Epic survival thriller The Revenant and space blockbuster The Martian won big at the Golden Globes on Sunday, boosting their chances for Oscars glory next month.
The Revenant — the story of 19th-century fur trapper Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio — won three top awards at the star-studded gala, for best drama, best actor and best director for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
The Martian, the tale of an astronaut stranded alone on Mars, won two top prizes — best comedy film and best actor in a comedy for actor Matt Damon.
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The two films — split in separate categories by Globes organizers, meaning they were not competing against each other — are now in prime position as Hollywood’s annual awards season heats up ahead of the Oscars on Feb. 28.
“I cannot say how surprised I am and how proud I am to have survived this movie,” Inarritu said, referring to the harsh conditions in which the movie was filmed, mainly in Canada and Argentina.
Inarritu’s movie Birdman won four Oscars last year including for best picture and best director and many critics believe the Mexican director could emerge triumphant again this year.
DiCaprio, who got a standing ovation from his Hollywood peers at the first major awards show of the year, said he wanted to share the award with Aboriginal communities around the world.
“It is time that we recognize your history and that we protect your indigenous lands from corporate interests and from people that are out there to exploit them,” DiCaprio said.
Critics believe the 41-year-old actor might finally win his first Oscar for the movie. He went all out for the role, even eating raw bison liver for a scene.
Kate Winslet and Sylvester Stallone also took home acting prizes at the ceremony held in Beverly Hills.
Winslet won for best supporting actress in a film for her role in the biopic Steve Jobs, and Stallone won for best supporting actor in Creed, in which he reprized his iconic role of boxer Rocky Balboa.
Hosting the glittering gala considered Hollywood’s biggest party of the year was British comedian Ricky Gervais, who dished out his trademark humor, targeting Caitlyn Jenner, Mel Gibson and Sean Penn, among many others.
“Shut up, you disgusting, pill-popping deviant scum,” he said by way of greeting the champagne-guzzling crowd at the event organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
He also poked fun at Bill Cosby, saying he would rather spend an evening in a hotel room with Gibson — the target of his hosting gags in the past — than with the disgraced US comedian accused of sexual assault by some 50 women.
In the US, the event was broadcast with a delay of a few seconds to bleep out Gervais’ dirtiest jokes — and other on-air obscenities — for a primetime audience.
Other films that vied for the best drama prize — and should figure in the Oscars conversation — were 1950s lesbian romance Carol, harrowing kidnap tale Room, and the summer action blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road.
Brie Larson won the Globe for best actress in a drama for her portrayal of a young mother held captive with her child in Room, besting Carol co-stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
In the best foreign movie category, Hungarian Holocaust drama Son of Saul was the winner.
Unlike the Oscars, the Golden Globes also honors television shows.
Mr Robot, about a computer programmer and vigilante hacker, took home the prize for best drama series. Amazon’s comedy Mozart in the Jungle took the prize for best comedy series.
Jon Hamm won his second Golden Globe for best actor in a drama for his portrayal of womanizing advertising executive Don Draper in Mad Men, the finale of which aired last year.
For best actress in the TV drama category, Taraji Henson won a Golden Globe for her role in Empire, which looks at the struggle inside the family behind a major hip-hop label.
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