Kudos snoops have wondered lately: will "Factory Girl" really get out of the gate in time for the derby?

Studio chief Harvey Weinstein announced late this year that the Edie Sedgwick biopic would make a last-minute dash into the best-actress race, but production got stalled as Harvey demanded reshoots that were still going on weeks ago.

Reportedly, lovely Sienna Miller is so dazzling as Andy Warhol's doomed party brat that kudos seers believe she could pose a strong challenge to the many, ahem, mature gals leading that matchup now — like Helen Mirren ("The Queen"), Judi Dench ("Notes on a Scandal") and Meryl Streep ("The Devil Wears Prada"). After all, The Babe Factor — as you read here often at Gold Derby — is a major one at showbiz awards and could be a big factor with "Factory."

But as of early this week the movie still wasn't on the schedule for Golden Globe voters to see it before the early-December deadline for their nom ballots. Considering Globe voters saw "Apocalypto" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" over the past few days, the only major films still left unseen are "The Good Shepherd" (which they'll see on Monday) and "Factory Girl."

Yesterday the Weinstein Co. scheduled a screening next week with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Just in time. But what about "the shut-ins"? Legend has it that five or six senior members of HFPA aren't well enough to attend screenings, so must view everything at home on DVD. Considering that there are only 90 voters, 5 or 6 can make a big difference. They will not see "Factory Girl," "Good Shepherd," "Apocalypto" and a few other leading contenders. Tomorrow (Friday) Globe nomination ballots get mailed out.

So do SAG ballots. Harvey's Oscar soldiers are booking screening rooms madly to accommodate members of the nominating committee on both coasts, but there are more than 2,000 of them. Will enough see it in time? Ballots aren't due till Jan. 2, but showbizzers who vote for awards tend to vote early, usually within two weeks of receiving their ballots. Noms will be announced on Jan. 4.

Meantime, forget about the possibility of Sienna winning the New York or L.A. film critics's awards. Most of those voters will probably not see "Factory Girl" before balloting on Dec. 10 and 11. Those groups are too large, with widely scattered members, to get organized in time. The National Board of Review reveals winners on Dec. 6. That group is small enough for Harvey to hornswaggle into seeing it, but I don't know if his minions managed to set up a screening in time.

Photo: Sienna Miller portrays society brat Edie Sedgwick opposite Guy Pearce as Andy Warhol in "Factory Girl," which will released to theaters in limited run on Dec. 29.
(Weinstein Co.)

Looks like "Dreamgirls" will bag the Oscar races for best picture and supporting actor (Eddie Murphy) and supporting actress (Jennifer Hudson), according to the experts contributing to The Envelope's Buzzmeter. Our prize pundits include: Edward Douglas (Comingsoon.net), Claudia Puig (USA Today), Richard Roeper ("Ebert & Roeper" TV show, Chicago Sun-Times), Sam Rubin (KTLA), Gene Seymour (Newsday), Clay Smith ("Entertainment Tonight"/"The Insider"), Art Spiegelman (Reuters), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone), Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood-Elsewhere.net) and — ta-da! — moi.

Out front for best actor and actress: Peter O'Toole ("Venus") and Helen Mirren ("The Queen"). To see the full rundown — CLICK HERE! Make a point of clicking on the link for "Individual Panelists' Rankings" to see the chart breakdown of how we all view the individual races. Plus the link to our panelists' bios to read about their kudos credentials.

There is much disagreement between us. Roeper and Douglas think Will Smith ("Pursuit of Happyness") has the edge in the actors' race, while Well says it's Leo DiCaprio ("The Departed," not "Blood Diamond").

The vast majority of our Oscar oracles put "Dreamgirls" ahead for best pic, but stubborn Douglas picks "The Queen," Wells says "Departed" and Rubin fingers "Blood Diamond."

Photos: Hudson and Murphy get ready for their Oscar closeups — because The Envelope told them to!
(Paramount/DreamWorks)

Oscar voters have lots of strange biases. They love dreary costume epics, laugh off comedies. But nothing's more peculiar than their passion for films based upon real people and events.

After all, voters work in a make-believe biz. They create movie fantasies for a living and their most successful films are usually ones that are the most fantastic. Consider the top 10 movies of last year -- "Star Wars: Episode III," "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," etc. None of them were based on real life. When it comes to actual moviegoers, wizards, talking lions and space aliens get their vote at the box office.

