Satellite Awards 2007
The 12th US Satellite Awards ceremony took place on Sunday, December 16, 2007 at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles , formerly the Park Hyatt Hotel . In the film division, productions qualified for their North American theatrical release before November 20, 2007, so that later published films such as Francis Ford Coppola's youth without youth or Tim Burton's crime musical Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber from Fleet Street were not considered .
When the nominations were announced by the International Press Academy (IPA) on November 30, 2007, the film category was dominated by the drama La vie en rose by French director Olivier Dahan. The Édith Piaf biography with Marion Cotillard in the leading role came up with a total of seven nominations and won, among other things, victories in the categories of best foreign film, directing, and leading and supporting actress in a drama (Cotillard and Emmanuelle Seigner ), but only Cotillard received the trophy. The drama has no chance of an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film , as France surprisingly gave preference to the comic book adaptation Persepolis by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi in mid-September of this year .
The thrillers Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises and No Country for Old Men by David Cronenberg and Ethan and Joel Coen, respectively, followed with six nominations each . While the Coens' work has dominated the US film awards season so far and, as expected, was preferred in the important film drama and directing categories, Eastern Promises leading actor Viggo Mortensen was able to celebrate the award for best leading actor in a drama. The most successful film of the evening, however, became Jason Reitman's independent film Juno , which was able to convert all of its nominations into victories and won the awards for best film comedy, leading actress ( Ellen Page ) and best original screenplay, while Shekhar Kapur's sequel Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom triumphed twice in the technical categories. The British literary adaptation Atonement (5 nominations) by Joe Wright , which leads the field of favorites at the 2008 Golden Globe Awards , received the award for best adapted screenplay. On the other hand, Chris Weitz 's fantasy film The Golden Compass and Scott Frank's thriller The Rules of Violence (5 nominations each) and the musical adaptation of Hairspray (4 nominations) did not receive a prize . The British actress Tilda Swinton was also unsuccessful, as she lost out in two acting categories as best leading and supporting actress in a drama. In Hilary Brougher's film Stephanie Daley , Swinton plays the role of a pregnant, forensic psychologist who is confronted with infant murder, while in Tony Gilroy's Michael Clayton she intrigues as an unscrupulous lawyer against George Clooney . The young Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley, on the other hand, would have been the first woman to win the directing award, after Kimberly Peirce ( Boys Don't Cry ) and Sofia Coppola ( Lost in Translation ) had vainly competed for the award in the past . But Polley was defeated by the Coen brothers with their drama On Her Side , in which the British Julie Christie slips into the role of an Alzheimer's patient.
In the television categories, the British-American feature film The Moor Murderess of Manchester , a portrait of the controversial British politician Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905-2001), and which has already won an Emmy and Golden Globe award, were each rated four times Grey's Anatomy hospital series as favorites. Both formats could only score points with the jury in the actor categories ( Samantha Morton and Ellen Pompeo ). The awards for the best drama television series and the best actor went to the crime series Dexter . The series Alles Betty! ( America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams ) successful, while ABC's Pushing Daisies triumphed as best comedy series .
Film winners and nominees
Best Film (Drama)
- The rules of violence
- Deadly Decision - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- At your side
- Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
- Death train to Yuma
Best Film (Comedy / Musical)
Best Actor (Drama)
Viggo Mortensen - Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
- Denzel Washington - American gangster
- Josh Brolin - No Country for Old Men
- Christian Bale - Rescue Dawn
- Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening
- Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
Best Actress (Drama)
Marion Cotillard - La vie en rose
- Julie Christie - By your side
- Angelina Jolie - A brave way
- Tilda Swinton - Stephanie Daley
- Keira Knightley - Atonement
- Laura Linney - The Savage Siblings
Best Actor (Comedy / Musical)
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Women
- Richard Gere - The Hoax
- Seth Rogen - The first time
- Ben Kingsley - You Kill Me
- Clive Owen - Shoot 'Em Up
- Don Cheadle - Talk to Me
Best Actress (Comedy / Musical)
- Katherine Heigl - The first time
- Amy Adams - Cursed
- Emily Mortimer - Lars and the Women
- Nicole Kidman - Margot and the Wedding
- Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Best supporting actor
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Casey Affleck - The murder of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
- Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
- Brian Cox - Zodiac - The Killer Trail
- Jeff Daniels - The rules of violence
- Ben Foster - Death Train to Yuma
The best supporting actress
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone - Not a piece of cake
- Ruby Dee - American gangster
- Taraji P. Henson - Talk to Me
- Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
- Emmanuelle Seigner - La vie en rose
- Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Best documentary
- The King of Kong
- 11th Hour - 5 to 12
- No End In Sight - Invasion of the Amateurs?
