HOLLYWOOD - When the nominations for the 74th Academy Awards® were announced today in Los Angeles, Miramax Films received a total of 15 overall nominations, the most for any studio, including a Best Picture nomination for In the Bedroom, and a Best Foreign Language Film nomination for Amélie.The Best Picture nomination is the company's 11th Best Picture nomination over a span of the last 10 consecutive years (1992-2001), the longest streak for any company since the Academy limited the Best Picture nominees to five films in 1944.
"We are very humbled that the members of the Academy have honored and celebrated such a wide range of Miramax's films over the past ten years," said Harvey and Bob Weinstein. "It is a great tribute to the writers, actors, directors, producers, cinematographers, composers, costume and set designers, editors, sound technicians and everyone else who made these films possible."
In the Bedroom, directed by Todd Field, stars Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, and Marisa Tomei.
Set on the coast of Maine, In the Bedroom tells the story of a couple whose only child is involved in a love affair that ends tragically and the characters' evolving response to the loss.
"I am grateful to the Academy for acknowledging the film in this way, although I am reluctant to use the word I, because it is we who are grateful--my co-writer, my producing partners, and the actors, whose performances transcended my expectations for these characters in every way," said Todd Field, writer, director, and producer of In the Bedroom.
Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek was nominated for Best Actress for her role as Ruth Fowler in In the Bedroom, for which she also won a Golden Globe and received a BAFTA nomination and SAG nomination. In 1981, Spacek won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Coal Miner's Daughter.
"I am so thrilled to be recognized by the Academy and it makes it so sweet to be nominated along with Tom and Marisa," said Sissy Spacek. "It's wonderful for a film of this nature to get the recognition and support that it has. What a gift."
Tom Wilkinson was nominated for Best Actress for his role as Dr. Mark Fowler in In the Bedroom, for which he also received a BAFTA nomination and a SAG nomination.
"I am very thrilled that all our work on In The Bedroom has been thankfully recognized," said Tom Wilkinson. "And I hope this will encourage more people to see the film."
Marisa Tomei was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Natalie Strout in In the Bedroom, for which she also received a Golden Globe nomination. In 1993, Tomei won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for My Cousin Vinny.
"I am tremendously excited to be put in the company of my fellow nominee's and to be recognized for a film and a role that I loved so much," said Marisa Tomei. "I am so thankful to the Academy for honoring me in this way."