Golden Globe Awards 2008

The 2008 Golden Globe Awards were presented for the 65th time on January 13, 2008 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an association of international film journalists. Due to the strike by the US scriptwriters, this time the winners were only announced at a press conference, and the usual gala dinner was not included.

Nominations

The nominations were announced on December 13, 2007 by Hayden Panettiere , Quentin Tarantino , Dane Cook and Ryan Reynolds . Movies and television programs that were shown between January 1 and December 31, 2007 were taken into account. Foreign language films had to have premiered in the country of origin between November 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007. A total of 194 feature films (including 68 comedies or musicals), 9 animated films, 120 television series (including 46 comedies) and 37 mini-series or television films qualified. Most of the nominations received Joe Wright's literary adaptation Atonement . In addition to the nomination for best film drama, six other nominations went to the main actors Keira Knightley and James McAvoy and to director Wright. The main competitors for the dramas were the thrillers Michael Clayton and No Country for Old Men , each with four nominations, followed by the two gangster films Eastern Promises and American Gangster , each with three nominations. The comedy Charlie Wilson's War received the second most nominations with five nominations. She competed with the comedy Juno, the musicals Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber from Fleet Street , Across the Universe and Hairspray . Surprisingly, the top two hit comedies of 2007, First Time and Superbad , were ignored by the HFPA.

The best foreign language films were the winner of Cannes , the Romanian drama 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days , the French biopic Butterfly and Diving Bell , which was also nominated for best director and best screenplay, the cartoon Persepolis , Ang Lee's Danger and Desire and the American production Drachenläufer by the German-Swiss director Marc Forster nominated. A total of 61 foreign language films were on a shortlist, including the German productions Vier Minuten and Strajk - Die Heldin von Danzig as well as the Austrian film Die Fälscher .

Both the Australian Cate Blanchett ( Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom and I'm Not There ) and the American Philip Seymour Hoffman ( The Savage Siblings and Charlie Wilson's War ) were nominated twice for actors . Actor and director Clint Eastwood also received two nominations, but for the best score and the theme song of the war drama Grace is Gone . Chances of winning the award for best lead actor in a comedy or musical was mainly Johnny Depp for the title role in Tim Burton's musical Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street grant. In the past, the American competed seven times in vain for the Golden Globe, six of them in the aforementioned category - a negative record.

In the television sector, the television series Damages and the television film The Moor Murderer of Manchester each received four nominations. The comedy series 30 Rock and Entourage , the series Pushing Daisies and the television film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee follow with three nominations each .

Steven Spielberg, recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Awards

The six-time Golden Globe winner Steven Spielberg was announced in advance as the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Awards . He received this honorary award for his "extraordinary contribution to the entertainment sector". After the award ceremony was canceled, it was decided that Spielberg would not be presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award until 2009.

The station ProSieben originally wanted to broadcast the award live in Germany.

WGA strike

The awarding of the Golden Globes was overshadowed by the strike of the screenwriters organized in the WGA . The reason for the strike was not only the demand for higher salaries, but also the desire for a general reorganization of the financial participation of authors in the income from their works. Negotiations by Dick Clark Productions about the authors' participation in the ceremony had failed, whereupon the WGA announced pickets at the venue. In solidarity, the actors' union SAG announced on January 5, 2008 that all nominated actors and the proposed presenters had agreed to stay away from the Golden Globe ceremony if the event were to be on strike by the scriptwriters. The HFPA then stepped up its efforts to find an amicable solution with the WGA.

The presentation of the awards in the fields of film (14 categories) and television (11 categories) was to take place during a gala dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills and be broadcast by the US television network NBC . After the award ceremony took place on Mondays for two years, the gala should be broadcast on a Sunday again, which the producers hoped for higher audience ratings.

Ultimately, the originally planned awarding of the Golden Globes did not take place in this form. Instead, there was just a press conference at which the winners of the Golden Globes were announced. NBC had previously broadcast clips and interviews, followed by reports from Golden Globe parties. The damage NBC sustained from the loss of advertising revenue was believed to be several million dollars. The omitted portion for the HFPA alone was $ 5 million.

