With the announcements of the SAG and PGA nominations, Letters From Iwo Jima is not nearly as locked as people think it is. Having a lower profile Foreign Film Globe nod, no notice at the Producer's guild, and the complete shutout at the SAGs is not a very good sign for it's chances at the Kodak. Many pegged it as a front runner after its NBR win earlier this season, but the focus has shifted to Dreamgirls and The Departed instead. Babel gets a HUGE boost to with the leading number of Globe nominations, a SAG ensemble nod, and the PGA. Same goes for Little Miss Sunshine as well. Suddenly it appears like the lineup for Best Picture might exclude Clint Eastwood's counterpart to the mediocre Flags Of Our Fathers, but is Letters another Munich? Munich failed to reach a PGA or a Globe nod and appeared dead in the water, but still got the nod come Oscar time.
DGA and WGA announcements should give us some more perspective.
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Jesse, I reallly enjoy reading The Opened Envelope. To think that there is actually someone as in to the Oscars as I am. Keep up the good work :-)
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