Another feather is now in the cap of David Fincher’s The Social Network and this is a big one as the American Cinema Editors have awarded it and its editing team, consisting of Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, top honors in the drama category. Network beat out fellow nominees Black Swan (Andrew Weisblum), The Fighter (Pamela Martin), Inception (Lee Smith) and The King’s Speech (Tariq Anwar). As for the Oscar nominations, by comparison, the only difference in nominees is 127 Hours was nominated rather than Inception.
The Eddie nominees were announced on January 14, and back then I wrote, “If Network gets the win we can pretty much close the door on the Oscars.” I also mentioned the notable statistic that six out of the last ten winners of the Eddie in the Best Feature Film (Dramatic) category have gone on to win Oscar’s Best Picture. On top of that, the last nine winners have gone on to win Best Editing at the Oscars, an all important award when trying to predict Best Picture.
Obviously, the tide has turned since I wrote that line about Network winning as it was the perceived lock back in January until The King’s Speech went on its little win streak. Does this win throw the momentum back to The Social Network? It certainly doesn’t hurt, but it’s not a guarantee.
A win for Best Editing doesn’t always mean a win for Best Picture. Over the last ten years, six of the Best Picture winners went on to win both awards. This is a year that’s shaping up for a split, not only in the Editing category, but possibly in the director category as well. What this win for Social Network does, more than anything else, is make predicting the Oscars a little tougher, and I’m not complaining.
In the other categories the winners included Exit Through the Gift Shop, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3. I have included the winners along with the rest of the nominees directly below and have also updated the Oscar Overture with these latest results. Head over there for a clear picture at the precursor race leading up to next Sunday’s Oscars.
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