- Darfur Now
- Lake of Fire
Best foreign language film
Danger and Desire (Sè, Jiè) , Taiwan
- 10 canoes, 150 spears and 3 women (Ten Canoes) , Australia
- Offside , Iran
- La vie en rose (La Môme) , France
- 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile) , Romania
- The orphanage (El Orfanato) , Spain
Best film (animated film or real / animated film)
Best director
Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Ang Lee - danger and desire
- Olivier Dahan - La vie en rose
- David Cronenberg - Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
- Sidney Lumet - Deadly Decision - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Sarah Polley - By her side
Best adapted script
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
- James Vanderbilt - Zodiac - The Killer Trail
- Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
- David Benioff - kite runner
- Sarah Polley - By her side
- Wang Hui-Ling and James Schamus - Danger and Desire
Best original script
- Scott Frank - The rules of violence
- Kelly Masterson - Deadly Decision - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
- Nancy Oliver - Lars and the women
- Steven Knight - Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
Best film score
Alberto Iglesias - Kite Runner
- Dario Marianelli - Atonement
- James Newton Howard - The rules of violence
- Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille
- Howard Shore - Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
- Nick Cave - The murder of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
Best movie song
Grace Is Gone by Clint Eastwood and Carole Bayer Sager - Grace is Gone
- Do You Feel Me by Diane Warren - American Gangster
- If You Want Me by Markéta Irglová - Once
- Come So Far by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman - Hairspray
- Rise by Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
- Lyre by Kate Bush - The Golden Compass
Best camera
Janusz Kamiński - butterfly and diving bell
- Harris Savides - Zodiac - The Killer's Trail
- Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood
- Bruno Delbonnel - Across the Universe
- Roger Deakins - The murder of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
- Henry Braham - The Golden Compass
Best visual effects
Chris Watts , Grant Freckelton , Derek Wentworth, and Daniel Leduc - 300
- Scott Farrar - Transformers
- Michael Fink - The Golden Compass
- Peter Chiang , Charlie Noble , David Vickery and Mattias Lindahl - The Bourne Ultimatum
- Thomas Schelesny , Matt Jacobs and Tom Gibbons - Cursed
- Jerome Chen , Sean Phillips , Kenn McDonald and Michael Lantieri - The Legend of Beowulf
Best film editing
Pietro Scalia - American gangster
- Jill Savitt - The rules of violence
- Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Richard Marizy - La vie en rose
- Christopher Rouse - The Bourne Ultimatum
- Ronald Sanders - Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
Best sound editing
Karen Baker Landers , Kirk Francis and Per Hallberg - The Bourne Ultimatum
- Mike Prestwood-Smith , Mark Taylor and Glenn Freemantle - The Golden Compass
- Nikolas Javelle and Jean-Paul Hurier - La vie en rose
- Christopher Boyes , Paul Massey , Lee Orloff and George Watters II - Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
- Scott Heckler , Eric Norris and Derek Vanderhorst - 300
- Tod A. Maitland , Skip Lievsay , Rick Kline and Jeremy Peirson - I Am Legend
Best production design
Guy Hendrix Dyas and David Allday - Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom
- Patricia Norris , Martin Gendron and Troy Sizemore - The murder of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
- Dennis Davenport and David Gropman - Hairspray
- Mark Tildesley , Gary Freeman , Stephen Morahan and Denis Schnegg - Sunshine
- David Allday , Matthew Gray and Charles Wood - Amazing Grace
- Mark Friedberg and Peter Rogness - Across the Universe
Best costume design
Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom
- Yvonne Blake - Goya's ghosts
- Marit Allen - La vie en rose
- Rita Ryack - Hairspray
- Jenny Beavan - Amazing Grace
- Jacqueline Durran - Atonement
Television winners and nominees
Best TV Series (Drama)
Best TV Series (Comedy / Musical)
Best miniseries
Best TV movie
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
- The Wind in the Willows
- The Manchester Moor Murderess
- Life support
- The Trial of Tony Blair
- Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Best Actor in a Series (Drama)
- Eddie Izzard - The Riches
- James Woods - Shark
- Hugh Laurie - Dr. House
- Bill Paxton - Big Love
- Denis Leary - Rescue Me
Best Actress in a Series (Drama)
- Minnie Driver - The Riches
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
- Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters
- Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love
- Glenn Close - Damages - In the web of power
Best Actor in a Series (Comedy / Musical)
Stephen Colbert - The Colbert Report
- Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
- Steve Carell - The Office
- Ricky Gervais - Extras
- Zachary Levi - Chuck
- Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies
Best Actress in a Series (Comedy / Musical)
America Ferrera - Everything Betty!
- Tina Fey - 30 Rock
- Anna Friel - Pushing Daisies
- Patricia Heaton - Back To You
- Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie
- Jim Broadbent - The Manchester Moor Murderer
- Robert Lindsay - The Trial of Tony Blair
- Aidan Quinn - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
- Tom Selleck - Jesse Stone: Old Wounds
- Toby Stephens - Jane Eyre
Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for TV
Samantha Morton - The Manchester Moor Murderer
- Ellen Burstyn - Mitch Albom's For One More Day
- Queen Latifah - Life Support
- Debra Messing - The Starter Wife
- Sharon Small - The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
- Ruth Wilson - Jane Eyre
Best supporting actor
- Andy Serkis - The Moor Murderess of Manchester
- Michael Emerson - Lost
- Masi Oka - Heroes
- Justin Kirk - Weeds - Small deals among neighbors
- TR Knight - Grey's Anatomy
- Harry Dean Stanton - Big Love
The best supporting actress
Vanessa Williams - Everything Betty!
- Judy Davis - The Starter Wife
- Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy
- Jaime Pressly - My Name Is Earl
- Polly Bergen - Desperate Housewives
- Rachel Griffiths - Brothers & Sisters
Web links
- International Press Academy: Satellite Awards 2007 (English)
- The 12th Satellite Awards in the IMDb