Film winners & nominees

Movie	N	S.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory
Apology	7th	2
Charlie Wilson's War	5	0
No Country for Old Men	4th	2
Sweeney Todd - The devil barber from Fleet Street	4th	2
Michael Clayton	4th	0
Butterfly and diving bell	3	2
American gangster	3	0
Hairspray	3	0
Juno	3	0
Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises	3	0
Into the wild	2	1
There Will Be Blood	2	1
The time without Grace	2	0
Kite runner	2	0
Cursed	2	0
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	2	0

Best film - drama

Atonement (Atonement) - Director: Joe Wright

American Gangster - Director: Ridley Scott
Michael Clayton - Director: Tony Gilroy
No Country for Old Men - Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
The Great Debaters - Directed by Denzel Washington
There Will Be Blood - Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises (Eastern Promises) - Director: David Cronenberg

Best Film - Comedy / Musical

Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Director: Tim Burton

Across the Universe - Director: Julie Taymor
Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson's War) - Director: Mike Nichols
Hairspray - Director: Adam Shankman
Juno - Director: Jason Reitman

Best Actor - Comedy / Musical

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson's War)
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Die Geschwister Savage (The Savages)
John C. Reilly - Walk Hard: Die Dewey Cox Story (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)

Best Actress - Comedy / Musical

Marion Cotillard - La vie en rose

Amy Adams - Enchanted (Enchanted)
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd - The Devil Barber of Fleet Street (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Ellen Page - Juno

Best supporting actor

Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson's War)
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

The best supporting actress

Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson's War)
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement (Atonement)
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best script

Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men

Diablo Cody - Juno
Christopher Hampton - Atonement (Atonement)
Ronald Harwood - Butterfly and Diving Bell (Le scaphandre et le Papillon)
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson's War)

Best film score

Dario Marianelli - Atonement (Atonement)

Michael Brook , Kaki King , Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Clint Eastwood - The time without Grace (Grace is Gone)
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner (The Kite Runner)
Howard Shore - Eastern Promises (Eastern Promises)

Best movie song

" Guaranteed " from Into the Wild - Eddie Vedder

"Grace Is Gone" from Time Without Grace (Grace is Gone) - Clint Eastwood , Carole Bayer Sager

"Despedida" from Love in the Time of Cholera (Love in the Time of Cholera) - Antonio Pinto , Shakira

" That's How You Know " from Enchanted (Enchanted) - Alan Menken , Stephen Schwartz

Walk Hard from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) - Judd Apatow , Marshall Crenshaw , Jake Kasdan , John C. Reilly

Best animated film

Ratatouille - Director: Brad Bird

Bee Movie - Das Honigkomplott (Bee Movie) - Directors: Steve Hickner , Simon J. Smith
The Simpsons Movie (The Simpsons Movie) - Director: David Silverman

Best foreign language film

Butterfly and diving bell (Le scaphandre et le Papillon) , France / USA - Director: Julian Schnabel

The Kite Runner (The Kite Runner) , USA - Director: Marc Forster
Danger and Desire (Se, jie) , Taiwan - Director: Ang Lee
Persepolis (Persepolis) , France - Directors: Vincent Paronnaud , Marjane Satrapi
4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile) , Romania - Director: Cristian Mungiu

Television winners & nominees

Movie	N	S.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory
The Manchester Moor Murderess	4th	3
Damages - In the web of power	4th	1
Entourage	3	1
30 skirt	3	1
Bury my heart at the wounded knee	3	0
Pushing daisies	3	0
Mad Men	2	2
Californication	2	1
Extras	2	1
Big love	2	0
Brothers & Sisters	2	0
The Shadow Power - The State Within	2	0
The Tudors	2	0
Dr. House	2	0
Grey's Anatomy	2	0