However, it is doubtful if Almodóvar could have achieved these heights without the transcendent performance of his leading lady Penelope Cuz who like her director does the best work of illustrious career playing Janis, a single woman pushing forty who is about to give birth to her first child.
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Spielberg will almost certainly land his eighth Oscar nomination for Best Director following “Close Encounters” (1977), “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), “ET” (1982), “Schindler’s List” (1993) – First Oscar, “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) – Second Oscar, “Munich” (2005) and “Lincoln” (2012). This nomination would tie him with Billy Wilder as Oscar’s third most nominated director behind William Wyler with 12 nominations and Martin Scorsese with 9 nominations.
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His best film in two decades (since “Live Flesh”), with a certain Best Actress nomination for Penelope Cruz, Almodovar should make the final cut. If he does, this would be his second nomination for Best Original Screenplay following his Oscar win for “Talk to Her” in 2002
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