April 2007 Winners

APRIL WINNERS

Congratulations to our Oscar "Bait" of the Month winner:

"Bootleg"

Written by Maia from Los Angeles

Top 10 Baits of the Month

1. Bootleg
2. River City Blue
3. Faded Red
4. Scarttenow Junction
5. The Vampire Lestat
6. Around the Horn
7. The Giver
8. The Jungle
9. The Mousetrap / Altamont
10. Gypsy

Honorable Mentions: Sixty Days, White Snow, Native Son, Australia, Love, Border Relations, Taken with Him, Nine Ladies and Ms. Harp

OFFICIAL AWARDS (Selected by our Editor & the past Bait of the Month winners)

CREATIVITY AWARDS

Best Plot / Synopsis

Bootleg
Faded Red
River City Blue
Scarttenow Junction
The Vampire Lestat*

Best Awards Campaign

Around the Horn
Bootleg
Faded Red*
The Mousetrap
Native Son
River City Blue

Best Online Awards Campaign

Bootleg
Big Brown Bag
Faded Red
Love
My Husband, My Wife*
Sparkle

Best Title

Around the Horn*
Faded Red
Nine Ladies & Ms. Harp
River City Blue
Scarttenow Junction

Most Likely Bait to Become a Box-Office Hit

The Giver*
Gypsy
Love
Sparkle
The Vampire Lestat

Most Likely Bait to Become a Cult Film

Australia
Native Son
Sixty Days
Taken With Him
The Vampire Lestat*

Most Original Bait

Around the Horn
Bootleg*
Nine Ladies and Ms. Harp
Scarttenow Junction
White Snow

Most Original Character

Clark Quackinbush, played by Jeremy Piven, in Around the Horn
Carrie Tungsten, played by Patricia Arquette, in How It Ends*
Ms. May Harp, played by Annette Bening, in Nine Ladies & Ms. Harp
David Griffin, played by George Clooney, in River City Blue
Henry Nina Scarttenow, played by Owen Wilson, in Scarttenow Junction
Owen, played by Joaquin Phoenix, in White Snow

Best Cast

Around the Horn
Bootleg*
Border Relations
Faded Red
Nine Ladies & Ms. Harp
River City Blue

Best Casting Choice

Woody Harrelson as Rick Sheldon in Border Relations
Annette Bening as Jeannette Rankin in Defiant Soul
Geoffrey Rush as Joseph Stalin in Faded Red
Adrien Brody as Elwood Dowd in Harvey
Rupert Everett as Christopher Wren in The Mousetrap*
Jonathan Rhys Meyer as Lestat in The Vampire Lestat

Best Crew

Altamont*
Australia
The Giver
Love
Will of Men

Best Tagline

“The words you don't see coming, are the ones that hurt the most”
Around the Horn

“Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run…”
The Mousetrap

“Do you know what it's like to go through life with the middle name Nina?”
Scarttenow Junction

“Sixty days ago she was such a lovely child, now here she is with a gun in her hand”
Sixty Days

“A good kidnapper moves fast. Love moves faster”
Taken With Him*

Funniest Bait

Around the Horn
Bootleg
Nine Ladies & Ms. Harp
Scarttenow Junction*
Urinetown

Shameless Oscar Vehicles

Big Brown Bag
Harvey
Home for Purim
The Jungle
Love
To Kill a Mockingbird

Best Poster

Around the Horn
Big Brown Bag*
Bootleg
Love
Till the End of the World

Best Author of the Month
Special Achievement on Writing and Creativity

Tony (Around the Horn)
Maia (Bootleg)
Brian (Faded Red)*
Ross (River City Blue)
James Somerton (The Vampire Lestat)

THE BIG 8 AWARDS

Best Picture

Bootleg*
Faded Red
River City Blue
Scarttenow Junction
The Vampire Lestat

Best Director

Jason Reitman, Bootleg
Craig Brewer, Native Son
Stephen Gaghan, River City Blue*
Quentin Tarantino, Sixty Days
Oliver Stone, Will of Men

Best Actor

Aaron Eckhart, Bootleg
Geoffrey Rush, Faded Red*
Adrien Brody, The Jungle
George Clooney, River City Blue
Owen Wilson, Scarttenow Junction

Best Actress

Annette Bening, Defiant Soul
Patti LuPone, Gypsy*
Patricia Arquette, How It Ends
Alexis Bleidel, Sixty Days
Cate Blanchett, Till the End of the World

Best Supporting Actor

Jeremy Piven, Around the Horn
Gary Sinise, Faded Red
Freddy Rodriguez, My Husband, My Wife
Forest Whitaker, River City Blue*
Peter O'Toole, The Vampire Lestat
Ed Harris, Will of Men

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates, Big Brown Bag
Drea de Matteo, Bootleg
Rachel Weisz, Faded Red*
Joan Plowright, The Mousetrap
Swoosie Kurtz, Nine Ladies & Ms. Harp

Best Original Screenplay

Altamont
Bootleg*
Faded Red
River City Blue
Scarttenow Junction

Adapted Screenplay

The Giver
Gypsy
The Jungle
The Mousetrap
The Vampire Lestat*

PRECURSOR AWARDS (Voted by our contestants in the Bait an Oscar forum)

FILM FESTIVAL

Golden Igloo (Best Picture)

Around the Horn
Faded Red*
The Jungle
Scarttenow Junction

Grand Special Igloo Prize (Next Forum Favorite)

Around the Horn
Gypsy
Scarttenow Junction
Sixty Days*

Future Best Director

David Croenberg, The Jungle
Steven Soderbergh, Faded Red*
Oliver Stone, Will of Men
Quentin Tarantino, Sixty Days

Future Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Jungle
Aaron Eckhart, Bootleg
Geoffrey Rush, Faded Red*
Geoffrey Rush, Will of Men

Future Best Actress

Alexis Bledel, Sixty Days*
Jodie Foster, Scartternow Junction
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Michelle Rodriguez, A Temporary High

Future Best Supporting Actor

John Hurt, Harvey
Peter O’Toole, The Vampire Lestat
Jeremy Piven, Around the Horn*
Gary Sinise, Faded Red

Future Best Supporting Actress

Joan Allen, Harvey
Claire Danes, Gypsy
Chloe Sevigny, The Jungle
Rachel Weisz, Faded Red*

Future Best Screenplay

Around the Horn
Faded Red
Scarttenow Junction*
Sixty Days

Future Best Ensemble

Bootleg*
Faded Red
Scarttenow Junction
Will of Men

Future Best Picture Drama

A Temporary High
Faded Red*
The Jungle
Will of Men

Future Best Picture Comedy/Musical

Around the Horn
Gypsy
Harvey
Scarttenow Junction*

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

Best Picture Drama

Faded Red
River City Blue*
The Jungle
The Giver
Bootleg

Best Actor Drama

Adrien Brody for The Jungle
Geoffrey Rush for Faded Red*
George Clooney for River City blue
Nick Cannon for Native Son
Robert De Niro for To Kill A Mockingbird

Best Actress Drama

Cate Blanchett for Till The End Of The World
Zhang Ziyi for Love
Annette Benning for Defiant Soul
Alexis Bledel for Sixty Days*
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Altamont

Best Picture Comedy

White Snow
URINETOWN
Gypsy
Scarttenow Junction*
Around the Horn

Best Actor Comedy

Adam Brody for URINETOWN
Owen Wilson for Scarttenow Junction*
Adrian Brody for Harvey
Joaquin Phoenix for White Snow
Ne-yo for Sparkle

Best Actress Comedy

Scarlett Johansson for URINETOWN
Patti LuPone for Gypsy*
Jodie Foster for Scarttenow Junction
Alicia Keys for Sparkle
Annette Benning for Nine Ladies and Ms. Harp

Best Supporting Actor

Gary Sinise for Faded Red
Forest Whitaker for River City Blue*
Ken Watanabe for Love
Robert Downey Jr. for Around the horn
Jeremy Piven for Around the horn
John C. Reilly for Sixty Days

Best Supporting Actress

Rachael Weisz for Faded Red*
Chloe Sevigny for The Jungle
Drea de Matteo for Bootleg
Emma Watson for Native Son
Mario Bello for My Husband, My Wife
Judi Dench for Defiant Soul

Best Director

Zhang Yimou for Love
David Croenberg for The Jungle
Quentin Tarantino for Sixty Days*
Stephen Gaghan for River City Blue
Oliver Stone for Will of Men
Wes Anderson for Scarttenow Junction

Best Screenplay

Josh Olsen and Steven Knight for The Jungle
Quentin Tarantino for Sixty Days
Alexander Payne for Around the horn
Wes Anderson for Scarttenow Junction*
Stephen Gaghan for River City Blue
David Koepp and James Cameron for The Giver

SAG AWARDS

Supporting Actress

Maria Bello-My Husband, My Wife
Drea de Matteo – Bootleg
Joan Plowright-The Mousetrap
Chloe Sevingy-The Jungle
Rachel Weisz - Faded Red*

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Downey Jr.- Around the Horn
Jeremy Piven - Around the Horn
Freddy Rodriguez-My Husband, My Wife
Gary Sinise - Faded Red
Forest Whitaker - River City Blue*

Best Actress

Patricia Arquette - How It Ends
Annette Bening-Nine Ladies and Ms. Harp
Alexis Bleidel-Sixty Days
Patti LuPone-Gypsy*
Catherine O' Hara - Home for Purim

Best Actor

Adrien Brody - The Jungle
George Clooney-River City Blue
Aaron Eckhart-Bootleg
Geoffrey Rush-Faded Red*
Owen Wilson - Scarttenow Junction

Best Ensemble

Big Brown Bag
Bootleg*
Faded Red
River City Blue
Scarttenow Junction