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Under discussion:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford  (2007)

Iron Man  (2008)

The Dark Knight  (2008)

In Bruges  (2008)

Rambo  (2008)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly  (2007)

The 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards were held in Los Angeles last night with what seems like a thousand winners announced in all sorts of categories representing movie marketing. There were awards for trailers, TV spots and posters divided up by genre (comedy, drama, horror, independent, etc.) and technical achievement (sound editing, motion graphics, etc.). While having too many categories can lead to questions of consistency — how does The Dark Knight beat out Iron Man for Best Action trailer but the latter film wins the Summer 2008 Blockbuster award? — it’s interesting to know which film’s ad employs the best music (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and which has the best voice-over (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford).

Regarding Jesse James‘ win, though, I have to wonder how a film’s marketing can be so great if it doesn’t actually bring in an audience. In addition to its trailer being honored, its poster also won in the Best Drama category. Plus (and this is me just being picky), isn’t awarding the trailer’s voice-over a bit unfair considering it just utilizes part of Hugh Ross’ narration from the actual film? To me, this category should probably be honoring those “In a world … ” trailer voice-over guys. Nonetheless, I do love the trailer and the film and so I’ve included it for repeat viewing above.

Of course I understand that the Golden Trailers are more an honoring of craft than of successfulness. Still, if the trailer for In Bruges and the stencil poster for Rambo are the most original works in film marketing in the past year, we need some new designers right away.

Check out the list of winners and nominees after the jump

Best Action
The Dark Knight, Warner Bros., Intralink Film
Hellboy 2, Universal Pictures, Workshop Creative
Iron Man, Paramount Pictures, Create Advertising Group
Live Free or Die Hard, 20th Century Fox, Trailer Park

Best Animation/Family
Enchanted, Walt Disney Pictures, Craig Murray Productions
Kung Fu Panda, Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Fox/Walden Films, Trailer Park
Shrek the Third “Then”, Paramount Pictures, Sameth ADV/The Ant Farm

Best Comedy
Tropic Thunder, Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones
Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Universal Pictures, Workshop Creative
Juno, Fox Searchlight, Tea:Wonderland
Meet Bill, First Look Studios, GoodSpot
Pineapple Express, Columbia Pictures, Ignition Creative

Best Documentary
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, The Weinstein Co., Buddha Jones
In the Shadow of the Moon, ThinkFilm, Celluloid Heroes
Sicko, Lionsgate/Weinstein Co., Ignition Creative
Standard Operating Procedure, Sony Pictures Classics, The Grossmyth Company
Surfwise, Magnolia Pictures, Big Science Film

Best Drama
No Country for Old Men, Miramax Films, Giaronomo Productions
3:10 to Yuma, Lionsgate, InSync Advertising
American Gangster, Universal Pictures, Intralink Film
Into the Wild, Paramount Vantage, Craig Murray Productions

Best Horror
I am Legend, Warner Bros., Skip Film
30 Days of Night, Columbia Pictures, Ignition Creative
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Optimum Releasing, The Editpool
The Strangers, Universal Pictures, Buddha Jones

Best Independent Trailer
Day Night Day Night, IFC First Take, Kinetic Trailers
Broken English, Magnolia Pictures, Kinetic Trailers
La Vie en Rose, Picturehouse, KO Creative
Shotgun Stories, Liberation Entertainment

Best Music
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Miramax Films, Mark Woollen & Assoc.
Middle of Nowhere, Bold Films, The Grossmyth Company
Once, Fox Searchlight, Hammer Creative
Rocket Science, Picturehouse, Big Science Film

Best Romance
Atonement, Focus Features, Intralink Film
27 Dresses, Fox 2000, Seismic Productions
My Sassy Girl, Gold Circle Films, Crew Creative
P.S. I Love You, Warner Bros., Mojo, LLC

Best Thriller
Vantage Point, Columbia Pictures, AV Squad
Cloverfield “Trailer #1″, Paramount Pictures, The Ant Farm
Eastern Promises, Focus Features, Hammer Creative
The Eye, Lionsgate, Seismic Productions

