The Dark Knight The Heath Ledger Award Nominations/Wins Thread

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In any case, it is an astonishing achievement. Again, if we look strictly at the Best Supporting Actor awards listed, he's only lost four.

-Satellite Award.
-National Board of Review Award.
-New York Critics Award.
-National Society of Film Critics Award.

The Scream Award he lost is useless (I only include it to provide a complete list of Ledger's wins/losses). And the London Film Critics Award was given to the Actor of the Year, which put Ledger up against the likes of Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke.

Just consider that. Only four Best Supporting Actor awards lost.

 

[redfirebird2008]

seriously...is it?

What is as of right now?

IDK but it is probably one of the highest winning percentages there's ever been. If this was anything but a comic book role, it would have been more locked than DDL and Bardem were to win last year, and they were as locked as locked can get. The Academy is heavily biased against comic book movies so I won't be surprised at all if he loses, but at the same time there's no way they would give it to someone else if his performance was in Milk or one of the other Oscar bait movies.

 

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I don't know if you can necessarily say that, because his performance in TDK was very much a product of the nature of that movie. If he were in Milk, it would have been something very different, and may or may not have gotten Oscar recognition. We just can't know, because it never happened.

Actors vote on the Actor categories at the Oscars. Many of those actors are also members of the Screen Actors Guild, which gave the award to Ledger. That's a very good sign.

 

[ronny]

Wow, Mr. Ledger won a BAFTA eh?
Let's hope he cleans house at the big show. God knows he deserves it.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I don't know if you can necessarily say that, because his performance in TDK was very much a product of the nature of that movie. If he were in Milk, it would have been something very different, and may or may not have gotten Oscar recognition. We just can't know, because it never happened.

Actors vote on the Actor categories at the Oscars. Many of those actors are also members of the Screen Actors Guild, which gave the award to Ledger. That's a very good sign.

I didn't literally mean Milk itself, just an Oscar bait version of a role like the Joker. AKA, Daniel Plainview, Hannibal Lecter, Anton Chigurh, et al. They are all homicidal nutjobs like the Joker, the only difference is they are in Oscar bait movies so they are taken more seriously by traditional critics and Oscar voters. You know that guy from Turner Classic Movies, Ben Mankiewisz (can't spell his name, sorry)? He tried to call Ledger's performance "one-note." He said, "As soon as you get the maniacal part down, it's an easy role." Right, because expending the amount of energy Ledger had to every day is EASY. What a freakin' joke. Just making sure he gets the voice right had to be difficult for him or any actor with a vastly different accent from that character (Australian accent playing a Chicago style gangster/playful clown/demonic clown voice). Was it easy for DDL to play Bill the Butcher? Hell no. Was it easy for Hopkins to play Lecter? Hell no. Was it easy for Bardem to play Chigurh? Hell no. But somehow it's acceptable to lob that kind of criticism at a comic book role.

 

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Fair enough.

In light of this discussion, I added something to the bottom of the first post. I tallied up his Best Supporting Actor awards.

Out of 38 Best Supporting Actor Awards, Heath Ledger has won 32, with 2 still left to be decided.

If he wins the next two, he will have won 90% of Best Supporting Actor Awards given.

 

[saska83]

I'm so glad that Heath won Bafta... let's hope for Oscar.

 

[hatebox]

Serious question - if Ledger doesn't win the Oscar will that be considered the biggest upset ever? I know there have been some major gaffes before like Ordinary People winning BP over Raging Bull, etc, but this must surely be right up there were it to happen...

 

[ronny]

Serious question - if Ledger doesn't win the Oscar will that be considered the biggest upset ever? I know there have been some major gaffes before like Ordinary People winning BP over Raging Bull, etc, but this must surely be right up there were it to happen...

If he doesn't win the Oscar it will only proove how out-of-touch, elitist and pompous the old hacks behind the awards really are.

