If you didn't know better, you might've thought that Quentin Tarantino's family were the only voters in the LIONs. We're on our eighth award thus far, and selections from his WWII epic have finished in first and/or second place in all six that it was eligible for (though I wouldn't have been all that shocked to have seen it earn votes for Foreign Language Film, either, now that I mention it). Will it take home the LION for Best Film of the Year? I couldn't tell you as I haven't crunched those numbers just yet; let's just say that I won't be the least bit surprised if it does. Its domination in the Best Supporting Actor category was no surprise, but the extent of it might shock you a bit...
Placing (solely) second, with a whopping two votes out of 46 cast, Basterd Michael Fassbender. Yes, that means that there were 11 performances that got a single vote (including another Basterd, Daniel Bruhl), two for Fassbender, and the remaining for...
Christoph Waltz (duh), with 33.
Next up... Best Actress. Stay tuned to the LAMB for more of the LIONs, culminating with our Top 10 Films of 2009.
