{"id":35157,"date":"2014-12-02T18:47:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T23:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=35157"},"modified":"2018-12-05T21:05:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T02:05:36","slug":"inarritus-birdman-wins-big-at-gotham-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/02\/inarritus-birdman-wins-big-at-gotham-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Inarritu’s BIRDMAN Wins Big At Gotham Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Birdman\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hot on the heels of the New York Film Critics Circle naming Boyhood<\/strong> as the Best Film of 2014<\/a> and its director Richard Linklater Best Director, the Gotham Awards gave their equivalent crowns to director Alejandro G. Inarritu and his drama Birdman<\/strong>. Birdman<\/strong> star Michael Keaton also nabbed the Best Actor award for his work in the film, while Boyhood<\/strong> won the Gotham\u2019s Audience Award. Julianne Moore took the award for Best Actress as a college professor suffering from early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s Disease in Still Alice<\/strong>. Director Laura Poitras\u2019 Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour<\/strong> was the only film to win its category in both the Gotham Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle .<\/p>\n

The Gotham Awards are presented annually by the Independent Feature Project.<\/p>\n

Taking the stage to accept his award for playing an actor struggling to break free from the public\u2019s conception of him typecast as the lead of a trilogy of superhero films he did decades before, Keaton took advantage of the unique setting to poke fun at his own past work in two Batman films saying “I want to thank the fine folks at Gotham. It feels good to be back home. Not to toot my horn, but when was the last time you saw the Penguin or the Joker cause any problems?”<\/p>\n

Given that the Gotham Awards are determined by a panel of five judges for each category rather than voted on in toto by an organization\u2019s membership, the awards aren\u2019t looked at as any sort of bellwether for eventual Academy Award wins. Still, a double win for Birdman does help raise awareness of the film in the minds of Oscar voters as they start to think about the ballots they will be casting next month.<\/p>\n

The 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award recipients are:<\/p>\n

Best Feature: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)<\/strong>
\nBest Documentary: CITIZENFOUR<\/strong>
\nGotham Independent Film Audience Award: Boyhood<\/strong>
\nBest Actor: Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)<\/strong>
\nBest Actress: Julianne Moore in Still Alice<\/strong>
\nBreakthrough Actor: Tessa Thompson in Dear White People<\/strong>
\nBingham Ray Breakthrough Director: Ana Lily Amirpour for A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night<\/strong>
\nSpecial Jury Award: Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum\u2014for their ensemble work in Foxcatcher<\/strong>
\neuphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers \u2018Live the Dream\u2019 Grant: Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, director, Songs My Brothers Taught Me<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The drama takes its first awards of the season.<\/div>\n

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