DGA Awards

Ethan and Joel Coen took home twin trophies for Outstanding
Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film at the 60th Annual Directors Guild
of America (DGA) Awards. The brothers won the top DGA honor for their movie
"No Country For Old Men," which has also been nominated for a Best
Picture Oscar.
Nominees, presenters and celebrity guests talked to the press outside
the main ballroom of the Los Angeles hotel where the event was being held
before making their way into the show.
Actress Debra Messing came to hand out the Outstanding Directorial
Achievement in a Comedy Series. Actress Vanessa Williams showed up to name the
winner in the Children's Programs category. And, Oscar-nominee Amy Ryan took part to announce the top pick for the Dramatic Series Night award.
When asked what made the films in his category special, director and DGA Awards nominee Tony Gilroy told Reuters that he believed these movies reflected the unique qualities of the men who were responsible for creating
them.
"Uh, I think that the films, all the films nominated tonight, they're all very singular visions," explained Gilroy. "They're all, uh, they're not expensive films, and, a lot of writer/directors. Everybody had
final cut. They're very, very pure, unadulterated visions of in a way. They're very much, I think after this morning, they're very much, uh, an example of the personalities of the people who made them in many ways."
British actress Tilda Swinton, who has also been nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress for "Michael Clayton") this year, presented the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film nomination to director Tony Gilroy for "Michael Clayton," which also stars George Clooney. 47-year-old Swinton, best known for playing the part of a sinister white witch in "The Chronicles of Narnia," called her latest film a "labor of love."
Director Julian Schnabel -- also nominated for the coveted Outstanding
Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film award for "The Diving Bell and
The Butterfly" -- told Reuters that he believes people across the globe
will find his unusual film appealing.
"They need it. It's a guide, it's a how-to guide: How to grab onto
life and figure out what you do next."
Meanwhile, French actress Marion Cotillard, who won a Golden Globe and
has been nominated for an Academy Award for playing the lead role in "La
Vie En Rose," said the chance to portray French singer Edith Piaf has
been an important milestone for her.
"Well it's, the role is unique," shard Cotillard. "You don't have, uh-- it's very rare to have the opportunity to tell a whole life, from 19 to 47 years old. It's, um, for an actor it's something huge."
Legendary director Martin Scorsese handed out the top DGA award to the
Coen brothers just before the two-hour show came to a close. Ethan Coen
thanked the DGA on stage. And backstage his brother (and directing partner),
Joel, shared the importance of being honored by one's peers.
"I mean, um, it sounds-- everybody says it, and it sounds like a platitude, but it's really true," revealed Coen. "That, um, while it's nice to get the acknowledgement of, uh, critics or even audiences, um, it's-- there's something about being acknowledged by people who do the same thing that you do, which is quite different and very special."
The Coens were only the second two-person team to win the highest
Directors Guild honor, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for 1961's
"West Side Story."
The DGA winner almost always goes on to win the same prize at the Oscars.
Adapted from Cormac McCarthy's novel, "No Country for Old Men" stars Josh Brolin as a good old Texan who makes off with loot from a drug deal gone bad, Javier Bardem as a ruthless killer on his trail, and Tommy Lee Jones as a sheriff tracking both men.
The Coen brothers beat four other candidates, including Paul Thomas
Anderson for "There Will Be Blood," about the rise to wealth of a
California oil prospector; Sean Penn with his true-life wilderness adventure
"Into the Wild"; Tony Gilroy for his directorial debut with legal
thriller "Michael Clayton"; and painter-turned-director Julian
Schnabel for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," who won the Golden
Globe for best director a few weeks ago.
"No Country for Old Men" has been nominated for eight Oscars in total including best picture, best director and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem's role as a sinister killer.
The Coens' former cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld, also was a guild
winner. Sonnenfeld, whose films include the "Men in Black" series, won a small-screen prize, receiving the award for television comedy for directing an episode of "Pushing Daisies."
Unlike other major awards shows, the DGA ceremony is untelevised, making it a more relaxed gathering of Hollywood's elite.
The DGA, which represents the directors of movies and television programs, began giving awards for film directors in 1949.

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[jontyronny]

Everyone that has commented in here aint got a fucking clue bout the film or ending. Thats why u typed in for an explanation hahahahahaha idiots

[GusMahler8]

The ending to this movie is great! I am sick and tired of people saying it doesn't make sense. There's a point to it people-just go back and watch.

[TheWesternMafia1237]

The ending was the best part of that movie

[Tigerlily21]

@inrwizards how can anyone look at what happened with the main character and the ending and consider that just another serial killer movie. You need to rewatch again. It has more to it than that. It's about violence in our society and how the world seems increasingly morbid to the old man in the story.

[avooslwuthoqquan]

@inrwizards I liked No Country a lot, but I agree that there are at least 10 better Coen Bros. movies, Fargo included.

[TheMurePolly]

@inrwizards no

[inrwizards]

no country for old men was essentially just another serial killer movie. an extended chase scene with no character development that did not rank among the coens best (anyone knows that fargo is better)

[EliraSTAR1]

ethans so cute 

[jazz4]

@TheDMVproduction that was Josh Brolin shouting, it was a joke.

[TheDMVproduction]

Did someone really yell "what was up with the ending" at the directors guild awards? of all people who should understand the ending. wow.

[halo147852963]

80th oscars mother Fuc***