Casino Royale received an amazing nine nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) last week, an unheard of feat for a Bond film. Will the same thing happen at the Oscars?
Sadly, I doubt it. Despite Casino Royale being an excellent film, when stacked up against the other likely nominees, I expect it will come away with only one--for Sound Effects Editing, although if it can nudge out Blood Diamond, it might also get one for Sound Mixing. Still, if I gets only one, it will end a 25 year run in which no Bond films have received an Oscar nomination.
Bond Films in general have a rather poor track record with Oscar. Certainly none of them have ever been considered in the acting categories. Tragically, John Barry, who adeptly scored most of the films and penned some of their more memorable songs, never received a nomination for this work. Of the 20 official Bond films, only two have won Oscars and it was quite early on: Goldfinger (1964) won for best Sound Effects and Thunderball (1965) won for best Visual Effects.
In total, the series has snagged only 9 nominations. For a well-known movie franchise with 20 entries, that's paltry compared to other leading film franchises like The Lord of the Rings (30 nods and 17 wins for 3 films), Star Wars (26 nods and 10 wins for 6 films), and The Godfather (29 nods and 9 wins for 3 films). Even the Rocky and Alien franchises have fared better at the Oscars.
Here are the list of nominations by film for the series:
For Your Eyes Only (1981): Song ("For Your Eyes Only")
Moonraker (1979): Visual Effects
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977): Art Direction, Score (Martin Hamlisch), Song (Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better")
Live and Let Die (1973): Song ("Live and Let Die")
Diamonds Are Forever (1971): Sound
Thunderball (1965): Visual Effects (winner)
Goldfinger (1964): Sound Effects (winner)
Sadly, I doubt it. Despite Casino Royale being an excellent film, when stacked up against the other likely nominees, I expect it will come away with only one--for Sound Effects Editing, although if it can nudge out Blood Diamond, it might also get one for Sound Mixing. Still, if I gets only one, it will end a 25 year run in which no Bond films have received an Oscar nomination.
Bond Films in general have a rather poor track record with Oscar. Certainly none of them have ever been considered in the acting categories. Tragically, John Barry, who adeptly scored most of the films and penned some of their more memorable songs, never received a nomination for this work. Of the 20 official Bond films, only two have won Oscars and it was quite early on: Goldfinger (1964) won for best Sound Effects and Thunderball (1965) won for best Visual Effects.
In total, the series has snagged only 9 nominations. For a well-known movie franchise with 20 entries, that's paltry compared to other leading film franchises like The Lord of the Rings (30 nods and 17 wins for 3 films), Star Wars (26 nods and 10 wins for 6 films), and The Godfather (29 nods and 9 wins for 3 films). Even the Rocky and Alien franchises have fared better at the Oscars.
Here are the list of nominations by film for the series:
For Your Eyes Only (1981): Song ("For Your Eyes Only")
Moonraker (1979): Visual Effects
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977): Art Direction, Score (Martin Hamlisch), Song (Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better")
Live and Let Die (1973): Song ("Live and Let Die")
Diamonds Are Forever (1971): Sound
Thunderball (1965): Visual Effects (winner)
Goldfinger (1964): Sound Effects (winner)
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