This Is The End not only has the most ridiculous cast and celebrity cameos (Rihanna! Mindy Kaling! Aziz Ansari!), but we’re going to assume it’s also going to have the best filmatic deaths ever to grace the big screen. To help celebrate the movie’s release, here’s a bingo card to help you keep track of all the craziness bound to happen during James Franco’s botched-thanks-to-the-apocalypse house party.
How many squares do you think will be checked off? Tweet us your predications at @ANDPOP.
This Is The End bingo card after the jump!
Whether he’s fighting evil exes as Scott Pilgrim or crushing on his cousin in Arrested Development, Michael Cera never fails at being adorkable. Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s—nope, he was definitely born with it. Check out these highlights from his kiddie acting days to see what I mean…
He grew up on Ghostbusters
Michael Austin Cera was born on June 7, 1988, in Brampton, Ontario. He got his first acting lesson at the age of three after falling in love with the classic 80′s comedy Ghostbusters. “I realised that these guys were playing a game and it was a job that you could have.”
He auditioned non-stop
Any other 90′s kids remember that Pillsbury cookie monster commercial? Watch it again, cause Michael Freaking Cera was there all along! Despite the cute ad, Michael had no luck on 200 other commercial auditions. Moving on to comedy roles would change everything. . .
He sassed it up in an Olsen Twins movie
I’ve been told (several times) by my friends that I haven’t seen enough “Arrested Development” episodes. But after watching this video, I feel pretty much set for life. These 200 quotes from the hilarious show sum up its awkward-but-true-to-life humour.
5 things I learned from these 200 “Arrested Development” quotes:
1. A red speedo will in fact hide your thunder.
2. “Blue-ing” yourself is an inappropriate choice of words.
3. Lucille Bluth is the queen of everything.
In honour of Project X, our resident columnist Cassandra Gallo put together a top five list of the best house party movies to watch this March Break. Who knows? Maybe the movies will serve as inspiration for your own March Break bash.
Want to know what the key to becoming legendary is? It’s simple. Just throw an epic house party, one that people will talk about for months after.
For your mission to be successful, you need more than a basement with the latest Top 20 tracks playing on your iPod’s speakers. And you need more than a few of your friends gathered around discussing the latest Justin Bieber songs. To become legendary, you need an empty house, a few hundred people, and Bieber not only to be talked about at the party but to actually be there.
Okay, the standards are high but the outcome is usually sensational. Many have tried to throw a class A bash and many have failed. To those who only wish they could throw a bash like this, I invite them to take inspiration from this list of top five teen party movies, created in honour of the theatrical release of Project X.
1) Superbad (2007)
Here’s the movie that coined the name McLovin. It follows three friends (Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse) as they try to fulfill their promise to buy alcohol for a hot girl’s party. Oh, and they want to jump-start their sex life too. This movie is hilarity at it’s best, as these three friends want to end their high school career with a “bang.”
2) American Pie (1999)
Apple pie never looked the same after the release of this teen favourite. It follows a group of guys who make a pact to get laid by their senior prom… specifically at Stifler’s after-party. This movie has it all; beautiful girls, raunchy humor, and an unforgettable post prom party. It wouldn’t hurt to catch up on all the American Pie films (even the bad ones) in preparation for their upcoming reunion.
3) Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)
There’s one thing we party goers have learnt through the years … parties are messy! Either your so called best friend hooks up with your ex-boyfriend or you want to finally land a special night with your longtime crush. This movie gives us faith that parties make the unexpected possible. The film follows different students from separate cliques as they try and make the seemingly impossible possible.
4) House Party (1990)
Sneaking out, getting arrested, and dancing with hot girls/guys is the typical formula to follow when you decide to attend any rager — at least it is in the movie world. House Party is just the type of movie to prove you can get away with these things. When Peter (Christopher Martin) announces that his parents are going out of town and that he’s having a party, his house becomes the destination of the year. No matter what life throws at them the characters in this movie strive to make it to this party. RSVP at the door.
5) Risky Business (1984)
Dancing in your underwear alone at home is something we all secretly do (just me?) and Tom Cruise made it socially acceptable. In the movie Risky Business, Joel Goodsen miraculously throws a house party co-hosted with a prostitute, all while conducting his college interview. Win!
