As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially explains my recent reposting of all past winners.

Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was no public knowledge.

This is because essentially the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was even more frustrating. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen.

Back then I was ticket stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues, however, it was just for me at the time.

I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name even at the time so eventually it just became BAM.

Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could.

The publication was an exciting and unnerving process regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of this period of time share what I thought an why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them.

So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them and other people and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many other reason.

Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at who was chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away.

I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year. Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown.

So here goes…

2006

Again I give you my comments alone here:

2006 BAM Nominees and Winners Disclaimers:

1. These awards are fictitious and represent only my, Bernardo Villela’s, opinions about the past year in film

2. BAM stands for Bernardo Academy of Movies. Lame, hence I made it up in High School. And has no connections with Emeril Legasse whatsoever.

Message: Let’s hope next year is better overall but this stuff is good.

Winners are in BOLD and pictured.

Best Picture

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Running Scared
Transamerica
Little Miss Sunshine
Wah-Wah 


Best Director

Mel Gibson Apocalypto
Asia Argento The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Christopher Nolan The Prestige
Duncan Tucker Transamerica
Richard E. Grant Wah-Wah

Best Original Screenplay

Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine
Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan The Prestige
Duncan Tucker Transamerica
Wayne Kramer Running Scared
Richard E. Grant Wah-Wah

Best Adapted Screenplay

William Broyles, Jr., Paul Haggis, James Bradley, Ron Powers Flags of Our Fathers
Ryan Murphy and Augusten Burroughs Running with Scissors
Peter Buchman and Christopher Paolini Eragon
Mark Klein and Peter Mayle A Good Year
Armistead Maupin, Patrick Stettner and Terry Anderson The Night Listener

Best Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen Borat
Josh Janowicz December Ends
Aaron Eckhart Thank You For Smoking
Gael Garcia Bernal Le Science des Reves
Nicholas Hoult Wah-Wah

Best Actress

Felicity Huffman Transamerica
Asia Argento The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Annette Bening Running with Scissors
Helen Mirren The Queen
Emily Watson Wah-Wah

Best Supporting Actor

Gabriel Byrne Wah-Wah
Joseph Cross Flags of Out Fathers
Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine
Paul Dano Little Miss Sunshine
Greg Kinnear Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress

Catherine O’Hara For Your Consideration
Scarlett Johansson The Prestige
Shohreh Aghdashloo The Nativity Story
Rosario Dawson Clerks II
Kristin Chenoweth RV

Best Performance by a Child Actor

Abigail Breslin Little Miss Sunshine
Cameron Bright Running Scared
Cayden Boyd X3:X-Men United
Cole and Dylan Sprouse The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Jimmy Bennett The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things

Best Cast

Little Miss Sunshine
Wah-Wah
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Thank You For Smoking
RV

Best Visual Effects

Eragon
The Nativity Story
Night at the Museum
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest
X3: X-Men United

Best Sound Editing

Eragon
Final Destination 3
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest
Running Scared
X3: X-Men United 


Best Costume Design

The Prestige
The Queen
Sorstalanság
Ultraviolet
X3: X-Men United

Best Soundtrack

December Ends
High School Musical
Transamerica
Running Scared
RV

Best Score

High School Musical
Lady in the Water
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Wah-Wah 


Best Song

‘Travelin’ Thru’ Transamerica
‘Start of Something New’ High School Musical
‘What I’ve Been Looking For’ High School Musical
‘Stick to the Status Quo’ High School Musical
‘We’re All in This Together’ High School Musical

Best Editing

Flags of Our Fathers
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Lady in the Water
Running Scared
Le Sciences du Reves

Worst Picture

The Babysitter
Final Destination 3
Re-Animated
The Shaggy Dog
Trap 


Most Underrated Picture

How To Eat Fried Worms
Lady in the Water
The Nativity Story
Running With Scissors
RV 


Most Overrated

Accepted
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest
Le Science des rêves
Slither
The Queen

Best Makeup

Big Mama’s House 2
Eragon
Lady in the Water
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest
Transamerica

Best Cinematography

Flags of Our Fathers
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
The Nativity Story
Running Scared
Sorstalanság

Nominations

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things – 8 Nominations (1 win)
Little Miss Sunshine– 8 Nominations (3 Wins)
Wah-Wah– 8 Nominations (5 wins)
Running Scared– 7 Nominations
Transamerica– 7 Nominations (2 Wins)
High School Musical– 6 Nominations (2 Wins)
The Prestige– 4 Nominations (1 Win)
RV– 4 Nominations
Eragon, The Queen, X3: X-Men United, The Nativity Story – 4 Nominations
Flags of Our Fathers, Le Science des rêves, Running with Scissors (1 Win), Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest (1 Win), Lady in the Water – 3 Nominations
December Ends, The Queen (1 win) Thank You For Smoking, Final Destination 3 (1 Win), Sorstalanság (1 Win) 2 Nominations
Apocalypto, A Good Year, The Night Listener, Borat, For Your Consideration (1 Win), Night at the Museum, Ultraviolet, Clerks II, Re-Animated, The Shaggy Dog, Trap, The Babysitter (1 Win), How To Eat Fried Worms (1 Win), Accepted, Slither, Big Mama’s House 2– 1 Nomination

As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially explains my recent reposting of all past winners. Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was no public knowledge. This is because essentially the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was even more frustrating. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen. Back then I was ticket stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues, however, it was just for me at the time. I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name even at the time so eventually it just became BAM. Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could. The publication was an exciting and unnerving process regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of this period of time share what I thought an why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them. So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them and other people and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many other reason. Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at who was chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away. I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year. Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown. So here goes… 2005 Typically, in my emailing days, I would lead with a message. I have decided to lead with that message here in lieu of statistical oddities.