So why is it that, when it comes to declaring the best films of a given year at the Oscars, academy members frequently pooh-pooh their most successful work in favor of little movies about an Australian pianist ("Shine") or a prostitute-turned-serial killer ("Monster")? Continue reading my feature article — CLICK HERE!

Photos: Charlize Theron in her Oscar-winning role in "Monster" (left) and Oscar-nominated role in "North Country" (right). Both were based upon real-life women. In "Monster," the Hollywood beauty radically de-glammed herself.
(Newmarket/ Warner Bros.)

"No matter what medals they got, 'hero' doesn't enter into the vocabulary for them," says Jesse Bradford about the soldiers who became famous raising the flag over Iwo Jima during World War II. While discussing "Flags of Our Fathers" in our video interview, Jesse describes his own character, Rene (pronounced "Rainy") Gagnon, as, admittedly, flawed. "One of the reasons he joined the Marines was because he thought the uniform was so snappy," he chuckles, but adds: "He was a guy who was willing to step up. He's the only one willing to admit that his survivor's remorse is eclipsed by his thankfulness that he has made it through. Not to mention that he's been put up for public consumption to the point where be became an overnight superstar. He makes missteps, but I'd say that they were ones we might all make under similarly fantastic circumstances."

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Over the past few days, the general membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences received DVD screeners of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2," "The Prestige," "The Illusionist," "Superman Returns" and "Shadowboxer."

Previously, they'd received "The Queen," "Babel," "A Prairie Home Companion" "An Inconvenient Truth," "Volver," "Pan's Labyrinth," "Marie-Antoinette," "Running with Scissors," "The Da Vinci Code," "Little Children," "Little Miss Sunshine," "World Trade Center," "United 93," "The Last King of Scotland," "Half Nelson," "Friends with Money," "Thank You for Smoking," "Over the Hedge," and "Inside Man."

Photo: Hugh Jackman has buzz — but is it Oscar buzz? — in "The Prestige." (Disney)

It's very amusing to hear this question echo so commonly among top Oscarlogists, who should know better: "Hey, whatcha think is the fifth best-picture nominee?"

The assumption is that the following four are slam-dunk, shoo-in, definite nominees: "Dreamgirls," "The Departed," "The Queen" and "Little Miss Sunshine."

The fifth slot is expected to be filled by one of these: "Babel," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Letters from Iwo Jima," "The Pursuit of Happyness," "Volver" or "Little Children." But also in the running: "World Trade Center," "United 93," "Bobby," "The Good German," "The Good Shepherd" " and "The Painted Veil."

What's so ridiculous about this pronouncement is that, just four weeks ago, top Oscarologists were all asking, "Hey, whatcha think are those last two best-pic nominees?" Three pix were presumed to be locks: "Babel," "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Dreamgirls." Now only "Dreamgirls" is left among the "shoo-ins." "Babel" and "Flags" are still serious contenders, but no longer "definites." Right now there are still almost two months to go before the announcement of nominees, which are almost always filled with surprises.

How soon those gurus have forgotten a November just a few years ago when no one saw that dark horse "Moulin Rouge!" dashing into the derby, still maintaining a steady trot from its impressive run the previous summer when it earned $56 million. As of the eleventh month of that year, Hollywood film snobs had dismissed it as featherweight fluff, certainly no threat to the lofty, snooty Academy Awards. But, yeowsa, suddenly Nicole Kidman & Co. came out can-can kicking onto the derby track when the National Board of Review named it best pic in early December. "Moulin Rouge!" gathered substantial steam in subsequent weeks, earning the second-most Oscar noms and it darned near won best pic when "A Beautiful Mind" came under attack for sugar-coating the life of its main real-life character.

In more recent years, "Ray" and "Seabiscuit" pulled off surprise noms for best pic, befuddling the "experts."

It's all about passion. Remember how the Oscar voting system works: it employs a preferential ballot. Only number-one — and sometimes number-two — votes count. Therefore, if everyone in the academy agrees that "The Departed" is the fourth or fifth best film of the year, it won't be nommed.

