The rest of the key crew - several of whom also were nominated for “Knight” - all have to be considered contenders. And though DiCaprio could make a credible Oscar bid, he also could lose some votes to his companion performance this year as another man playing mind games in Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island.” But, here, the actors are all working in service of the Rubik’s Cube plot, which rarely stops long enough to give them the sort of all-out dramatic scenes the Academy favors. The “Inception” cast boasts impressive credentials: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and Ken Watanabe are all previous nominees, and Michael Caine and Marion Cotillard are past winners. Its chances in the acting categories - where “Knight” brought the late Heath Ledger a best supporting actor trophy - are the most problematic. Also like “Knight,” “Inception” should prove competitive in a wide range of categories, and, with 10 slots to fill, that would help push it into best picture contention.
On the other hand, it might be a good omen that Alfred Hitchcock’s “Spellbound,” his 1945 plunge into Freudian dream analysis and Dali-esque surrealism, earned best picture and director nominations. Such other visionary movies as “2001,” “Blade Runner” and “The Matrix” all failed to earn best picture nominations, though they picked up nominations in other categories.
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If you’re searching for smart and nervy popular entertainment, this is what it looks like.”īut Leah Rozen, writing at, offered a caveat, saying the movie “proves more engaging to the mind and eyes than to the heart.” That could prove a potential stumbling block for Academy members, who vote as much with their hearts as with their heads. The movie did get a key endorsement from hometown reviewer Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times who praised it for “expertly blending the best of traditional and modern filmmaking. Reviews have not been as ecstatic as those that greeted “Knight,” which scored an 82 out of 100 at. Oscar nominees don’t have to be box office blockbusters, but if Nolan’s fan base hadn’t shown up en masse, that would have damaged the movie’s chances. release cleared the first hurdle this weekend when it opened to a solid $60.4 million in North America. The resulting outcry from “Knight’s” fans was so loud it influenced the decision last year to double the field to 10 nominees, with the Academy’s then-president Sid Ganis acknowledging, “I would not be telling you the truth if I said the words ‘Dark Knight’ did not come up.”Īn “Inception” best picture nomination would be some compensation for the slight to “Knight,” but with nominations still six months away, “Inception’s” best picture prospects are a long way from a sure thing. To date, Nolan has earned only one Oscar nomination, for his original screenplay for “Memento.” And though the producers, directors and writers guilds all nominated Nolan for that movie, the Academy didn’t. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed to reward Nolan’s most recent movie, mega-grossing “The Dark Knight,” with a best picture nomination, though it collected eight other nominations. That’s one conundrum that will linger long after average moviegoers have stopped debating the ambiguities of Christopher Nolan’s twisty new thrill ride into the subconscious. Cast member Leonardo DiCaprio poses with co-stars Marion Cotillard (R) and Ellen Page at the premiere of "Inception" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California July 13, 2010.
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