The road-trip drama “Into the Wild”
received a leading four Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Thursday,
including honors for lead actor Emile Hirsch and supporting players Hal Holbrook
and Catherine Keener.
Directed by Sean Penn, “Into the Wild” also was nominated for performance by
its overall cast, along with the Western “3:10 to Yuma,” the crime sagas
“American Gangster” and “No Country for Old Men” and the musical
“Hairspray.”
Hirsch was nominated as best actor for his role as fierce idealist
Christopher McCandless, a recent college graduate who abandoned a cozy life and
took to the road for two years, coming to a tragic end in the Alaska wilderness
in the 1990s.
Other best-actor nominees were George Clooney as a conscience-stricken
attorney in “Michael Clayton,” Daniel Day-Lewis as an oil baron in “There Will
Be Blood,” Ryan Gosling as a social misfit with a life-size doll for a
girlfriend in “Lars and the Real Girl” and Viggo Mortensen as a Russian mobster
in “Eastern Promises.”
Nominated for best actress were Cate Blanchett as the British monarch in
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” Julie Christie as a woman fading from Alzheimer’s
in “Away From Her,” Marion Cotillard as singer Edith Piaf in “La Vie En Rose,”
Angelina Jolie as journalist Mariane Pearl in “A Mighty Heart” and Ellen Page as
a whipsmart pregnant teen in “Juno.”
Blanchett also was nominated for supporting actress as an incarnation of Bob
Dylan in “I’m Not There,” a fanciful film biography featuring six different
performers playing variations of the musician.
Guild awards will be presented Jan. 27 in a ceremony televised on TNT and
TBS.
Unlike the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes, which face turmoil caused by
striking Hollywood writers, the guild awards look as though they can come off as
planned. With actors showing strong solidarity on strike issues, SAG has reached
an agreement with the Writers Guild of America for one of its members to write
the ceremony.
If the strike that began last month lingers, though, the Globes on Jan. 13
and Oscars on Feb. 24 face possible protests by striking writers, and stars may
stay away rather than cross picket lines.
The Writers Guild rejected a request from Globe organizers to allow striking
writers to work on that show. Oscar organizers have not yet asked for a similar
waiver but face the same prospect.
Along with the Golden Globes and other film honors, the SAG picks help sort
out favorites and other possible nominees for Hollywood’s big prizes, the
Oscars, whose nominations come out Jan. 22.
Actors guild winners often go on to win Oscars, including three from 2006:
lead performers Helen Mirren for “The Queen” and Forest Whitaker for “The Last
King of Scotland” were the guild and Oscar winners, as was supporting-actress
Jennifer Hudson for “DreamGirls.” Guild supporting-actor winner Eddie Murphy for
“DreamGirls” lost at the Oscars to Alan Arkin for “Little Miss Sunshine.”
“Little Miss Sunshine” won the guild prize for overall acting ensemble, SAG’s
equivalent of a best-picture honor, while “The Departed” won best picture at the
Oscars.
Film and TV nominees were chosen by two groups of 2,100 people randomly
chosen from the guild’s 120,000 members. The guild’s full membership is eligible
to vote for winners.
Nominees for the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild awards:
Movies:
Actor: George Clooney, “Michael Clayton“; Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be
Blood“; Ryan Gosling, “Lars and the Real Girl“; Emile Hirsch, “Into the Wild“;
Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises.”
Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age“; Julie Christie, “Away
From Her“; Marion Cotillard, “La Vie En Rose“; Angelina Jolie, “A Mighty Heart“;
Ellen Page, “Juno.”
Supporting actor: Casey Affleck, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the
Coward Robert Ford“; Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men“; Hal Holbrook,
“Into the Wild“; Tommy Lee Jones, “No Country for Old Men“; Tom Wilkinson,
“Michael Clayton.”
Supporting actress: Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There“; Ruby Dee, “American
Gangster“; Catherine Keener, “Into the Wild“; Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone“; Tilda
Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”
Cast: “3:10 to Yuma,” “American Gangster,” “Hairspray,” “Into the Wild,” “No
Country for Old Men.”
Stunt ensemble: “300,” “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “I Am Legend,” “The Kingdom,”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”
Television:
Actor in a movie or miniseries: Michael Keaton, “The Company“; Kevin Kline,
“As You Like It“; Oliver Platt, “The Bronx Is Burning“; Sam Shepard, “Ruffian“;
John Turturro, “The Bronx Is Burning.”
Actress in a movie or miniseries: Ellen Burstyn, “Mitch Albom’s for One More
Day“; Debra Messing, “The Starter Wife“; Anna Paquin, “Bury My Heart at Wounded
Knee“; Queen Latifah, “Life Support“; Vanessa Redgrave, “The Fever“; Gena
Rowlands, “What if God Were the Sun?”
Actor in a drama series: James Gandolfini, “The Sopranos“; Michael C. Hall,
“Dexter“; Jon Hamm, “Mad Men“; Hugh Laurie, “House“; James Spader, “Boston
Legal.”
Actress in a drama series: Glenn Close, “Damages“; Edie Falco, “The
Sopranos“; Sally Field,” “Brothers & Sisters“; Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace“;
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer.”
Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock“; Steve Carell, “The
Office“; Ricky Gervais, “Extras“; Jeremy Piven, “Entourage“; Tony Shalhoub,
“Monk.”
Actress in a comedy series: Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?“; America
Ferrera, “Ugly Betty“; Tina Fey, “30 Rock“; Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds“; Vanessa
Williams, “Ugly Betty.”
Drama series cast: “Boston Legal,” “The Closer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Mad Men,”
“The Sopranos.”
Comedy series cast: “30 Rock,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Entourage,” “The
Office,” “Ugly Betty.”
Stunt ensemble: “24,” “Heroes,” “Lost,” “Rome” and “The Unit.”
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