George Clooney‘s Monuments Men screams Oscar. From the all-star cast, to the historical premise, to Clooney’s gilded track record behind the camera, I’d be surprised if it didn’t pull off at least five nominations and mostly a lot more – Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Score, you name it, this has a strong shot.
Clooney leads an elite but rag-tag crew of soldiers, art historians and museum curators. Without training and with only a six of them, they are to enter Germany amidst WWII to recover renowned works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys them.
With a supporting cast that includes Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and John Goodman, there’s a lot of opportunity for acting nominations as well but this trailer doesn’t necessarily pinpoint any particular performance.
Take a look at the trailer and see if you think it’ll be cleaning up the floor with its Oscar nom.
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By: Matt Oakes
Started blogging about film in college when the university paper wouldn’t have him. Dislikes your consensus film Twitter favorites. Devotee of horror movies that make him die a little inside. Catches films at festivals when he can. Proud SFCS and OFCS member and Tomatometer-approved critic. Editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot.
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