight of the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay nominations.. that doesn’t look good. They only nominated Heath and the technical stuff, that’s simply not enough… The Dark Knight is much more than Heath Ledger unforgettable performance…

I am starting to get worried…
Nic
January 15th, 2009 on 1:21 pm
Dark Knight up for 9 Baftas, but no picture, director or screenplay noms!
Martin
January 16th, 2009 on 4:57 am
Oh, dear… BAFTA nominates “The Dark Knight” in 9 categories, yet it refuses to include the film in the most prestigious ones. What is the logic behind it? Seriously, it’s plain ridiculous. I believe the guilds’ recognition is the most important one. Its non-commercial nature eliminates the influence of behind-the-scenes “politics”, silly conservative bent etc. In that sense “The Dark Knight” has already made history: it is a winner.

I’d like to express my appreciation of the effort made by the creators of this website: wonderful initiative! Thank you…

Greetings to all “TDK” fans
jeff
January 17th, 2009 on 10:17 am
a couple of weeks ago i actually did believe that “TDK” has a chance of getting the fifth slot nod but i am not so sure anymore. with the reader and gran torino recently gaining momentum i have a feeling they will end up replacing TDK for the bect pic nod. i think gran torino is a stronger contender to get the slot but not because its a better movie than “tdk” or “the reader” but because its a clint eastwood movie.
Theo Edison
January 18th, 2009 on 4:41 am
I’m undecided as to whether TDK will get that slot. After seeing Slumdog Millionare, and hearing all those other films getting tipped to be nominated, TDK may get overlooked. I still don’t think Gran Torino will get a best picture nod, partly because it sounds like rubbish. I reckon that Doubt, Milk, Frost/Nixon, Slumdog Millionare, Benjamin Button, and TDK are all high hopes, but the Academy would most likely axe TDK. Then again, anythings possible, right?
Lain444
January 18th, 2009 on 5:52 pm
the page Web of the Oscars already this…
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zFqGFKRGuGI/SXPbkX-KROI/AAAAAAAABH8/uwRj9lNLEGk/s1600-h/OSCARR.png

here this the original one
http://www.oscar.com
Anonymous
January 18th, 2009 on 11:20 pm
no more updates on this site?
Theo Edison
January 18th, 2009 on 11:37 pm
Yeah, its been ages. Come on, heaps of stuff has happened since then, like the Golden Globes and the BAFTA nominations.

When the Oscar noms come out, there had better be a post.
Preston Milville
January 19th, 2009 on 5:04 pm
hello,

have been following this thread for some weeks now, but a few things have me confused. there are a few magnificent and brilliant films that have been left out entirely of the Oscar race.

Firstly, The Love Guru. Never has Mike Myers been so funny in a picture. His performance in that film rivals the great comedic performances of our time, such as Dana Carvey in The Master of Disguise, and Roberto Benigni in Pinocchio. it’s a nuanced, exquisite performance that deserves an Academy Award. Pitka is such a well-rounded original character, and he is supported in fine style by a slinky Jess Alba and a brave turn from Justin Timberlake. Marco Schnabel should also be recognised for his direction.

Secondly, The Happening. Never has there been a better blockbuster that M. Night Shyamalan’s horror masterpiece. It’s terrifying - trees and plants, the very backbone of our natural world, turning on us and making us kill ourselves. Mark Wahlberg puts in an outstanding performance as Eliot Moore, a consumate everyman who is just trying to work out his troubled marriage. And the subtelty of Shyamalan’s craft reaches so far as to turn Zooey Deschanel’s left eye into a love heart upon discovering that (**SPOILERS**) she is pregnant. It brought a tear to my eye. What a fine film.

And what can I say about the tour de force performance of Jim Carrey in Yes Man. Here is a man, bound by the laws of the world to only say yes to everything, and so he slowly undoes and puts back together his life.

But the film of the year is also the funniest. Or should I say films of the year. For a few years now, two filmmakers have had me rolling in the aisles laughing with some of the most clever and poignant pop-culture and societal references ever included in a treasured reel of celluloid. Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie, from comedy extraordinares Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, are fine examples of what happens when good comedy combines with expert film craft. Shawn Maurer’s outstanding cinematography sets the tone right away - nothing is left out, including a particularly heartfelt Spartan breakdancing sequence in Meet the Spartans. The performance of the Juno-lookalike in Disaster is hands down the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. Juno was an awful film, full of so called ‘comedy’. Friedberg/Seltzer could take them eny day of the week.

My Awards for the Film Year

Best Picture
Meet the Spartans
Runner Up
Disaster Movie

Best Actor
Mike Myers, The Love Guru

Best Actress
Paris Hilton, The Hottie and the Nottie (another superb acting gig for everybody’s favourite virgin celebrity)

Best Supporting Actor
Justin Timberlake, The Love Guru

Best Supporting Actress
Crista Flanagan as ‘Juney’, Disaster Movie

Best Director
Marco Schnabel, The Love Guru

Best Script
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, Meet the Spartans

Best Cinematography
Shawn Maurer, Meet the Spartans

Runner Up Cinematography: Shawn Maurer, Disaster Movie

Best Editing
Peck Prior, Disaster Movie

Hope my picks resonate with you all.

Holding my bile firmly in my stoumach,

Preston Milville
george
January 19th, 2009 on 5:07 pm
CUNT! FUCK ALL CATHOLIC SCUM!
Bruce Laerd
January 20th, 2009 on 4:00 pm
Thursday, Jan. 22…. Oscar Nominations