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Her spike jonze premiere7/23/2023 ![]() It’s the kind of film that will cultivate fervent admirers but may leave others scratching their heads. Jonze, whose films Adaptation and Being John Malkovich won significant Oscar nominations and just one win (for Chris Cooper’s supporting turn in Adaptation), has made an appealing comedy for our times. There are any number of worthy animated feature voice over portrayals (not to mention the performance capture work of Andy Serkis) that have gone consistently unrecognized by their acting peers and a Johansson nomination would be revolutionary – a nod to the future if the actors branch even wants to go there. The idea could run into a roadblock as actors – which is the branch voting here – are notoriously shy to reward any performance that isn’t a flesh and blood role. They plan to run her seriously for Best Supporting Actress and, if successful, will make the Academy history books. source working on the campaign that they have checked and the role is eligible. She’s also great in the current Don Jonas well. Her work (she replaced Samantha Morton) is exemplary. But if ever it was going to happen this is the year, and Johansson’s is the performance. It’s never happened in the past that an actor, unseen on screen and strictly doing voice work has been able to nail a nomination from the Academy’s actors branch. Scarlett Johansson, who poignantly voices Samantha the computer system that organizes Joaquin Phoenix‘s life and strikes up an intense and heartbreaking personal relationship with him, could possibly become the first solely voice-over performance to win an acting nomination. But I would say if it catches on with the Academy crowd at all, it could be poised to make Oscar history in at least one category. release’s many attributes, its awards potential is yet to be determined. The studio held a simultaneous screening on the West Coast Saturday afternoon for L.A.-based critics and bloggers. The New York Film Festival closed Saturday night with the World Premiere of Spike Jonze‘s fourth feature, the irresistibly charming romantic fantasy Her, about a man who falls head over heels for his “operating system”.
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