The King's Speech leads with 13 nominations, but to me, the big news is Christopher Nolan got shafted for a Best Director nod for Inception in favor of The Coen Brothers for True Grit.
What is the Academy's problem with Nolan? The Dark Knight got shafted for the big awards two years ago. Inception is nominated for Best Picture, but that's because there's a field of 10 nominees. And the reason there's 10 nominees for Best Picture instead of five is because of the uproar over The Dark Knight getting shafted for a Best Picture nomination two years ago.
Otherwise, the list is very similar to the Golden Globes, with the very credible exemption of movies like The Tourist.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards which will be handed out on Sunday, Feb. 27.
The nominees are as follows:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions) * Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount) * Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) * Colin Firth in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) * James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount) * John Hawkes in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) * Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.) * Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) * Geoffrey Rush in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) * Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate) * Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) * Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) * Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Amy Adams in "The Fighter" (Paramount) * Helena Bonham Carter in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) * Melissa Leo in "The Fighter" (Paramount) * Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"(Paramount) * Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best animated feature film of the year
* "How to Train Your Dragon" (Paramount), Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois * "The Illusionist" (Sony Pictures Classics), Sylvain Chomet * "Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney), Lee Unkrich
Achievement in art direction
* "Alice in Wonderland" (Walt Disney), Production Design: Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara * "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" (Warner Bros.), Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan * "Inception" (Warner Bros.), Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Production Design: Eve Stewart, Set Decoration: Judy Farr * "True Grit" (Paramount), Production Design: Jess Gonchor, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Achievement in cinematography
* "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight), Matthew Libatique * "Inception" (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Danny Cohen * "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Jeff Cronenweth * "True Grit" (Paramount), Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
* "Alice in Wonderland" (Walt Disney), Colleen Atwood * "I Am Love" (Magnolia Pictures), Antonella Cannarozzi * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Jenny Beavan * "The Tempest" (Miramax), Sandy Powell * "True Grit" (Paramount), Mary Zophres
Achievement in directing
* "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky * "The Fighter" (Paramount), David O. Russell * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper * "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher * "True Grit" (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best documentary feature
* "Exit through the Gift Shop" (Producers Distribution Agency), A Paranoid Pictures Production, Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz * "Gasland", A Gasland Production, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic * "Inside Job" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Representational Pictures Production, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs * "Restrepo" (National Geographic Entertainment), An Outpost Films Production, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger * "Waste Land" (Arthouse Films), An Almega Projects Production, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Best documentary short subject
* "Killing in the Name", A Moxie Firecracker Films Production, Nominees to be determined * "Poster Girl", A Portrayal Films Production, Nominees to be determined * "Strangers No More", A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon * "Sun Come Up", A Sun Come Up Production, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger * "The Warriors of Qiugang", A Thomas Lennon Films Production, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Achievement in film editing
* "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight), Andrew Weisblum * "The Fighter" (Paramount), Pamela Martin * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Tariq Anwar * "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), Jon Harris * "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best foreign language film of the year
* "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions), A Menage Atroz, Mod Producciones and Ikiru Films Production, Mexico * "Dogtooth" (Kino International), A Boo Production, Greece * "In a Better World" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Zentropa Production, Denmark * "Incendies" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Micro-Scope Production, Canada * "Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)" (Cohen Media Group), A Tassili Films Production, Algeria
Achievement in makeup
* "Barney’s Version" (Sony Pictures Classics), Adrien Morot * "The Way Back" (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment), Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng * "The Wolfman" (Universal), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
* "How to Train Your Dragon" (Paramount), John Powell * "Inception" (Warner Bros.), Hans Zimmer * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat * "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman * "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* "Coming Home" from "Country Strong" (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)), Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey * "I See the Light" from "Tangled" (Walt Disney), Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Glenn Slater * "If I Rise" from "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong * "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney), Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best motion picture of the year
* "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight), A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers * "The Fighter" (Paramount), A Relativity Media Production, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers * "Inception" (Warner Bros.), A Warner Bros. UK Services Production, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers * "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features), An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production, Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers * "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), An Hours Production, Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers * "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), A Columbia Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers * "Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney), A Pixar Production, Darla K. Anderson, Producer * "True Grit" (Paramount), A Paramount Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers * "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions), A Winter’s Bone Production, Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
Best animated short film
* "Day & Night" (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Teddy Newton * "The Gruffalo", A Magic Light Pictures Production, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang * "Let’s Pollute", A Geefwee Boedoe Production, Geefwee Boedoe * "The Lost Thing", (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment), A Passion Pictures Australia Production, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann * "Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)", A Sacrebleu Production, Bastien Dubois
Best live action short film
* "The Confession" (National Film and Television School), A National Film and Television School Production, Tanel Toom * "The Crush" (Network Ireland Television), A Purdy Pictures Production, Michael Creagh * "God of Love", A Luke Matheny Production, Luke Matheny * "Na Wewe" (Premium Films), A CUT! Production, Ivan Goldschmidt * "Wish 143", A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Achievement in sound editing
* "Inception" (Warner Bros.), Richard King * "Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney), Tom Myers and Michael Silvers * "Tron: Legacy" (Walt Disney), Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague * "True Grit" (Paramount), Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey * "Unstoppable" (20th Century Fox), Mark P. Stoeckinger
Achievement in sound mixing
* "Inception" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley * "Salt" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin * "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten * "True Grit" (Paramount), Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Achievement in visual effects
* "Alice in Wonderland" (Walt Disney), Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips * "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" (Warner Bros.), Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi * "Hereafter" (Warner Bros.), Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell * "Inception" (Warner Bros.), Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb * "Iron Man 2" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount), Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Adapted screenplay
* "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy * "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin * "Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt, Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich * "True Grit" (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen * "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Original screenplay
* "Another Year" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh * "The Fighter" (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson * "Inception" (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan * "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg * "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler
I haven't seen The Social Network (although it's high up there on my to-watch list), so maybe my thoughts on this subject aren't that relevant, BUT: isn't it crazy that for the rest of his life/career, Jesse Eisenberg will be known as Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg? Good for him though.
