Feb 20, 20 still, it helped that hurt locker, no less an auteurs achievement than avatar, was directed by a woman, allowing the academy to recognize a woman as best director after 81 years of failing to do so. At the british academy film awards, which took place last month, hurt locker edged out avatar, winning six prizes, including best picture. Kathryn bigelow the hurt locker is the only female director to win the award in. A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but the hurt locker opens with a statement presented as fact. Mar 03, 2010 the hurt locker is currently tied with avatar on nine oscar nominations. Jan, 2020 only five women have ever been nominated for best director at the academy awards. The hurt locker is lowestgrossing movie to ever win. Find movie and film award information for the hurt locker 2008 kathryn bigelow on allmovie. Kathryn bigelow became the first woman to win best director as her the hurt locker dominated the 82nd academy awards, winning six awards. Most combat troops want to get it over with and go home. The hurt locker is lowestgrossing movie to ever win best. Ottosson and ray beckett inglourious basterds, michael minkler, tony lamberti and mark ulano star trek, anna behlmer, andy nelson and peter j. The nominees for the 82nd academy awards were announced on february 2, 2010, at 5.
This thriller swept the top five categories at the 1992 academy awards and was selected for preservation in the national film registry in 2011. The hurt locker is an exceedingly well done war film about a particular type of male psychology. She was the fourth woman in history to be nominated for the honor, and only the second american woman. The hurt locker, the academy awards and the rehabilitation of the iraq war by david walsh 11 march 2010 this years academy awards ceremony was a spectacle of banality and cowardice.
The hurt locker 2008 16 2h 11m awardwinning films kathryn bigelow directs this gripping drama following one of the u. On february 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the beverly wilshire hotel in beverly hills, california, the academy awards for technical achievement were presented by host elizabeth banks. The hurt locker deserves its oscars landslide film the. Only five women have ever been nominated for best director at the academy awards. It presents a brilliant portrait of the kind of man who can and does get addicted to warspecifically to defusing bombsbut also to the adrenalinerush of war in general. The hurt locker producer nicolas chartier banned from oscar ceremony celebration mar 2, 2010. Music original song the weary kind theme from crazy heart in crazy heart music and lyric by ryan bingham and t bone burnett. The nominations are out for the 36th annual saturn awards and predictably movies like avatar, inglourious basterds and the hurt locker lead the way. The hurt locker is currently tied with avatar on nine oscar nominations. Size isnt everything just ask newly minted best picture winner the hurt locker. Sanborn anthony mackie and specialist owen eldridge brian geraghty are members of a bombdisposal unit in baghdad. Oct 10, 2008 the hurt locker producer nicolas chartier banned from oscar ceremony celebration mar 2, 2010. The hurt locker deserves its oscars landslide the academy made history with the long overdue recognition of a female filmmaker, but in other respects this.
Hurt locker producer slapped with oscars ban film the. The town 2010 best performance by an actor in a leading role. File in this film publicity file image released by summit entertainment, jeremy renner is shown in a scene from, the hurt locker. Avatar and the hurt locker led the nominations with nine each.
As the movie begins, members of an american explosive. In contrast, with the hurt locker, bigelow made a movie focused on a circumscribed piece of the human condition trying to survive under harrowing conditions. With the hurt locker, bigelow became the first and, as of 2020, only woman to win the academy award for best director, the directors guild of america award for outstanding directing, the bafta award for best direction, and the critics choice movie award for best director. The hurt locker premiered at the 2008 venice international film festival before it was released in the united states on june 26, 2009, by summit entertainment. By the time the oscars rolled around in 2010, avatar pictured was well on its way to becoming the highestgrossing film of alltime, with james cameron topping his own titanic achievement of 12 years earlier. Ultimately, the academy decided that was a more historic feat than camerons. The hurt locker, the academy awards and the rehabilitation of.
Any column in this list may be sorted by clicking the arrow symbol to the right of the desired column heading. Also read complete information on national award, filmfare awards, cine awards, iifa. Mar 07, 2010 the hurt locker earned six oscars at the 82nd annual academy awards sunday night, taking home the biggest prize best picture as well as honors for its director, original screenplay, sound. She became the first woman to receive an academy award for best director for the hurt locker. Meanwhile, hurt locker was just a tiny, indiemade war drama that almost no ticketbuyers had seen, but that critics had managed to rescue from obscurity. Mar 11, 2010 the hurt locker, the academy awards and the rehabilitation of the iraq war by david walsh 11 march 2010 this years academy awards ceremony was a spectacle of banality and cowardice. May 25, 2011 with avatar, cameron made a movie deploring just the kind of greed in which big gobbles up little. Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture. When war becomes the answer, some folks take it as a drug.