When your party is over and morning light starts to trickle through your window you can begin to nurse that hangover. Wait, who are we kidding? Still craving more? Here are three runner-up movies that nearly made the cut: Animal House (the classic!), Sixteen Candles, Weird Science.
As much as I’d like to, I’d be totally amiss to bypass Valentine’s Day altogether. So instead, fellow singletons, or couples, lets have a masochistic moment and watch this sappy video, which presents the many ways our favourite film characters have said I love you over the years.
Watch the awkward (Michael Cera, Woody Allen) to the smokin’ hot (Ryan Gosling, Daniel Craig) and the inexplicable (Nicolas Cage, Dany Carvey). Just make sure to hold out to the end when we get over 30s seconds of kissing scenes. Oh, and also remember a box of tissues.
Michael Cera recently had an interview with Playboy for their “20 Questions” piece. The “Superbad” co-star talks about getting drunk with the cast of “Jersey Shore,” and also speaks about some other personal/hilarious secrets.
In regards to his “Jersey Shore” experience, he says he had a good time. “Actually, it was one of the most pleasant days I’ve had in a long time. We got drunk and laughed and danced and got in a hot tub and ate pizza,” Cera says, “It was sort of like my eighth birthday party.”
Some highlights of the interview include:
When he lost his virginity — supposedly: “To be honest I don’t remember too much about it. All I remember is I had been awake for almost 86 hours, I was on the roof of a Public Storage building in what seemed to be a freezing rainstorm, and Crispin Glover was there with a disposable camera he kept winding even though it had clearly run out of exposures.”
Does he prefer women who take charge? “Yes, but they’re hard to find. For example, when I go out to a restaurant I know every girl in there wants to come say hi and be sexually aggressive, but they’re all so gripped by shyness that they don’t even make a move. In some cases the shyness is so severe they won’t even look at me.”
The worst pickup line he’s ever busted out: “Hey, lady, those are some sexy-ass extensions. I guess you won’t mind if I extend to you a personal invitation to party with me one-on-one in a scary motel room.”
Will ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ only appeal to nerds? “I would say this movie is both a nerd and a non-nerd’s dream come true. For the nerds there are lots of Nintendo references and sound effects, and the non-nerds will enjoy making fun of all the nerds in the theater exploding with joy and afterward will possibly beat them all up.”
Co-star Anna Kendrick’s transition from filming with George Clooney to … Michael Cera: “Natural transition is not the phrase I would use. Handsome transition seems to be a better phrase to encapsulate what that lucky girl has experienced. Unfortunately, Anna and I got to work together for only one day. Though she plays my sister in the movie, one of our biggest scenes together takes place over the phone, and we shot our respective sides of the conversation at completely different times on the shooting schedule. She regrets that we weren’t able to spend more time together. We got close enough for me to feel comfortable in assuming that.”
Was his childhood role in a commercial (poking the Pillsbury Doughboy) his big break? “Well, in a way it was. Kids around school started asking if I had been in a commercial. They all seemed baffled by it. I enjoyed the recognition until the older kids started poking me in the stomach. Hard. With their fists.”
Finally: a movie where Michael Cera doesn’t play Michael Cera. Well, sort of. In “Youth in Revolt,” he still plays his signature awkward-to-the-max character — only this time, a bad-ass is added to the mix. And that bad-ass just so happens to be played by Cera.
Based on the cult-classic novel by C.D. Payne, the film directed by Miguel Arteta (“The Good Girl,” “Chuck and Buck”) tells the story of Nick Twisp (a.k.a. Cera), a self-lamenting high schooler who sees everyone around him getting some action but fails to lose his virginity.
Nick isn’t your stereotypical teen. His playlist includes songs by Frank Sinatra and he enjoys classic prose. Nick meets the girl of his wet dreams, the beautiful Sheeni Saunders (played by Portia Doubleday), during a “family vacation” (it’s less glamorous than it sounds — you’ll understand once you see the movie).
