Kate Winslet Stars in The Reader

JustJared has posted on set photos of Great Kate with director Stephen Daldry. Ryan brought up The Reader in the comments section and suggests it as our first Awards Daily Book Club selection. I’m inclined to agree! Hurry on over to Amazon and get your copy of The Reader.

The site described The Reader thusly:

The Reader is based on the best-selling post-WWII novel by German author Bernhard Schlink, in which a young man obsessed with an older woman is forced to face the awful truth at a war crimes trial. Kate, 32, and Ralph Fiennes, 45, star in the lead roles.

Ryan added:

In the spirit of Sasha’s “Oscar Bait ‘08″ entry yesterday, I’ll do what the Envelope did for other upcoming contenders but neglected to do for The Reader.

The Oscar credit pedigree:

Director: Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot)
Screenwriter: David Hare (The Hours, Damage)
Cinematographer: Chris Menges (The Killing Fields, The Mission, Notes on a Scandal)
Editor: Claire Simpson (Platoon, The Constant Gardener, Salvador, Wall Street)
Production Designer: Brigette Broch (Moulin Rouge, Babel, Romeo Juliet, Amores Perros)
Costume Designer: Ann Roth (The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley, Cold Mountain)

Producers? you betcha:
Anthony Minghella
Henning Molfenter
Redmond Morris
Sydney Pollack
Scott Rudin
Michael Simon de Normier
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein