Academy Awards Nominations Today

[Crucifax Autumn]

Announcements in 35 minutes.

I'll post the entire list of nominees as soon as it's official.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Best Picture: Avatar, Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air
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[Crucifax Autumn]

Below is the list of nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7 and will be televised by ABC.

I'll place an asterisk by my fave (or faves where I can't choose just one)

Best picture

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
"Up in the Air"
"Inglourious Basterds" *
"Up"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"A Serious Man" *


Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" *
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education" *

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones" *
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" *

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart" *

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds" *
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron, "Avatar"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Animated feature (No 9, so I pick nothing)

"Up"
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"


Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds" *
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man" *
"Up"


Adapted screenplay

"District 9" *
"An Education"
"In the Loop"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air"

[Crucifax Autumn]

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 (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


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 à 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


Foreign Language Film

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


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

[StoopTroup]

I bet Clooney is pissed he passed on Avatar.

[SteelClip49]

Below is the list of nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7 and will be televised by ABC.

I'll place an asterisk by my fave (or faves where I can't choose just one)

Best picture

"Avatar"- WINNER
"The Hurt Locker"
"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
"Up in the Air"
"Inglourious Basterds" *
"Up"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"A Serious Man" *


Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" * WINNER
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side" WINNER
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education" *

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones" *
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" * WINNER

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air" WINNER
Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart" *

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds" *
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron, "Avatar" WINNER
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Animated feature (No 9, so I pick nothing)

"Up" WINNER
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"


Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds" * WINNER
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man" *
"Up"


Adapted screenplay

"District 9" *
"An Education"
"In the Loop"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air" WINNER


Above would be my predictions as if it's not obvious.

James Cameron (Avatar) vs. Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Ex-Hubby vs Ex-Wife....Ahhh, drama at it's finest :)

[soonerscuba]

The Cove will win feature doc, Mo'Nique will win supporting, The Young Victoria will win costume (name a year a period piece didn't win it), and the White Ribbon will win foreign. I hope Avatar doesn't win, but it wouldn't be the first time James Cameron took a good, but not great film that was completely buoyed by effects and won, although I did think Avatar was a much better movie than Titanic.

[Viking Kitten]

When was the last time there were 10 nominees for bet picture? Has there ever been that many?

[sooner_born_1960]

I thought District 9 completely sucked. Zero out of <pick any number> stars.

[Viking Kitten]

BTW, we watched "Precious" over the weekend, and Mo'Nique absolutely deserves the award. Mariah Carey was also really, really surprisingly good in it. The movie itself is depressing as hell, although it's a very good movie. Not sure if it's best picture worthy, but it's certainly worth watching.

[SteelClip49]

Mo'Nique's hairy legs might be her downfall.

[NormanPride]

I think Up deserves best picture.

[SoonerJack]

I think Julie and Julia deserves a special Oscar for best use of butter in a motion picture.

[NormanPride]

Are those your personal choices or who you think will win?

[StoopTroup]

Sigourney wins best ciggy in a dramatic role.

[NormanPride]

Who I think will win.

Who do you think SHOULD win?

And I agree for the most part, though seeing Avatar win will make me puke.

[StoopTroup]

In the future Indians will cure Throat and Lung Cancer after years of making dough with Smoke Shops.

[Collier11]

Below is the list of nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7 and will be televised by ABC.

I'll place an asterisk by my fave (or faves where I can't choose just one)

Best picture

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker" although I hear Precious is great
"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
"Up in the Air"
"Inglourious Basterds" *
"Up"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"A Serious Man" *


Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" *
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education" *

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones" *
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" *

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart" *

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds" *
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron, "Avatar"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"




Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds" *
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man" *
"Up"


Adapted screenplay

"District 9" *
"An Education"
"In the Loop"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air"

That sure seems like more Best picture options than usual, ive bolded my expert pics :D

[silverwheels]

When was the last time there were 10 nominees for bet picture? Has there ever been that many?

1943.

[C&CDean]

Question:

I saw that they had Inglorious Basterds on Dish PPV. I have a coupon for a couple free movies. Is this just another one of QTs stupid kill everything in site as gorily as possible flicks or is there actually any substance to this thing? I don't wanna waste a free movie ticket here.

Advice please.

[sooner_born_1960]

Dean, I'd say "yes" to both questions.