However, Sheeni has a stuck-up poetry-writing prick of a boyfriend and in order to win her over, Nick has to get in touch with his dark side. You see, Sheeni likes her men bad and we’re not talking high school bully bad, we’re talking brash French playboy bad, and that’s exactly what Cera becomes. He adopts a mustache-baring, Euro-pant wearing, smoker alter-ego who goes by the name of François Dillinger.
If “Paper Heart” doesn’t find a way into your heart, then you may just have the same problem Charlyne Yi has in the movie: the inability to understand love.
In this mockumentary that mixes reality with fiction, Yi goes on a quest across the United States to try and figure out this crazy little thing called love (but of course, with an abundance of awkward humour along the way).
The film kicks off with Yi in the midst of Las Vegas, approaching strangers and asking them about love. This continues throughout the entire movie as she goes from state to state trying to figure out what love feels like, and it seems like it’s something everyone from bikers to little kids, novelists, divorce lawyers and celebrities have a say in.
This is the premise of “Paper Heart,” a film Yi co-wrote, executive produced and stars in. However, the movie isn’t just about Yi interviewing Americans about love. See, the cameras don’t just follow Yi during her interviews, they’re supposedly rolling around the clock, including a party where she meets Canadian funnyman Michael Cera (who like Yi, plays himself in this movie).
This really shakes up the film as now her quest to find love reaches a new personal and urgent level. As usual, Michael Cera plays the same uncomfortable character he always does, but he’s clearly great at it so I’m not one to complain. However, this time he’s been paired up with someone equally (if not more) socially inept: Yi. Together they create unconventional movie magic moments (which is really refreshing) and will definitely have you laughing.
After Star magazine reported Canadian funnyman Michael Cera had dumped his “girlfriend,” comedian Charlyne Yi after dating for three years, Yi set the record straight to Moviefone.
“We weren’t dating at the time … or ever,” Yi said of the time her and Cera spent together shooting the mockumentary “Paper Heart.” “I also heard that we broke up. Someone sent me an article that said I was really sad. It says that I’m sad that we’re touring together. But he’s actually in Toronto right now filming a movie called ‘Scott Pilgrim.’ So that’s interesting.”
After the hit gambling movie “21,” Kevin Spacey is once again teaming up with author Ben Mezrich to produce “The Social Network,” an adaptation of the the new book “The Accidental Billionaires.” The book tells the story of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg.
There have been rumours that actors including “Transformers” star Shia Labeouf, Canadian Michael Cera and “I Love You, Beth Cooper’s” Paul Rust are up for the lead role. However, in an interview with MTV News, Spacey set the record straight and said no one has read for the part.
“I can’t imagine anyone’s read for it because we haven’t really announced the director…So I don’t think anyone’s read for it. Maybe in their fantasy they’ve auditioned for it,” he told MTV News.
I hadn’t seen the trailers for Year One. I wasn’t expecting a “Jack Black” movie; for me the most important name in the credits was director/co-writer Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day).
Year One begins with a boar hunt; not as convincing as the one in Apocalypto perhaps, but credible nonetheless. For two brief, shining minutes I thought here was a movie that understood that most important and least followed rule of comedy: the more seriously the participants take it, the funnier it is.
Then a hunter played by Horatio Sanz is hit with a spear, the type that if thrown properly would have gored him. It barely scratches his shoulder, and after discovering Sanz isn’t a boar, Black apologizes for throwing it. He sounds exactly like the Jack Black we’ve seen in countless other films (King Kong excepted), and if the movie began here I would have found myself wondering what he was doing dressed as a caveman.
Michael Cera sounds exactly like the character we’ve seen in countless other films too – which, as a coworker pointed out, is odd, because he played a completely different character in his breakthrough, Arrested Development. Read more…
It’s official, the highly anticipated “Arrested Development” movie is happening, “For once and for all, the Arrested Development movie is happening” Will Arnett told E! Online.
But there’s still one question that remains unanswered: will Canadian actor Michael Cera be joining the cast?
“I hope so,” producer Mitch Hurwitz told E! Online. “We’re just trying to get all the actors on board.”