A Message from the President If ever there was a year where I felt like doing a top 10 list, this year was it. Not because I thought there were 10 brilliant movies that I felt deserved being mentioned for Best Picture, but because the margin that separated #10 from #5, and similarly #5 to #1, was slim. There was not a slam dunk winner and the most consistently excellent film from beginning to end, especially at the end, won out. While this year’s field doesn’t necessarily stack up against that of year’s past. I feel that in 2005 we did get another addition to the list of truly great film adaptations. One oddity you’ll notice below is that generally Best Picture wins the most awards. When the year began and I learned of Ingmar Bergman releasing what was supposed to be his last film I wanted to institute a Lifetime Achievement Award. I may next year but this year it was unnecessary as Saraband earned 11 nominations. Without much further ado here are are the winners, and here’s to a stronger field next year.

Winners are in BOLD and pictured. Best Picture The Dust Factory Machuca Saraband Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Foreign Film March of the Penguins Les Choristes Machuca La Mala Educacion Saraband Best Director Andres Wood Machuca Eric Small The Dust Factory Ingmar Bergman Saraband Harry Newell Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Andrew Adamson The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Original Screenplay Robert Rodriguez, Racer Max Rodriguez The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D Eric Small The Dust Factory Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Andres Wood Machuca Ingmar Bergman Saraband Best Adapted Screenplay David Koepp based on the novel by H.G. Wells War of the Worlds David Koepp based on the book by Chris Van Alsberg Zathura Paul Haggis based on the short stories by F.X. Toole Million Dollar Baby Steven Kloves based on the novel by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Anne Peacock and Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely based on the novel by C.S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Warddrobe Best Actor David Strathairn Good Night, and Good Luck Ryan Kelley The Dust Factory Don Cheadle Hotel Rwanda Borje Alstedt Saraband Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote Best Actress Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby Virginia Madsen Sideways Julia Dufvenius Saraband Emma Watson Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rosario Dawson Rent Best Supporting Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl The Dust Factory Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby Erland Josephson Saraband Brendan Gleeson Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Skandar Keynes The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Supporting Actress Sophie Okonedo Hotel Rwanda Liv Ullmann Saraband Miranda Richardson Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Maggie Smith Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Tilda Swinton The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Visual Effects Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith War of the Worlds Zathura Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Original Song

Vois Sur Ton Chemin Les Choristes Caresse sur L’Ocean Les Choristes Lueur d’Ete Les Choristes La Nuit Les Choristes In Memoriam Les Choristes Best Cast Ryan Kelley, Hayden Panetierre, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael Angarano, Peter Horton and Kim Myers The Dust Factory Matias Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, Ernesto Malbran, Aline Kuppenheim, Francisco Reyes and Tiago Correa Machuca Borje Alstedt, Julia Dufvenius, Erland Josephson, and Liv Ullmann Saraband Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Miranda Richardson, Brendan Gleeson, Alan Rickman and Robbie Coltrane Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Tilda Swinton, and Liam Neeson The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Warddrobe Best Editing Andy Blumenthal and David Finfer Waiting… Michael Kahn War of the Worlds Glenn Farr The Dust Factory Mick Audsley Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Sim-Evan Jones and Jim May The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Soundtrack The Lords of Dogtown Les Choristes Saraband Rent The Squid and the Whale Best Sound Editing Batman Begins Star Wars- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith War of the Worlds Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Chrinicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Best Costume Design The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D Batman Begins Star Wars- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Worst Picture Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life The Sandlot 2 Jack Nobody Knows Syriana Most Underrated Picture The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D Land of the Dead Zathura Rent The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Most Overrated Picture Batman Begins Jack Nobody Knows Rock School Syriana Best Makeup Star Wars- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Land of the Dead Zathura Rent The Chornicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Performance by a Child Actor Dakota Fanning War of the Worlds Jonah Bobo Zathura Emma Watson Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Skandar Keynes The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Owen Kline The Squid and the Whale Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski War of the Worlds Tom Stern Million Dollar Baby Stefan Eriksson, Jesper Holstrom, Per-Olof Lantto, Sofi Strindh and Raymond Wemmenlov Saraband Roger Pratt Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Donald McAlpine The Chronicles of Naria: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Nominations Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 14 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 13 Saraband 11 The Dust Factory 7 Les Choristes 7 War of the Worlds 6 Zathura 5 Machuca 5 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 4 Million Dollar Baby 4 Rent 4 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D 3 Batman Begins 2 The Squid and the Whale 2 Hotel Rwanda 2 Syriana 2 Land of the Dead 2 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 1 March of the Penguins 1 La Mala Educacion 1 Waiting… 1 The Lords of Dogtown 1 Good Night, and Good Luck 1 Sideways 1 Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life 1 The Sandlot 2 1 Nobody Knows 1 Jack 1 Rock School 1

Introduction

As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially explains my recent reposting of all past winners.

Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was no public knowledge.

This is because essentially the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was even more frustrating. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen.

Back then I was ticket stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues, however, it was just for me at the time.

I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name even at the time so eventually it just became BAM.

Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could.

The publication was an exciting and unnerving process regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of this period of time share what I thought an why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them.

So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them and other people and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many other reason.

Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at who was chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away.

I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year. Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown.

So here goes…

2004

Part of the the purpose of these reposts (aside from the obvious promotion of the forthcoming announcements) is a preservation effort. These are lists I’m transcribing from
printouts. When I started sharing these it was first via email, which I’ve never been great at saving. In fact, the impetus behind the my upcoming year in film 2003 post was the fact that I somehow lost those nominations entirely and had to jog my memory to include the winners on the running lists. 2004 also has a slight fragmentation. Somehow there’s no Best Actor nominees just a winner. Alas, these need posting before I lost anymore. This was an interesting year.

