Taurus Awards 2008

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The Taurus World Stunt Awards 2008 were the seventh award of the Taurus World Stunt Awards , an American award for film stunts, which again since 2003. on 17 May 2008 Backlot of Paramount Pictures took place, the New York Street set.

Award

Due to the writers' strike between November 2007 and February 2008, the award ceremony turned out to be smaller than in previous years. For this reason, the Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award for an Action Movie Star, the Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award and the Action Movie Star of the Year were not presented for the first time.

Winners and nominees

The Taurus Award is given annually in changing categories. In 2008, the award will be in the following categories.

Timeline of the Taurus Award categories

Categories 2000s 2010s 2020s
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0
Best water stunt 3 5
Best aerial stunt 3 5
Best stunt driver 5 5
Best animal stunt 3 5
Stunt coordinator - action scene 5 5
Stunt coordinator - film 5 5
Best fire stunt 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4th 5 3 4th
Best fight scene 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4th 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Best stunt in height 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6th 5 4th 5 5 5 5 5
Best vehicle stunt 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6th 5 5
Best special stunt 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6th 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Man's best stunt 5 5 5 5
Best stunt of a woman 5 5 5 5 5 5 4th 5 5 5 5 6th 5 5 5 5 5 5
Best stunt in a foreign film 4th 5 5 5 5 5 5 4th 4th 3 5 4th 4th 4th 5 5 5
Best stunt coordinator 5 5 5 5 6th 5 6th 6th 5 6th 5 7th 5 5 5 5
Categories 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0
2000s 2010s 2020s

The numerical information corresponds to the number of nominees in the respective category.
The coloring is based on the following criteria:

  •  Category assigned
  •  Category awarded in the specified year
  •  Category not assigned
  •  Event did not take place

  • As in the previous three years, the awards were presented in nine categories, in which a total of 31 different films were nominated. The film Die Hard 4.0 was nominated the most with six nominations. With two awards, Das Bourne Ultimatum received the most Taurus Awards. In contrast to the previous three years, no German action series was named the best foreign production for the first time .

    The following films from the previous year were nominated in 2008 and received the Taurus Award.

    Category
    (original English name)
    Nominee films
    (winners marked in bold)
    Best Fight
    (Best Fight)
    300
    Code name: The Cleaner
    Death Sentence - death sentence
    Operation: Kingdom
    Die Hard 4.0
    Best Fire Stunt
    (Best Fire)
    American gangster
    The comebacks
    Hot Rod - Through hell at full throttle
    The fog
    Reno 911 !: Miami
    Best high work stunt
    The Bourne ultimatum
    The Golden Compass
    Die Hard 4.0
    Number 23
    Shooter
    Best
    Work With A Vehicle
    The Bourne ultimatum
    Grindhouse
    The Hitcher
    Operation: Kingdom
    Rush hour 3
    Best special stunt
    (Best Specialty Stunt)
    Ghost rider
    Die Hard 4.0
    Pathfinder - track of the warrior
    Seraphim Falls
    Born to be Wild - skinny on the go
    Härtester shock
    (Hardest Hit)
    Death train to Yuma
    Death Sentence - death sentence
    Hot Rod - Through hell at full throttle
    Die Hard 4.0
    Heroes of the Night - We Own the Night
    Best
    Overall Stunt By A Stunt Woman
    The stranger in you
    Mr. Brooks - The killer in you
    Grindhouse
    Die Hard 4.0
    Redline
    Best
    Stunt Coordinator And / Or 2nd Unit Director
    300
    The Bourne ultimatum
    Grindhouse
    Die Hard 4.0
    Rush hour 3
    Best
    Action In A Foreign Film
    Apocalypse Code (Kod apokalipsisa) (Russia)
    The inferno - flames over Berlin (Germany)
    Flash Point - Dou fo sin (Hong Kong)
    Section 78 - The Game of Death (Russia)
    The Last Legion (United Kingdom)

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