Jason Bateman, Cera’s co-star on the show, told E! Online Cera is still considering the offer, “I know he’s thinking about it. And we’re all awaiting some finality to all of that so Mitch can get writing.”
The question is: why is his decision taking so long? Bateman answers E! Online, “He’s certainly not said that he won’t do it. I think Michael is clearly the guy that has come out of ‘Arrested Development’ with a very big plate, so I think he’s trying to really give some responsible thought to what makes sense for him to do with his career. The guy is 20 years old and I’m sure he doesn’t want to screw up this opportunity.”
Michael Cera and girlfriend Charlyne Yi have teamed up for an unconventional comedy that is expected to debut at next year’s Sundance Film Festival.
“Paper Hearts,” which is part-documentary, part-scripted, focuses on the relationship between Cera and Yi, a comedian who has appeared in such movies as “Semi-Pro.”
According to the Hollywood Reporter, music is a key theme in the movie, much like Cera’s recent “Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist.”
Nicholas Jasenovec, who has worked on several Judd Apatow titles, makes his directing debut.
Cera and Yi also sport an Apatow connection, with Cera having starred in the Apatow-produced “Superbad” and Yi appearing briefly in the Apatow-directed “Knocked Up.”
Cera, 20, has several other movies lined up for release next year, including “Youth in Revolt,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and “The Year One.” The latter, an adventure comedy, also stars Jack Black and is set to hit theatres in June.
However, it is not yet known if Cera will reprise his role as George Michael Bluth for the “Arrested Development” movie.
Canadian actor Michael Cera is reportedly in final talks to star in a movie adaptation of the graphic novel “Scott Pilgrim Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life.”
Cera, who starred in TV’s “Arrested Development” and most recently “Juno” and “Superbad,” would play the titular hero of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s anime-styled series about a clueless, bass-playing slacker in Toronto who must fight the seven evil ex-boyfriends of his love interest Ramona.
Helming the project will be “Shaun of the Dead” director Edgar Wright, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
Cera, 19, is currently shooting Harold Ramis’ “Year One,” which also stars Jack Black, Olivia Wilde, former “Arrested” co-star David Cross and fellow “Superbad” actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
Next he’ll start work on a film called “Youth In Revolt,” based on the 1993 novel by C.D. Payne.
Despite being nominated twice in the same category, Michael Cera – along with his Canadian counterparts – lost at the 13th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards last night.
Cera was nominated in the Best Young Actor category for both his roles in “Superbad” and “Juno.” But it was Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada (The Kite Runner) who picked up that trophy.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association also chose Julie Christie’s performance in “Away From Her” over Ellen Page’s “Juno.” That’s good news for fellow Canadian Sarah Polley, however, as she directed and adapted the screenplay for “Away From Her.”
Page and Cera didn’t go home completely unhappy, however. “Juno” was named Best Comedy Movie and screenwriter Diablo Cody won in the Best Writer category for the script – her first ever. The hip soundtrack to the film is out in stores today.
Ryan Gosling also lost the Best Actor award to Daniel Day-Lewis.
Director Yves Simoneau was the only Canadian who didn’t go home empty-handed. His TV movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” won in the Best Picture Made for Television category.
Here is the complete list of nominees and winners:
Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Best Actress
Amy Adams – Enchanted
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
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Catherine Keener – Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Best Director
Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright – Atonement
Best Writer
Diablo Cody – Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver – Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin – Charlie Wilson’s War
Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Best Young Actor
Michael Cera – Juno
Michael Cera – Superbad
Freddie Highmore – August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada – The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders – Sweeney Todd
Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb – Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad
Best Family Film
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Picture Made for Television
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War
Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
Best Song
“Come So Far”, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley – Hairspray
“Do You Feel Me”, Anthony Hamilton – American Gangster
“Falling Slowly”, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – Once
“Guaranteed”, Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild
“That’s How You Know”, Amy Adams – Enchanted
Best Composer
Marco Beltrami – 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat – Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood – Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli – Atonement
Alan Menken – Enchanted
Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko
Receiver of the Joel Siegel Award: Don Cheadle
Young Canadian talent doesn’t get much better – or cuter – than Ellen Page and Michael Cera. Their sweet, funny, and real performances are just part of what makes “Juno,” as a whole, a touching, hilarious and wonderful film.
