Among the five Academy Award directing nominees, one name seems to be on everyone's lips: Martin Scorsese.
February 23, 2007 (Press Release) --
Nominated five times previously for best director since the 1980 masterpiece "Raging Bull," Scorsese has gone home a loser each year.
With Scorsese's sixth directing nomination, this one for his return to the vivid and violent crime genre on "The Departed," seemingly everyone in Hollywood figures he finally will have his Oscar come Sunday.
Not that he's up against a bunch of slouches. His formidable competition includes Clint Eastwood, who beat him for the directing Oscar two years ago and is nominated this time for the World War II saga "Letters From Iwo Jima."
Also nominated are two Brits, Stephen Frears for the insightful palace drama "The Queen" and Paul Greengrass for the Sept. 11 chronicle "United 93," and Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for the sprawling ensemble tale "Babel."
Scorsese has made no secret over the years that he'd like to have that trophy. Contemporaries of his stature, such as Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola, have long since won theirs.
The chatty Scorsese has been modest and terse through awards season about his Oscar history and his prospects this time.
Last fall, as "The Departed" arrived in theaters, he said of his Oscar shutout: "I guess it's all right. I'm disappointed, of course. But you don't make pictures to win Oscars."
After winning the Directors Guild of America's top filmmaking honor which almost always is a precursor to an Oscar triumph Scorsese was coy when asked if this was his year to win an Oscar.
"I don't know," Scorsese said. "It's good to have a nomination, especially for this picture."
Along with "Raging Bull," Scorsese previously was nominated as best director for "The Last Temptation of Christ" "Goodfellas," "Gangs of New York" and "The Aviator" Scorsese also had two screenplay nominations for co-writing "Goodfellas" and "The Age of Innocence" losing both times.
A sixth loss would put Scorsese in the record books as the director with the most nominations without winning.
Source: http://www.msn.com
With Scorsese's sixth directing nomination, this one for his return to the vivid and violent crime genre on "The Departed," seemingly everyone in Hollywood figures he finally will have his Oscar come Sunday.
Not that he's up against a bunch of slouches. His formidable competition includes Clint Eastwood, who beat him for the directing Oscar two years ago and is nominated this time for the World War II saga "Letters From Iwo Jima."
Also nominated are two Brits, Stephen Frears for the insightful palace drama "The Queen" and Paul Greengrass for the Sept. 11 chronicle "United 93," and Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for the sprawling ensemble tale "Babel."
Scorsese has made no secret over the years that he'd like to have that trophy. Contemporaries of his stature, such as Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola, have long since won theirs.
The chatty Scorsese has been modest and terse through awards season about his Oscar history and his prospects this time.
Last fall, as "The Departed" arrived in theaters, he said of his Oscar shutout: "I guess it's all right. I'm disappointed, of course. But you don't make pictures to win Oscars."
After winning the Directors Guild of America's top filmmaking honor which almost always is a precursor to an Oscar triumph Scorsese was coy when asked if this was his year to win an Oscar.
"I don't know," Scorsese said. "It's good to have a nomination, especially for this picture."
Along with "Raging Bull," Scorsese previously was nominated as best director for "The Last Temptation of Christ" "Goodfellas," "Gangs of New York" and "The Aviator" Scorsese also had two screenplay nominations for co-writing "Goodfellas" and "The Age of Innocence" losing both times.
A sixth loss would put Scorsese in the record books as the director with the most nominations without winning.
Source: http://www.msn.com
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