"Half Nelson" is top nominee at Gotham Awards
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Half Nelson," a drama about the bond between a drug-addicted junior high school teacher and one of his students, led the list of nominees for the Gotham Awards, organizers said Monday.
The acclaimed ThinkFilm release picked up nominations for best feature, breakthrough director for Ryan Fleck, and breakthrough actor for its star, Ryan Gosling.
The event, organized by the Independent Film Project, aims to honor "authentic voices" in American movies. Winners will be announced on November 29 during a ceremony at New York's Pier Sixty at the Chelsea Piers,
Four films garnered two nominations each: Paramount Vantage's November 3 release "Babel," Fox Searchlight's "Little Miss Sunshine" and director So Yong Kim's "In Between Days," which does not yet have a domestic distributor.
In addition to "Half Nelson," the nominees for best feature were: Warner Bros. Pictures' crime thriller "The Departed"; New Line Cinema's domestic drama "Little Children"; Sony Pictures' period confection "Marie Antoinette"; and Kino International's buddy art film "Old Joy."
Other nominees for breakthrough director were: Ramin Bahrani for "Man Push Cart"; Laurie Collyer, "Sherrybaby"; So Yong Kim, "In Between Days"; and James Marsh for "The King."
Gosling's rivals for breakthrough actor were: Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine"; Shareeka Epps, "Half Nelson"; Melinda Page Hamilton, "Sleeping Dogs Lie"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"; and Channing Tatum, "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints."
The Gotham Awards will also pay tribute to Kate Winslet and Edward Norton. Winslet is in theaters with "Little Children," while Norton starred this year in the indie features "Down in the Valley," "The Illusionist" and the upcoming "The Painted Veil."
Resource: Reuters.com
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