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AARP awards cite best in senior portrayalsamiAARP is counting on the numbers.As the population ages, surely there will be more movies portraying older people in a positive way.That's what Bill Newcott, entertainment editor of AARPThe Magazine, would like toexpect. But he’s realistic.The economics of Hollywood are always going to be to the youth market because they go in packs and respond to ads,” he says. “Roomers and older people tend to wait for the reviews and are unlikely to go a second or third time.”Still, it doesn’t hurt to try toinfluence Tinseltown. Hencethe coveted “La Chaise d’Or trophies” from AARP The Magazine - miniature gilded recliners that speak more to renting the films on DVDs than viewing them in a moviepalace.This year’s awards were:Best Movie for Grownups:“Capote,” directed by Bennett Miller; runners-up were director Ron Howard’s “Cinderella Man”; the musical life of Gardener.”BEST ACTOR: JeffDaniels received an AARP award for The Squid and the Whale. Laura Linney also stars.Lane in “The Producers”; and Tom Wilkinson in “Separate Lies.”Best Actress 50 and Over:Joan Plowright in “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont.” Runners-up were Judi Dench in “Ladies in Lavender ”; Shirley MacLaine in “In He: Shoes”; Meryl Streep in “Prune”; and Liv Ulimann in “Saraband.”Best Director 50 and Over:Steven Spielberg foi “Munich.” Runners-up were WoodyAllen for “Match Point”; Ron Howard for “Cinderella Mail”;Ang Lee for “Brokeback Mountain”; and Fernando Meirelies for “The ConstantJohnny Cash, “Walk the Line”; and the „ulute to TV journalist Edward R. Murrow, “Good Night, and Good Luck.”Best Actor 50 and Over: JeffDaniels in “The Squid and the Whale.’’ Runners-up were Anthony Hopkins in “The World’s Fastest Indian”; Kurt Russell in “Dreamer”; NathanBest Screenplay 5u and Over:Larry McMurtry and DianaOssana for “Brokebu. Mountain.” Runners-up wei e Pedro Almodovar for “Bau Education”; Paul Haggis for Crash”; Jim Jarmusch for “BrokenFlowers”; and Sally Potter for“Yes.”Breakaway Accomplishment:SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMSDavid Strathairn in “Good Night, and Good Luck.” Runners-up were Pierce Brosnan in “The Matador”; Tommy Lee Jones in “Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”; Kate Montgomery in “Christmas in the Clouds”; and Susan Stro-man for “The Producers.”Best Documentary: “Enron:The Smartest Guys in the Room,” directed by Alex Gib-ney. Runners-up: “GrizzlyMan,” “March of the Penguins,” “No Direction Home: Bob Dylan” and “Tell ThemWho You Are.”Best Intergenerational Movie:“Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story.” Runners-up: “Because of Winn-Dixie,” “In Her Shoes,” “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont” and “The Squid and the Whale.”Best Comedy for Grownups:“The Producers,” directed by Susan Stroman. Runners-up were “The Family Stone,” The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “In Her Shoes” and “Rumor HasIt.”Best Foreign-Language Film:“Ushpizin” (Israel), directed by Gidi Dar. Runners-up were “Bad Education” (Spain), “Saraband (Sweden), “Apres Vous” (France) and “Cron-icas (United States).Best Grownup Love Story:Craig T. Nelson and Diane Keaton in “The Family Stone.” Runners-up were Kevin Costner and Joan /Vilen in“The Upside of Anger”; Peter Falk and Olympia Dukakis in “The Thing About My Folks”;A1 Pacino and Rene Russo in “Two for the Money”; and the penguins in “March of thePenguins.”Best Movie Time Capsule:“Cinderella Man” productiondesign by Wynn Thomas. Runr ners-up were “Good Night, and Good Luck,” “NorthCountry,” “Capote” and “Munich.”Best TV Movie: “The Girl in the Cafe,” directed by David Yates. Runners-up were “Em-“LackawannaurnpireBlues,” “Sometimes in April” and “Warm Springs.”Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up: “KingKong,” directed by Peter Jackson. Runners-up were “Batman Begins,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” and “Wedding* i ^ n * *rs.
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Santa Ana Orange County Register
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Sun, Feb 19, 2006
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