Welcome back, 'Moonrise Kingdom' -- hey there, Emayatzy Corinealdi
Released in theaters five months ago and fondly remembered by many as a pre-Toronto awards contender, "Moonrise Kingdom" has emerged on the kudo circuit with a best feature prize at the Gotham Awards.
"Moonrise" most notably topped "The Master," along with fellow nominees "Bernie," "The Loneliest Planet" and "Middle of Nowhere" – the latter featuring breakthrough thesp winner Emayatzy Corinealdi – while Benh Zeitlin took breakthrough director honors for another first-half release, "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
By finishing ahead of Quevenzhane Wallis of "Beasts," Corinealdi might have gotten the most significant awards boost of anyone or anything in tonight's small step of a long awards journey that continues Tuesday with the Independent Spirit Award nominations.
A full list of Gotham Awards honorees can be found here. Gregory Ellwood live-blogged the event at HitFix.com.
A native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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