Best Video Game Trailer
The Simpson’s Game: Medal of Homer, Electronic Arts, Hammer Creative
Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft, Hammer Creative
Bourne Conspiracy: Weapons Trailer, Sierra, High Moon Studios
Call of Duty 4: “Modern Warfare”, ActiVision, The Ant Farm
Mass Effect, BioWare Corp., Hammer Creative

Best Voice Over
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Warner Bros., Mark Woollen & Assoc.
Fido, Lionsgate, Mark Woollen & Associates
Passchendaele: “Letters”, Alliance Films, INC, The Ant Farm
The Ten, ThinkFilm, Celluloid Heroes

Golden Fleece
Awake, Weinstein Co., Seismic Productions
Drillbit Taylor, Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones
Gracie, Picturehouse, KO Creative
Southland Tales, Sony Pictures, Intralink Film

Most Original
In Bruges, Focus Features, Focus Features (in house)
Cloverfield, Paramount Pictures, Ignition Creative
Get Smart Teaser, Warner Bros., Workshop Creative
Semi-Pro Teaser, New Line Cinema, Workshop Creative

Summer 2008 Blockbuster
Iron Man: “Escaped”, Paramount Pictures, The Ant Farm
Hancock, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Create Advertising Group
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount Pictures, Wild Card
Speed Racer, Warner Bros., Giaronomo Productions

Trashiest Trailer
Drive Thru, Lionsgate, Lionsgate
The Hottie & The Nottie, Regent Releasing, Happy Hour Creative
The Tripper, Coquette Productions, Sweet Spot Productions
Witless Protection, Lionsgate, Buddha Jones
Zombie Strippers, Stage 6 Films, WDA

Best Motion/Title Graphics
Hitman, 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group
Be Kind Rewind, New Line Cinema, Mark Woollen & Associates
The Dark Knight, Warner Bros., Intralink Film
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, Walt Disney Pictures, Imaginary Forces

Best Sound Editing
I Am Legend, Warner Bros., Trailer Park
Nightmare Detective, Movie Eye Entertainment, The Solid State
Noise, Madman Entertainment, Music & Effects
The Strangers, Universal Pictures, Buddha Jones

Best Trailer - No Movie
Game, Create Advertising Group
MMovie, Full Stealth Films
Push, Happy Hour Creative
Stalkarazzi, Ragtime Monkey Productions

Best In-Theater Advertising
Mad Men, AMC, Happy Hour Creative/Trailer Park
Rambo Ultimate Edition 3 Pack, Lionsgate, Big Boss Creative
Rocket Science “In Theater DVD”, Picturehouse, Big Science Film

Best Foreign Action Trailer
Revolver, Sony Pictures, WDA
Bangkok Dangerous, Initial Entertainment Group, Zealot Productions
Dog Bite Dog, Arclight Films, The Solid State
Exiled, Magnolia Pictures, quixotic industries inc.

Best Foreign Comedy Trailer
My Best Friend, Optimum Releasing, The Editpool
Free Rainer Teaser, Kinowelt Filmverleih, Fleischmann Trailer
Kenny, Madman Entertainment, Xenon Pictures
Run, FatBoy, Run, New Line Cinema, The Creative Partnership

Best Foreign Drama Trailer
And When Did You Last See Your Father? Sony Pictures Classics, Zealot Productions, Inc
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, IFC Films, Kinetic Trailers
Counterfeiters “Theatrical Trailer”, Sony Pictures Classics, quixotic industries, inc
Maradona: The Hand of God, Xenon Pictures Inc
Padre Nuestro (Sangre de mi Sangre) “Traicion”, Icon Film Distribution, Fix Comunicacion

Best Foreign Horror/Thriller Trailer
The Eye 3, Lionsgate, Lionsgate
Boy Eats Girl Trailer, Lionsgate, Lionsgate
Tell No One, Revolver Entertainment, Empire Design
THEM Trailer, Dark Sky Films, Workmanship Creative

Best Foreign Romance Trailer
Paris Je T’aime “The Dance”, First Look Studios, Trailer Park
Control, Momentum Pictures, Zealot Productions Inc.
Love Songs, IFC Films, Kinetic Trailers
Priceless, Samuel Goldwyn, Kinetic Trailers

Most Original Foreign Trailer
Persepolis “Trailer 2″, Sony Pictures Classics, The Grossmyth Company
Ausbilder Schmidt “In A World…”, Universal Pictures, Fleischmann Trailer
Control, Momentum Pictures, Zealot Productions Inc
Die Welle, Constatin Films, Trailerhaus

