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Monday Movie Meme - And the Award Goes To... #UWFF Edition
Monday, September 23, 2013 at 10:58PM 
The 17th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, recently announced its 2013 Award Winners. Among them are Best Narrative Short winner “CRESCENDO,” directed by Alonso Alvarez. The period piece set in 18th century Holy Roman Empire, about one woman’s life-changing experience, took home a $5,000 prize, presented by HBO.
The narrative feature "FULL CIRCLE," directed by Solvan "Slick" Naim, won an Audience Award. Having just returned from this festival after celebrating new independent films with veteran and budding talent, it’s only fitting that the theme for this week’s Monday Movie Meme honors all of the narrative, screenplay and documentary works that were in competition at Urbanworld: And the Award goes to….
Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring scenes that involve some type of award ceremony.
The ritual does not have to be fancy but it does have to involve a group of people who gathered to give recognition to at least one or more individuals.
It doesn’t matter if anyone actually receives said awards, so long as the intent to give them is present in the scene.
This is unlike our previous Sisterhood of the Award Recipients meme, in that it focuses more on events in movie scenes, rather than specific awards given to a character in a scene. Here are my selections for this week’s And the Award goes to… theme.
Troop 491: the Adventures of the Muddy Lions
Badges of honor are distributed to a group of boy scouts in this Family film about a boy named Triston who struggles with following the “no-snitching” policy of the streets and living up to the code set by his new circle of friends, after witnessing a homicide. Directed by Praheme, “Troop 491: the Adventures of the Muddy Lions” opens on October 4th at Criterion Cinemas at the Movieland; 331 North Boulevard, in Virginia.
Beverly Hills Cop 3
A police detective creates an embarrassing scene during an awards dinner by the local law enforcement, honoring community service work, in this action comedy starring Eddie Murphy.
The Bodyguard
Tension flares during an Oscars broadcast in this romantic drama starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The main character – a famous singer is nominated for Best Actress for her performance in “Queen of the Night” but that doesn’t stop her security agent/lover from remaining on the job during one of the craziest events ever experienced by the characters involved in this movie's awards show scene.
Think like a Man
Lauren (described as “The Woman Who is her own Man”) gets a rude awakening from her new boy toy during a company event where she is honored for her strides at work, in this romantic comedy starring Taraji P. Henson and Michael Ealy.
Also, Some Honorable Mentions from my Family:
Here are movies that I either didn’t watch or did see but don’t have much interest in trying to remember what type of awards ceremonies took place during these films, but they make the list nonetheless...
Dreamgirls - a musical drama, set in the 60s about female soul singers who cross over into the pop genre, topping the charts, starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Hudson.
Blankman – an action comedy about a low-budget superhero, starring Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier and Robin Givens.
The Five Heartbeats – another musical drama about the trials and tribulations of a black all-male singing group…also set in the 60s, starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright and Leon.
What movies have YOU watched that feature award ceremonies of one type or another?
*Solvan Naim photo by Terrence Jennings
Reader Comments (7)
I can't think of one myself but The Five Heartbeats, well, I can remember that award ceremony where the group was being honored for their musical contributions only Robert Townsend's character had just learned of his brother's affair with his wife and used that ceremony to break the news of his discovery and that he was leaving the group.
I think there's something about an award show that makes it a dazzling place to set a film. I like your list (especially The Bodyguard) but I'd add The Seat Filler (2005) and Naked Gun 3 1/3.
Angela,
That scene in "The Five Heartbeats" is such a heavy-hitting turn of events. I mean, it's crazy how they had a falling out during what was supposed to be one of the most exciting moments in their career and lives as a group. Having watched "The Five Heartbeats" multiple times but so long ago, I remember the movie but didn't remember details about the scene...good thing you mentioned what happened to refresh my memory :) Now I want to watch it again. It's sad how the best day ever became the worst day ever for those two brothers, professionally and emotionally. Thanks for participating in this week's meme!
Maurice,
Good point. I haven't thought about it like that, so yeah, the magical setting of an awards ceremony in a film scene is definitely worth paying attention to. Also, it seems that huge plot points occur in these scenes...oftentimes at the disadvantage of one of the main characters, which is sorta funny...given that it's supposed to be a happy time for everyone involved and whatnot. Something big usually tends to go down in these types of scenes...talk about fireworks! I'm not too familiar with the "Naked Gun" franchise, so I Googled it and glanced at the poster...looks like a funny movie. Great pick with "The Seat Filler." Is that the movie with Kelly Rowland in it? I remember back when that flick was doing it's promotional run on TV, radio, interviews, etc. and although I never went to see it, I enjoyed learning about an aspect of award shows that I was previously unfamiliar with in terms of its existence. Thanks for playing along with me this week!
I liked this post very much! I liked the list of movies.
Wha? No mention of Star Wars yet? I guess I'm the only geek here. Heh...
I'd have to also throw in Iron Man, The Right Stuff, The Life Aquatic, Ed Wood, and Forrest Gump. Sure, these aren't the greatest examples, but they're the best I could do on short notice while sneaking in a comment from work :-)
Herman,
Whew! I was concerned for a minute, wondering "why is he STILL at work at, like, 9:00 at night" and then realized that although it's around 9:13 or something where I am, it isn't where you are. You're not alone....Maurice would probably be the one to mention STAR WARS, him and his brother Nigel being Sci-Fi geeks and all but I never saw any of those films from Lucas' famous franchise; it would make their list before it ever made mine. Nice choices with IRON MAN and FORREST GUMP; I'm going to have to look up THE LIFE AQUATIC because it sounds familiar to me but I don't remember watching it.
THE RIGHT STUFF and ED WOOD are over my head, so I have no idea what you're talking about with those two, lol. Thanks for sneaking in a minute to play along with me this week; you're making me kind of feel like my blog has joined the websites that are cool enough for people to be willing to walk that dangerous line of being "found out" having fun in the office ;)
I used to watch The Five Heartbeats all the time when I was a little girl -- mostly because my mom liked that movie. I also really enjoyed Dream Girls. And I've been wanting to see Think Like a Man for a while now!!!