Latin from Manhattan
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Post by Latin from Manhattan on Nov 10, 2019 19:45:11 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 10, 2019 20:01:32 GMT -5
Best Music Documentary Telluride Film Festival
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Greenwich) (WINNER)
Amazing Grace (Neon)
David Crosby: Remember My Name (Sony Pictures Classics)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (Abramorama)
Pavarotti (CBS Films)
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (Netflix)
Western Stars (Warner Bros.)
AWESOME!!!!Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: 'Apollo 11' Tops Winners List 4:22 PM 11/10/2019 by Kimberly Nordyke and Annie Howard
The doc won five awards at Sunday night's ceremony, including the top prize, as Frederick Wiseman and Michael Apted were presented with special honors during the night.
'Apollo 11'
The winners of the fourth annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were unveiled at a gala event Sunday night.
Apollo 11 was named best documentary during the ceremony, which took place at BRIC in Brooklyn.
Overall, Apollo 11 also was the night's biggest winner, taking home a total of five awards — including best archival documentary, best science/nature doc, best editing and best score.
The award for best director resulted in a tie, for Peter Jackson (They Shall Not Grow Old) and Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert (American Factory). They Shall Not Grow Old also was named most innovative documentary, while American Factory also won the award for best political documentary,
Among the other winners were Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Bruce Springsteen for his narration of Western Stars.
During the ceremony, filmmaker Frederick Wiseman was honored with with the D.A. Pennebaker Award. The prize, which was formerly known as the Critics’ Choice Lifetime Achievement Award, is named after the legendary documentarian, who died in August.
In addition, acclaimed director Michael Apted received the Landmark Award for his work on the Up series. Apted recently added 63 Up to this filmography.
Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott served as host of the awards show.
A full list of winners follows.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-critics-choice-documentary-awards-winners-full-list-1250528
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Post by erik on Nov 10, 2019 20:48:02 GMT -5
This is good news indeed, to put it mild. I'm also not too terribly surprised that APOLLO 11 walked away with a satchel of awards too, because it is a masterpiece in its own right (IMHO).
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Post by fabtastique on Nov 11, 2019 0:59:47 GMT -5
Great news about the two wins .... !
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 11, 2019 8:01:51 GMT -5
That is really cool. I thought the Aretha one might take it partly because of her passing and her notoriety though there are some of the same issues for lack of better word with Linda's vid and how emotional it is especially at the end. eddiejinnj
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 11, 2019 15:54:51 GMT -5
Wow, come on people make some noise!!!! I thought there would be many comments after mine this morning. Gladly, Linda was wrong on this one (and some other things) and allowed the project thank God after much cajoling. I agree with her 100% re: that the book and movie should have been about THE music. Her courage to move to LA with a goal of being a singer and make a living at and the story that followed is more than enough for a film or volume of films. eddiejinnj
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Post by erik on Nov 11, 2019 20:20:15 GMT -5
To add to this particular discussion here:
I felt it quite remarkable, not to mention heartening, that THE SOUND OF MY VOICE won in its category, given who she was going up against: Dylan; Lady Soul; David Crosby (not exactly the nicest guy of the Laurel Canyon musical pack of the late 60s); Miles Davis; and The Boss.
It is especially remarkable with respect to Springsteen, because it is the second time I can recall where Linda was up for an award going up against him. The other time was at the Grammys for 2006, when Linda and Ann Savoy (for Adieu False Heart) were up for Best Traditional Folk Recording in competition with the Boss's We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. And in all honesty, while I thought Linda and Ann would win in the category (and I wanted them to win), when I saw Springsteen as one of the other nominees in this category, I had the uneasy feeling that he would be the one to snag it (because he was still the critics' "darling"), and he did. It's not that this is an act of revenge or anything, but THE SOUND OF MY VOICE was a tremendous effort, and something of a time travel back to a time, from the late 1960s to the end of the 1980s, when musical quality still mattered more than image, especially when it came to Linda.
Here is hoping this film gets nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Documentary, but I think it has an even better shot at the Grammys for Best Music Film.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 11, 2019 20:25:12 GMT -5
I just talked all about that re: the Bruce man. I said he would HAVE to put out a traditional folk album (2 discs at that rt?) the same year as Linda, etc. His was a tribute album for a legendary artist on top of it. So you get the fans of both artists buy it. eddiejinnj
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Post by erik on Nov 11, 2019 22:59:49 GMT -5
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 12, 2019 7:24:10 GMT -5
It is shame it didn't win "Best Biographical Documentary" but the focus of the documentary wasn't her whole life. The Living Subject category at the end of the list that pics Dr. Ruth says that all will be honored at the ceremony. Does that mean they all won the category? eddiejinnj
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Post by Latin from Manhattan on Nov 26, 2019 11:09:40 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Nov 26, 2019 15:32:50 GMT -5
Quote by Latin from Manhattan:
I would say that if THE SOUND OF MY VOICE has any significant competition insofar as the Oscars are concerned, it would be from APOLLO 11. And it is kind of unique that both are the two best films I have seen all this year, and both are documentaries.
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Post by Richard W on Nov 26, 2019 18:53:39 GMT -5
That's awesome, especially for a movie that allegedly "no one would want to see."
But if it's nominated for Best Doc Oscar (and we all know how weird they can be in their nominations), it will have to be " just happy to be nominated". Apollo 11 will walk away with it (if IT'S even nominated -- you never know).
Myself, I'd be just that happy.
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Post by Partridge on Nov 26, 2019 22:43:55 GMT -5
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 27, 2019 7:19:30 GMT -5
Love those 60's signs with cool shapes including elliptical. 4th highest movie ever at that theater. Quite impressive. eddiejinnj
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Post by fabtastique on Nov 28, 2019 0:28:38 GMT -5
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Post by Partridge on Nov 28, 2019 0:37:29 GMT -5
Thanks. That graphic will look good on the website.
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 28, 2019 1:57:32 GMT -5
I'm confused. Didn't we talk about this win before or is this another critics choice award?
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 28, 2019 8:14:00 GMT -5
I'm not sure either. I think it the same one but there are so many awards shows out there. Will review that thread and see. eddiejinnj
Thanks, Mike for checking it out!!! I did too!!!!! Happy Thanksgiving!! I will merge what is pertinent into the existing thread.
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