-Kill Bill films combine for 16 nominations, including 11 for Volume 2

-Harry Potter leads again with 12

-Mean Creek wins 4 of 6 including Best Picture

-Only 4 Supporting Actress nominees including Meryl Streep’s first.

Best Picture

The Passion of the Christ
Kill Bill: Vol. II
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Mean Creek
Shaun of the Dead

Best Foreign Film

Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran (France)
Io non ho Paura (Italy)
Carandiru (Brazil)
Diarios de Motocicleta (Spain)
The Return(Russia)

Best Director

Mel Gibson The Passion of the Christ
Quentin Tarantino Kill Bill: Vol. II
Alfonso Cuaron Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jacob Aaron Estes Mean Creek
Walter Salles Diarios de Motocicleta

Best Actress

Uma Thurman Kill Bill:Vol. I
Uma Thurman Kill Bill: Vol. II
Bryce Dallas Howard The Village
Heather Smith Unscrewed
Kate Winslet Finding Neverland

Best Actor

Jim Cavizel The Passion of the Christ

Best Supporting Actress

Maia Morgenstern The Passion of the Christ
Emma Thompson Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Maria Luisa Medoça Carandiru
Meryl Streep The Manchurian Candidate

Best Supporting Actor

Rodrigo Santoro Carandiru
Josh Peck Mean Creek
Rodrigo de la Serna Diarios de Motocicleta
Jim Carrey Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
David Carradine Kill Bill: Vol.II

Best Performance by a Child Actor

Jesse James The Butterfly Effect
Josh Peck Mean Creek
Cameron Bright Birth
Ivan Dobranorov The Return
Freddie Highmore Finding Neverland

Best Score

John Williams Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
James Newton Howard The Village
Philip Glass Undertow
Michael Giacchino and Tim Simonec The Incredibles
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Finding Neverland

Best Film Editing

Walter Murch Cold Mountain
John Wright The Passion of the Christ
Sally Menke Kill Bill: Vol.II
Steven Weisberg Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Daniel Rezende Diarios de Motocicleta

Best Adapted Screenplay

Robert Gordon and David Handler Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Niccolo Ammaniti and Francesca Marciano Io non ho Paura
Steven Kloves and J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jose Rivera, Che Guevara, and Alberto Gramado Diarios de Motocicleta
David Magee and Alan Knee Finding Neverland

Best Original Screenplay

Quentin Tarantino Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Quentin Tarantino Kill Bill: Vol. 2
M. Night Shyamalan The Village
Jacob Aaron Estes Mean Creek
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg Shaun of the Dead

Best Cinematography

Robert Richardson Kill Bill: Vol. I
Caleb Deschanel The Passion of the Christ
Robert Richardson Kill Bill: Vol. II
Michael Seresin Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
David N. Dunlap Shaun of the Dead

Best Sound Design

The Passion of the Christ
Kill Bill: Vol. II
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Two Brothers
The Village

Best Cast

The Passion of the Christ
Kill Bill: Vol. II
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Mean Creek
Finding Neverland

Most Underrated Film

Catch That Kid
The Girl Next Door
Kill Bill: Vol. II
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Thunderbirds

Best Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Thunderbirds
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Polar Express
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Worst Picture

The Butterfly Effect
Pixel Perfect
Saved!
Team America: World Police
Spanglish

Most Overrated Picture

The Butterfly Effect
Saved!
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Team America: World Police
Finding Neverland

Best Soundtrack

Kill Bill: Vol. I
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Kill Bill: Vol. II
Diarios de Motocicleta

Best Makeup

The Passion of the Christ
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kill Bill: Vol. I
Shaun of the Dead
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Nominations

Obviously these will be somewhat incomplete with one category being winner-only

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 12
Kill Bill: Vol. II 11
The Passion of the Christ 9
Mean Creek 6
Diarios de Motocicleta 6
Finding Neverland 6
Kill Bill: Vol. I 5
Sean of the Dead 4
The Village 4
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events 4
Carandiru 3
The Butterfly Effect 3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran 2
I’m Not Scared 2
The Return 2
Thunderbirds 2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2
Unscrewed 1
The Manchurian Candidate 1
Birth 1
The Incredibles 1
Cold Mountain 1
Two Brothers 1
Catch That Kid 1
The Girl Next Door 1
Polar Express 1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London 1

As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially explains my recent reposting of all past winners. Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was no public knowledge. This is because essentially the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was even more frustrating. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen. Back then I was ticket stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues, however, it was just for me at the time. I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name even at the time so eventually it just became BAM. Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could. The publication was an exciting and unnerving process regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of this period of time share what I thought an why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them. So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them and other people and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many other reason. Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at who was chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away. I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year. Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown. So here goes… 2003

-As you will likely notice this post will stand out from the others. I never have been able to hold on to an electronic back-up of this year, and lost track of a hard copy. From memory I have been able to recall some of the winners. There are other factoids I can recall but this is the most I guarantee. -Much like 1999, this was a year dominated mostly by one studio (Universal) on the strength of 2 films. -8 Femmes, much like they did at the Cesars, had many a nomination but a sole win. -2003 marked the first expansion of categories in years. -Tim Robbins wins second Supporting Actor Award -Peter Pan ties Artificial Intelligence: A.I.‘s win total. -Enjoy the winners. 2004 will have more nominees but is still missing some information.

