The Golden age of Boyhood
GOLDEN GLOBES: Richard Linklater’s film is big winner, claiming three prizes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was in a generous mood Sunday, handing out awards to a wide variety of films and TV productions. But the big winner was arguably Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, filmed over 12 years and following actor Ellar Coltrane from boyhood to manhood. The film took home prizes for best drama, best director and best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette.
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, which went into the evening with seven nominations, more than any other film, managed only two prizes. It won for best screenplay and best actor in a comedy or musical. Michael Keaton stars as a washed-up actor best known for his role as a superhero trying to revitalize his career. He told Iñárritu any actor in the room would happily star in his next film.
The only other film to win multiple Golden Globes was The Theory of Everything. Eddie Redmayne took home the prize for best actor in a drama for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking, while Iceland’s Johann Johannsson won for his score for the film.
Single winners were plentiful. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel took the prize for best comedy or musical. Selma, about civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., won for the song Glory, performed by John Legend and Common. Julianne Moore was named best actress in a drama for her role in Still Alice, which has yet to open in Canada.
Amy Adams won for best actress in a musical or comedy. She plays painter Margaret Keane in Tim Burton’s Big Eyes. And J.K. Simmons was named best supporting actor for his role as a sadistic music teacher in Whiplash.
Parents and children were on many winners’ minds. Linklater thanked his parents and dedicated his best-director prize to parents everywhere. Arquette said her most favourite role was being a mother to her children. And Keaton began by speaking of his parents, then grew teary talking about his son Sean, whom he called his best friend.
The prize for best foreign-language film went to Leviathan, a Russian film by Andrey Zvyagintsev. And in perhaps the biggest upset of the night, How to Train Your Dragon 2 was named best animated film above nominees The Lego Movie and Big Hero 6.
Shut out of prizes were Gone Girl with four nominations, Foxcatcher and Into the Woods with three each, and Annie and St. Vincent, which each had a pair.
On the television side, Calgary-shot Fargo was named best miniseries or motion picture made for television, and Billy Bob Thornton won the best actor prize for his role as Lorne Malvo. Another new series, The Affair, was named best TV drama and also won the bestactress prize for its star Ruth Wilson. Kevin Spacey won best actor in a TV drama for his role in House of Cards — it was his eighth nomination but first win.
Other TV winners included Transparent, which was named best comedy TV series and also picked up a prize for star Jeffrey Tambor. Gina Rodriguez won best actress in a TV musical or comedy series for her title role in Jane the Virgin. Matt Bomer won for best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or made-for-TV movie, for Normal Heart.
Joanne Froggatt, who plays lady’s maid Anna Bates in the British series Downton Abbey, was named best supporting actress in the same category. Maggie Gyllenhaal won best actress for An Honorable Woman.