Best Anime Trailer
Doctor Strange, Lionsgate, Lionsgate
Waltz with Bashir, The Match Factory, Fleischmann Trailer

Best Action TV Spot
Bourne Ultimatum “I Remember”, Universal Pictures, Empire Design
Forbidden Kingdom ” Legendary Warriors”, Lionsgate, Mojo, LLC
Resident Evil:Extinction “The World”, Screen Gems, InSync Advertising
Rush Hour “International”, New Line Cinema, Intralink Film

Best Animation/Family TV Spot
Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix “Great Wizards”, Warner Bros., The Ant Farm
Golden Compass “Epic”, New Line Cinema, Intralink Film
Horton Hears a Who “Whomongous”, 20th Century Fox, Trailer Park
Ratatouille “One Word Kids”, Walt Disney Pictures, Craig Murray Productions

Best Comedy TV Spot
Harold & Kumar 2 “Campaign”, Warner Bros., mOcean
Harold & Kumar 2 “Sneak Peek/Pastry”, Warner Bros., mOcean
Juno “TV Spot”, Fox Searchlight, Seismic Productions
Sicko “Money”, Lionsgate/Weinstein Co., InSync Advertising

Best Drama TV Spot
There Will Be Blood “Music Review”, Paramount Pictures, The Ant Farm
21 “Innocence: 60″, Sony Pictures, AV Squad
The Great Debaters “Good”, Weinstein Company, InSync Advertising
Michael Clayton “Secrets”, Warner Bros., BLT A/V

Best Horror TV Spot
Saw IV “Clown Blinks”, Lionsgate, Fishbowl
28 Weeks Later “Alarm”, Fox Atomic, Celluloid Heroes
30 Days of Night “Graphic Novel Post”, Sony Pictures, Create Advertising Group
Shutter “More to Fear”, 20th Century Fox, The Ant Farm

Best Romance TV Spot
27 Dresses “Invite Event”, Fox 2000, Trailer Park
Atonement “Love Story”, Focus Features, Intralink Film
Becoming Jane “Great Story”, Miramax Films, Mojo LLC
Good Luck Chuck “Dangerous”, Lionsgate, Fishbowl

Best Summer 2008 TV Spot
Wanted “Choice Revised”, Universal Pictures, Create Advertising Group

Best Thriller TV Spot
No Country for Old Men “Friend-o”, Miramax Films, Buddha Jones
Hostel II “Big Drill”, Lionsgate, Fishbowl
I Am Legend “One”, Warner Bros., Skip Film
Saw IV “Whats on the Tape”, Lionsgate, Fishbowl

Most Original TV Spot
Shrek the Third “Shrekstra #1″, Nickelodeon, Trailer Park
Blacksheep “TVC”, New Zealand Film Commission, The Solid State
I Am Legend “Quarentine”, Warner Bros., Skip Film
In Bruges “Hideout”, Focus Features, Focus Features (in house)

Best Action Poster
Resident Evil: Extinction, Screen Gems, The Refinery
3:10 to Yuma “Wild Posting”, Lionsgate, Ignition Print
The Bourne Ultimatum “One Sheet”, Universal Pictures, Crew Creative
Day Watch, 20th Century Fox, Cold Open

Best Animation/Family Poster
Shrek the Third “Teaser Poster”, Paramount Pictures, The Ant Farm
August Rush, Warner Bros., The Refinery
Forbidden Kingdom “Final”, Lionsgate, Ignition Print
The Golden Compass, New Line Cinema,The Refinery

Best Comedy Poster
Step Brothers “One Sheet”, Sony Pictures, Ignition Print
Evan Almighty, Universal Pictures, The Ant Farm
In Bruges “One Sheet”, Focus Features, Mojo, LLC
Semi-Pro “One Sheet”, New Line Cinema, Crew Creative

Best Documentary Poster
Religulous “Toast”, Lionsgate, Ignition Print
The 11th Hour, Warner Independent Pictures, Mojo,LLC
In the Shadow of the Moon “Teaser”, ThinkFilm, Crew Creative
Taxi to the Dark Side, ThinkFilm, Cold Open

