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BAFTA Winners in Our Road to the Oscars The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards have announced their winners with more than one surprise on hand, as Brokeback Mountain bested the heavily favored The Constant Gardener. Now that the Brits have cast their lot it's time to cast yours in our annual Oscar Poll, where you can vote for the films and for the work that you think deserves to win come March 5th. For a poll that's not as constrained (since the Oscar poll only has the Oscar nominees), see the results of our "Best" and "Worst" Polls for 2005. Our Road to the Oscars section has all the nominees for the 78th Annual Academy Awards™, the photos from the big events (from our good friends at WireImage) and much, much more.
IMDb Movie of the Day
Winning John Ford his fourth and final Academy Award for Best Director, The Quiet Man combines the lushly green Irish countryside with the singular personalities and fiery chemistry of its co-stars John Wayne and Maureen O' Hara, to create one brilliant gem of comedic melodrama. When retired boxer Sean Thornton (Wayne) travels back to his birthplace, the village of Inisfree, looking to build a fresh life, he finds the place filled with eccentric but mostly friendly folks like Michaleen Flynn (Barry Fitzgerald), the town matchmaker/bookie, and Father Lonergan (Ward Bond). The one exception is Will 'Red' Danaher (Victor McLaglen), the influential property owner who dislikes Sean both for his attempt to buy back his family's property and for the undeniable attraction between his brassy sister Mary Kate (O' Hara) and Sean. The plot itself ends up being fairly simple, with the lifeblood of the piece provided by Ford's casting of Wayne in a fresh type of role as the romantic lead, a reserved man whose newly-reticent way of life is tested by his impetuous marriage to the brazen Mary Kate, her brother's blatant disavowal of their marriage, and even the townsfolk's freely-spoken opinions of the whole spectacle. While some of the depictions of Inisfree and its residents come off as merely Irish stereotypes, these characterizations are lovingly tailored as a sort of nostalgic postcard to way of life long since faded, mingling with the film's Oscar-winning location cinematography to lend a warm, slightly fairytale-like glow to the whole affair. - Heather Campbell