Page plays precocious and off-beat Juno MacGuff, who despite being damaged is very comfortable in her own skin. As a 16-year-old, she is also very naive about the world of adults – a world she is forced to join when she becomes pregnant by her best friend (Cera). A high school girl getting pregnant may seem clichéd (hell, doesn’t it happen every week on Degrassi?), but I can assure you, “Juno” is in a league of its own.
One of the most touching elements of the film is Juno’s relationship with her father and step-mother, played by J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney. When Juno announces to them that she’s pregnant, they are of course disappointed in her: as her father states, “I thought you were the kind of girl who knew when to say when.” But in a blink, the pair go into automatic support mode, planning doctor’s visits and shopping trips for pre-natal vitamins. Their no holds barred love for their flawed daughter and ability to roll with the punches together is truly touching.
Janney especially shines, comedically and dramatically. She and Juno don’t exactly have the perfect-mother daughter relationship. So when she (hilariously) tells a rude ultrasound technician to “go back to night school and learn a real trade,” the bond between them is solidified. She clearly respects her young step-daughter, something that is so important and inspiring.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that their relationship suddenly becomes totally congenial, because “Juno” is all about being real. Its characters are imperfect, and the ways they have been hurt in the past are obviously a part of them. But the hurt is not dwelled on; every character just keeps on moving forward, and helping each other to do the same.
The only unrealistic part is the insanely snappy dialogue, but it’s so deliciously pitch-perfect that it doesn’t detract from the film at all. “Juno” is hysterically funny, but I barely allowed myself to laugh the whole time, because I didn’t want to miss a single word. This is screenwriter Diablo Cody’s first film, and there is a reason she has been nominated for both a Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award.
Cody’s script has a lot of amazing jokes, but she never makes fun of her characters. Even Jason Bateman’s character, the prospective adoptive father and wannabe rock star, is treated with dignity. Juno’s presence drastically changes his life and relationship with his wife (Jennifer Garner), and they are forced to come to terms with certain truths about themselves. It may not be pretty, but it’s honest. Director Jason Reitman also used creative close-up shots to visually tell the audience about the characters. His fantastic direction combined with brilliant performances make every character a fully formed and unique person.
At the Q&A session after its second showing at the Toronto International Film Festival, Reitman told the crowd that he saw “Juno” as a film about a girl forced to grow up too fast and a man trying to stay a kid. But it’s really much more than that. It’s about strong women, and the bond of family; about always being true to yourself; and about love, in the many routes it takes. “Juno” is not to be missed.
“Superbad”‘s McLovin, a.k.a. teeny actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse, will have the chance to steal scenes once again in the Judd Apatow film “Year One.”
Reuniting with Canadian pal Michael Cera, Mintz-Plasse will play a ” platform-shoe-wearing high priest,” according to Yahoo! Entertainment.
No word yet on what his catchphrase will be this time around.
The comedy, set in biblical times, will also star Jack Black. Vinnie Jones is also in talks to play a palace guard. Harold Ramis will direct. Filming will take place in Louisiana and New Mexico come January.
“Superbad” is now on DVD.
Canadians Ellen Page and Jason Reitman have both been nominated for Independent Spirit Awards for their work on “Juno.”
Page received a Best Actress nod and Reitman is up for Best Director. The film itself, also starring Canadian Michael Cera, is nominated in the Best Feature category. Diablo Cody, who wrote ‘Juno’ based partly on her real-life experiences, is up for Best First Screenplay.
“The Diving Bell and The Butterfly” and “The Savages” tie Juno with four nominations apiece. “I’m Not There,” a biopic about the life of Bob Dylan, tops out with five, including receiving the Robert Altman Award for best directing, casting and ensemble cast.
The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by the non-profit organization Film Independent.
Here’s the complete list of nominations:
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the Producer; Executive Producers are not listed.)
