2010 Academy Awards Thread

[Adam]

NOMINATIONS

Best Picture

• “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
• “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
• “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
• “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
• “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
• “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
• “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
• “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Directing

• “Avatar” James Cameron
• “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
• “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
• “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon in “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
• Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
• Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
• Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
• “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
• “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Animated Feature Film

• “Coraline” Henry Selick
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
• “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
• “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
• “Up” Pete Docter

Documentary (Feature)

• “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
• “The Cove” Nominees to be determined
• “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
• “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Foreign Language Film

• “Ajami” Israel
• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
• “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
• “Un Prophète” France
• “The White Ribbon” Germany

Art Direction

• “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
• “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
• “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

• “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
• “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
• “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
• “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design

• “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
• “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
• “Nine” Colleen Atwood
• “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
• “Rabbit Ã* la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

• “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
• “District 9” Julian Clarke
• “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
• “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Makeup

• “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
• “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

• “Avatar” James Horner
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
• “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
• “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
• “Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated)

• “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
• “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
• “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

• “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
• “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
• “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
• “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
• “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
• “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
• “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
• “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
• “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
• “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

• “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
• “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
• “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Hmmm, so they decided to go the boring as all fuck route

[Eleven]

Boy was that dispiriting.

[Morris Schæffer]

The Blind Side a best picture nom?!

District 9 getting a best picture nom is pretty cool though.

Either The Hurt Locker or IB cannot lose out to Up in the Air. They just can't.

[ledfloyd]

what the hell was that?

[Dukefrukem]

The Blind Side a best picture nom?!

District 9 getting a best picture nom is pretty cool though.

Either The Hurt Locker or IB cannot lose out to Up in the Air. They just can't.

Wow!!!!!!!!!

[Watashi]

what the hell was that?

The Oscar nominations?

You expected Love Exposure to get nominated?

[Watashi]

In the Loop got nominated for best adapted screenplay. Awesome.

[Dukefrukem]

Avatar is winning. Callin it now.

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YES! The Secret of Kells was nominated! It has no chance against the others, of course, but I thought it didn't have a shot at a nomination in a strong year such as this. I hope Moore and Cartoon Salon get a well deserved boost out of this.ritch:

[ledfloyd]

The Oscar nominations?

You expected Love Exposure to get nominated?

i didn't expect the blind side to get nominated. and the acting noms are garbage.

[Ezee E]

A Serious Man getting nominated was a surprise to me. I'm guessing that will be its only nomination as well.

District 9 makes me wonder if it'll hurt Avatar at all. Bahaha.

[ledfloyd]

A Serious Man getting nominated was a surprise to me. I'm guessing that will be its only nomination as well.

District 9 makes me wonder if it'll hurt Avatar at all. Bahaha.

one would hope. a serious man and in the loop were the only pleasant surprises for me.

[Dukefrukem]

So.... anyone else think this is gonna be the best Oscars ever?

[ledfloyd]

So.... anyone else think this is gonna be the best Oscars ever?

:|

[Watashi]

So.... anyone else think this is gonna be the best Oscars ever?

If Basterds wins, yes.

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So.... anyone else think this is gonna be the best Oscars ever?

Nothing can beat the "Take THAT!" night of the ROTK sweep.

[ledfloyd]

If Basterds wins, yes.

good point. though, i'm not sure tarantino has much of a chance in any of the major categories. waltz will win, that's about all i can see.

[ledfloyd]

Nothing can beat the "Take THAT!" night of the ROTK sweep.

my favorite year was seeing the coens take writing, directing and picture with the european acting sweep.

[Dukefrukem]

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosting, Avatar, D9 and IB nominated for BP.

I haven't been this excited since that time I found a new place to hid my porn.

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my favorite year was seeing the coens take writing, directing and picture with the european acting sweep.

It was sweet. I was half-joking of course.

[Fezzik]

Concerning the Oscar nominations as a whole, the biggest surprise from my perspective is that Where the Wild Things Are didn't land a single nomination (not even for costumes!)

Most pleasant surprise: Delbonnel getting nominated for his cinematography on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I'd been hoping for it, but never actually expected it.

[B-side]

I don't claim to be an expert on cinematography, but Avatar for best cinematography? Really? I think this brings about the question of whether CG/animated films and live-action should be considered alongside each other for the same nomination.

[ledfloyd]

It was sweet. I was half-joking of course.

i honestly wasn't sure if you were a bit LOTR fan or not.

[angrycinephile]

Most pleasant surprise for me is Hans Zimmer being nominated for his score to Sherlock Holmes. His first nomination since 2001. For some reason they've neglected him ever since. Don't understand what James Horner's lazy copy-and-paste score is doing in the same category though. Especially not when Moon and The Road are sadly missing.

Biggest snub I think is Anthony Dod Mantle for Antichrist. Maybe Sam Rockwell for Moon too.

Anyways, I hope Jeff Bridges wins Best Actor. I say this without having seen his film though, but come on... Bridges deserves a damn Oscar.

[Fezzik]

Maybe Sam Rockwell for Moon too.

This is by far the most egregious snub in my opinion.