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 Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water," a
magical drama about a relationship between a strange river
creature and a mute cleaner, collected a leading seven nods,
including best drama, and director and acting nominations for
Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer and Richard Jenkins.
"Above all, 'The Shape of Water' is about love overcoming fear
and embracing the Other," Del Toro said in a statement.
"The Post," Steven Spielberg's pertinent drama about press
freedom, followed with six nominations. The other nominees for
the top best drama prize are British World War Two tale
"Dunkirk," gay romance "Call Me By Your Name" and the quirky
dramedy "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri."
The Golden Globes are chosen by about 90 journalists belonging
to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, but they often
foreshadow picks for the Oscars, the movie industry's highest
awards.
"The Shape of Water" and "The Post" are also among front-runners
for Oscars in March. the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announces its
own nominations on Wednesday.
"Call Me By Your Name" took 10 years to get made. It also
brought first-time Golden Globe nominations for actors Timothee
Chalamet, 21, and Armie Hammer, 31. Chalamet also appears in
another Golden Globes contender, "Lady Bird," though he was not
nominated for that role.
The Italian director of "Call Me By Your Name," Luca Guadagnino,
in a statement called it "a great cinematic romance that
challenged conventions and proved that love is love."
Mother-daughter comedy "Lady Bird" got four nods, including for
its star, Saiorse Ronan, and Laurie Metcalf, in her supporting
role as the title character's mother. However, first-time
director Greta Gerwig was snubbed in an all-male list for that
category.
Other best comedy or musical film nominees included James
Franco's "The Disaster Artist," about the making of the 2003 box
office bomb "The Room; "Get Out," a satire on modern race
relations set within a psychological thriller, the P.T. Barnum
musical "The Greatest Showman" and the ice-skating mockumentary
"I, Tonya."
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Australian actress and producer Margot Robbie, in her first Golden
Globe nod, also was nominated for her starring role in "I, Tonya,"
which tells the story of Tonya Harding and the infamous 1994 attack
on rival U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Allison Janney was
nominated for playing Harding's mother.
"There were a lot of people who said this project was impossible to
make. I'm really glad we didn't listen to them," Robbie, 27, told
Reuters.
Movie studio Twentieth Century Fox and its Fox Searchlight unit for
independent film dominated the nominations, sharing a total of 27
nods.
British actor Gary Oldman, 59, said he was "amazed, flattered and
very proud" of his first Golden Globe nomination for his role as
British wartime leader Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour."
Triple Oscar winner Day-Lewis was recognized for "Phantom Thread,"
which he has said will be his last as an actor.
Other first-time Golden Globe movie nominees included Britain's
Daniel Kaluuya for his breakout role in "Get Out," Sam Rockwell as a
dim-witted police officer in "Three Billboards," and
Vietnamese-American actress Hong Chau for her role as a dissident
maid in "Downsizing."
For television, British royal series "The Crown," "Game of Thrones,"
"The Handmaid's Tale, "Stranger Things" and "This Is Us" will
compete for the best drama series award.
"Black-ish," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "Master of None," "SMILF"
and "Will & Grace" were nominated in the best TV comedy category.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy and Jill Serjeant; Editing by Lisa Von
Ahn and Leslie Adler)
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