Films like "Borat," "Children of Men," "The Prestige," "Miss Potter," "Apocalypto," "Half Nelson," "Pan's Labyrinth," "The Fountain," "The Illusionist," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Thank You for Smoking," "Casino Royale" and "The Lives of Others" have passionate fan bases in addition to many of those cited above. To get nommed for best pic all any one of them needs to break through is a top vote from one-sixth of academy members plus one. That's the math formula used by academy accountants. It doesn't matter if the contending film isn't cited anywhere on all of the other ballots. That would only matter if a weighted ballot was used instead of a preferential one.

(Photos: 20th Century Fox/ Disney)

When Maggie Gyllenhaal did a chat session with us last week, she revealed a lot of intimate details about her recent films that are now being considered for top kudos. "I did meet Alison Jimeno," she said about her role as the wife of missing policeman in "World Trade Center." "I spent some time with her, but I thought it was important that I not imitate her. I wanted to honor her and what she went through, but I guess I thought the best way to do that was by allowing anything to happen in the scenes I was in." Maggie considers "Sherrybaby" one of the most important films she's ever made. The reason: "It's about somebody who isn't simple or easily likeable. She does things that we sympathize with and she hurts a lot of people around her, but watching a movie about someone like that is a way of practicing — and I mean practicing like learning to do something — compassion." She admits that she's got a secret celeb crush on Ryan Gosling! Among top directors she'd most like to work with ahead: Pedro Almodovar. Read more below. (Special thanks to our forums moderator "Boomer" Beachum for editing this transcript — and doing it so well.)

Maggie Gyllenhaal: Hi

Guru: Hi Maggie

Tom O'Neil: Tell us -- how the heck did you get 4 movies done in 1 year?

Maggie Gyllenhaal: Well I actually shot them over a period of two years. It just takes a while for movies to come out sometimes

pepe_tamayo: i thought it was 6

Maggie Gyllenhaal: It kind of was 6

Maggie Gyllenhaal: Did you get sick of me?

babypook: are you kidding? you are great in your movies!

Tom O'Neil: Sherrybaby must be a special baby for ya, right?

Maggie Gyllenhaal: Yes- Sherrybaby meant a lot to me. That's actually a big challenge

dumbo1: You play a lot of roles that seem emotionally draining. how do you separate yourself from the characters you play when you leave the set

Maggie Gyllenhaal: When I was younger I used to think that bringing what I was doing during the day home with me meant I was a better actress

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Photos: Maggie starred in gads of films this year. Four? Six? Clockwise from top left are a few: "Sherrybaby," "World Trade Center," "Stranger Than Fiction," "Monster House."
(IFC Films/ Paramount/ Sony Pictures)

Poor Abigail Breslin must feel a lot less sunny than usual today.

While "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Half Nelson" emerged as the big champs at the Indie Spirit noms with 5 bids each, the "Little Miss" star was missing from the kudos spotlight. What made it odd — and, let's be honest, a gyp! — was that the young gal starring in "Nelson" — Shareeka Epps not only got a bid, but in the lead actress race despite expectations that she might, if nommed, land in supporting. Granted, Shareeka is aces on screen and deserves award recognition, but she doesn't cast the same blinding light Abby does.

Does this mean that Shareeka may turn out to be the Adorable Young Gal of 2006 (this year's Tatum O'Neal or Anna Paquin) who gets nommed at the Oscars, not Abby? Or is it just a case of Abby being too cutesy, too sugary, not gritty in the way edgy indie filmakers usually like? It's one thing for them to acknowledge the amazing success of "Sunshine" — they really had to, considering it's the breakout indie hit of the year — but hugging Abby may strike them as utterly uncool. If that's the reason for her snub, then she'll likely re-emerge as a contender at the Globes (where she's eligible in the lead comedy actress race) and Oscars (where she's campaigning in the supporting category). However, if this snub is evidence of filmmakers not taking Abby seriously as an actress, then this could spell doom for her at kudos ahead. Today Abby's costar Alan Arkin nabbed a Spirit bid, making it look more likely that he'll be noticed by the foreign press and film academy.

But the biggest winnah of all was really Ryan Gosling, who is now, officially, the darling of the indie set. Considering that he's long been favored to win one of the best-actor kudos from the New York Film Critics Circle or Los Angeles Film Critics' Association next when they vote in early December, it's looking more and more likely that he'll land on the Oscar list next.

