When asked why he never followed up his 1997 directorial debut “Nil By Mouth” Oldman answered, “Well, I tried to funnily enough. I tried to follow it with a film [I wrote] about a sex addict. And he was married and had a mistress and all the machinations of that and it was very, very, very difficult to finance. I couldn’t get the money or at least I couldn’t get the money to do it the way I wanted to do it. He’s a 50 year old Italian New Yorker. And they said, ‘We’ll give you the money if you put Russell Crowe in it.’ And I said, ‘[The character’s] an Italian, I need [an Italian]. You know, [Crowe’s] terrific but not for me in this role.’ [Imitating studio], ‘I don’t see him in something like this.’ And it went around, it bounced around to a few different people and [the script] just sat there on the shelf.”

16th Annual Golden Satellite Nominations:

Motion Picture

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• Shame
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• War Horse

Director

• Tomas Alfredson, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• John Michael McDonagh, The Guard
• Steve McQueen, Shame
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• Steven Spielberg, War Horse
• Tate Taylor, The Help

Best Actress in a Motion Picture

• Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur
• Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground
• Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Charlize Theron, Young Adult
• Emily Watson, Oranges and Sunshine
• Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

Best Actor in a Motion Picture

• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
• Michael Fassbender, Shame
• Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
• Tom Hardy, Warrior
• Woody Harrelson, Rampart
• Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball
• Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jessica Chastain, Tree of Life
• Elle Fanning, Super 8
• Lisa Feret, Mozart’s Sister
• Judy Greer, The Descendants
• Rachel McAdams, Midnight in Paris
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
• Carey Mulligan, Shame
• Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus
• Kate Winslet, Carnage

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
• Albert Brooks, Drive
• Colin Farrell, Horrible Bosses
• Jonah Hill, Moneyball
• Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
• Nick Nolte, Warrior
• Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Christoph Waltz, Carnage
• Hugo Weaving, Oranges and Sunshine

Motion Picture, Foreign Film

• Faust
• Kid with a Bike
• Las Acacias
• Le Havre
• Miss Bala
• Mozart’s Sister
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• A Separation
• 13 Assassins
• The Turin Horse

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media

• The Adventures of TinTin
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• The Muppets
• Puss in Boots
• Rango
• Rio

Motion Picture, Documentary

• American: The Bill Hicks Story
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• The Interrupters
• My Perestroika
• One Lucky Elephant
• Pina
• Project Nim
• Tabloid
• Senna
• Under Fire: Journalists in Combat

Screenplay, Original

• Tyrannosaur, Paddy Considine
• Mozart’s Sister, Rene Feret
• The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
• The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick
• The Guard, John Michael McDonagh
• Shame, Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan

Screenplay, Adapted

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Lost Unicorn, Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish & Edgar Wright
• Albert Nobbs, Glenn Close, John Banville
• The Descendants, Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• The Help, Tate Taylor
• Moneyball, Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin story by Stan Chervin
• War Horse, Lee Hall and Richard Curtis

Original Score

• Marco Beltrami, Soul Surfer
• Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Michael Giacchino, Super 8
• Cliff Martinez, Drive
• James Newton Howard, Water for Elephants
• John Williams, War Horse

Original Song

• Bridge of Light, Pink, Alecia Moore & Billy Mann, Happy Feet 2
• Gathering Stories, Jonsi, Jonsi & Cameron Crowe, We Bought a Zoo
• Hello Hello, Elton John, Elton John & Bernie Taupin, Gnomeo & Juliet
• Lay Your Head Down, Sinead O’Connor, Brian Byrne & Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
• Life is a Happy Song, Jason Segel & Amy Adams & Muppets, Bret McKenzie, The Muppets
• Man or Muppet, Jason Segel & Walter, Bret McKenzie, The Muppets

Cinematography

• Bruno Delbonnel, Faust
• Janusz KaminskI, War Horse
• Emmanuel Lubezki, Tree of Life
• Robert Richardson, Hugo
• Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist
• Newton Thomas Sigel, Drive

