The Produers Guild of America, usually as solid an indicator of where Academy trends will leave us when it comes down to March 2nd and the Academy Awards. Of course the PGAs aren't the only indicator on the way to through awards season.
The SAGs, Screen Actor Guilds, lovingly parodied in Team America (Film Actor Guilds...) chose American Hustle as their best ensemble, usually a decent predictor.
The Golden Globes awarded American Hustle also. But their main prize went to 12 Years A Slave.
Yesterday, the PGAs main award of the evening was a tie between 12 Years A Slave and Gravity. Now that's a clusterfuck that helps to make the next few weeks a little more exciting and intriguing with the DGAs and BAFTAs.
Of course the question I ask is how does a voting body award two films? I mean what is the likelihood of each film having the exact same number of votes?!
Last year the DGA went to Ben Affleck who wasn't nominated for Best Director which shows how random these things can be, but at least the 'race' will go down to the wire unlike many previous years...
Nathaniel at The Film Experience breaks it down in far more detail than I'd want to.
http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2014/1/20/pga-shocks-with-a-best-picture-tie.html
