Golden Trailer Awards

We here at TrailerSpy would be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the 2007 Golden Trailer Awards. (Or I would be remiss, since it’s my turn to post.) On Thursday, Tal, Rachel, and I attended the Golden Trailer Awards, aka the Oscars of the trailer industry. We ate some shrimp puffs, met Mr. Steiner of Steiner Studios, and saw lots of 25-second trailers.

The big winner of the night was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, winning the award for 2007 Summer Blockbuster trailer. Harry Potter beat out Spider-Man 3, Transformers, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Live Free or Die Hard.

Fur won the Golden Fleece Award, which honors the trailer that is better than the movie it promotes. Other winners:

Best Action, and Best of Show: 300 – We loved this trailer from the start
Best Animation/Family: The Simpsons Movie
Best Drama: The Departed – The use of Gimme Shelter sealed the deal
Best Comedy: Borat – This was a tough category that included Blades of Glory, Knocked Up, Stranger Than Fiction, and Talk To Me
Best Thriller: The Descent
Best Horror: 1408
Best Independent: The Science of Sleep
Most Original: Bee Movie - Trailer director Christian Charles was nice enough to answer my questions
Trashiest Trailer: Black Sheep – Best acceptance speech of the night

The 2008 Golden Trailer Awards will be in Los Angeles, so it’s a good thing we went this year. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! (Official site)