The Oscar slate included several films shot largely in languages other than English, most notably Mr. This appeared to be the most ethnically and linguistically diverse batch of film nominees yet, appropriate enough given that Hollywood’s foreign revenues now eclipse the domestic take by a significant margin. Eastwood and his studio, Warner Brothers, decided to release the film’s twin, “Letters From Iwo Jima,” before year’s end - and were rewarded with a best-picture nomination. And after “Flags of Our Fathers,” another would-be Oscar hopeful, met with indifference, Mr. Mirren as a traditional monarch in a very modern world - to broad critical recognition.
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“The Queen,” a small movie that managed to do everything right, managed to ride one of the year’s more remarkable performances - Ms. “Babel,” by contrast, left United States audiences cold while doing good business abroad, but connected with critics and was rewarded for a global, ambitious story by winning best dramatic feature at the Golden Globes.
“Little Miss Sunshine,” a new take on the family road-trip movie, which won four Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, was a film that no one in Hollywood seemed to want to make, but it connected with audiences to the tune of more than $94 million in worldwide box-office receipts. “The Departed” rode a wave of box-office success and a plan to keep Oscar hype on the down-low, partly because many in the industry felt it was time to recognize the director Martin Scorsese’s lifetime of excellence. Many theories were advanced, including misguided marketing and an abundance of hype, but the film’s director, Bill Condon, cut to the chase: “Maybe the Academy saw five films they liked better.” Whatever the reason, the film’s elimination left the race wide open to an array of films that took very different routes to the nomination. The only question after the nominations was, What happened to “Dreamgirls”? The big question before the nominations was how many Oscars “Dreamgirls” might win, and what film could compete with it for best picture. The Academy Awards capped a season in which the conventional wisdom has often been wrong, and actual wisdom has been in short supply.
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