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2003 - Film Season - Grades and Awards

Posted by Patrick Dailey at Apr 22, 2003 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Masterpiece
A+ (0)
*****
-

Excellent
A (1)
****3/4
-
****1/2
Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
****1/3
-

Outstanding
A- (6)
****

Open Range
***3/4
Matchstick Men
Lucia, Lucia
House of Sand and Fog
Dogville
Saraband

Very Good
B+ (12)
***1/2

Whale Rider
In America
Monsieur Ibrahim
Good Bye Lenin!
The Magdalene Sisters
21 Grams
Love Actually
Dark Blue
Phone Booth
Something's Gotta Give
Stander
Under the Tuscan Sun

Good
B (19)
***1/3

Anything Else
The Recruit
The Rundown
The Station Agent
The Italian Job
28 Days Later
X-2 : X-Men United
The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King
Tears of the Sun
The Good Thief
The Barbarian Invasions
Pieces of April
The Dancer Upstairs
Luther
Veronica Guerin
Calendar Girls
Swimming Upstream
Radio
Dirty Pretty Things

Flawed, but Worthy
B- (1)
***

The Last Samurai

Between Fair & Mediocre
C+ (13)
**3/4 - **1/2

Imagining Argentina
American Splendor
Owning Mahowny
Pirates of the Caribbean : Curse of the Black Pearl
Ned Kelly
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
The Reckoning
People I Know
The Statement
Sylvia
Swimming Pool
Dallas 362

Disappointing
C (1)
**1/3

The Human Stain

Been There, Done That
C- (6)
**

Confidence
Shattered Glass
Out of Time
The Matrix : Reloaded
The Fog of War
Intermission

Rather Meager
D+ (6)
*3/4

The Cooler
The Company
Elephant
Laurel Canyon
Le Divorce
The Missing

Dreadful
D (7)
*1/2

Mystic River
Cold Mountain
Gods and Generals
Thirteen
Kill Bill, Vol. I
Seabiscuit
In the Cut

Tr
uly Awful
D- (7)
*1/3 - *

Lost in Translation
Down with Love
Buffalo Soldiers
Monster
Secondhand Lions
Big Fish
Intolerable Cruelty
The Life of David Gale

Crime Against Humanity
F (1)
No Stars

S.W.A.T.

Total Films Seen - 81

U.S. Box Office Totals...
The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King - $377,027,325
Pirates of the Caribbean - $339,413,918
The Matrix : Reloaded - $281,576,461
X-2 : X-Men United - $214,949,694
Something's Gota Give - $124,728,738
Seabiscuit - $120,277,854
S.W.A.T. - $116,934,650
The Last Samurai - $111,127,263
The Italian Job - $106,128,601
Cold Mountain - $95,636,309
Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World - $93,927,920
Mystic River - $90,135,191
Big Fish - $66,809,693
LXG - $66,465,204
Love Actually - $59,427,278
Open Range - $58,331,254
The Recruit - $52,802,140
Radio - $52,333,738
The Rundown - $47,726,342
Phone Booth - $46,566,212
28 Days Later - $45,064,915
Lost in Translation - $44,585,453
Under the Tuscan Sun - $43,610,723
Secondhand Lions - $42,070,939
Out of Time - $41,088,845
Matchstick Men - $36,906,460
Intolerable Cruelty - $35,327,628
Monster - $34,469,210
Calendar Girls - $31,041,759
The Missing - $26,900,336
Whale Rider - $20,779,666
21 Grams - $16,290,476
In America - $15,539,656
House of Sand and Fog - $13,040,288
Gods and Generals - $12,882,934
Swimming Pool - $10,130,108
Dark Blue - $9,250,301
Le Divorce - $9,081,057
The Cooler - $8,291,572
Dirty Pretty Things - $8,112,414
City of God - $7,564,459
Nowhere in Africa - $6,180,200
American Splendor - $6,010,990
Luther - $5,791,328
The Station Agent - $5,739,376
The Magdalene Sisters - $4,890,878
Thirteen - $4,601,043
The Secret Lives of Dentists - $3,707,346
Laurel Canyon - $3,663,356
The Good Thief - $3,517,797
The Dancer Upstairs - $2,377,348
The Company - $2,283,914
Shattered Glass - $2,220,008
Veronica Guerin - $1,571,504
Sylvia - $1,315,498
Elephant - $1,266,955
Owning Mahowny - $1,011,871
The Statement - $765,637
Buffalo Soldiers - $354,431
Lucia, Lucia - $269,586
Manic - $69,958

Films to See List:
Once Upon a Time in Mexico ($56,292,921)
Northfork ($1,420,578)
Wonderland ($1,056,102)
School of Rock ($81,049,187)
Runaway Jury ($49,360,301)
Beyond Borders ($4,426,297)
Matrix Revolutions ($139,076,032)
The Singing Detective ($336,456)
The Triplets of Belleville ($2,152,601)
Girl with a Pearl Earring ($4,171,889)
Bad Santa ($59,429,410)
Mona Lisa Smile ($62,964,117)
Freaky Friday ($110,042,380)
My Architect ($672,118)