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Tim burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
• Hugo – Robert Legato
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Jeff Capogreco, R. Christopher White
• Super 8 – Dennis Muren, Kim Libreri, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh
• Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier
• War Horse – Ben Morris

Film Editing

• Chris Gill, The Guard
• Mat Newman, Drive
• Kevin Tent, The Descendants
• Joe Walker, Shame
• John Gilroy, Sean Albertson, Matt Chesse, Aaron Marshall, Warrior

Sound (Editing and Mixing)

• Drive – Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis, Robert Fernandez, Dave Patterson
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener, James Mather
• Super 8 – Mark Ulano, Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson,Tom Johnson, Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• The Tree of Life – Craig Berkey, Christopher Scarabosio, Jeremy Peirson, Erik Aadahl, John Pritchett, Kirk Francis
• Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon – Peter J. Devlin, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Ethan Van Der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
• War Horse – Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom johnson, Richard Hymns

Art Direction & Production Design

• Anonymous, Stephan O. Gessler, Sebastian T. Krawinkel
• The Artist, Gregory S. Hooper, Laurence Bennett
• Faust, Yelena Zhukova, Jiri Trier
• Hugo, Dante Ferretti, Francesca lo Schiavo
• Mysteries of Lisbon, Isabel Branco
• Water for Elephants, Jack Fisk

Costume Design

• Isabel Branco, Mysteries of Lisbon
• Mark Bridges, The Artist
• Lisy Christl, Anonymous
• Lidiya Kryukova, Faust
• Michael O’Connor, Jane Eyre
• Jacqueline West, Water for Elephants

Best Ensemble, Motion Picture

• The Help

Best First Feature

• Tyrannosaur, Paddy Considine

With SHAME’s limited release on December 2nd, we didn’t want to leave you fans hanging. Here’s a list of when and where you will be able to see the movie!

12/2/2011
NEW YORK, NY
AMC Lincoln Square. New York, NY
Chelsea Cinemas, New York, NY
Sunshine Cinemas, New york, NY

LOS ANGELES, CA
The Landmark, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Arclight, Hollywood, CA

WASHINGTON, DC
E-Street Cinemas, Washington, DC

CHICAGO, IL
Century Center Cinema, Chicago, IL

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
Kabuki, San Francisco, CA


12/9/2011
BOSTON, MA
Kendall Square Cinemas, Cambridge, MA

WASHINGTON, DC
Bethesda Row, Bethesda, MD

NEW YORK, NY
AMC Empire, Mew York, NY

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Ritz Five, Philadpehia, PA
Rave Ritz Center 16, Voorhees, NJ

DALLAS, TX
Angelika Mockingbird, Dallas, TX

SAN DIEGO, CA
Hillcrest Cinema, San Diego, CA

SEATLLE, WA
Pacific Place, Seatlle, WA

12/16/2011
BOSTON, MA
Boston Common, Boston, MA

BALTIMORE, MD
Charles Theater, Baltimore, MD

WASHGINTON, DC
Shirlington, Arlington, VA

DETROIT, MI
Main Art, Royal Oak, MI

MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Uptown, Minneapolis, MN

AUSTIN, TX
Arbor Cinema @ Great Hills, Austin, TX

DALLAS, TX
Angelika Plano, Plano, TX

MIAMI/FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
South Beach Theater, Miami Beach, FL
Gateway, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

DENVER, CO
Mayan, Denver, CO

PHOENIX, AZ
Harkins Camelview Plaza, Scottsdale, AZ

SAN DIEGO, CA
AMC La Jolla, La Jolla, CA

PORTLAND, OR
Cinema 21, Portland, OR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Aquarius Twin, Palo Alto, CA
Rafael Film Center, San Rafael, CA

MORE DATES TO BE REVEALED SOON! In the meantime, check out the film’s official site for more info on Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbender and SHAME.