'Call Me By Your Name', 'Get Out' win twice
SUBURBAN horror “Get Out” and youth romance “Call Me By Your Name” both clinched double wins at the 2017 Gotham Awards, with Saoirse Ronan, James Franco and the cast of “Mudbound” also among accolade recipients.
“Call Me by Your Name,” an intense tale of forbidden love, won best feature at the 2017 Gotham Awards’ Nov 27 ceremony.
As a result, the drama’s significance has been elevated ahead of the Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards and Academy Awards, which take place in early 2018.
“Moonlight” scooped four awards in 2016 and went on to Golden Globes and Oscar glory. Similarly, “Spotlight” received Best Feature in 2015 and “Birdman” in 2014. Both became eventual Oscar winners in the equivalent prestige category.
The Gotham Awards are open to feature-length films directed or produced by a US-born or USbased filmmaker. Films must be made with an economy means, and the vision of an individual director, producer or writer must be abundantly evident, according to the Gotham Awards organising body, the Independent Filmmaker Project.
Jordan Peele’s directorial debut “Get Out” entered the Gotham Awards with a fieldleading four nominations. On the night Peele received the Best Screenplay and Breakthrough Director awards and his movie took the Audience Award to boot, but after Timothée Chalamet picked up the Breakthrough Actor trophy, “Call Me by Your Name” made it two by collecting the evening’s top honour.
James Franco was named Best Actor for his performance in “The Disaster Artist,” ahead of its Dec 1 theatrical debut. The movie, which Franco also directed, is about the making of 2003 cult hit drama “The Room,” subsequently considered one of the worst films ever made.
Irish actress Saoirse Ronan won the ceremony’s Best Actress accolade at the first time of asking, for her performance in Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age comedy drama “Lady Bird,” a film in which Chalamet has a supporting role.
The cast of Netflix’s Nov 17 post-war drama “Mudbound” won the Ensemble Award.
In TV, “Atlanta” won Breakthrough Series in the Long Form category, while unusual consciousness-expanding comedy “The Strange Eyes of Dr Myes,” available to view in eight episodes on YouTube, was named Breakthrough Series in Short Form.
Netflix’s murder investigation “Strong Island” was named Best Documentary.
Following the Gotham Awards, the National Board of Review Awards take place on Nov 28, while the Golden Globe nominations are set for Dec 11 and the Screen Actors Guild nominations for Dec 13.
The Indepedent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Nov 21, with “Call Me by Your Name,” “Lady Bird” and “Get Out” among those put forward for Best Feature.
Ahead of the Mar 3, 2018 ceremony, “Call Me by Your Name” leads nominations with six, while “Get Out” and “Good Time” stand on five and both “Lady Bird” and “The Rider” have four.
The Golden Globes take place Jan 7, 2018, with the Academy Awards delivering its Oscar trophies during a Mar 4 ceremony. — Relaxnews