The hurt locker the hurt locker, american war movie, released in 2008, that is set in the second year of the iraq war and won six academy awards, including that for best picture, and six bafta awards, also including that for best film. Female directors shut out of 2020 oscar nominations. Armys elite explosive ordnance disposal teams operating in iraq. Avatar, the hurt locker among leading nominees scifi film district 9 earns nominations for best picture, adapted screenplay avatar has become the topgrossing movie of all time. Every movie that has won best picture at the academy. It stars jeremy renner, anthony mackie, brian geraghty, christian camargo, ralph fiennes, david morse, and guy pearce. Best motion picture winners mark boal l, kathryn bigelow c and greg shapiro of the film the hurt locker, display their oscars at the 82nd academy awards in hollywood march 7, 2010. The hurt locker, american war movie, released in 2008, that is set in the second year of the iraq war and won six academy awards, including that for best picture, and six bafta awards, also including that for best film. The independently made iraq war drama became the lowestgrossing flick to ever win an oscar for best picture at. When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next.
Feb 21, 2010 nods include best movie, director, original screenplay london it was kathryn bigelows night at the orange british academy film awards on sunday, with the favorite the hurt locker sweeping. A full list of the best picture oscar winning movies from the academy awards. William james, who has a terrifyingly dangerous job, addresses it like a daily pleasure. If a film won the academy award for best picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Jan 22, 2020 2009 the hurt locker 2008 slumdog millionaire 2007 no country for old men 2006 the departed 2005 crash 2004 million dollar baby 2003 the lord of the rings. The film garnered nine nominations at the 82nd academy awards. Oscar best picture winners you can watch on netflix now cnet. She also became the first woman to win the saturn award for best director in 1995 for strange days. The hurt locker won six awards, including best picture and best director for kathryn bigelow, the first woman to win an academy award for best director. The hurt locker earned six oscars at the 82nd annual academy awards sunday night, taking home the biggest prize best picture as well as honors for its. The iraq war drama the hurt locker took home the oscar for best picture, while its director, kathryn bigelow, became the first woman to win an oscar for best director. Also read complete information on national award, filmfare awards, cine awards, iifa, screen awards, and more for best actor.
Nods include best movie, director, original screenplay london it was kathryn bigelows night at the orange british academy film awards on sunday. Jan 11, 2020 will sam mendes 1917 be the 17th war movie to win best picture at the oscars. The movie industry took what it hopes will be a big step toward making its starstudded academy awards ceremony a mustsee event again, by including more audience favorites tuesday in its expanded. The last to do so was the hurt locker 10 years ago.
Barbra streisand presenting the oscar for directing to kathryn bigelow for the hurt locker at the 82nd academy awards. Mar 08, 2010 the hurt locker deserves its oscars landslide the academy made history with the long overdue recognition of a female filmmaker, but in other respects this years ceremony was a night of anticlimaxes. Actor in a leading role jeremy renner in the hurt locker music original score marco beltrami and buck sanders film editing bob murawski and chris innis. The hurt locker emerged victorious from a tough battle with avatar the biggest movie of all time to win best picture at sunday nights academy awards. The hurt locker, the academy awards and the rehabilitation. Mar 08, 2010 the iraq war drama the hurt locker took home the oscar for best picture, while its director, kathryn bigelow, became the first woman to win an oscar for best director. The films vivid, immersive realism and its attunement to the psychological effects of war made it a critical favourite. The hurt locker wins big at oscars the new york times. The hurt locker 2008 kathryn bigelow awards allmovie.
Marked by the bravura direction of kathryn bigelow and grounded in mark boals taut, unsentimental script, this grippingly real story detonates an. The hurt locker tops oscars with six hollywood reporter. The hurt locker is a 2009 iraq war film written by mark boal and directed by kathryn. Look back at all of the oscar best picture winners since 1928 with this film list. The 67th golden globe awards ceremony saw the hurt locker receive three nominations for best motion picture drama, director and screenplay, but it failed to win any. The hurt locker is a 2008 american action war thriller drama film directed by kathryn bigelow and written by mark boal. List of accolades received by the hurt locker wikipedia. Based on the personal wartime experiences of journalist mark boal who adapted his experiences with a bomb squad into a factbased, yet fictional story, director kathryn bigelows iraq warset action thriller the hurt locker presents the conflict in the middle east from the perspective of those who witnessed the fighting firsthand the soldiers. Feb 02, 2010 avatar, the hurt locker among leading nominees scifi film district 9 earns nominations for best picture, adapted screenplay avatar has become the topgrossing movie of all time. Other films vying for the best picture prize include quentin tarantinos inglourious basterds, the coen brothers a serious. The film follows an iraq war explosive ordnance disposal team who are targeted by insurgents, and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat. Get the hurt locker movie complete list of awards won and nominations. At the golden globe awards, however, avatar claimed the.
The film earned near universal acclaim from critics, who praised bigelows directing, renners performance, writing, and action sequences. If a film won the academy award for best picture, its entry is listed in a. Hurt locker hit by flak before oscars the new american. The producer is being penalized after negative emails he wrote about avatar to academy members came to. Will sam mendes 1917 be the 17th war movie to win best picture at the oscars.
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