Best Picture Peter Pan Best Foreign Film The Sea Most Underrated Picture Peter Pan Most Overrated Picture Matchstick Men Best Director P.J. Hogan Peter Pan Best Actor Jeremy Sumpter Peter Pan Best Actress Nicole Kidman The Hours Best Supporting Actor Tim Robbins Mystic River Best Supporting Actress Julianne Moore The Hours Best Performance by a Child Actor Jeremy Sumpter Peter Pan Best Cast Love Actually Best Original Screenplay Love Actually Best Adapted Screenplay Peter Pan Best Cinematography Donald McAlpine Peter Pan Best Score Philip Glass The Hours Best Visual Effects Peter Pan Best Costume Design Peter Pan Best Art Direction Peter Pan Best Editing The Hours Best Original Song Toi, mon amour mon ami Virginie Ledoyen and Ludivine Sagnier 8 Femmes

Introduction

As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially explains my recent reposting of all past winners.

Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was not public knowledge.

This is because the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself, for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was more frustrating than it could be otherwise. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen.

Back then I was ticket-stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way I had to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues later. However, it was just for me at the time.

I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name, even at the time, so eventually it just became the BAM Awards.

Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could.

The publication was an exciting and unnerving process, regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of the year share what I thought and why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them.

So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them, and other people, and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many other reason.

Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at those chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away.

I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year. Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown, a count -up if you will.

So here goes…

2002

-This year features some revisionist history I was able to successfully reverse. There are two categories with only three nominations, which in revision mode I filled out to 5. I was able to trim it back to three, thus making it back to what it was 10 years ago.

-In another revisionist note, this was the first year where I started splitting the screenplay award in the year where I wrote them. I did when I revised the past awards create both categories from 1996-2001. This was the first time I did it live.

-Lagaan was the first film that was nominated for Best Picture only.

-In one of the quirks of the BAM system, Hugh Mitchell who had small roles in both Harry Potter and Nicholas Nickleby, earned two nominations, and one win, for being in both casts.

-Harry Potter is Lucciesque anew setting a new nomination record, Star Wars takes the most trophies.

-This was another year that illustrated that I needed not only equality in categories, but also a top 10 or more list because there are many great films this year not in Best Picture.

-Comedic performances are prominent once again.

-Nicholas Nickleby is another multiple actors in same category film.

Winners are in BOLD and pictured.

Best Picture

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Equilibrium
Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones
Lagaan
La Pianiste

Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert La Pianiste
Fairuza Balk Deuces Wild
Amanda Bynes Big Fat Liar
Jodie Foster Panic Room
Emma Watson Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Best Actor

Benoît Magimel La Pianiste
Mike Myers Austin Powers in Goldmember
Christian Bale Equilibrium
Kieran Culkin Igby Goes Down
Hugh Grant About a Boy

Best Supporting Actress

Rachel Griffiths The Rookie
Toni Collette About a Boy
Beyoncé Knowles Austin Powers in Goldmember
Maggie Smith Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Lucy Tulugarjuk Atanarjuat

Best Supporting Actor

Haley Joel Osment The Edges of the Lord
Rupert Grint Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jamie Bell Nicholas Nickleby
Christopher Plummer Nicholas Nickleby
Ewan McGregor Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Best Director

George Lucas Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Kurt Wimmer Equilibrium
John Lee Hancock The Rookie
Burr Steers Igby Goes Down
Chris Columbus Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Best Original Screenplay

George Lucas and Jonathan Hales Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Steven Kloves, J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Michael Heneke, Elfried Jelinek La Pianiste
Robert Rodriguez Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Kurt Wimmer Equilibrium

Best Adapted Screenplay

JK Rowling and Steven Kloves Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Michael Heneka and Elired Jelniek La Pianiste
Nick Hornby, Peter Hedges, Chris and Paul Weitz About a Boy
Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank and John Cohen Minority Report
Charles Dickens and Douglas McGrath Nicholas Nickleby

Best Cinematography

Roger Pratt Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Norman Cohn Atanarjuat
Walter Carvalho Abril Despedaçado
Janusz Kaminski Minority Report
David Tattersall Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

The following two (2) categories intentionally only have three (3) nominees.

Best Score

John Williams Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Ennio Morricone The Legend of 1900
George Clinton Austin Powers in Goldmember

Best Visual Effects

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Best Performance by a Child Actor

Haley Joel Osment The Edges of the Lord
Nicholas Hoult About A Boy
Rupert Grint Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Amanda Bynes Big Fat Liar

Most Overrated Film

Road to Perdition
Spider-Man
XXX
Insomnia
Abril Despedaçado

Worst Film

Spider-Man
Insomnia
Get a Clue
40 Days and 40 Nights
The Santa Clause 2

Most Underrated Film

Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
The Legend of 1900
Igby Goes Down

Best Cast

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Kenneth Branaugh, Richard Harris and John Cleese Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Detmer and Donald Fasion Big Fat Liar
Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Ryan Phillippe, and Jeff Goldblum Igby Goes Down
Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Nathan Lane, Alan Cumming, Jim Broadbent, Edward Fox, Hugh Mitchell, Stella Gonot, and Romola Garai in Nicholas Nickleby
Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Michael York, Mindy Sterling, Seth green, Verne Troyer, and Fred Savage Austin Powers in Goldmember

Nominations

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 12
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 9
La Pianiste 5
Austin Powers in Goldmember 5
Equilibrium 4
Igby Goes Down 4
About a Boy 4
Nicholas Nickleby 4
Big Fat Liar 3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 3
Abril Despedaçado 2
The Legend of 1900 2
Minority Report 2
The Rookie 2
Atanarjuat 2
The Edges of the Lord 2
Lagaan 1
Panic Room 1
Deuces Wild 1

2001 BAM Awards

Introduction

As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially explains my recent reposting of all past winners.

Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was not public knowledge.

This is because the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself, for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was more frustrating than it could be otherwise. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen.

Back then I was ticket-stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way I had to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues later. However, it was just for me at the time.