Others who got a notable Oscar boost from today's noms, too: "For Your Consideration's" Catherine O'Hara (nommed for lead actress instead of supporting), the new James Bond star Daniel Craig as Truman Capote's kisser in "Infamous," "Thank You For Smoking" star Aaron Eckhart and scripter Jason Reitman, "The Painted Veil" star Edward Norton and scriptwriter Ron Nyswaner — plus "Pan's Labyrinth" and "The Dead Girl."

The inclusion of Spanish-language "Pan's" seems surprising, but let's recall that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won best pic, director (Ang Lee) and supporting actress (Ziyi Zhang) in 2000. "Pan's" qualifies because most of its financing came from Yankee sources and because director/writer Guillermo del Toro lives in the U.S. However, it still looks like an oddball choice considering it's Mexico's entry in Oscar's foreign-film race, but not put in the equivalent lineup at the Spirits.

Meantime, "The Queen," "Venus," "Last King of Scotland," "The History Boys" and "Borat" didn't qualify because their filmmakers or production companies are based in Britain. The Spirits have a separate category for foreign films, but they didn't pop up there. Other movies like "Little Children" and "Bobby" didn't qualify because they didn't fit all four criteria cited by Film Independent, which bestows the prizes: 1. Uniqueness of vision; 2. Original, provocative subject matter; 3. Economy of means (with particular attention paid to total production cost and individual compensation); 4. Percentage of financing from independent sources. Nominees were determined by a panels of 15 filmakers (directors, writers, actors) and journalists. Also, films must be made for less than $20 million; 250 qualified for entry.

Last year the Spirits and Oscars shared three of the same nominees for best pic: "Capote," "Brokeback Mountain" and "Good Night, and Good Luck." "Brokeback" won best picture, "Crash" won the separate race for best first feature and "Capote" star Philip Seymour Hoffman won best actor. Very often the Spirits indicate who the strongest Oscar contenders are among the indie set, as "Sideways," "Monster" and "Lost in Translation" also recently demonstrated.

Strangely missing from today's nominees were candidates whose films showed strong support in other categories: Naomi Watts ("The Painted Veil") and Robert Downey Jr. ("A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints").

Top photos: "Little Miss Sunshine" took five Spirit noms, but none for its sunny little star — 10-year-old Abigail Breslin. "Half Nelson" star Shareeka Epps (here with costar Ryan Gosling) earned the Aw-Ain't-She-Cute Vote instead. Shareeka was only in her mid-teens when she appeared in "Half Nelson" (and appeared to be younger), but now she's a senior in high school (about 17 years old — no official age is listed at IMDB.com). Bottom photos: "Pan's Labyrinth's" nom for best picture was a huge Spirit shockeroo.
(Fox Searchlight/ Think Films/ Picturehouse)

I asked two experts to tell us how the Oscar derby may be affected by recent box-office numbers: Edward Douglas, "Weekend Warrior" columnist at Comingsoon.net, and Gitesh Pandya, editor of BoxOfficeGuru.com. Here's how they see it.

"The Departed" — Edward says the film is "a guaranteed best-picture candidate, having made $117 million" and because "more people have seen it than 'The Aviator' even before any awards considerations."

"Little Miss Sunshine" — Edward adds: "The same (see above) can be said for 'Little Miss Sunshine,' which has made nearly $60 million after being bought for roughly $10 million at the Sundance Film Festival. These are both success stories that have the critics and general populace behind them and they just have to make sure they stay fresh in voters' minds."

"Bobby" & "For Your Consideration" & "The Fountain" — Gitesh: "'Bobby,' 'Running with Scissors,' and 'For Your Consideration' all started off with terrific results in limited play. But they all went national on the second weekend and found it tougher to compete with the 'Borats' and Bonds of this world. 'Bobby,' though, still looks to be a major player at the SAG Awards since the film employed half of Hollywood."

