Oppenheimer Producer Thanks Audience for ‘Faith’ in 3-Hour Movie During Golden Globes Best Drama Picture Speech

Oppenheimer had a big night at the 2024 Golden Globes with the biggest award of all.

The film won the top prize at Sunday night’s awards, beating her Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the flower moon, Maestro, Past lives andZone of interest.

While receiving an award from Oprah Winfrey, OppenheimerProducer Emma Thomas, who is also the wife of director Christopher Nolan, thanked the audience for their “faith” in the three-hour film.

“That’s crazy. From Oprah! They weren’t kidding, this is a really scary room,” Thomas said. “Thank you so much for the Golden Globes – can you hear my heart racing because it’s freaking out?!”

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Thomas said: “This has been an incredible experience making this film and this is only the smallest part of the many people who have made the film what it is, and what I’ve learned sitting here, listening to everyone talk about their work, which is so clear. that what we’re doing is a collaboration and it’s amazing, and it’s exciting and I think it’s absolutely magical.”

She continued: “I have to say that I’m very pleased that Chris has been recognized because I just think that what he does is different from anything that anyone else does. All this talent and these amazing actors … the assistant cameramen, they all gave it their all of himself in this movie and I think Chris kind of brings out the best in people by being the best himself.”

Thomas went on to thank the team at Universal before expressing her gratitude to the audience: “You know, when I kind of look back on that moment when we sat down with you guys, I don’t think it was a smart stretch of the imagination to make a three-hour movie. . R-rated, by the way, about one of the darkest events in our history.”

She concluded: “I’m really grateful that your faith in us has been rewarded tonight. Thank you all.”

Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.

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OppenheimerHis eight Golden Globe nominations were surpassed only by him Barbiethere are nine. Cillian Murphy, who leads the film as Manhattan Project scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, won for his performance, as did Robert Downey Jr., who joked that he won for “best actor.” Emily Blunt was also nominated for an actress in a film at this year’s ceremony.

Best director winner Nolan also received nominations for his screenplay based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin.

The film follows scientist Oppenheimer through his life and involvement in the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico, during World War II. It also touches on his post-war political activities and alleged ties to the Communist Party at the height of the Cold War.

Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.

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On Sunday, there was also a nomination for the best picture Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the flower moon, Maestro, Past lives andZone of interest.

Anatomy of a Fallthe first of two films, lead actress Sandra Hüller is getting praise for this awards season, entering the Golden Globes with a total of four nominations.

Sandra Hüller in ‘Anatomy of the Fall’.

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Hüller was nominated for the role of Sandra Voyter, a French writer who is accused of the death of her husband Samuel after he fell from a window; the film covers the subsequent investigation into Samuel’s death and the court case that follows.

The film was also nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Picture, Foreign Language. Another international film starring Hüller, Zone of interestit was also nominated for best film in the drama and foreign language categories.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in the movie ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’.

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Killers of the flower moon was attached to Poor people as the third most nominated films at Sunday’s ceremony — each film received seven nominations. Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and 2024 Golden Globe winner Lily Gladstone lead the cast of Martin Scorsese’s three-hour-and-29-minute epic, which chronicles the 1920s period known as the Reign of Terror among members of the Osage Nation.

The film, based on David Grann’s 2017 book of the same name, follows the true story of Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Gladstone), an unlikely couple who marry after Burkhart moves to Oklahoma in hopes of striking it rich in the Osage oil boom .

At the time, Native Americans living on the Osage reservation in Oklahoma were prospering financially thanks to the oil found on their land – until white men orchestrated a series of murders targeting the Osage, including members of Kyle’s family.

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Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper in ‘The Maestro’.

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Maestro received four nominations at this year’s Golden Globes: writer-actor-director Bradley Cooper was nominated for both direction and performance of Leonard Bernstein, the famous American composer and conductor. Carey Mulligan, who plays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre, received a nomination for her performance.

Although Bernstein had a prolific musical career, Maestro it mainly focuses on the evolution of his relationship with Montealegre over the decades — and Bernstein’s relationships with men before and during their marriage. The Netflix film marks Cooper’s second directorial effort, following his acclaimed 2018 film. A star is born.

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Greta Lee in ‘Past Lives’.

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Past lives won one of the early major awards of the season when it won Best Feature Film at the 33rd Annual Gotham Awards in November. The film received five Golden Globe nominations. Greta Lee is nominated for her role as Nora, a woman who reconnects with her childhood friend Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) decades after she and her family left South Korea.

Celine Song also received nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Globes; the film was also nominated for the best feature film not in the English language.

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Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller in ‘The Zone of Interest’.

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Zone of interest, the second film starring Sandra Hüller, nominated for best film in the drama category, received three nominations for this year’s Golden Globes. The World War II film follows the lives of Rudolf Höss, the military officer in charge of Auschwitz, and his family in their home just outside the concentration camp during the Holocaust. Hüller, 45, plays Höss’s wife Hedwig

The film also received nominations for Best Original Score and Best Foreign Language Film. It was written and directed by Jonathan Glazer (Under the skin) from the novel of the same name by the English writer Martin Amis from 2014.

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