The night’s big winner now has more Globes than Billboards.
Writer/Director Martin McDonagh‘s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, about a mother in a rural town who stands up to local police for neglecting justice in her daughter’s rape/murder case, was the big winner at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, winning 4 including Best Motion Picture (Drama) and Best Actress (Drama) for Frances McDormand.
The choice fit the mood. The night was defined by empowered speeches from women (anchored by Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement winner Oprah Winfrey), all in the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements that have crippled and shamed institutionalized sexual harassment in the film industry and broader culture.
That wave spilled over into the TV categories, too, dominated by female-centric shows Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Big Little Lies, and The Handmaid’s Tale.
The Three Billboards tide began with the night’s biggest upset, when Sam Rockwell defeated heavy favorite Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) for Best Supporting Actor. Dafoe has won nearly every Supporting Actor honor this awards season so far, and even despite the upset here he’s still probably a lock for the Oscar.
Greta Gerwig‘s semi-autobiographical Lady Bird was the big winner in the Comedy categories, winning Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) for star Saoirse Ronan. Ironically, given these big wins and the social justice focus of the evening, Gerwig wasn’t even nominated in the male-only Best Director category. Guillermo del Toro beat out four other men for his film The Shape of Water.
Also odd, Lady Bird lost the one award considered its safest bet: Best Supporting Actress. Like Dafoe, Supporting Actress Laurie Metcalf has won virtually every 2017 award in that category, but Allison Janney won the Globe instead for the far more caustic and gonzo mother of Tonya Harding in I, Tonya.
Meanwhile, Get Out – the racist parable that had been gaining steam this Oscar season – went home empty handed. So, too, did another major Oscar contender, the gay romance Call Me By Your Name.
We’ll see if the Globes make an impact on the Oscar nominations, which are currently being voted on by Academy members. If Three Billboards and Lady Bird end up being the top two Oscar contenders on the morning that nominations are announced (Tuesday January 23), then the Globe wins will have been perfectly timed.
75th GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS
Films of 2017
Best Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Lady Bird
Best Male Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
- Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
- Tom Hanks, The Post
- Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Best Female Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
- Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
- Meryl Streep, The Post
- Michelle Williams, All The Money in the World
Best Male Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: James Franco, The Disaster Artist
- Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
- Ansel Elgort – Baby Driver
- Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
- Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Best Female Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
- Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
- Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
- Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
- Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes
Best Male Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Sam Rockewell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
- Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
- Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
- Christopher Plummer, All The Money in the World
Best Female Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
- Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
- Hong Chau, Downsizing
- Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
- Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Best Director
WINNER: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
- Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
- Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World
- Steven Spielberg, The Post
Best Screenplay
WINNER: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
- The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
- The Post, Liz Hannah and Josh Singer
- Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
- Molly’s Game, Aaron Sorkin
Best Original Score
WINNER: The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Carter Burwell
- Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood
- The Post, John Williams
- Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song
WINNER: “This Is Me” – The Greatest Showman (Benj Pasek, Justin Paul)
- “Mighty River” – Mudbound (Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, Laura Stinson)
- “Home” – Ferdinand (Nick Jonas, Justin Tranter, Nick Monson)
- “Remember Me” – Coco (Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez)
- “The Star” – The Star (Mariah Carey, Marc Shaiman)
Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER: Coco
- The Boss Baby
- The Breadwinner
- Ferdinand
- Loving Vincent
Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER: In the Fade (Germany)
- A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
- First They Killed My Father (Cambodia)
- Loveless (Russia)
- The Square (Sweden)
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