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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)	A movie about a guy who hides in the closet then emerges to conquer the statue-like object of hs desire... hmmm...
The Aviator - Miramax (GG/D)	A movie about a guy who ends up in a closet but before that, conquers every sex object in Hollywood he desires... hmmm....
Closer - Columbia (GG/D)	A movie about two guys who have sex near closets anguishing over the women they thought they conquered... hmmm
Sideways - Fox Searchlight (GG/C-M)	A movie about a guy who would rather hide in the closet but his best friend emerges to make him consider his desires... hmmm...
Ray - Universal (GG/C-M)	A movie about a guy whom everyone treats as though his blindness puts him in a closet but who emerges to conquer the world through music... hmmm...
Additional Golden Globe Contenders (Comedy/Musical) 2 of 5 likely
Beyond The Sea - Lions Gate	Dropping the closet metaphor now...
The Incredibles - Disney	Lives up to its name... but still animated
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - Paramount	Huge show... lots to consider
Meet The Fockers - Universal	A commercial film... lots of yummy stars to show at tables
Spanglish - Columbia	Brooks is a subtle thing... will have to see it
Additional Golden Globe Contenders (Drama) 3 of 8 likely
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Focus	A remarkable all-in or all-out film
Finding Neverland - Miramax	Harvey says, "You'll eat it and you'll like it!"
Hotel Rwanda - MGM	Does the HFPA want to make a statement?
Kinsey - Fox Searchlight	Historic epic that never feels like a lecture or even a period movie
A Love Song For Bobby Long - Lions Gate	Heartstrings plucked
The Motorcycle Diaries - Focus Features	Will the politics get in the way?
The Sea Inside - New Line	So intimate... but so beautiful... could build into the Halba Con Ellas of the year
Vera Drake - New Line	The politics are right, but does anyone want to think that much after a long election season?
And...
Alexander - Warner Bros.
Million Dollar Baby - Warner Bros
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
Fahrenheit 9/11
Stage Beauty
MGM
De-Lovely
New Line
The Notebook
Newmarket
The Passion Of The Christ
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
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