To a movie buff, the holiday season goes hand in hand with the other most wonderful time of the year: awards season. We’re deep into it with the Golden Globe nominees announced so start prepping for the inevitable, ‘See any good movies lately?’ question posed to you at holiday parties by checking out footage straight from the set of the following critically acclaimed films.
Be a fly on the wall as Meryl Streep transforms into Julia Child, compare the directing styles of James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, find out if the mood on the set of Precious was as heavy as the final product. Finally, this year’s most important awards season question: who was more intimidating on set, Mike Tyson or a tiger?
So is it really “just an honor to be nominated”? Let’s go to Avatar director James Cameron to see how he reacted to getting the early morning phone call.
Still not enough ammo to make yourself seem like a Hollywood insider? Check out our behind the scenes footage of the all the Golden Globe nominees below:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up in the Air
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Tobey Maguire – Brothers
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Matt Damon – The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine
Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sandra Bullock – The Proposal
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Julia Roberts – Duplicity
Meryl Streep – It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
