Sunday, January 27, 2008

Joel and Ethan Coen win DGA


Winning for No Country for Old Men, the Coens have become a further lock for Best Director.

"Oh, we get two of them," Ethan Coen said as he and brother Joel were presented with their trophies for outstanding feature film achievement."

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2008 at 7:01 AM

    Well recent years have showed us that the Director Juggernaut doesn't necessarily mean their movie will win.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2008 at 8:54 AM

    Wait, what?

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2008 at 9:19 AM

    The only times the DGA winner did not win the Oscar:

    1968: Anthony Harvey won DGA for "The Lion in Winter," while Carol Reed won the Oscar for "Oliver!"

    1972: DGA - Francis Ford Coppola, "The Godfather"
    Oscar - Bob Fosse, "Cabaret"

    1986: DGA - Steven Spielberg, "The Color Purple"
    Oscar - Sydney Pollack, "Out of Africa"

    1995: DGA - Ron Howard, "Apollo 13"
    Oscar - Mel Gibson, "Braveheart"

    2000: DGA - Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    Oscar - Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic"

    2002: DGA - Rob Marshall, "Chicago"
    Oscar - Roman Polanski, "The Pianist"

    This equals 10% of DGA winners not receiving the Oscar.

    NOTE: Speilberg and Howard weren't even nominated for the directing Oscar in 1986 and 1995, respectively.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2008 at 7:18 PM

    Sorry...

    Speilberg won the DGA in 1985.

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