The Academy’s Actors Branch has never nominated a voice-only performance, and they didn’t go for Andy Serkis’ performance-capture work in “Planet of the Apes” and the “Lord of the Rings” movies. Jordan in “Fruitvale Station,” Forest Whitaker in “The Butler” and Oscar Isaac in “Inside Llewyn Davis,” to name eight of his competitors.Īs for Johansson, the biggest problem is one that bothers her character at times, too: She doesn’t have a body.
But Phoenix is facing one of the toughest, most competitive Best Actor fields in years, and his low key performance may not be as awards-geared as Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave,” Robert Redford in “All Is Lost,” Bruce Dern in “Nebraska,” Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club,” Tom Hanks in “Captain Phillips,” Michael B. In a perfect world, both Phoenix and Johansson would be in the mix, and I’m guessing that some adventurous critics’ groups pay a lot of attention to them. I’d say that “Her’ has a strong chance for a writing nomination and a pretty good chance for Best Picture – and if it gets the latter, Jonze could well be one of the five nominated directors, since the film is so clearly his vision. Jonze’s first film, “Being John Malkovich,” was nominated for directing, writing and supporting actress his second, “Adaptation,” for writing and in three acting categories his last, “Where the Wild Things Are,” for nothing at all. He thanked the cast members in attendance and an absent Scarlett Johansson, who plays the disembodied voice of the operating system that Phoenix falls in love with, joking that the actress who was busy filming another picture, “is in the ether with us, as she will be in the movie.”Īt a party for the film at the rooftop bar of the Standard Hotel, guests such as Tony Kushner, Edward Norton, Paul Dano and Philip Seymour Hoffman nibbled on truffle grilled-cheese sandwiches and Asian chicken wraps, and swarmed the director and Phoenix to offer their congratulations.
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There was audible crying during the emotionally poignant finale, but when Jonze, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Olivia Wilde appeared on the balcony at the Alice Tully Hall after the credits rolled the applause was enthusiastic and sustained, but only a smattering of audience members rose to their feet.īefore the film rolled, Jonze confessed that editors had been working on the picture until hours before its debut. TheWrap‘s Brent Lang reports from the NYFF premiere, and Steve Pond assesses the film’s awards prospects:īRENT LANG: Spike Jonze’s “Her” was warmly received at its world premiere as the closing night film of the 2013 New York Film Festival.
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