I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name, even at the time, so eventually it just became the BAM Awards.

Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could.

The publication was an exciting and unnerving process, regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of the year share what I thought and why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them.

So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them, and other people, and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many other reason.

Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at those chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away.

I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year. Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown, a count -up if you will.

So here goes…

2001

-With A.I. sweeping through these awards this marks the pinnacle both of Haley Joel Osment’s four-year run in the Young Actor category, and of Janusz Kaminski’s run through the awards. Each is the winningest in their own field.

-Melanie Griffith joins the ranks of those who have won both Supporting and Leading Actor trophies.

-A Partilha is the first film to have three performers nominated in the same category.

-A.I. wins 10 awards in 11 nominations, the most awards and highest success rate to date.

–Harry Potter begins its rather Lucciesque run racking up 9 nominations and one win here.

– I don’t watch too many made for TV movies, but they are not verboten in these awards. This year features one of the rare occasions they break into a positive category with Snow in August.

-Here again you see the need for equal categories between mature and youth performers.

-Until recently I had forgotten that Zoolander passed largely unnoticed due in part to its release occurring shortly after 9/11. The underrated nod affirms that notion.

-This was likely the first time I toyed with the notion of US Release dates. In this year The Wide Blue Road (1957) played for, what I perceived to be, the first time in the US. I made it eligible. I likely won’t stretch that far back ever again, but it did start me looking at US debuts more closely.

Winners are BOLD and pictured.

Best Picture

Mauvaises Frequentations
A Partilha
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Max Keeble’s Big Move
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Best Director

Steven Spielberg Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Ridley Scott Gladiator
Jean-Pierre Améris Mauvaises Frequentations
Laís Bodanzky Bicho de Sete Cabeças
Ridley Scott Hannibal

Best Actor

Robinson Stévenin Mauvaises Frequentations
Rodrigo Santoro Bicho de Sete Cabeças
Haley Joel Osment Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Tamineh Normatova The Silence

Best Actress

Melanie Griffith Cecil B. Demented
Andréa Beltrão A Partilha
Nicole Kidman The Others
Maud Forget Mauvaises Frequentations
Sandrine Bonnaire Est-Ouest

Best Supporting Actor

Ronaldo Bonacchi The Wide Blue Road
Jude Law Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Jake Thomas Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Rupert Grint Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Bruce Greenwood Thirteen Days

Best Supporting Actress

Hope Davis Hearts in Atlantis
Alicia Witt Cecil B. Demented
Paloma Duarte A Partilha
Lília Cabral A Partilha
Glória Pires A Partilha

Best Original Screenplay

Alain Layrac Mauvaises Frequentations
David L. Watts, Jonathan Bernstein, Mark Blackwell, James Greer Max Keeble’s Big Move
Robert Rodriguez Spy Kids
John Waters Cecil B. Demented
Luis Bolognesi Bicho de Sete Cabeças

Best Adapted Screenplay

João Emmanuel Carneiro, Miguel Falabella, Daniel Filho, Mark Haskell A Partilha
Ian Watson, Brian Aldiss, Steven Spielberg Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Thomas Harris, David Mamet and Steven Zaillian Hannibal
Steven Kloves and J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Stephen King and William Goldman Hearts in Atlantis

Best Score

John Williams Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
John Williams Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Michael Wandmacher Max Keeble’s Big Move
Hans Zimmer Gladiator
Danny Elfman Spy Kids

Best Visual Effects

Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Spy Kids
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Others
Jurassic Park III

Best Performance by a Child Actor

Haley Joel Osment Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Pete Tambakis Snow in August
Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter and the Sorecer’s Stone
Rupert Grint Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Alex Linz Max Keeble’s Big Move

Best Cinematography

Janusz Kaminski Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Andrew Lesnie Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Hugo Kavensky Bicho de Sete Cabeças
Javier Aguirrresarobe The Others
Ebrahim Ghafori The Silence

Best Cast

Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, William Hurt, Frances O’Connor, etc. Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robert Harris, Robbie Coltrane, etc. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Alex Linz, Larry Miller, Zena Gray, Nora Dunn,, etc. Max Keeble’s Big Move
Andréa Beltrão, Paloma Duarte, Lília Cabral, Glória Pires, Herson Capri A Partilha
Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier Cecil B. Demented

Most Underrated Film

Articial Intelligence: A.I.
Max Keeble’s Big Move
Cecil B. Demented
Mauvaises Frequentations
Zoolander

Most Overated Film

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Malena
Planet of the Apes
Hearts in Atlantis
The Others*

*A very good film touted as great.

Worst Picture

Hounded
Believe
The Poof Point
The Jennie Project
The Luck of the Irish

Nominations

Artificial Intelligence: A.I. 11
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 9
A Partilha 7
Mauvaises Frequentations 6
Max Keeble’s Big Move 6
Cecil B. Demented 5
Bicho de Sete Cabeças 4
The Others 4
Spy Kids 3
Hearts in Atlantis 3
Gladiator 2
Hannibal 2
The Silence 2
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2
Jurassic Park III 1
Snow in August 1
Est-Ouest 1
The Wide Blue Road 1
Thirteen Days 1
Zoolander 1
Malena 1
Planet of the Apes 1
Hounded 1
Believe 1
The Poof Point 1
The Jennie Project 1

Introduction

As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially
explains my recent reposting of all past winners.

Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was not public knowledge.

This is because the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself, for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was more frustrating than it could be otherwise. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen.

Back then I was ticket-stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way I had to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues later. However, it was just for me at the time.

I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an
Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name, even at the time, so eventually it just became the BAM Awards.

Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could.

The publication was an exciting and unnerving process, regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of the year share what I thought and why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them.

So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them, and other people, and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many
other reason.

Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at those chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away. I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year.
Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown, a count -up if you will. So here goes…

1999

Observations of this year are as follows:

-Jessica Lange here is nominated anew, and is the second actor to win in both lead and supporting
categories.
-With 7 wins The Sixth Sense is the winningest film to this date.
-Oliver Stone is nominated two years running, his direction nomination here also marks a split between Picture and
Director. -Kevin Spacey earns another nomination here, as does Melanie Griffith and Sharon Stone.
-I have since warmed to Magnolia some.

Winners are BOLD and pictured.

Best Picture

Arlington Road
The Butcher Boy
The Green Mile
Simon Birch
The Sixth Sense

Best Director

Oliver Stone Any Given Sunday
Frank Darabont The Green Mile
Neil Jordan The Butcher Boy
Mark Pellington Arlington Road
M. Night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense

Best Actor

Warren Beatty Bulworth
Kevin Spacey American Beauty
Al Pacino Any Given Sunday
Haley Joel Osment The Sixth Sense
Eammon Owens The Butcher Boy

Best Actress

Annette Bening American Beauty
Melanie Griffith Shadow of Doubt
Jessica Lange Cousin Bette
Juliette Lewis The Other Sister
Sharon Stone Gloria

Best Supporting Actor

Doug Hutchinson The Green Mile
Jesse James A Dog of Flanders
Jamie Foxx Any Given Sunday
Tim Robbins Arlington Road
Bruce Willis The Sixth Sense

Best Supporting Actress

Thora Birch American Beauty
Toni Collette The Sixth Sense
Cameron Diaz Being John Malkovich
Diane Keaton The Other Sister
Elisabeth Shue Cousin Bette

Best Performance by a Child Actor

Joseph Cross Jack Frost
Jesse James A Dog of Flanders
Joseph Mazzello Simon Birch
Haley Joel Osment The Sixth Sense
Eammon Owens The Butcher Boy

Best Original Screenplay

M. Night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense
Warren Beatty Bulworth
David Pyne, John Logan and Oliver Stone Any Given Sunday
Mike Myers and Mark McCullers Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Ehren Kruger Arlington Road

Best Adapted Screenplay

Stephen King and Frank Darabont The Green Mile
Honore de Balzac, Lynne Siefert and Susan Tarr Cousin Bette
Pat McCabe and Neil Jordan The Butcher Boy
Washington Irving, Kevin Yagher and Andrew Kevin Walker Sleepy Hollow
Mark Childress Crazy in Alabama

Best Score

James Newton Howard The Sixth Sense
Elliot Goldenthal The Butcher Boy
Angelo Badalamenti Arlington Road
Trevor Rabin Jack Frost
Mark Snow Crazy in Alabama

Best Cinematography

Salvatore Totino Any Given Sunday
Tak Fujimoto The Sixth Sense
Emmanuel Lubezki Sleepy Hollow
Adrien Biddle The Butcher Boy
Conrad L. Hall American Beauty

Best Visual Effects

Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace
The Matrix
Jack Frost
Sleepy Hollow
Being John Malkovich

Best Cast

The Sixth Sense
American Beauty
The Butcher Boy
Jack Frost
A Dog of Flanders

Most Underrated Film

Crazy in Alabama
The Story of Us
A Dog of Flanders
The Other Sister
Election

Most Overrated

Magnolia
The Matrix
Snow Falling on Cedars
Message in a Bottle The Love
Letter

Worst Film

Can’t Be Heaven
Durango Kids
Invisible Mom II
Au Pair
Can of Worms

Nominations
The Sixth Sense 10
The Butcher Boy 8
Arlington Road 5
Any Given Sunday 5
American Beauty 5
The Green Mile 4
Jack Frost 1
A Dog of Flanders 3
Cousin Bette 3
Sleepy Hollow 3
Crazy in Alabama 3
Simon Birch 2
The Matrix 2
Bulworth 2
Being John Malkovich 1
Shadow of Doubt 1
Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace 1
Gloria 1
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1
Election 1
Magnolia 1
Snow Falling on Cedars 1
Message in a Bottle 1
The Love Letter 1
Can’t Be Heaven 1
Durango Kids 1
Invisible Mom II 1
Au Pair 1
Can of Worms 1

Introduction

As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially explains my recent reposting of all past winners.

Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was not public knowledge.

This is because the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself, for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was more frustrating than it could be otherwise. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen.

Back then I was ticket-stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way I had to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues later. However, it was just for me at the time.

I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name, even at the time, so eventually it just became the BAM Awards.

Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could.

The publication was an exciting and unnerving process, regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of the year share what I thought and why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them.

So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them, and other people, and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many other reason.

Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at those chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away.

I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year. Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown, a count -up if you will.

So here goes…

1998

Here are some tidbits as they pertain to this year in the BAM Awards.

-This is the first time a film earned double-digit nominations.

-This was the first time a film not in the English Language won Best Picture. Another reason the Foreign Language process is a bit convoluted in the Oscars is that only official submissions of nations are eligible. Any and all foreign films are eligible at the BAM Awards.

-This is the first director-film split. Kind of hard to argue against Spielberg‘s work in Ryan though.

-Here again you see young performers in all categories. Predicting the need for equality in acting categories.

This is Nick Nolte’s 3rd nomination and 2nd win. He is the first actor to win both in lead and supporting categories.

Actresses Jessica Lange and Melanie Griffith get 2nd nominations.

This marks Janusz Kaminski’s 3rd nomination and 2nd win for Cinematography

Winners are BOLD and pictured. Also, if you’re a stat geek (like I am), I’ll be compiling these observations and more in a post when these are done. Things like writer credits will be taken into account, and incorporated into that post.