[soonerscuba]

Question:

I saw that they had Inglorious Basterds on Dish PPV. I have a coupon for a couple free movies. Is this just another one of QTs stupid kill everything in site as gorily as possible flicks or is there actually any substance to this thing? I don't wanna waste a free movie ticket here.

Advice please.It's pretty standard for a QT film, so if you didn't like the others, I doubt you would like this one.

[Collier11]

Question:

I saw that they had Inglorious Basterds on Dish PPV. I have a coupon for a couple free movies. Is this just another one of QTs stupid kill everything in site as gorily as possible flicks or is there actually any substance to this thing? I don't wanna waste a free movie ticket here.

Advice please.

Its revisionist history in QT style, it is highly entertaining and quite gruesome in a few spots but not that many honestly. If you want to see a different twist on the story of Hitler that entertains it is good stuff.

[thesnowbishop]

But if Christoph Waltz doesn't win for best supporting actor, the Oscars are a farce. I guess I should look up the odds.

[btk108]

Question:

I saw that they had Inglorious Basterds on Dish PPV. I have a coupon for a couple free movies. Is this just another one of QTs stupid kill everything in site as gorily as possible flicks or is there actually any substance to this thing? I don't wanna waste a free movie ticket here.

Advice please.

Save your ticket if you're not a QT fan......I'm not...that's a couple hours of my life I'll never get back

[Crucifax Autumn]

I personally thought it was less violent than all of his other movies, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that doesn't like his 100% perfect track record.

As for the number of best picture nominees, they doubled it beginning this year. It is an attempt to get more mainstream crap movies on there so more stupid people will watch the awards show.

[XingTheRubicon]

Question:

I saw that they had Inglorious Basterds on Dish PPV. I have a coupon for a couple free movies. Is this just another one of QTs stupid kill everything in site as gorily as possible flicks or is there actually any substance to this thing? I don't wanna waste a free movie ticket here.

Advice please.

I'm guessing the reason you hated Kill Bill is because a you were forced to suspend disbelief while a chick killed 400 dudes with a sword and what not.

Inglorious Basterds is not that. It's violent, but the violence means something. It's over the top tense, but the tension means something.


I tell you what. I guarantee that you will like it...and by guaranteeing it, I mean if somehow I am wrong, and you give an honest reason why, I will then immediately admit that you were completely incorrect.

[sooner ngintunr]

District 9 for best picture is epic fail. IB, Vampire Assistant, Potter, Star Trek, and every other movie I saw this year was better than that load of crap.

[sooner ngintunr]

Inglorious Basterds is not that. It's violent, but the violence means something. It's over the top tense, but the tension means something.


I tell you what. I guarantee that you will like it...and by guaranteeing it, I mean if somehow I am wrong, and you give an honest reason why, I will then immediately admit that you were completely incorrect.

Completely agree. That was the best movie that I have seen in awhile. The only valid reason I have heard about people not liking it is that is was violent, which it is, but alot of good movies are.

I'd go for it Dean.

[Crucifax Autumn]

I didn't think District 9 was bad. It wasn't best picture good though. Increasing the nominations to 10 is a really stupid move. They should have maybe made it "up to 10" so they could go over 5 in years that have an unusually high number of good movies. This year they may have had over 5, but not the over 5 they picked.

[Boarder]

Inglourious was my favorite movie in years. The dialogue alone was outstanding, Kind of the anti-Episode I, II, III.

Christoph Waltz for supporting actor is the biggest slamdunk in history. If he doesn't win, I'll never watch again. Just like the Grammys after Jethro Tull won best Metal.

[LosAngelesSooner]

Below is the list of nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7 and will be televised by ABC.

I'll place an asterisk by my fave (or faves where I can't choose just one)

Best picture

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
"Up in the Air"
"Inglourious Basterds" *
"Up"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"A Serious Man" *


Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" *
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education" *

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones" *
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" *

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart" *

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds" *
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron, "Avatar"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Animated feature (No 9, so I pick nothing)

"Up"
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"


Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds" *
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man" *
"Up"


Adapted screenplay

"District 9" *
"An Education"
"In the Loop"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air"
Wow...I could not disagree with your adoration of Inglorious Basterds more.

Most overrated, overhyped movie of the year, in my opinion. And not even in Tarantino's top 5.

[LosAngelesSooner]

I thought District 9 completely sucked. Zero out of <pick any number> stars.
And on THIS I could not vehemently disagree MORE.

District 9 was FANTASTIC.

