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"Die Another Day" features heavily in the
nomination line-up for the Taurus World Stunt Awards
2003 due to be held on June 1st....
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Taurus World Stunt Awards 2003 - Nominations
23rd May 2003
The Taurus World Stunt Awards recognises and honours the entertainment
industry's "extreme athletes", the stunt professionals
who demonstrate their awe-inspiring talent in movies. This year,
the latest Bond film "Die Another Day" has racked up
an impressive 6 nominations from the 8 possible categories. Alongside
007, the nominees have been selected from 17 other films, including
"XXX," "Spiderman," "Die Another Day,"
"Blade II" and "Blue Crush.".
The show also benefits the Taurus World Stunt Awards Foundation,
which was established by an endowment from Mateschitz to provide
financial assistance to stunt performers who experience a debilitating
stunt related injury.
"Die Another Day" Nominations
Best Fight
Two stunt men fight using swords throughout a palace. Fight
includes the use of different swords starting with epees
and progresses to samurai and broad swords showing the different
application for each weapon.
Nominees: Ben Bellman and Mark Mottram
Also nominated: Blade II, Gangs of New York, Half Past Dead,
Spiderman
Best Overall Stunt By A Woman
Two stunt women fight on an aeroplane that is about to crash.
This fight uses multiple swords and weapons, as well as
acrobatic and martial arts moves.
Nominees: Nikki Berwick, Jamie Blake and Amanda Foster
Also nominated: Ballistic:Ecks vs.Sever, Blue Crush, Mr.Deeds,
Hot Chick
Best Speciality Stunt
Three surfers ride large waves,crossing each other on the
face of the wave and moving closely together,as they make
their way to the beach.
Nominees: Derrick Doener, Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama
Also nominated: Blue Crush, XXX, Extreme Ops
Best Work With A Vehicle
Stunt drivers chase each other through a melting building
made entirely of ice and on a frozen tundra. Machine guns
and explosives are fired at each car as they make their
way around the palace and crash into walls and drive around
pools of water. One car is flipped on its hood and skids
along the ice.
Nominees: George Cottle and Ray de Haan
Stunt men drive hovercrafts around a mine field while shooting
at each other. Hovercrafts are blown up, flipped and glide
over fire and muddy pools. Two stunt men also fight on the
moving vehicles. The chase ends when the vehicles crash
over a cliff, into a pool of water.
Nominees: George Cottle and Ray de Haan
Also nominated: Bourne Identity, Showtime, XXX
Best Stunt Co-ordination / 2nd Unit Director: Feature
Die Another Day
Nominees: George Aguilar and Vic Armstrong
Also nominated: Gangs of New York (also George Aguilar and
Vic Armstrong), XXX, We Were Soldiers, Blade II
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Event Details
The third annual Taurus World Stunt Awards, hosted by Dennis
Hopper, will take place on Sunday, June 1st, 2003 at Paramount
Studios, and will be telecast the following Monday, June 9th,
2003 on USA Network at 8:00 pm EDT/PDT.
Celebrities presenting Taurus World Stunt Awards will include
Jennifer Garner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carrie-Anne Moss, Vince
Vaughn, Michelle Rodriguez, David Arquette, Kelly Hu and many
others.
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