Best Picture of the Year

- Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World -

1st Runner-Up - Open Range
2nd Runner-Up - House of Sand and Fog
3rd Runner-Up - Dogville
4th Runner-Up - Saraband
5th Runner-Up - Lucia, Lucia
6th Runner-Up - Matchstick Men
7th Runner-Up - Monsieur Ibrahim
8th Runner-Up - 21 Grams
9th Runner-Up - In Amierca
10th Runner-Up - Whale Rider

Best Director of the Year

- Peter Weir, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World -

1st Runner-Up - Kevin Costner, Open Range
2nd Runner-Up - Vadim Perelman, House of Sand and Fog
3rd Runner-Up - Lars von Trier, Dogville
4th Runner-Up - Ingar Bergman, Saraband
5th Runner-Up - Ridley Scott, Matchsick Men
6th Runner-Up - Alejandro González Iñárritu, 21 Grams
7th Runner-Up - Antonio Serrano, Lucia, Lucia
8th Runner-Up - Jim Sheridan, In America
9th Runner-Up - Joel Schumacher, Phone Booth, Veronica Guerin
10th Runner-Up - Niki Caro, Whle Rider

Best Actor of the Year
- Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog
1st Runner-Up - Russell Crowe, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
2nd Runner-Up - Colin Farrell, Phone Booth, The Recruit
3rd Runner-Up - Nicolas Cage, Matchstick Men
4th Runner-Up - Kevin Costner, Open Range
5th Runner-Up - Thomas Jane, Stander
6th Runner-Up - Robert Duvall, Open Range, Secondhand Lions
7th Runner-Up - Jack Nicholson, Something's Gotta Give
8th Runner-Up - Kurt Russell, Dark Blue
9th Runner-Up - Nick Nolte, The Good Thief
10th Runner-Up - Erland Josephson, Saraband

Best Actress of the Year
- Diane Lane, Under the Tuscan Sun
1st Runner-Up - Jennifer Connelly, House of Sand and Fog
2nd Runner-Up - Cecilla Roth, Lucia, Lucia
3rd Runner-Up - Nicole Kidman, Dogville
4th Runner-Up - Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give
5th Runner-Up - Cate Blanchett, Veronica Guerin, The Missing
6th Runner-Up - Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider
7th Runner-Up - Naomi Watts, 21 Grams
8th Runner-Up - Annette Bening, Open Range
9th Runner-Up - Alison Lohman, Matchstick Men
10th Runner-Up - Gwyneth Paltrow, Sylvia

Best Supporting Actor of the Year
- Börje Ahlstedt, Saraband
1st Runner-Up - Bill Nighy, Love Actually
2nd Runner-Up - Hugh Grant, Love Actually
3rd Runner-Up - Sam Rockwell, Matchstick Men
4th Runner-Up - Paul Bettany, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
6th Runner-Up- Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai
7th Runner-Up - Gerard McSorley, Veronica Guerin
8th Runner-Up - Omar Sharif, Monsieur Ibrahim
9th Runner-Up - Kuno Becker, Lucia, Lucia, Imagining Argentina
10th Runner-Up - Djimon Hounsou, In America

Best Supporting Actress of the Year
- Geraldine McEwan, The Magdalene Sisters
1st Runner-Up - Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
2nd Runner-Up - Patricia Clarkson, Dogville, The Station Agent, Pieces of April 
3rd Runner-Up - Emma Bolger, In America
4th Runner-Up - Julia Dufvenius, Saraband
5th Runner-Up - Emma Thompson, Love Actually
6th Runner-Up - Judy Davis, Swimming Upstream
7th Runner-Up - Holly Hunter, Thirteen
8th Runner-Up - Lindsay Duncan, Under the Tuscan Sun
9th Runner-Up - Sarah Bolger, In America
10th Runner-Up - Stockard Channing, Anything Else

Best Film Editing of the Year
- Lee Smith, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
1st Runner-Up - Michael J. Duthie & Miklos Wright, Open Range
2nd Runner-Up - Dody Dorn, Matchstick Men
3rd Runner-Up - Robert Ivison, Stander
4th Runner-Up - Stephen Mirrione, 21 Grams
5th Runner-Up - Jorge García, Lucia, Lucia

Best Cinematography of the Year
- Russell Boyd, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
1st Runner-Up - James Muro, Open Range
2nd Runner-Up - Martin McGrath, Swimming Upstream
3rd Runner-Up - John Mathieson, Matchstick Men
4th Runner-Up - Rémy Chevrin, Monsieur Ibrahim
5th Runner-Up - Juan Ruiz Anchía, Confidence

Best Soundtrack of the Year
- Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon, & Richard Tognetti, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World 
1st Runner-Up - James Horner, House of Sand and Fog
2nd Runner-Up - Hans Zimmer, Matchstick Men
3rd Runner-Up - Michael Kamen, Open Range
4th Runner-Up - Hans Zimmer, The Last Samurai
5th Runner-Up - Gabriel Yared, Sylvia
 

Best Sound of the Year
- Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
1st Runner-Up - Open Range
2nd Runner-Up - The Last Samurai
3rd Runner-Up - The Rundown
4th Runner-Up - Phone Booth
5th Runner-Up - Tears of the Sun

Best Screenplay of the Year
- Vadim Perelman & Shawn Lawrence Otto, House of Sand and Fog
1st Runner-Up - Guillermo Arriaga, 21 Grams
2nd Runner-Up - Antonio Serrano, Lucia, Lucia
3rd Runner-Up - Peter Weir & John Collee, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
4th Runner-Up - Nicholas & Ted Griffin, Matchstick Men
5th Runner-Up - Craig Storper, Open Range

Best Production Design of the Year
- Gae S. Buckley, Open Range
1st Runner-Up - William Sandell, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
2nd Runner-Up - Peter Grant, Dogville
3rd Runner-Up - Grant Major, The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King
4th Runner-Up - David Forline & Lilly Kilvert, The Last Samurai
5th Runner-Up - Andrew McAlpine, The Reckoning

Best Costume Design of the Year
- Michael Kaplan, Matchstick Men
1st Runner-Up - Wendy Stites, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
2nd Runner-Up - Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor, The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King
3rd Runner-Up - Ulla Gothe, Luther
4th Runner-Up - Penny Rose, Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl
5th Runner-Up - Yvonne Blake, The Reckoning

Best Makeup of the Year
- Edouard F. Henriques, Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
1st Runner-Up - The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King
2nd Runner-Up - The Reckoning
3rd Runner-Up - Open Range

Best Poster
- Open Range

1st Runner-Up - Matchstick Men
2nd Runner-Up - In America
3rd Runner-Up - House of Sand and Fog
4th Runner-Up - Lost in Translation
5th Runner-Up - 21 Grams

Best Cast
- Love Actually
1st Runner-Up - Matchstick Men
2nd Runner-Up - Dogville
3rd Runner-Up - Open Range
4th Runner-Up - Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
5th Runner-Up - The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King

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Hillcrest Names New Coach

Posted by Patrick Dailey at Apr 17, 2003 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Ryan Shaw was named the new head boys basketball coach at Springfield Hillcrest High School today. Coach Shaw was 65-17 at Warrenton, Mo. in recent years. Welcome to Springfield prep basketball, Coach Shaw!

Ryan Shaw's Coaching Record / 69 - 61 / .53%

Warrenton - Head Coach
2002-2003 / 21-6 / District Runners-Up
2001-2002 / 24-3 / District Rnnners-Up
2000-2001 / 20-8 / District Runners-Up

Warrenton - Junior Varsity Coach
1999-2000 & 1998-1999 / 35-5

Wright City - Head Coach
1997-1998 / 1-23
1996-1997 / 3-21

Bowling Green - Asst. Coach
1995-1996

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FALCON STAR SIGNS WITH COLLEGE

Posted by Patrick Dailey at Apr 10, 2003 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
Brandon Kimbrough, Springfield Senior MVP Player of the Year, All-District, All-Conf. and All-Ozarks selection has signed to continue his basketball career with SMS-West Plains junior college. Kimbrough will look for a Div. One school after next season and isn't looking to stay beyond one season at the college. Good Luck Mr. Kimbrough! FLY HIGH FALCONS!
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2003 Falcons' make All-Distirct Teams...

Posted by Patrick Dailey at Apr 5, 2003 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )

2003 CLASS FIVE

ALL-DISTRICT

FIRST TEAM

RYAN FORRESTER

BRANDON KIMBROUGH

2003 ALL-OZARKS

SECOND TEAM

BRANDON KIMBROUGH

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Harding Steps Down at Hillcrest

Posted by Patrick Dailey at Mar 20, 2003 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )

Greg Harding, the former Glendale and Kickapoo asst., resigned today from the head coaching position at Springfield Hillcrest High School.

1998-1999
Record / 16-12
Post-Season - Sweet 16
Conf. - 4th Place

1999-2000
Record / 23-6
Post-Season - Sweet 16
Conf. - 2nd Place

2000-2001
Record / 21-7
Post-Season - Elite 8
Conf. - Tied 1st Place

2001-2002
Record / 6-18
Post-Season - Lost in Districts
Conf. - Last Place

2002-2003
Record / 13-13
Post-Season - Lost to Glendale in District Semifinals
Conf. - 3rd Place (Picked to finish 8th)