Best Picture

As Good as It Gets
Central do Brasil
The Mighty
U Turn
Wide Awake

Best Director

James L. Brooks As Good as It Gets
Walter Salles Central do Brasil
Oliver Stone U Turn
M. Night Shyamalan Wide Awake
Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan

Best Actor

Vinícius de Oliveira Central do Brasil
Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets
Kieran Culkin The Mighty
Samuel L. Jackson The Negotiator
Joseph Cross Wide Awake

Best Actress

Helen Hunt As Good as It Gets
Jessica Lange Hush
Fernanda Montenegro Central do Brasil
Dominique Swain Lolita
Sharon Stone Sphere

Best Supporting Actor

Nick Nolte U Turn
Edward Norton American History X
Kevin Spacey The Negotiator
Ian McKellen Apt Pupil
Ed Harris The Truman Show

Best Supporting Actress

Sharon Stone The Mighty
Marília Pêra Central do Brasil
Jennifer Lopez U Turn
Alexandra Dahlström Show Me Love
Melanie Griffith Lolita

Best Visual Effects

U Turn
What Dreams May Come
Sphere
Small Soldiers
The Faculty

Best Original Screenplay

M. Night Shyamalan Wide Awake
Robert Rodat Saving Private Ryan
Lukas Moodyson Show Me Love
James DeMonaco and Kevin Fox The Negotiator
Marcos Bernstein, João Emanuel Carneiro and Walter Salles Central do Brasil

Best Adapted Screenplay

John Ridley U Turn
Rodman Philbrick and Charles Leavitt The Mighty
Eddie Little, Christopher B. Landon and Stephen Chin Another Day in Paradise
Brandon Cole and John Turturro Illuminata
Michael Crichton, Kurt Wimmer, Paul Attanasio and Stephen Hauser Sphere

Best Cinematography

Janusz Kaminski Saving Private Ryan
Walter Carvalho Central do Brasil
Sven Nyqvist Celebrity
Ulf Brantås Show Me Love
Adam Holander Wide Awake

Best Score

Antonio Pinto and Jacques Morelebaum Central do Brasil
Bill Whalen Dancing at Lughnasa
John Williams Saving Private Ryan
Elliot Goldenthal Sphere
Ennio Morricone U Turn

Best Performance by a Child Actor

Vinícius de Oliveira Central do Brasil
Joseph Cross Wide Awake
Kieran Culkin The Mighty
Dominique Swain Lolita
Jeremy James Kissner Great Expectations

Best Cast

Central do Brasil
Saving Private Ryan
As Good as It Gets
Illuminata
U Turn

Most Underrated Film

Hush
Lolita
Wide Awake
U Turn
The Mighty

Most Overrated Film

There’s Something About Mary
Luminous Motion
Living Out Loud
Shadrach
Great Expectations

Worst Film

Hurlyburly
The Secret Kingdom
There’s Something About Mary
Billboard Dad
Billy Frankenstein

Nominations

Central do Brasil 10
U Turn 9
Wide Awake 7
The Mighty 6
As Good as it Gets 5
Saving Private Ryan 5
Lolita 4
Sphere 4
Show Me Love 3
The Negotiator 3
Hush 2
Great Expectations 2
There’s Something About Mary 2
American History X 1
Apt Pupil 1
The Truman Show 1
What Dreams May Come 1
Small Soldiers 1
The Faculty 1
Another Day in Paradise 1
Illuminata 1
Celebrity 1
Dancing at Lughansa 1
Luminous Motion 1
Living Out Loud 1
Shadrach 1
Hurlyburly 1
The Secret Kingdom 1
Billboard Dad 1
Billy Frankenstein 1

Introduction

As those who are my friends on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter know, in December I am gearing up for my annual film awards (The BAM Awards), and that only partially explains my recent reposting of all past winners.

Since these are picks made by one person, the nominating process is even more important. Aside from the the past years, the full slate of nominees from all years past was not public knowledge.

This is because the first time I did them, in 1996, I created them by myself, for myself. At the time, I knew a lot less about how these decisions are made, campaigning, the year-end barrage of contenders and the like, such that the releasing of the Academy Award nominees was more frustrating than it could be otherwise. Rather than just bemoan it I decided to create an award slate based on what I had seen.

Back then I was ticket-stub pack rat, at the time it was the only way I had to track anything. So I created the list, picked winners and printed it out. The fact that I stuck with hard copies and no back-up created issues later. However, it was just for me at the time.

I called them the BAM Awards because I needed a name. I suppose I came up with Bernardo Academy of Movies because I was being reactionary to The Academy. How one man by himself can be an Academy I didn’t fully consider. I thought it was kind of a silly name, even at the time, so eventually it just became the BAM Awards.

Slowly, the awards widened: soon I emailed a select group of friends (that created eventual storage issues), a few years ago when I was on the Site That Must Not Be Named I decided to really take it public. I didn’t think about it ahead of time, it just occurred to me roundabout late November of ’09 that I could.

The publication was an exciting and unnerving process, regardless of how many or how few people would actually care to see them. While there are a two categories (which I now and again consider ending, and have skipped on occasion) which are negative, it is a positive emotion that brings me to these announcements. I want to at the end of the year share what I thought and why, and all winner announcements come with some explanation, and I do belabor them and struggle with them.

So it is heartening that last year, for the first time, the actual honorees, be they nominees or winners, on occasion acknowledged it. Now that may seem like a self-aggrandizing statement, but what I liked was knowing the news reached them, and other people, and they were pleased to hear it. The design of these awards are to cement what performances, works and films most affected me, I make no bones about that, and sharing that felt like a gamble, but it’s been rewarding for that and many other reasons.

