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PGA Nominations a Dream Come True for Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls has another sequin for its award-show collection: a Best Film nomination from the Producers Guild of America.
The backstage musical will face off against the Brad Pitt-fronted Babel, the Martin Scorsese-directed The Departed, the road comedy Little Miss Sunshine and the Helen Mirren Oscar vehicle, The Queen, the organization announced Wednesday.
The PGA Awards, which also honor television, offer one of the better previews of Oscar's Best Picture field. Last year, four of the five PGA nominees went on to claim a like nomination from the Academy.
When it comes to calling the Oscar winner, the PGA isn't perfect, but it's pretty close. To date, the guild is batting a hefty .647, with 11 of its 17 Best Film winners going on to Academy Award glory as Best Picture.
The PGA is in the midst of a two-year "losing" streak. In 2005, it tapped The Aviator, while the Oscar sided with Million Dollar Baby. In 2006, it championed Brokeback Mountain, while Academy voters did a U-turn for Crash.
All in all, a PGA Award nomination is a good thing, especially for Dreamgirls, which, Golden Globes nominations aside, didn't feel as much critical love as its peers and hasn't been the award-show powerhouse that many expected.
Clint Eastwood's twins, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, however, would love to be in Dreamgirls' high heels. Neither World War II film rated a PGA nomination—this, following mixed signals from Golden Globe voters. At the Globes, Flags will sit out the Best Motion Picture—Drama race, while Iwo Jima will compete for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Other PGA snubees include the comedy hit The Devil Wears Prada; Globe favorite Bobby; and, in observance of the award-season trend, Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.
In the Animated Film category, blockbusters Cars, Happy Feet and Ice Age: The Meltdown will go up against modest hit Monster House and modest disappointment Flushed Away.
The TV-movie category will pit Disney's bouncy High School Musical up against A&E's dead-serious United 93. Rounding out the race: the Charles Dickens adaptation Bleak House and HBO's Mrs. Harris and Elizabeth I.
As previously announced, the late Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, My Name Is Earl, The Office and Weeds will vie for honors as Best Episodic TV Comedy. Grey's Anatomy, House, Lost, The Sopranos and 24 are up for Best Episodic TV Drama.
Also as revealed last month, Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show will go up against Conan O' Brien's, David Letterman's and Bill Maher's late-night talk shows (but not Jay Leno's) for the Best Variety Television prize. NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony is also nominated in the category.
And in the battle of reality-TV shows, American Idol will try to wrest an award away from The Amazing Race 9, as well as fend off challenges from Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway and newsmagazine 60 Minutes.
The 18th Annual Producers Guild Awards are scheduled to be presented Jan. 20 in Los Angeles.
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