Edward: "'Bobby's' $6.1 million in 1,667 theatres after a one-week NY/LA exclusive isn't great, except that's in a busy market with lots of stronger movies and it's mainly catering towards older audiences. Word-of-mouth and early awards could certainly build upon that and allow for future expansions, but it'll have to at least get a Golden Globe nomination if it wants to make it past December though. Of course, Christopher Guest's 'For Your Consideration,' which makes fun of the Oscar race, expanded on Weds into 623 theatres and made around $3 million in the last five days, which also isn't great or terrible compared to 'A Mighty Wind.' I don't think there's a chance of this being taken seriously as a Best Picture contender, but the more people who see it, the better chance of it being remembered in the next month or so for other awards."

Edward notes that "The Fountain" didn't make as much as as "Bobby" ($6 million) "in its first five days, though it was in 200 fewer theaters $5.4 million is already more than 'Requiem for a Dream' made in total. It probably should have been opened limited and then expanded later as well, since it would have looked better. Both movies are fairly divisive with audiences that love/hate them and they're going to be depending on word-of-mouth if they want to do any long-term business a la 'The Illusionist.' ('The Fountain' is more likely to have people intrigued enough to see it again or tell their friends to check it out, though 'Bobby' seems like the kind of subject that could find an audience slowly.)

Gitesh: "'Catch a Fire' and 'The Fountain' were both dead on arrival at the box office and have Oscar chances equal to those of 'Tenacious D.'"

"The History Boys" — Edward: "'the History Boys' has made about $142 thousand in the last six days, which is about $20k per theater, which isn't that bad in such a busy market. We'll have to see if Fox Searchlight feels that's strong enough to expand it much or otherwise, it'll be relying on awards nominations to survive."

Gitesh: "'History Boys' just opened, but it's off to a solid start.

"The Queen" Edward: "'The Queen' keeps doing well as it creeped into over 650 theaters this weekend and has made $21 million even before December awards are announced, with negligible drop-off from week to week (remaining in the Top 12) which tells me that people are telling their friends to go see it. Not bad for such an Anglocentric film with little star power about a relationship few Americans know much about. (Compare it to Stephen Frears' last movie 'Mrs. Henderson Presents,' which got Judi Dench an Oscar nomination but only ended up around with $11 million.)"

Gitesh: "Among the long line of Oscar hopefuls desperately seeking attention, the one true standout at the limited-release box office has been The Queen. Many films open with strength in New York and Los Angeles, but then fizzle out when trying to appeal to a national audience. Miramax has been slow and steady with Queen which has been in the Top 20 for six consecutive weeks and just crossed the $20M mark over Thanksgiving weekend while still in less than 700 theaters. By doing so well at the box office all fall season, I think it has turned itself into the front-runner in the Best Actress category as well as a major force to be reckoned with in several other categories.

"Babel" — Edward: "Alejandro Inarritu's 'Babel' may have peaked too early as it opened wide a few weeks back and was already back down to 900 this weekend. It's made $15 million so far, close to what '21 Grams' did in total. Chances are that if it gets any nominations, Paramount Vantage might be able to re-expand it, but the fact that it can't hold theaters with so many other movies being released means there isn't that much interest among the general populace and probably won't be seen as a box-office success. (It was #14 this weekend, just behind 'For Your Consideration.')

Gitesh: "'Babel' was red hot at the box office at first and has been holding up moderately well in national release. Luckily, it has Brad Pitt in it which automatically raises its profile."

"Flags of Our Fathers" — Edward: "I thought it was dead after that disappointing first weekend, but it's made less than $35 million after a month and it's hemorrhaging theaters on a weekly basis. (It was showing in less than 400 theatres as of this past weekend and will be gone by the time Academy voters start thinking about their nominations.) Considering the movie cost $90 million, that's about as bad a bomb as you get. Fewer people saw it than 'The Prestige' and people aren't talking about it a mere month after release and with no word-of-mouth interest, it's pretty much dead. (I feel bad for Ridley Scott's 'A Good Year,' which didn't even get that far and lost 75 percent of its theaters after just two weeks. I predict the movie will find a much bigger audience on DVD of people who'll find that it's not nearly as bad as critics made it sound.)

Gitesh: "'Flags of our Fathers' has underperformed at the box office. It had some Oscar buzz circulating a month ago, but now it feels that its light has faded."

"Volver" — Gitesh: "'Volver; has quietly been posting solid box office numbers all month long in November despite its limited release. It's holding up very well and taking its time expanding to new cities. With 'Volver' doing well with both critics and arthouse audiences, Penelope Cruz is showing the world that she doesn't need a fancy wedding in Rome to attract attention to herself."

