Skandies: #7

Picture: Brick (136/10)
Director: Cristi Puiu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (125/10)
Actress: Jodelle Ferland, Tideland (137/12)
Actor: Christian Bale, The Prestige (137/16)
S. Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (123/9)
S. Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel (134/11)
Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth (110/13)
Scene: Bagby Hot Springs*, Old Joy (55/4)
Undistributed 2004: Spider Forest (Song Il-gon) (49/3)

* Bagby Hot Springs does not allow nudity or alcohol.

[Actual clip now available! Thanks to Froilan Vispo.]



HISTORY:

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is Puiu's first Skandie-eligible film.

All of the actors are new except Bale, who nearly picked up his third "nomination"; he previously finished 3rd in 2000 for American Psycho and 18th last year for Batman Begins, and also came in 5th in Supporting last year for The New World.

Del Toro has no previous Screenplay citations.