Beth Stevens and Kevin Klawitter tip us to early odds-n favorites rated by an UK Irish bookmaker agency in the line-up at Venice and ventures a long view toward the Oscars while he’s at it.
“The Guardian has bookmaker Paddy Power’s odds on the Golden Lion winner (prior to Ides of March screening, I assume).”
5/1 A Dangerous Method
6/1 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
6/1 The Ides of March
7/1 Shame
8/1 Faust
10/1 Dark Horse
10/1 Seediq Bale
12/1 Carnage
16/1 Wuthering Heights
18/1 Terraferma
20/1 Texas Killing Fields
20/1 Killer Joe
20/1 Alps
20/1 Life Without Principle
25/1 When the Night
25/1 4:44 Last Day On Earth
25/1 A Simple Life
25/1 The Exchange
33/1 A Burning Hot Summer
33/1 The Last Earthling
33/1 Himizu
33/1 Chicken With Plums
And early odds for Oscar BP:
5/2 War Horse
4/1 The Artist
4/1 J Edgar
6/1 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
6/1 The Ides of March
10/1 The Descendants
12/1 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
12/1 The Tree of Life
16/1 The Help
16/1 Midnight in Paris
16/1 The Iron Lady
20/1 A Dangerous Method
20/1 My Week With Marilyn
25/1 Moneyball
25/1 Carnage
33/1 We Bought a Zoo
33/1 Like Crazy
33/1 Drive
33/1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
33/1 We Need to Talk About Kevin
33/1 Young Adult
50/1 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
50/1 Contagion
http://www.guardian.co.uk