Saturday, February 23, 2008

Juno

The film, Juno, has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews as well as making many the top ten on many of the critics lists. It has received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The Oscars will be held on February 24,2008 at 5pm PT/8pm ET on ABC

Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the main character. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman also star. Juno is a sharp-tongued teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy.When the smart, outspoken sixteen-year-old, finds herself pregnant, she decides to give the baby up for adoption. As her pregnancy progresses, she spends time with the baby's prospective adoptive parents, Mark and Vanessa Loring. But her growing bond with Mark begins to take a turn that could throw everyone's plans into chaos.

"Jennifer Garner" Photograph

Jennifer Garner
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80th Academy Awards Nominations
  • Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Ellen Page
  • Achievement in Directing - Jason Reitman
  • Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • Original Screenplay - Diablo Cody
Screenwriter Diablo Cody says any similarities to Korean film "Jenny,Juno" is merely cosmic coincidence in her blog:

"Unbeknownst to me, we had another spiritual cousin out there, a Korean movie called "Jenny, Juno", This time, the cousinry goes one step further and the movie is about – seriously – a pregnant teenager and her cute, sweet boyfriend. (The guy character is named Juno, not the girl.) There's no adoption subplot and apparently the film is otherwise dissimilar to mine, but how f--ked up is that? I bring this up because a journalist drilled me about it recently – awkward! – and also because I saw someone on our IMDb board wondering if Juno was a remake of the K-flick. So for the record, 1.) it isn't a remake 2.) I haven't seen 'Jenny, Juno,' though I want to now, and 3.) I don't think anyone would even bat an eye about this if my film was called Jenny. The name Juno is just so darned distinctive that confusion is inevitable."
 
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