 

[redfirebird2008]

If he doesn't win the Oscar it will only proove how out-of-touch, elitist and pompous the old hacks behind the awards really are.

And if RDJ wins for Tropic Thunder?

 

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-6th Annual International Cinephile Society Awards
Best Supporting Actor (WON)

http://cinephilesociety.blogspot.com/

 

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Here's a little something. The track record of Best Supporting Actor awards over the course of eight years (2000-2008):
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2009
Critics’ Choice Award: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Golden Globe Award: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Screen Actors Guild Award: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BAFTA Award: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Academy Award: ???

2008
Critics’ Choice Award: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Golden Globe Award: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Screen Actors Guild Award: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
BAFTA Award: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Academy Award: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

2007
Critics’ Choice Award: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Golden Globe Award: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Screen Actors Guild Award: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
BAFTA Award: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Academy Award: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

2006
Critics’ Choice Award: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Golden Globe Award: George Clooney, Syriana
Screen Actors Guild Award: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
BAFTA Award: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Academy Award: George Clooney, Syriana

2005
Critics’ Choice Award: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Golden Globe Award: Clive Owen, Closer
Screen Actors Guild Award: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
BAFTA Award: Clive Owen, Closer
Academy Award: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

2004
Critics’ Choice Award: Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Golden Globe Award: Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Screen Actors Guild Award: Tim Robbins, Mystic River
BAFTA Award: Bill Nighy, Love Actually
Academy Award: Tim Robbins, Mystic River

2003
Critics’ Choice Award: Chris Cooper, Adaptation.
Golden Globe Award: Chris Cooper, Adaptation.
Screen Actors Guild Award: Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can
BAFTA Award: Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can
Academy Award: Chris Cooper, Adaptation.

2002
Critics’ Choice Award: Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
Golden Globe Award: Jim Broadbent, Iris
Screen Actors Guild Award: Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
BAFTA Award: Jim Broadbent, Moulin Rouge!
Academy Award: Jim Broadbent, Iris

2001
Critics’ Choice Award: Joaquin Phoenix, Quills
Golden Globe Award: Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
Screen Actors Guild Award: Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
BAFTA Award: Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
Academy Award: Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
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In eight years, only one actor made a clean sweep at these five award ceremonies, and that was Javier Bardem last year.

 

[Fenrir]

You know what, Ledger deserves this award one way or another. Not only because he gave this year's most iconic and memorable performance, but because he simply won't get another chance to win an Academy Award anymore. Other actors, well, they have the opportunity of getting another shot in the years to come and if they don't, then they probably weren't good enough in the first place. If the Academy doesn't give it to Ledger, then they will have f**ked up the only remaining chance of bestowing honor upon a genuinely talented performer who passed away too soon.

 

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This one is really old.

-2008 Brisbane International Film Festival
Chauvel Award (WON)

 

[I'm Old Greg]

iv noticed the comercials for the academy awards with the dark knight all over it...

i'm not watching it i dunno about anyone else...if Heath Ledger doesn't recieve the award and i sat through that garbage i'd be pist....i'm gonna catch his win on youtube..

 

[Bim]

TDK is nominated u know, why shouldnt they put it in their comercials?

I'm gonna watch the Academy Awards, i usually do ... so tonight's the night for Heath... i can honestly say that TDK could lose every other cat but this one, and i would be satisfied. If Heath doesnt win, i can say i will be more than shocked.

 

[Reek]

If Heath doesn't win, i can assure you ill never watch the oscars again....


unless of course Batman 3 is nominated......

 

[Beanjuice]

fuuuuuuuuuu^$*$@^* my satellite is out now i cant watch it

 

[The Game]

Congrats Heath you deserve it

 

[3 Dev Adam]

Ledger won the Oscar. Well deserved.

 

[ih8nyy]

Way to go Heath!

 

[Reek]

F*** yeah! nuff said.

 

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First posted updated .

 

[Borat]

yea Heath!

 

[Two-Face]

Congrats Mr J.