Asked about his hopes for the Weinstein Co.'S lone best picture entry, "Philomena," Harvey Weinstein was the picture of confidence at the downstairs VIP area. "We're hoping for the best," Harvey said. "It's a great picture and hopefully the Academy recognizes that."
The Italian director of “The Great Beauty”, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, said he wanted to make a film that was both “sacred and profane” in telling the story of an aging writer and socialite looking back on his life as he strolls through the streets of Rome. - Jeffrey Fleishman