Teeny peek at Jim Carrey possibly not ruining A Christmas Carol with the help of Robert Zemeckis.
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Teeny peek at Jim Carrey possibly not ruining A Christmas Carol with the help of Robert Zemeckis.
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Colin Firth, A
Single Man
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Matt Damon, The
Informant!
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Ben Foster, The
Messenger
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
Michael Sheen, The Damned United
Best Actress
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Helen Mirren, The
Last Station
Michelle Monaghan, Trucker
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Alfred Molina, An
Education
Stanley Tucci, Julie & Julia
Peter Sarsgaard, An Education
Robert Duvall, Crazy Heart
Peter Capaldi, In
the Loop
Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Brian Geraghty, The Hurt Locker
Best Supporting
Actress
Mo'Nique,Precious
Anna Kendrick,Up
in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Julianne Moore, A
Single Man
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Vera Farmiga, Up
in the Air
Samantha Morton, The Messenger
Emma Thompson, An
Education
Cara Seymour, An
Education
Best Director
Jason
Reitman, Up in the
Air
Lee Daniels, Precious
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lone Scherfig, An
Education
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Tom Ford, A
Single Man
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Best Original
Screenplay
Mark Boal, The Hurt
Locker
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Quentin Tarantino,Inglourious Basterds
Michael Haneke,White Ribbon
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter,Up
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, 500 Days of Summer
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner,
Up in the Air
Nick Hornby, An
Education
Spike Jonze, Dave Eggars,
Where the Wild Things Are
Peter Morgan, The
Damned United
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by
Sapphire
Scott Burns, The
Informant!
Tom Ford, A
Single Man
Best Editing
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski,
The Hurt Locker
Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds
Dana E. Glauberman,, Up in the Air
Joel and Ethan Coen,, A Serious Man
Best
Cinematography
Greig Fraser,Bright Star
Robert Richardson,Inglourious Basterds
Roger Deakins, A Serious
Man
Christian Berger, White Ribbon
Bruno Delbonnel,Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker
Best Art Direction
Where the Wild Things Are
Julie & Julia
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
White Ribbon
District 9
A Serious Man
Best Sound Mixing
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
District 9
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Best Sound Editing
District 9
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen
Star Trek
Up
Best Costume Design
Janet Patterson, Bright Star
Jany Temime,Harry
Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Anna B. Sheppard,Inglourious Basterds
Mary Zophre, A
Serious Man
Colleen Atwood, Public Enemies
Consolata Boyle,Cheri
Best Original Score
Carter Burwell, Karen O,Where the Wild Things Are
Carter Burwell,A
Serious Man
Michael Giacchino,Up
Alexandre Desplat, Cheri
Elliot Goldenthal, Public Enemies
Best Foreign Language Film (submissions)
Letters from Father Jacob, Finland
White Wedding, South Africa
A Prophet, France
Dawson, Isla 10, Chile
Nobody to Watch Over Me, Japan
Prince of Tears, Hong Kong
No puedo vivir sin ti, Taiwan
Kelin, Kazakhstan
Mother, Korea
The White Ribbon, Germany
Silent Army, The Netherlands
Best Documentary Feature
The Beaches of Agnes
Burma VJ
The Cove
Every Little Step
Facing Ali
Food, Inc.
Garbage Dreams
Living in Emergency
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Mugabe and the White African
Sergio
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Under Our Skin
Valentino
Which Way Home
Best Animated
Feature
Up
The Princess and the Frog
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Christmas Carol
Mary and Max
Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs
Ponyo
Best Visual
Effects
Star Trek
District 9
A Christmas Carol
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
Transformers
Best Makeup
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
District 9
Best Song
Best Live Action Short
Best Animated Short
Best Documentary Short
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of
Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Lt. Watada
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
Woman Rebel
Saturday, January 23, 2010: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT
Tuesday, February 2, 2010: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, February 10, 2010: Final ballots mailed
Monday, February 15, 2010: Nominees Luncheon
Saturday, February 20, 2010: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Final polls close 5 p.m. PT
Sunday, March 7, 2010: 82nd Annual Academy Awards presentation



16 Responses for "Tiny Tempt: A Christmas Carol"
Oh god, gotta say that looks terrible. The animation looks awful.
Looks like a bad Playstation 2 game trailer.
Really disappointing. Carrey’s accent for Scrooge is ‘Van Dyke’ bad.
yeah, sucks how there are no actors from the UK.
A Christmas Carol: Royally Scrooged
It’s nice to see Carrey spreading his wings. It must be really hard being constantly associated with movies like The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine.
I kind of would have liked to see Christopher Lloyd in the lead role, but that would never get greenlit.
Zemeckis really needs to go back and make a God damn live action film. You know, a film set on location with actors and doesn’t involve a blue screen. Absolutely ridiculous.
Jon = Shit man, how about Zemeckis just making a good relevant movie in general?
A week or so ago, I finally caught ROMANCING THE STONE, which made Zemeckis’ directorial career….and I was caught with how Douglas and Turner had great chemistry in a gay fun adventure time.
All which I dont associate with Zemeckis anymore. He’s dead to me as far as I’m concerned.
And I agree with Midy: Van Dyke bad indeed.
“All which I dont associate with Zemeckis anymore. He’s dead to me as far as I’m concerned. ”
Ouch RRA, that’s really uncalled for. This is the man who gave us “Back to the Future” and “1941″. You may not like the path he’s taken up now but still.
Proman – What you think was Zemeckis’ last good movie?
The way I see it, Zemeckis once was a good filmmaker, behind good films like ROMANCING or BACK TO THE FUTURE series or USED CARS or ROGER RABBIT or his TRESPASS script with Bob Gale, or whatever…but last many years, he’s just been irrelevant. I mean POLAR EXPRESS? BEOWULF?
Would you consider those last two worthy of someone that once was interesting as a filmmaker? I don’t.
I remember liking CAST AWAY and WHAT LIES BENEATH, but both I saw in high school so I can’t say my opinions on them are exactly valid.
Now CONTACT* I didn’t care for, and in retrospect FOREST GUMP is more and more not worthy of that 1994 Oscar, unlike say true classics like PULP FICTION or SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.
But thast my 2 pennies.
*=I’m sorta with the SOUTH PARK boys who despise it quite openly.
I was not a fan of The Polar Express or Beowulf, but this story seems to actually fit the animation style in my estimation. Further, Jim Carrey’s potential as a motion capture character makes far and away more sense than Tom Hanks or Ray Winstone.
Not sure if this movie is anywhere near must see for me, but I see it being maybe a step in the right direction.
@RAA: Your close mindedness hasn’t gone unnoticed. It would just be kind of you to end the blatant smear campaign. We’re all entitled to our opinion, though you are 100% negative and offer no insight. Especially coming from viewing a 19 second clip (which goes to show your ignorance).
Joe – Close minded you say, recognization of pattern I say.
If a guy borrows your car and wrecks it, would you give him the keys again? Much less he trash it twice?
Who knows, maybe Zemeckis surprises the shit out of us and is back in form, and somehow the (pointless) motion-capture process of his is put to good narrative use. But I hate to expect him to avoid a strikeout.
Its like Michael Bay movies, first few I….quite hated, lets put it that way simply. After PEARL HARBOR, I felt like an asshole for continuing to bitch about Bay, yet still pay to see his films. Thus I haven’t bothered to watch Bay’s movies in theatres starting with BAD BOYS II.
I’ve seen his subsequent efforts either on TV or on DVD, which technically means I’m still playing to watch his pictures, so I guess I’m still a dick. I can’t escape that fate I guess. Regardless, nothing in BB2 or THE ISLAND or TRANSFORMERS have tempted me to change my theatrical policy regarding Baynito Michaelini.
Lets put it this way Joe: I rather CAROL be a good movie and I have to publicly eat crow, chew my hat, and be made humble…then be proven right with a worthless picture. Does that make any sense?
Why am I reminded of the Sims when seeing this? I would have preferred live action.
14 posts in, in May, yet we’re already swinging wildly with the pendulum, insults fast & furious. Someone who is revolted by those 19 seconds is a close-minded twat, while someone who is intrigued is a chucklehead & a fool. Does that about cover it?
RRA is not capable of a smear campaign since he or she is a (oft-present) commenter on a film blog. It’ll be fine. Given what I’ve seen of Zemeckis’s dalliance w/motion capture, this looks to me like a step in the wrong direction. Yes this is a brief clip, but a picture is worth a thousand words, am I right, and here is 19 seconds worth of pictures. The animation, especially facial movements, are hampered by that digital deadness from which Pixar has long since weaned us, and there’s nothing new to the way these characters are presented or drawn. I can’t imagine the point of this project in a broader context; it seems to exist solely to further what Zemeckis considers to be ground-breaking work. Shows how out of touch he is. LIke someone else said, wouldn’t it be nice if he (and Fincher while we’re at it) went back to making swift, efficient, live-action films. Suffice to say, assuming this film opens around the holidays, ‘Avatar’ (however well or poorly its story translates), will take ‘Carol’ to school. It’s not 2002 anymore kids.
Just a few short seconds and this movie clip has already confirmed Zemeckis and Carey have this Christmas Carol firing on all cylinders.
3 points:
1. The deposit boxes swinging towards the screen are an obvious return to the 3D cliche of things coming towards you – let us hope this is not indicative of the entire piece as immersive 3D (Bolt, Up etc.) seems to be the future.
2. The last line was actually very funny, both in the written form and in execution. If Zemeckis makes Dickens fun for contemporary youth, thereby enticing more younger people into reading the more prose heavy works that’s got to be a good thing.
3. We’re still 170 days until it comes out, plenty of time to work on the final sheen and look of the picture. This is just a glimpse of the concept to whet the appetite.
I’m assuming this will play with Up, can anyone confirm that?
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