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Atonement gets 7 nominations
13/12/2007 16:21 - (SA)
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War Two saga Atonement earned seven Golden Globe nominations
on Thursday, including a bid for best film drama, to lead the
pack of movies vying for a key Hollywood honour in the widely
watched awards season.
Atonement was joined in the best film drama category by
six other films - American Gangster, Eastern Promises,
The Great Debaters, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old
Men and There Will be Blood.
Charlie Wilson's War was the second most nominated movie,
drawing five nods overall, including one for best film musical
or comedy. It was joined in that category by the coming-of-age
comedy Juno and three musicals - Hairspray, Sweeney Todd
and Across the Universe.
In other categories, Atonement stars James McAvoy and
Keira Knightley earned best dramatic actor and actress
nominations, respectively, for their work in the film playing
two lovers torn apart by a family lies and war.
In the dramatic actor category, McAvoy was joined by George
Clooney in Michael Clayton, Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will
Be Blood, Denzel Washington in American Gangster and Viggo
Mortensen in Eastern Promises.
Joining Knightley as best dramatic actress nominees were
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Julie Christie
for Away From Her, Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart and
Jodie Foster for The Brave One.
The Golden Globe Awards are presented by the roughly 90
members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and they
help narrow the list of films regarded as leading contenders
for the Oscars, the movie industry's highest honours.
- Reuters
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