S U N D AY, F E B R U A RY 1 9 , 2 0 0 6The IRA Awards: Final ResultsAre advancing years mellowing the IRAs? No fistfights, no bitterarguments, just a desperate plea to keep things moving along becausesome people have to get up in the morning. (For the record, votinglasted from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.) Cruel things were said, of course.Dakota Fanning's talent was battered about like a pinata.</p><p> A prayer wasoffered up that Ingmar Bergman would keep his word when he saidSaraband was his final film.</p><p> Sarah Silverman was praised and damned(even though Jews don't believe in damnation).</p><p> And actors AlessandroNivola of Junebug, Kevin Zegers of Transamerica and Ashton Holmesof A History of Violence were manhandled like sides of beef; lovingly,mind you, but sides of beef nonetheless.</p><p> Actresses who garneredsupport of the most basic sort included Maria Bello of History ofViolence, Alexis Dziena of Broken Flowers and Sibel Kekilli ofHead-On.</p><p> Perhaps the overall lack of venom was due to strongappreciation for a handful of films: in no special order My Summer ofLove, Good Night and Good Luck, A History of Violence, 2046,Capote, and Tony Takitani had widespread support.</p><p> But one filmdominated them all.</p><p> Here are the winners:BEST PICTURE: Mysterious SkinBEST DIRECTOR: Gregg Araki for Mysterious SkinBEST ACTOR: Joseph Gordon-Levit for Mysterious SkinBEST ACTRESS: Maria Bello for A History of ViolenceBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paddy Considine for My Summer OfLoveBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Catherine Keener for Capote, The40 Year Old Virgin and The Ballad of Jack and Rose but not TheInterpreterBEST SCREENPLAY: Gregg Araki for Mysterious SkinBEST CINEMATOGRPAHY: Robert Elswit for Good Night andGood Luck and SyrianaBEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: William Chang Suk Ping for 2046BEST SCORE: Howard Shore for A History of ViolenceBEST COSTUMES: William Chang for 2046DRAMAMINE AWARD (A MOVIE THAT MADE US SICK):CrashNext Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: The IRA Awards: Final Resultshttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/02/ira-awards-final-results... 1 of 37/29/09 3:00 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SMichael in New YorkBiboyAaron POPSURFING.COM: The IRA Awards: Final Resultshttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/02/ira-awards-final-results... 2 of 37/29/09 3:00 AMPOPSURFING.COM: The IRA Awards: Final Resultshttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/02/ira-awards-final-results... 3 of 37/29/09 3:00 AM
