Movie-goers last year may not have noticed the dramas "Babel" and "Little Children," but the films got plenty of attention at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards.
January 9, 2007 (Press Release) --
Both drew multiple honors at Saturday night's festivities in this desert resort city 100 miles east of Los Angeles.
"Babel," which starred Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi, took the Ensemble Performance Award. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu took home the director's award for the film, which has struggled at the box office.
Pitt, 43, told Associated Press Television News: "I love the undercurrent of this film, and that is the inability, sometimes, to understand where the other side is coming from."
Inarritu, Barraza, Kikuchi and Pitt are nominated for Golden Globe Awards, to be handed out Jan. 15, and all said they would attend.
Blanchett accepted the festival's Career Achievement Award. She apologized for making so many movies released in 2006, including "Babel," "Notes on a Scandal" and "The Good German."
Kate Winslet won the festival's Desert Palm Achievement for Acting.
Winslet said the attention for her performance in the drama "Little Children" has done nothing less than resuscitate the commercial prospects of the $30 million film, which has earned less than $3 million in ticket sales since hitting theaters in early fall.
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"Babel," which starred Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi, took the Ensemble Performance Award. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu took home the director's award for the film, which has struggled at the box office.
Pitt, 43, told Associated Press Television News: "I love the undercurrent of this film, and that is the inability, sometimes, to understand where the other side is coming from."
Inarritu, Barraza, Kikuchi and Pitt are nominated for Golden Globe Awards, to be handed out Jan. 15, and all said they would attend.
Blanchett accepted the festival's Career Achievement Award. She apologized for making so many movies released in 2006, including "Babel," "Notes on a Scandal" and "The Good German."
Kate Winslet won the festival's Desert Palm Achievement for Acting.
Winslet said the attention for her performance in the drama "Little Children" has done nothing less than resuscitate the commercial prospects of the $30 million film, which has earned less than $3 million in ticket sales since hitting theaters in early fall.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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