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Now that the Oscar nominees have been announced, it’s time to go see a lot of movies.As I explained in my previous post, I try to watch as many Oscar-nominated movies as humanly possible before the Oscar telecast. That has sometimes meant nearly 40 movies in less than a month. |
This year’s list is much more manageable. There are 36 nominated movies (not including shorts), and I’ve already seen 12 of them.
Here’s what I’ll see and how:
| Film |
Where I’ll see it
|
| Australia |
Theater
|
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Theater
|
| Defiance |
Theater
|
| Doubt |
Theater
|
| Frost/Nixon |
Theater
|
| Happy-Go-Lucky |
Theater
|
| Rachel Getting Married |
Theater
|
| Reader, The |
Theater
|
| Revolutionary Road |
Theater
|
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
Theater
|
| Waltz With Bashir – Israel |
Theater
|
| Encounters at the End of the World |
DVD
|
| Frozen River |
DVD
|
| Kung Fu Panda |
DVD
|
| Man on Wire |
DVD
|
| The Visitor |
DVD
|
| The Baader Meinhof Complex – Germany |
?
|
| The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) |
?
|
| The Class – France |
Coming to theater?
|
| Departures – Japan |
?
|
| The Garden |
?
|
| Revanche – Austria |
?
|
| Trouble the Water |
?
|
| Bolt |
Already seen
|
| Changeling |
Already seen
|
| The Dark Knight |
Already seen
|
| The Duchess |
Already seen
|
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army |
Already seen
|
| In Bruges |
Already seen
|
| Iron Man |
Already seen
|
| Milk |
Already seen
|
| Slumdog Millionaire |
Already seen
|
| Tropic Thunder |
Already seen
|
| WALL-E |
Already seen
|
| Wanted |
Already seen
|
| The Wrestler |
Already seen
|
That breaks down to 12 movies to see in the theater, 5 to see on DVD, and 6 I have no effing idea how I’m going to find.
By the way, I am not a movie industry insider, so none of these will be sent to my home on DVD for my consideration. I’ll be paying full price at the theater or buying the DVD (with any luck, on BluRay).
If you have any leads on how to see the NFI movies (those marked with ?), please share!
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James G. Williams
January 24th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Good luck seeing all those movies! Talk about a movie marathon!!! :-)
Peggy Gartin
January 26th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Thanks, James! Hit us up if there’s any you ‘d like to see with us.
Lorena
January 26th, 2009 at 11:57 am
You might want to try Kensington Video or the indie rental place in South Park (name escapes me) for the foreign flicks. Unfortunately, Departures last U.S. screening was at the Palm Springs Festival earlier this month and I’m assuming it’s not out on DVD yet, or I’d point you in the direction of the Asian video stores in Kearny Mesa.
Peggy Gartin
January 26th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Good tips – thanks, Lorena!
DowntownRob
January 27th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Loved loved loved Vicky Christina Barcelona! Would watch again. Huge movie lover… we should do movie night at my place some night, invite tweeps!
Peggy Gartin
January 28th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Absolutely! Let’s set it up.