By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Fullturn Media
Golden Groundhog Awards
Just in case you were looking for a break from your typical award shows or were hoping for somewhat of a warmup to the Oscars this March, tonight is the night to catch the Golden Groundhog.
Golden Groundhog Awards Tonight
This year's Groundhog's Day festivities won't be complete until William Shatner awards the Golden Groundhog to the Best Underground Movie of 2005. Tonight's ceremony will be held in an "underground" location, and take place at 7 PM PST. The Golden Groundhog Awards were established to recognize genuinely outstanding films that lacked the distribution and marketing support needed to become the blockbuster hits they deserved to be.
William Shatner was asked to host these awards largely because he recently founded a DVD Club (www.shatnerdvdclub.com) which identifies phenomenal but unheralded sci-fi and fantasy films, and offers them to customers for just $4 each, which is similar to the mission of the Golden Groundhogs.
Some of the nominess for the award show have been listed below.
Green Street Hooligans is the story of a wrongfully expelled Harvard student (Elijah Wood) who moves to London and falls in with a violent group of football (soccer) hooligans. With visuals reminiscent of Fight Club, deeply engaging characters, and a satisfying conclusion, Green Street Hooligans is a film richly deserving of a Golden Groundhog. U.S. Box Office: $344,000.
Mirrormask takes us on a stunning visual journey as Helena, a 15 year old circus performer, finds herself in an alternate universe torn by an epic battle between good and evil. The movie, brought to us by the Jim Henson company, has an original plot set against the familiarly fantastic settings of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz, and is a worthy nominee for a Golden Groundhog. U.S. Box Office: $865,000.
This February 2nd, the First Annual Golden Groundhog will be awarded and a new Hollywood darling will be born.
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