Bardem and González Iñárritu's Oscar career

The Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu, after meeting las two nominations for 'Biutiful' for the Oscars, has shown his satisfaction: "being nominated for me is already a win." On the other hand, Biutiful has served, without a doubt, to further elevate Bardem's career, whose leading role earned him the best actor award at Cannes.

The North American Academy has recognized the work of Alejandro González Iñárritu and Javier Bardem in Biutiful by nominating them for the Oscar for best actor and best foreign-language film.

"Being nominated for me is already a win," acknowledged the renowned director, who is in Los Angeles, California, where he confessed to feeling very excited "when I first heard the name of Javier Bardem. Then I heard that the film was nominated in the category of Best Foreign Film, which gave me great pleasure, because it is a great achievement that this work is recognized, and it also represents a lot for our country." “I am excited and the simple fact of being nominated is already a win and is a happy way to end four years of constant work,” said the director.

González Iñárritu acknowledged that the Spanish actor, who has been nominated three times for the Oscars, did a great job in this film, achieving “a great performance and I think he deserves it.” Biutiful has served, without a doubt, to further elevate Bardem's career, whose leading role earned him the best actor award at Cannes. Bardem will compete for the famous statuette with Colin Firth (The king's speech), Jesse Eisenberg (La red social), last year's winner Jeff Bridges (Law value) and James Franco (127 hours).

The director of films like Love dogs, 21 grams y Babel, among others, indicated that this film is dedicated to his father, “but in reality in Biutiful Any person can see themselves reflected, because of the plot it has.”

Along with Alejandro González-Iñárritu's film, the Canadian film is up for the Oscar for best foreign film Fires, the Algerian Outlaw, the Danish in a better world (Golden Globe winner) and the Greek Canine.

The king's speech

The King's Speech has a total of a dozen nominations, while the Coens' film, True Grit, is up for a dozen. The social network aspires to eight and Origen another eight.
The King's Speech is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler), Best Cinematography (Danny Cohen), Best Score (Alexandre Desplat), Best Editing (Tariq Anwar), Best Art Direction (Netty Chapman), Best Costume Design (Jenny Beavan) and Best Sound Mixing.

The film starring Golden Globe winner Colin Firth received the award for best film of the year from the Producers Guild of America last weekend. On 14 out of 21 occasions this award has coincided with the Oscar for best film, as is the case in the last three years with In a hostile land, Slumdog Millionaire y It's not a country for old people.

In Spain, The King's Speech (in theaters since December 22) has already been seen by more than 400,000 spectators, six weeks after its theatrical release. With accumulated revenues of 3,200,000 euros, the film directed by the British Tom Hooper remains among the 10 most viewed films with 110 prints. In the United States, the film has already exceeded $58 million in revenue and in the United Kingdom, its country of origin, it remains at No. 1 at the box office 3 weeks after its release.

This delightful comedy-drama based on the true story of King George VI of England also leads the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) nominations with 14 nominations: best film, best director (Tom Hooper), best original screenplay (David Seidler), best actor (Colin Firth), best supporting actor (Geoffrey Rush), best supporting actress (Helena Bonham Carter), best soundtrack (Alexandre Desplat), best cinematography (Danny Chen), best editing (Tariq Anwar), best production design (Eve Stewart, Judy Farr), best costume design (Jenny Beavan), best sound (John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin), best makeup (Frances Hannon) and best British film.

This film was the winner of the BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) awards, winning the awards for best film, best script, best actor, best supporting actor and best supporting actress.