Well, Golden Globes night a couple of Sundays ago was another fun evening, with A Beautiful Mind and Moulin Rouge reigning supreme, each winning their respective Best Motion Picture categories. Beautiful Mind ended up winning the most Globes that night, a total of 4. Russell Crowe cemented in a very real possibility for winning his second Best Actor Oscar in a row by winning the Best Actor Drama globe, and Sissy Spacek also cemented her place as a frontrunner when she won the Best Actress Drama Globe. And maybe the surest thing we have, Jennifer Connelly, won yet another honor with the Supporting Actress Globe. The Supporting Actor globe surprised everyone by going to Jim Broadbent for Iris, giving him a pretty good shot at an Oscar nomination, but tough to say whether he can actually win that award.
Gene Hackman and Nicole Kidman won the respective lead acting awards for comedy/musical pictures, but I still don't think Hackman can gain a nomination for The Royal Tenenbaums in the lead category ... he has a much better shot getting a supporting actor nomination. And Nicole Kidman may be a very safe bet to be nominated for her performance in Moulin Rouge. In other prizes, No Man's Land trumped Amelie to win the Best Foreign Language Film Globe, A Beautiful Mind won the Screenplay Globe, Moulin Rouge took the Best Musical Score Globe (which was quite a surprise). In other surprises, Sting came out nowhere to win the Best Song Globe for his practically unknown song Until from Kate & Leopold.
The biggest surprise of the night however had to be Best Director going to Robert Altman for Gosford Park, and the fact that Altman was there! He received a rousing standing ovation when he went up to accept the award. Even though Altman had been honored by some other organizations this film awards season, no one predicted a Globe win, especially with the Foreign Press liking A Beautiful Mind so much. I really thought Ron Howard would be a lock here to win the Globe's director prize. I've been fascinated by Altman's being honored so much for this film ... true, it's a good film, but can't compare to the classics he should have been honored for in the past, such as Nashville or The Player.