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
“I’m Not There”
Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern
“Juno”
Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
“A Mighty Heart”
Producers: Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt
“Paranoid Park”
Producers: Neil Kopp, David Cress
BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes
“I’m Not There”
Tamara Jenkins
“The Savages”
Jason Reitman
“Juno”
Julian Schnabel
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Gus Van Sant
“Paranoid Park”
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the director and producer)
“2 Days in Paris”
Director: Julie Delpy
Producers: Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok
“Great World of Sound”
Director: Craig Zobel
Producers: Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel
“The Lookout”
Director: Scott Frank
Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes
“Rocket Science”
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch
“Vanaja”
Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli
Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer; Executive Producers are not listed.)
“August Evening”
Writer/Directpr: Chris Eska
Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling
“Owl and the Sparrow”
Writer/Director: Stephane Gauger
Producers: Nguyen Van Quan, Doan Nhat Nam, Stephane Gauger
“The Pool”
Director: Chris Smith
Producer: Kate Noble
Writer: Chris Smith & Randy Russell
“Quiet City”
Director: Aaron Katz
Producers: Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler
Writers: Aaron Katz, Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau
“Shotgun Stories”
Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols
Producers: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Jeff Nichols
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ronald Harwood
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Tamara Jenkins
“The Savages”
Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner
“Starting Out in the Evening”
Adrienne Shelly
“Waitress”
Mike White
“Year of the Dog”
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Jeffrey Blitz
“Rocket Science”
Zoe Cassavetes
“Broken English”
Diablo Cody
“Juno”
Kelly Masterson
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
John Orloff
“A Mighty Heart”
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Angelina Jolie
“A Mighty Heart”
Sienna Miller
“Interview”
Ellen Page
“Juno”
Parker Posey
“Broken English”
Tang Wei
“Lust, Caution”
BEST MALE LEAD
Pedro Castaneda
“August Evening”
Don Cheadle
“Talk To Me”
Philip Seymour Hoffman
“The Savages”
Frank Langella
“Starting Out in the Evening”
Tony Leung
“Lust, Caution”
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett
“I’m Not There”
Anna Kendrick
“Rocket Science”
Jennifer Jason Leigh
“Margot at the Wedding”
Tamara Podemski
“Four Sheets to the Wind”
Marisa Tomei
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Chiwetel Ejiofor
“Talk To Me”
Marcus Carl Franklin
“I’m Not There”
Kene Holliday
“Great World of Sound”
Irrfan Khan
“The Namesake”
Steve Zahn
“Rescue Dawn”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mott Hupfel
“The Savages”
Janusz Kaminski
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Milton Kam
“Vanaja”
Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
“Youth Without Youth”
Rodrigo Prieto
“Lust, Caution”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director)
“Crazy Love”
Director: Dan Klores
“Lake of Fire”
Director: Tony Kaye
“Manufactured Landscapes”
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
“The Monastery”
Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær
“The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair”
Directors: Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker
BEST FOREIGN FILM
(Award given to the director)
“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”
Director: Cristian Mungiu
(Romania)
“The Band’s Visit”
Director: Eran Kolirin
(Israel)
“Lady Chatterley”
Director: Pascale Ferran
(France)
“Once”
Director: John Carney
(Ireland)
“Persepolis”
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi
(France)
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director and its ensemble cast)
“I’m Not There”
Director: Todd Haynes
Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal
Ensemble Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood
Brampton-born Michael Cera will star as Nick Twisp in the film adaptation of the 1993 C.D. Payne novel Youth in Revolt: the Journals of Nick Twisp.
The story’s heavy use of black humour, camp and overt portrayals of teen sexuality make it a perfect fit for Cera, 19, whose charmingly awkward comedic talents were showcased in the cult hit show Arrested Development and this summer’s blockbuster hit Superbad.
The film will follow 14-year-old Nick as he deals with his parents’ imminent divorce by setting his sights on his dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she’ll be the one to take his virginity.
Cera can be seen next in Juno, alongside fellow Canadian talent Ellen Page. The quirky comedy premiered to rave reviews at this month’s Toronto International Film Festival, being called “This year’s Little Miss Sunshine.” A must see, Juno will have a limited release in late 2007.
Until then, get your Cera fix by checking out the Juno trailer, his hysterical summer project “Clark and Michael”, and his indie band, The Long Goodbye.
