Erin Brockovich was nominated for Best Film, Screenplay (Susannah Grant), Director and Supporting Actor (Albert Finney) and won for Best Actress (Julia Roberts); BAFTA had the intelligence to see that Anne Coates' editing was also nominee worthy (lost to Pietro Scalia for Gladiator). Only the BMI Film and TV awards thought of giving Tom any attention - he won, but so did lots of films. So that seems like something of a hollow award.
Here's Anne talking about that last great scene:
As I'm sure you know, often when you don't have a scene you really need toward the end, and it's written later, it stands out like a sore thumb, because it's not very good, and it doesn't do what you want. But this scene, which was written by Richard LaGravenese, did exactly what we wanted in exactly the right place. And they both played it so beautifully. It made the difference to the film, I think.
Sheryl Crowe also gets some soundtrack time.
Tom's music is less to the fore in The Help but when needed, he underscores the scene brilliantly. I'd love to be able to cite an example, but I can't. It's another brilliant screenplay, by Tate Taylor, including:
"Whose story you got left to tell?"
"Mine."
and
"You broke her heart."
Huh. I managed not to get any screen shots of the irresistible Emma Stone. I was thinking about how lovely it is for us to have experienced her career taking shape before us.
It's also a lovely job by Stephen Goldblatt, but no one but me noticed. Edited by Hughes Winborne.
I love the way the cast is credited in surname alphabetical order as though to say 'This is such an ensemble piece that no one gets billed over anyone else."
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