"Marie Antoinette" & "Stranger Than Fiction" — Gitesh: These films "have been hoping to use starpower to attract kudos buzz. Neither film has had too big of an impact at the box office. They may not be remembered too well when ballots are being submitted."

"No! Grandpa's not sneaky!" cries Alan Arkin in our video chat about his role as a wacky bohemiam mentor in "Little Miss Sunshine." "He's right out here, which is one of the things I love about him. He's interested in porn! He's interested in drugs! He's a complete degenerate, but he's right out in the open with it!"

Arkin has strong Oscar buzz for the supporting-actor race. If he lands a nomination, it'll be the third of his career, following up on previous best-actor bids for "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" and "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."

Watch him discuss his previous trips to the Oscars plus hear his views about his eccentric role in the surprise smash hit of 2006 — "Little Miss Sunshine" — CLICK HERE! (Note: You may need to crank up the volume a bit.)

Don't expect the Indie Spirit nominees unveiled Tuesday morning in L.A. (8 a.m. PT to resemble the contenders for the Gotham Awards, which will be bestowed to winners in New York on Wednesday night. The award groups are sister organizations allegedly hailing independent films, yes, but this year the Gothams let their nominees be determined by film critics who, frankly, went crackers and forgot their job. Surely, an "indie" is not a $90-million studio production like Gotham best picture nominee "The Departed," which, hallelujah, can't be nommed at by the Spirits where there's a $20 million cap on contenders' budgets.

Futhermore, Spirit contenders won't be chosen by film critics, but rather a committee of actual indie filmmakers.

Our forum posters cite these films as likely top contenders: "Bobby," "Borat," "For Your Consideration," "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints," "Half Nelson," "The History Boys," "Infamous," "The Last King of Scotland," "Little Children," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The Notorious Bettie Page," "The Painted Veil," "Prairie Home Companion," "Running with Scissors," "Sherrybaby," "Thank You for Smoking" and "United 93."

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Photos: "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Thank You for Smoking" are likely nominees at the Indie Spirits, but will voters consider Abigail Breslin (left) in the lead or supporting acting race? Confusion may end up causing her not to be nommed at all. Aaron Eckhart is a strong contender for best lead actor.
(Fox Searchlights)

When "Flags of Our Fathers" star Adam Beach joined us for a chat session early last week, he told Envelope posters what it's like being talked about in Hollywood as a serious Oscar contender: "For me being considered for such an honor, will reflect not only with me, and for me, but really for all native Americans as they share my success as their success." What kind of response does he get from regular moviegoers? "They tend to give me a big hug, and say, 'Great performance!'" he notes. What can he reveal about the real Ira Hayes, the war-scarred survivor of Iwo Jima he portrays in "Flags"? "He wore his heart on his sleeve, but didn't want other people to bother with his personal life or glorify his situation in the war," Adam adds. "Afterward, he tried to live a normal life, working with his family, but buried his emotions with alcohol, which ultimately everyone talks about. However, thousands of veterans tried to escape the horrors of WWII with the bottle, too." (Special thanks to Chris "Boomer" Beachum for editing this transcript.)

Tom O'Neil: Hi ADAM! Welcome

Adam Beach: Thanks for having me, bro

Tom O'Neil: You're in NYC, right? Shooting a new pic? What can you tell us about it/

Adam Beach: Just wrapped shooting 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' in Calgary, for HBO

Tom O'Neil: grrrrrrrrrrrreat. what's your role in it?

Adam Beach: I play Charles Eastman, a young Lakota doctor, the first Indian doctor. It was awesome working with Aida Quinn and Anna Paquin

K-Dogg: so, adam, i am quite fond of people like Chief Dan George and Graham Greene, have you seen any of their work? it's all really cool

Adam Beach: Graham Green is a good friend of mine who lives 5 hours away from me

Adam Beach: and Chief Dan Gorge is brilliant, I am a big fan

K-Dogg: hes such a great actor

Boomer: Hi, Adam. What was your experience like with Clint Eastwood? Did you ever get to have more than one take??

Adam Beach: Clint did give me a few chances, 3 takes on the scene in the hotel room. The scene were they want to send me back home