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The Golden Globes have a standing reputation for oddball nominations and this week we are discussing one of the peak examples: 2004\u2032s A Love Song for Bobby Long<\/i>. The film follows Scarlett Johansson as [ahem] Purslane Hominy Will, a young woman who inherits a home from her estranged mother only to find it occupied by two poet drunkards played by John Travolta and Gabriel Macht. Remembered far more as a trivia item for Johansson\u2019s Best Actress in a Drama nomination at the Globes than the film itself, Bobby Long<\/i> provides a fascinating time capsule to the exact moment when Johansson\u2019s star was on the rise after her big 2003.<\/p>\n
But this one was held by distributor Lionsgate for a post-Christmas qualifying release, with its fate doubly sealed when the then-tiny distributor\u2019s other candidate Hotel Rwanda<\/i> took off just a week before. This week, we take a look back at the history of Lionsgate from tiny indie label to the mini-major distributor they are today, and we argue that Johansson might not be the Globes darling that conventional wisdom claims she is.<\/p>\n
We also discuss other qualifying releases that had varying degrees of success, Oscar\u2019s history of actors getting double nominations, and galaxy brain what The Cell: The Musical would look like.<\/p>\n
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