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..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

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BEST PICTURE
Picture - Studio xxx(italics = little seen)	Comment
This Week's Frontrunners (in order of likelihood)
The Phantom Of The Opera - WB (GG/C-M)	The style of the Japanese trailer really pops
The Aviator - Miramax (GG/D)	So many are so anxious to write this one off
Closer - Columbia (GG/D)	The serious pedigree drama in the group, fighting off the foreigners
Sideways - Fox Searchlight (GG/C-M)	Will the current "buddy comedy" sell keep Oscar voters away from the theater?
Fahrenheit 9/11 - Lions Gate/IFC/FAG	Next Wednesday, barring a recount, fate is set
Additional Golden Globers (Comedy/Musicall)
Ray - Universal	This is the weekend of truth... over $15 million and it moves up in Oscar class...
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Focus	If it can't make it there, can't make it anywhere
Spanglish - Columbia	The buzz is bouncing off the frinkin' walls... we'll know when we see it
Beyond The Sea - Lions Gate	How much will they forgive for an actor they like?
Meet The Fockers - Universal	There's a new trailer... but less may be more
The Incredibles - Disney	It will cut a wide swath at the box office, but in an intense November, canit overcome its animated nature?
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - Paramount	Magic or just commercial?
Additional Golden Globers (Drama)
Finding Neverland - Miramax	Will the buzz hold?
A Love Song For Bobby Long - Lions Gate	It's a nice little movie with two nice big names
Hotel Rwanda - MGM	May have the moral highground for this international group
Alexander - Warner Bros.	Screens next week for the junketeers
Kinsey - Fox Searchlight	The long lull since Toronto isn't helping... can Searchlight unlock the mainstream vote?
Vera Drake - New Line	Globes went for Secrets & Lies, but not for Topsy-Turvy... who knows?
Million Dollar Baby - Warner Bros	Clint Eastwood put himself in the race, not Warners... but will he be too late for his actors and film to compete effectively
The Motorcycle Diaries - Focus Features	There was traction, but it's gone for now
The Sea Inside - New Line	A tough choice for Best Picture
The Passion Of The Christ - Newmarket	Are there a dozen HFPAers who will go with God?
Other Possibles - By Studio
Disney
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
DreamWorks
Collateral
Shrek 2
Focus
The Door In The Floor
Fox Searchlight
I Heart Huckabee's
Lions Gate
Stage Beauty
MGM
De-Lovely
New Line
The Notebook
Paramount
Alfie
The Manchurian Candidate
Team America: World Police
Sony
Spider-Man 2
Sony Pictures Classics
Being Julia
Bad Education
House Of Flying Daggers
Twentieth Century Fox
None
Universal
Bridget Jones: Edge Of Reason
In Good Company
Warner Bros
The Polar Express
Warner Indie
We Don't Live Here Anymore
A Very Long Engagement

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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Earlier Charts
October 21, 2004
October 14, 2004
September 22, 2004
August 4, 2004

October 28 , 2004

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