[Collier11]

District 9 was good, Inglorious Bastards was great

[LosAngelesSooner]

Inglorious Basterds was okay. Tepid at parts. And highly overrated. The best parts of the entire movie were the French farmhouse and the French alehouse. That's it.

Not one of Tarantino's better efforts.

District 9, on the other hand, was FANTASTIC. It was original, it was topical, it made you think and it took you to a completely different reality. It may not be "Best Picture Worthy," but it certainly deserves the nomination.

[Collier11]

meh

[Crucifax Autumn]

Wow...I could not disagree with your adoration of Inglorious Basterds more.

Most overrated, overhyped movie of the year, in my opinion. And not even in Tarantino's top 5.

If it makes you feel better I thought A Serious Man blew it away. What I enjoyed about Basterds more than anything were the strong performances out of most of the actors. Pitt not so much, but the rest really did a great job.

But you know LAS, if you're like me and you consider Kill Bill to be one big movie, Basterds is Tarantino's 5th best even if it's his worst! :P

In any event, if I had been making the nominations, half this list would have been different.

[LosAngelesSooner]

That's the cool thing about art...we all have our opinions. And it leads to good discussions.

[Crucifax Autumn]

True enough, and precisely why I posted this shat a minute or 2 after the nominations were announced when I shoulda been sleeping off an all night drunky! lol

There are very few nominations I don't think deserve it, but there are a lot of things/people that should have been nominated but were not.

A good little bit of humor can be derived from the fact that Julia Roberts is (I think) the first person ever nominated for both an Oscar AND a Razzie in the same year. I also think this is the first time the host of the Academy Awards (Steve MArtin this time) was also nominated for a Razzie.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Movie Room Reviews
2010 Oscar Predictions and Academy Awards Preview (http://www.movieroomreviews.com/2010-oscar-predictions-and-academy-awards-preview)

The Academy Awards are without question that signature evening and event in the busy film and television awards season that starts every year. The 2010 Academy Awards air on Sunday, March 7th on ABC, beginning at 8PM ET/5PM PT, with red carpet events and television coverage running on many networks beginning in the early to mid-afternoon.

The 2010 Oscar nominations were presented in a live teleconference on February 2nd by Academy President Tom Sherak and 2008 Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway.

The 2010 Academy Awards will be hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin who will present the awards in 24 film and acting categories. There are several multiple award nominees, with Avatar a top candidate for multiple wins.

Movie Room Reviews will cover the 2010 Oscars with Oscar blog updates and Tweets throughout the awards presentation with updates on winners, notes on the presenters, speeches, and other items. The following are the (Very early – slight revisions possible leading up to event) 2010 Oscar Predictions of winners by Movie Room Reviews. This site correctly predicted 60% of the Golden Globe winners (15 of 25).

Complete 2010 Oscar Predictions List

Nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards

(Predicted Winners in Bold)


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”

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 (Crux Note: This looks great for a mostly unheard of film)
“Up” Pete Docter

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 (Crux Note: Would have easily been MY pick.)
“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
(Crux Note: A Serious Man Would have been in this one and won if it was up to me)

Costume Design

“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme (Crux Note: In my world, this would be a runaway win)
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

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
(Crux Note: In my world A Serious Man would take this one too)

Documentary (Feature)

“Burma VJ” Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller
“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

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 à 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

Foreign Language Film

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

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

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

(Crux Note: A Serious Man would win this in a perfect world. It outshines everything else when comparing ALL aspects of the film: story, cinematography, music/score, acting, sound editing, screenplay, editing, and on and on. It may not be worthy of winning best in all of those, but it's no worse than second best in any IMO. Of course it's the Coens, so it has the best camera angles of the year.

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

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 (Crux note: As long as this or Basterds wins this one, I'll keep my coplaints about the academy to a minimum)
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy


2010 Oscar Predictions and Academy Awards Preview
by Neil of Movie Room Reviews

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Inglorious Basterds was okay. Tepid at parts. And highly overrated. The best parts of the entire movie were the French farmhouse and the French alehouse. That's it.



Throw in the restaurant scene with Herr Goebbels and I'd agree. Of course the full length tower sniper clip was a treat on the DVD special features.

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Best movie I've seen all year is "In The Loop".

More quotable lines than "The Hangover", most of them delivered in a beautiful Scottish brogue.

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Throw in the restaurant scene with Herr Goebbels and I'd agree. Of course the full length tower sniper clip was a treat on the DVD special features.

That whole section was actually done by Eli Roth and not Tarantino.