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To be nominated twice in the directing category besides The Power of the Dog she was also nominated for The Piano 1993. She’s the only woman director to have been nominated this year — only seven women directors have been nominated throughout Oscar’s history. Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, who are a couple in real life and play wife and husband in the movie, both received their first Oscar nominations for The Power of the Dog, in the best actress in a supporting role and best actor in a supporting role respectively. Kodi SmitMcPhee is also nominated for his supporting role.
Benedict Cumberbatch has a nomination as lead actor. Campion received another Belize WhatsApp Number nomination for her work adapting the screenplay. And the movie has received a muchcoveted best picture nomination, among others. Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst in “The Power of the Dog.” Photo Courtesy NetflixChances are you may have already watched The Power of the Dog or are seriously considering it. Since the nominations were announced, the movie climbed to Netflix’s weekly Top 10 chart and, as of February 18, it’s the number one film in Campion’s native New Zealand as well as in Croatia, Greece, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
The revisionist Western is set in 1925 on a wealthy ranch in Montana, although it was shot on location on the South Island of New Zealand. Cumberbatch and Plemons play brothers Phil and George Burbank. Phil is a bullish and domineering cowboy and cattle rancher who’s set in his ways and not very fond of soap and water. George is a sensitive soul who takes care of the family business’ finances. George proposes to the widow Rose Dunst and she moves to the ranch only to be tortured and ridiculed by Phil. Understandably, she doesn’t take well to living in Phil’s company. Her young adult son, Peter SmitMcPhee, realizes this and — even though he’s been repeatedly and cruelly made fun of by Phil in the past — befriends.
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