Word: halstrom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...hoping its director, Ang Lee, hasn't learned to make acceptance speeches from Robert Benigni), "Chocolat" (the most controversial nomination; Miramax has been accused of buying a nod for a film that most critics considered a sugary nothing; the film is punished with the omission of its director, Lasse Halstrom, in the directing category; "Billy Elliot" director Stephen Daldry gets the nod instead). Worried about Soderbergh, the year's most deserving director, having given us one solid crowd-pleaser ("Erin Brockovich") and one minor masterpiece ("Traffic"). He could split his votes, thereby making way for Ridley Scott (whose "Gladiator...
| 1 |