I saw John tweet that Nolan got screwed out of a Best Director nom. I then went to my local CBS news site (newyork.cbslocal.com) and saw
Joining Fincher among best-director picks are Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”; Joel and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”; Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”; Christopher Nolan for “Inception”; and David O. Russell for “The Fighter.”
I was going to tell John that he didn't know how to read. He would've told me that I didn't know how to count. :-)
If Inception wins for Screenplay, then I'd call it a victory.
It's a hell of a graduation from his old role of "guy you get when Michael Cera says no".
(Oh, and as great as Inception was - and it was - True Grit is probably the best movie of 2010 [or, at least, the best movie of 2010 that's not Scott Pilgrim vs The World and people actually saw] so I have no problem with The Coens getting another well-deserved nomination over Christopher Nolan. And I've seen all of the others nominated in that category except The Fighter - which I've heard nothing but great things about and is the next movie I'm buying a ticket to - and they all absolutely deserve a Best Director nomination too. Don't get me wrong - Christopher Nolan is working on becoming my favorite working director, but I understand him not quite making it this year. Hell, if there wasn't ten nominations for Best Picture, they'd have never nominated a sci-fi movie that came out in the summer either, deserved or not.)
Not sure what the rules are on documentaries so maybe they aren't eligibile, but if they are I am shocked none of the ESPN 30 for 30 movies were nominated as every one I saw was pretty damn good. Again, since they were not released in theaters, but on television they may not be eligible.
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Exactly - not only do they have to be theatrical releases, I think there's some by-law that says they can't even be SHOWN on television before the awards (I remember some kind of complication with the Academy Awards preventing Michael Moore from showing Fahrenheit 9/11 on TV before the 2004 election - but that might have just been the excuse he used to save face because I don't see how equal time laws would have allowed that. I thought there was a thread about it, but I can't find it. 'Course the Politics forum in 2004 is a black hole of crazy vitrol so I'm afraid to look too closely.)
Originally posted by Doc_whiskeyNot sure what the rules are on documentaries so maybe they aren't eligibile, but if they are I am shocked none of the ESPN 30 for 30 movies were nominated as every one I saw was pretty damn good. Again, since they were not released in theaters, but on television they may not be eligible.
That's exactly why they would not be eligible. An eligible documentary has to have a 7-day theatrical run in LA and NYC and can't air on TV until 60 days after that run is complete.
I'm sure someone has more insight than I into this but... why again was Waiting For Superman NOT nominated for Best Doc this year? All I kept hearing last fall was how amazing this film was.
Nolan getting snubbed (again) puts a really sour taste in my mouth. This guy might be the best director of the last decade, and he can't even eke out a nomination? Let's hope Nolan at least can take the screenplay award.
I'm loving the John Hawkes nomination. That guy was so good in Winter's Bone that he almost managed to steal the movie from the (also very deserving) Jennifer Lawrence.
Not sure why/how Annette Bening was nominated and Julianne Moore wasn't. Either nominate them both or nominate neither, since they were equal performances in TKAAR
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I remember some people saying that Javier Bardem would be a one-hit wonder after his Oscar a few years ago and that he wouldn't even see a nomination again. Glad to see he got nominated again. He has no chance of winning, but it's nice to see him getting nominated.
No way Toy Story 3 wins, but it's nice to see it nominated.
The King's Speech will deserve everything it gets. Just a fantastic film.
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Originally posted by Doc_whiskeyNot sure what the rules are on documentaries so maybe they aren't eligibile, but if they are I am shocked none of the ESPN 30 for 30 movies were nominated as every one I saw was pretty damn good. Again, since they were not released in theaters, but on television they may not be eligible.
That's exactly why they would not be eligible. An eligible documentary has to have a 7-day theatrical run in LA and NYC and can't air on TV until 60 days after that run is complete.
A number of the episodes had screenings (The U in Miami, the Len Bias one in DC) but never a theatrical run.
Originally posted by It's FalseI remember some people saying that Javier Bardem would be a one-hit wonder after his Oscar a few years ago and that he wouldn't even see a nomination again. Glad to see he got nominated again. He has no chance of winning, but it's nice to see him getting nominated.
That's a weird thing to say about someone who had already been nominated for an Oscar prior to No Country.
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I keep hearing great things about The Social Network, and it just looks bland to me. Is the Social Network really one of those movies that will hold up even 5 to 10 years?
Originally posted by John OrquiolaThe King's Speech leads with 13 nominations, but to me, the big news is Christopher Nolan got shafted for a Best Director nod for Inception in favor of The Coen Brothers for True Grit.
Here is the part where I JV Starfuck Christopher Nolan. . . If you have read any of my fanboy ranting in the past it will be very familiar.
Otherwise, the list is very similar to the Golden Globes, with the very credible exemption of movies like The Tourist. (notice I took a shot at the tourist to throw you off the JV Starfucking scent but you know the score)
Listen Doucheking -- no one but you and your retarded Ilk give a fuck about anything other than movie/director/acting. Edit your fucking posts to normal length
Got see an advanced screening. A few thoughts... 1)If you're not a fan of the game or of action movies, I really can't recommend it. It moves slow and builds, then explodes, but some of the people there described that as "BORING." 2)