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Film 'Obsession' Surprises with Musical/Comedy Globe Submission
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In Short: This decision is expected to generate significant attention, similar to previous Globe submissions such as 'The Martian,' which won best comedy.
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This decision is expected to generate significant attention, similar to previous Globe submissions such as 'The Martian,' which won best comedy.
A subsection of the Golden Globes organization has the final say on category submissions, but distributors' decisions are generally respected.
Despite the unconventional choice, 'Obsession' is expected to be a strong contender for the best box office achievement award, which considers all films.
The Golden Globes submission deadline is Oct. 30, the night before Halloween, according to Variety.
Variety notes that the line between drama and comedy/musical categories is often determined by strategy rather than tone.
For the third consecutive year, the comedy/musical category appears more competitive than the drama category.
Among other music-driven films, 'A Star Is Born' (2018) was nominated as a drama, while 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (2013) was nominated as a comedy.
What's confirmed
- This decision is expected to generate significant attention, similar to previous Globe submissions such as 'The Martian,' which won best comedy.
- A subsection of the Golden Globes organization has the final say on category submissions, but distributors' decisions are generally respected.
- Despite the unconventional choice, 'Obsession' is expected to be a strong contender for the best box office achievement award, which considers all films.
- The Golden Globes submission deadline is Oct. 30, the night before Halloween, according to Variety.
- Variety notes that the line between drama and comedy/musical categories is often determined by strategy rather than tone.
- For the third consecutive year, the comedy/musical category appears more competitive than the drama category.
- Among other music-driven films, 'A Star Is Born' (2018) was nominated as a drama, while 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (2013) was nominated as a comedy.
What's still developing
- The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Focus and its fellow stakeholders have made a decision: the film has been submitted as a musical or comedy.
- The decision is sure to raise some eyebrows, as have many previous Globes musical or comedy submissions, including those mentioned above and, most famously, The Martian.
- Regardless of how things work out in the split-genre categories, one can rest assured that Obsession will strongly compete for at least one Globe that considers all films: best box office achievement.
- The Globes split their top film prize into two genres, drama and comedy/musical and the line between them has always been drawn by strategy as much as tone.
- Remember, this is the same awards show that “The Martian” once won best comedy.