August
22
Oscar Watch: Tommy Lee Jones Sees Double
We tend to take Tommy Lee Jones for granted. Here comes the fall award season again, with two more great performances from this veteran actor. Oscar voters will have to pay heed to both the Coen brothers' Cannes fest hit No Country for Old Men as well as Paul Haggis's tough gem of a picture, In the Valley of Elah. In both films, Jones conveys depths of sadness, grief and disappointment in the darkness that is extant in today's world.
For the moment Miramax will likely campaign for supporting actor for Jones' honest sheriff in No Country for Old Men (as well as the extraordinarily villainous Javier Bardem), while WIP will pursue best actor for Jones in Elah, which he carries easily. While Charlize Theron is exemplary in Elah as a local cop who helps Jones investigate the death of his soldier son after his return from Iraq, Susan Sarandon in a smaller role as Jones' wife carries the movie's emotion.
Both films will play Toronto, which will prove their Oscar launching ground.



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