Of course, if you see a film missing from any year you may inquire, and there is room for intelligent discourse, but the above statements are true: trolling or disrespectful comments aimed at those chosen won’t be tolerated. Your own awards are just a blog post away.

I apologize for even needing to insert that statement but I did have cause to make similar points last year. Anyway, with how much I enjoyed last year’s and how much I’m looking forward to this year’s awards, I thought it’d be a good idea to put all I have out there in a “reverse” countdown, a count -up if you will.

So here goes…

1997

The fact of the matter is whether I’ve referred to it as The Titus Conundrum or “The Butcher Boy Rule” late-year release dates have long been an issue I’ve had to contend with. When it comes to thew 2012 edition I will explain what counted and what didn’t just note that in past years there will likely be year-end limited releases shifted into the following year.

-Yes, this one had revisions in later years, and it lead to a goof I’ve left intact. I accidentally assigned Little Men to 1997 even though it was released in 1998. This is a prime example of why I’m not into revisionism any longer. This error was made about 10 years ago I’d guess, has been perpetuated and I have no records as to what it replaced. So this year, like 2003 where I lost the nominees and only have the winners bears a blemish. Alas, this is why I lament my storage concerns above. Had I only known I’d keep them.

– Again, there are lots of comedy nominees here. Porbably many more when I was younger but they always seem to be aroun. In this year they are: Mike Myers, Meg Ryan, Scott Thompson, Lisa Kudrow and Jeneane Garofalo.

-Henry Thomas was the first performer to be nominated for multiple films in the same year (Actor, Supporting Actor and Cast (twice)).

-If you look carefully at the 1996 nominees you’ll notice logical conundrums so far as acting nominations are concerned, namely young actors in open categories snubbed in the young ctor category. Another reason Young Actor categories needed expanding. Here it occurs anew. Recently, much deliberation has been spent trying to reason a split. A picture/director split occurs here, which is rare and I typically have good cause for it. Usually it has to to with the driving force of vision. Mandt and Thronton each played similar roles in their films and awards were divvied accordingly.

–Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion and A Thousand Acres each had three acting nominations, but no others.

-Janusz Kaminski is the first person nominated twice in the same category in the same year.

–Lost World does end up in worst of the year but nominated and winning in others. I try and compartmentalized that and there were many fewer films in the running back then.

-Charlie Sheen has been a in a Worst Picture winner, Emilio Estevez has not.

Winners are BOLD and pictured.

Best Picture

The Sweet Hereafter
Hijacking Hollywood
Contact
Sling Blade
Mother Night

Best Director

Atom Egoyan The Sweet Hereafter
Neil Mandt Hijacking Hollywood
Robert Zemeckis Contact
Billy Bob Thronton Sling Blade
Keith Gordon Mother Night

Best Actor

Nick Nolte Mother Night
Henry Thomas Hijacking Hollywood
Billy Bob Thornton Sling Blade
Mike Myers Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Dominic Zamprogna The Boy’s Club

Best Actress

Jodie Foster Contact
Jena Malone Bastard Out of Carolina
Jessica Lange A Thousand Acres
Mira Sorvino Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion
Meg Ryan Addicted to Love

Best Supporting Actor

Henry Thomas Suicide Kings
Lucas Black Sling Blade
Dustin Hoffman Wag the Dog
Jason Robards A Thousand Acres
Scott Thompson Hijacking Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress

Michelle Pfeiffer A Thousand Acres
Jena Malone Contact
Jeaneane Garofalo Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion
Lisa Kudrow Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion
Julianne Moore Boogie Nights

Best Cinematography

Tom Richmond Mother Night
Janusz Kaminski Amistad
Janusz Kaminski Jurassic Park: The Lost World
Don Burgess Contact
Peter Deming Lost Highway

Best Score

John Williams Jurassic Park: The Lost World
George Clinton Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Mychael Danna The Sweet Hearafter
Mark Korven Cube
Milan Khymlicka Little Men

Best Visual Effects

Cube
Contact
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
The Peacemaker

Best Original Screenplay

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Addicted to Love
Deconstructing Harry
Hijacking Hollywood
Uncle Sam

Best Adapted Screenplay

Little Men
Contact
Sling Blade
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
The Sweet Hereafter

Best Performance by a Child Actor

Jena Malone Bastard Out of Carolina
Lucas Black Sling Blade
Dominic Zamprogna The Boy’s Club
Ben Cook Little Men
Joseph Ashton The Education of Little Tree

Most Underrated Film

Hijacking Hollywood
The Education of Little Tree
Contact
Little Men
The Peacemaker

Most Overrated Film

La Vita é Bella
Afterglow
The Ice Storm
Boogie Nights
Men in Black

Worst Film

Lost Highway
Leave it to Beaver
Bad Day on the Block
Shadowbuilder
Jurassic Park II: The Lost World

Best Cast

Suicide Kings
Hijacking Hollywood
Sling Blade
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
O Que é Isso Companheiro?

Nominations

Contact 8
Sling Blade 7
Hijacking Hollywood 7
The Sweet Hereafter 4
Mother Night 4
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 4
Little Men 4
A Thousand Acres 3
Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion 3
Jurassic Park: The Lost World 3
Addicted to Love 2
The Boy’s Club 2
Bastard Out of Carolina 2
The Suicide Kings 2
Boogie Nights 2
Lost Highway 2
Cube 2
The Education of Little Tree 2
Peacemaker 2
Amistad 1
La Vita é Bella 1
Afterglow 1
The Ice Storm 1
Men in Black 1
Leave it to Beaver 1
Bad Day on the Block 1
Shadowbuilder 1
O Que é Isso Companheiro? 1
Snow White: A Tale of Terror 1