'Power of the Dog,' 'House of Gucci' top SAG nominations

In this screengrab taken from a video released by the Screen Actor Guild (SAG), actresses Rosario Dawson (top) and Vanessa Hudgens announce the 2022 SAG Awards nominations

Jane Campion's gothic Western "The Power of the Dog" and campy true-crime drama "House of Gucci" on Wednesday jointly topped the film nominations from Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild -- usually a key indicator in the race to the Oscars.

Days after "The Power of the Dog" won the Golden Globe for best drama, the film's stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smith-McPhee each received nods from the actors' union, tying the film with Ridley Scott's "House of Gucci" on three.

"The Power of the Dog," a tale of two feuding brothers in 1920s Montana, first screened at September's prestigious Venice film festival, where Campion won the best director award.

SAG overlooked widespread mockery of Jared Leto's exuberant Italian accent to nominate him for best supporting actor in "House of Gucci," alongside Lady Gaga and the ensemble cast, which also includes Adam Driver and Al Pacino.

But Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" -- which depicts the violence of late-1960s Northern Ireland from a child's view and had been seen by pundits as a strong awards contender -- landed only one individual nod, for Caitriona Balfe.

Voted for by actors, the SAG awards are seen as a strong indicator of Oscars glory, since actors represent the largest branch of the roughly 10,000 Oscar voters in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 

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It comes two years after "Parasite" -- also from South Korea -- became the first non-English-language winner of SAG's best cast film prize, a key step on its way to Oscars success.

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