‘The Two Popes’ Leads With Seven Nominations
Also collecting multiple nods for the annual movie awards are ‘The Irishman’, ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’, ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ and ‘Little Women’.
AceShowbiz –
“The Two Popes” has topped the nominations list for the 2019 American Association of Retired Persons’ Movies for Grownups Awards.
The drama, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce as Popes Benedict XVI and Francis, is up for top film, while the veterans have both been honored with acting nods, and director Fernando Meirelles and screenwriter Anthony McCarten have each landed mentions, too.
“The Two Popes” will go up against “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood“, “Bombshell“, “Little Women (2019)“, “Marriage Story“, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood“, “The Farewell“, and “The Irishman” for the top film prize, while “The Irishman” star Robert De Niro will compete with Pryce for the Best Actor award, and Al Pacino will fight over Best Supporting Actor with Hopkins, among others.
De Niro and Pacino’s gangster thriller has scored a handful of nominations, as has Quentin Tarantino‘s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” and “Little Women (2019)”.
Tony Danza will host the awards at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in California on 11 January (20), when Annette Bening will be honored for her career achievements.
The full list of nominations is:
Best Movie for Grownups:
Best Actress:
Best Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Director:
Readers’ Choice:
Best Ensemble:
Best Intergenerational Movie:
Best Buddy Picture:
Best Screenwriter:
Best Time Capsule:
Best Documentary:
Best Foreign-Language Film: