Fox Searchlight released their first film, The Brothers McMullen, in 1995. This year the minimajor is celebrating their 15th anniversary. Anyone who reads /Film knows that I tend to love the type of films that Searchlight picks up at Sundance, and more recently, the films Searchlight has been producing in house (Aronofsky’s Black Swan, Boyle’s 127 Hours, Romanke’s Never Let Me Go to name a few). /Film reader Kees van Dijkhuizen put together a short video showcasing some of the great films Searchlight has brought up over the last 15 years. You might remember that Kees created some of the video montages we’ve posted in VOTD in past years including Cinema 2009: 1 Year, 342 Movies, 12 Months of Production, 7 Minutes and the movies of Cinema 2008. It looks like someone at Fox saw his work and commissioned the video editor to create this video for Fox Searchlight 15th anniversary. Here is Kees description:
15 Years of Drama, Compassion, Icons, Romance and Challenges. Some of the best indie flicks came were brought to us by Fox Searchlight, and to celebrate their 15 year anniversary, here’s a quick recap of what they have brought us. Some of the movies featured include Juno, The Darjeeling Limited, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, (500) Days of Summer, Napoleon Dynamite, The Last King of Scotland, Crazy Heart, Sexy Beast, One Hour Photo and Thirteen.
Watch the video now embedded after the jump.
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Let’s look at the results from the 79th Academy Awards ceremony:
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
The Departed
- Babel
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Little Miss Sunshine
- The Queen
Achievement in Directing:
Martin Scorsese for The Departed
- Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
- Stephen Frears for The Queen
- Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
- Paul Greengrass for United 93
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
- Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond
- Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
- Peter O’Toole for Venus
- Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Helen Mirren for The Queen
- Penélope Cruz for Volver
- Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
- Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
- Kate Winslet for Little Children
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Here are the winners from the 2007 Golden Globes:
“The Song of the Heart” – Happy Feet - Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
Jeremy Irons – Elizabeth I
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer
Hugh Laurie – House
Emily Blunt – Gideon’s Daughter
Cars – Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studio
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Elizabeth I – Company Pictures, Channel 4, HBO Films
Bill Nighy – Gideon’s Daughter
Helen Mirren – Elizabeth I
Peter Morgan – The Queen
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
Ugly Betty (ABC)
Letters from Iwo Jima (USA/Japan) – Warner Bros. Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures
Alexandre Desplat – The Painted Veil
America Ferrera – Ugly Betty
Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Dreamgirls – DreamWorks Pictures
Helen Mirren – The Queen
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Babel – Anonymous Content Production/Una Producción De Zeta Film/Central Film Production/Paramount Vantage