Best Drama Poster
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford “One Sheet”, Warner Bros., Crew Creative
Eastern Promises “One Sheet”, Focus Features, Ignition Print
La Vie En Rose, Picturehouse, The Refinery
Snow Angels, Warner Independent Pictures, The Cimarron Group

Best Horror Poster
The Eye “One Sheet”, Lionsgate, Ignition Print
28 Weeks Later “Teaser”, Fox Atomic, Intralink Film
The Ruins “Face”, Paramount Pictures, Ignition Print
Saw IV “International Teaser”, Lionsgate, Crew Creative

Best Independent Poster
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, ThinkFilm, Cold Open
Control “Quad Poster”, Momentum Pictures, allcity
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains “One Sheet”, Sony Pictures Classics, Ignition Print
This is England “Quad Poster”, Optimum Releasing, allcity

Best International Poster
Trade, Roadside Attractions, Mojo LLC
3:10 to Yuma “Yellow”, Lionsgate, Ignition Print
The Bourne Ultimatum “International One Sheet”, Universal Pictures, Empire Design
Sweeney Todd “International One Sheet”, DreamWorks, Crew Creative

Best Romance Poster
27 Dresses “One Sheet”, Fox 2000, Ignition Print
Fool’s Gold “One Sheet”, Warner Bros., Ignition Print
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry “One Sheet”, Universal Pictures, Crew Creative
P.S. I Love You “One Sheet”, Warner Bros., Crew Creative

Best Summer 2008 Blockbuster Poster
The Dark Knight “Teaser”, Warner Bros., Intralink Film
The Dark Knight “Batman Teaser”, Warner Bros., Crew Creative
Sex and the City “Teaser”, New Line Cinema, The Ant Farm
Step Brothers “One Sheet”, Columbia Pictures, Ignition Print

Best Teaser Poster
Silver Surfer “Teaser”, 20th Century Fox, New Wave Creative
Quantum of Solace “Intl Teaser One Sheet”, MGM, Empire Design
Saw IV “Tools”, Lionsgate, Crew Creative
Zodiac “One Sheet”, Warner Bros., Mojo, LLC

Best Thriller Poster
Untraceable “Diane”, Screen Gems, Ignition Print
Awake “One Sheet”, Weinstein Co., Ignition Print
Bug “Scarub”, Lionsgate, Ignition Print
Saw IV “Pig”, Lionsgate, Ignition Print

Best Wildposts
Forgetting Sarah Marshall “Wild Posts”, Universal Pictures, Crew Creative
30 Days of Night “Wildposting”, Columbia Pictures, Ignition Print
I Am Legend “Outdoor Series”, Warner Bros., Crew Creative
The Lookout “Wildposting”, Buena Vista Pictures, Ignition Print

Most Original Poster
Rambo “Stencil”, Lionsgate, Ignition Print
30 Days of Night “Character Poster A”, Columbia Pictures, Ignition Print
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, ThinkFilm, Cold Open
Slipstream “Poster”, Strand Releasing, The Solid State

Film Festival Categories

Best Film Festival Trailer
Horrorfest 2007 “50 Foot Woman Trailer”, Sweet Spot Productions
3:10 to Yuma “The Moment”, Lionsgate, Buddha Jones
He’s Just Not That Into You, Crew Creative
Horrorfest 2007 “Main Event Trailer”, Sweet Spot Productions

Best Film Festival Poster
LA Shorts Fest, Crew Creative
Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Cold Open
Chicago 10 Sundance Poster, New Wave Creative
Kabluey, Cold Open

A day after learning and announcing that his job at Premiere.com had been eliminated, Glenn Kenny has already set up a new personal blog, free of association with Premiere/Hachette. Well, sort of: the subtitle on the TypePad blog is, currently, “Film writer Glenn Kenny’s own bought-and-paid-for-blog, thank you very goddamn much.” The title-title is Some Came Running, and in the first entry, Kenny explains what he hopes to do with it: “Consider this space the drunken boat we stand in, trying to pull either and/or both of these figures in. Not to be loopy, or maudlin, or anything. Just a fancy way of saying…let’s hang, my friends.”

Related: “Hachette has always been an abortion of a magazine company,” writes Nick Denton at Gawker.