Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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February 26, 2007

79th Oscars Celebrate Filth And Violence

The 79th annual Academy Awards were presented last night. Once again, the majority of the Oscars presented went to films that were rated R.

Of course, not all R ratings are created equal. It's worth noting that more than one winner carried particularly strong R ratings, including the biggest winner of all.

1. The Departed won Best Picture. Martin Scorsese won a Directing Oscar for this film as well. Writing (Adapted Screenplay) and Film Editing Oscars were also presented to individuals for their work on this film. The Departed is rated R for "strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material."

2. Little Miss Sunshine took the honor for Writing (Original Screenplay). Alan Arkin won Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film as well. This movie is rated R for "language, some sex and drug content."

3. The Last King Of Scotland is rated R for "some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language." Forrest Whitaker won Best Actor for his work in this film.

4. Pan's Labyrinth (aka El Laberinto del Fauno) is rated R for "graphic violence and some language." It took Oscars for Cinematogrphay, Makeup, and Art Direction.

5. Babel is rated R for "violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use." It took the Oscar for Music (Original Score).

6. Letters From Iwo Jima is rated R for "graphic war violence." It took the Oscar for Sound Editing.

7. Das Leben der Anderan is rated R for "some sexuality/nudity." It won Best Foreign Language Film.

That's 13 Oscars for R rated films. Fortunately, some tamer fare also won out.

1-2. On the ladies side of the acting equation, Helen Mirren won Best Actress for her work in The Queen, while Jennifer Hudson took Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls. Both films are rated PG-13.

3. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is rated PG-13. It won the Oscar for Visual Effects.

4. Marie Antoinette is rated PG-13. It took the Oscar for Costume Design.

5. The PG rated Happy Feet took the Oscar for Animated Feature Film.

6. Also PG rated, the Al Gore hosted documentary, An Inconvenient Truth received Oscars for Best Documentary (Features) and Music (Original Song).

That's seven Oscars for PG and PG-13 rated films.

Three Oscars were also presented to short films. I don't think these were rated.

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