The producers and cast of ‘Oppenheimer’ winning best motion picture, drama at the Golden Globes.Photo:CBS
CBS
Oppenheimerhad a huge night at theGolden Globes2024 that with the biggest prize of all.
The film won the top prize at Sunday night’s awards ceremony, beating outAnatomy of a Fall,Killers of the Flower Moon,Maestro,Past LivesandThe Zone of Interest.
While accepting the award fromOprah Winfrey,Oppenheimer’s producer Emma Thomas, who is also the wife of directorChristopher Nolan, thanked the audiences for having “faith” in the three-hour long film.
“That’s crazy. From Oprah! They weren’t kidding, this is a really intimidating room,” Thomas said. “Thank you so much to the Golden Globes — can you hear my heart beating because it’s going crazy?!”
Thomas shared, “This was just an incredible experience making this film and this is just the smallest portion of the many people that made the film what it is, and what I’ve learned sitting here, hearing everyone talk about their work, what’s so clear is that what we do is collaboration and that’s amazing, and it’s exciting and I find that to be completely magical.”
She concluded, “I am really grateful that your faith in us has been rewarded tonight. So thank you, everybody.”
Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
The movie follows scientist Oppenheimer throughout his life and involvement with the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico, during World War II. It also touches on his political activities after the war andalleged ties to the Communist Partyat the height of the Cold War.
Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
Also up for the best picture nomination on Sunday wasAnatomy of a Fall,Killers of the Flower Moon,Maestro,Past LivesandThe Zone of Interest.
Anatomy of a Fall, the first of two films lead actor Sandra Hüller is receiving acclaim for this awards season, rolled into the Golden Globes with four total nominations.
Sandra Hüller in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’.Madman Films
Madman Films
Hüller was nominated for her performance as Sandra Voyter, a novelist in France who is charged with her husband Samuel’s death after he falls from a window; the film covers the subsequent investigation into Samuel’s death and court case that follows.
The movie was also nominated at for best screenplay and best motion picture, non-English language. Another international film starring Hüller,The Zone of Interest, is also nominated for best motion picture in the drama and non-English language categories.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple
Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple
Killers of the Flower Moonwas tied withPoor Thingsas the third-most nominated movies at Sunday’s ceremony — each film received seven nominations.Leonardo DiCaprio,Robert De Niroand2024 Golden Globe winnerLily Gladstoneled an ensemble cast inMartin Scorsese’s three-hour-and-29-minute-long epic, which depicts a period of time in the 1920s known as the Reign of Terror among members of the Osage Nation.
The film, based on David Grann’s 2017book of the same name, follows the true story of Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Gladstone), an unlikely couple who married after Burkhart moved to Oklahoma in hopes of striking it rich in the Osage oil boom.
At that time, Native American people living on Oklahoma’s Osage Reservation financially prospered from the oil found on their land — until White residents orchestrated a series of killings targeting the Osage people, including against Kyle’s family members.
Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper in ‘Maestro’.Jason McDonald/Netflix
Jason McDonald/Netflix
Maestroreceived four nominations at this year’s Golden Globes: writer-actor-directorBradley Cooperwas nominated both for his direction and performance asLeonard Bernstein, the celebrated American composer and conductor.Carey Mulligan, who plays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre, received a nomination for her performance.
Though Bernstein held a prolific career in music,Maestrolargely focuses on the evolution of his relationship with Montealegre over decades — and Bernstein’s relationships with men before and during their marriage. The Netflix movie makes for Cooper’s second effort as a director, after his acclaimed 2018 filmA Star Is Born.
Greta Lee in ‘Past Lives’.A24
A24
Past Livesearned one of awards season’s early major prizes when itwon best feature filmatthe 33rd annual Gotham Awardsin November. The movie received five nominations at the Golden Globes. Greta Lee was nominated for her performance as Nora, a woman who reconnects with her childhood friend Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) decades after she and her family left South Korea.
Celine Songalso received nominations for best director and best screenplay at the Globes; the film was nominated for best non-English language feature film as well.
Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller in ‘The Zone of Interest’.Courtesy of A24
Courtesy of A24
The Zone of Interest, the second film starring Sandra Hüller nominated for best picture in the drama category, received three nominations heading into this year’s Golden Globes. The World War II film follows the lives of Rudolf Höss, the military officer in charge ofAuschwitz, and his family at their home just outside the concentration camp during the Holocaust. Hüller, 45, plays Höss' wife Hedwig
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