26 February 2012

Final predictions



  • Best Picture - The Artist
  • Best Actor - Jean DuJardin, The Artist
  • Best Actress - Viola Davis, The Help Meryl Streep
  • Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
  • Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer, The Help
  • Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
  • Original Screenplay - Midnight in Paris
  • Adapted Screenplay - The Descendants
  • Editing - The Artist The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  • Cinematography - Tree of Life Hugo
  • Art Direction - Hugo
  • Sound Mixing - Hugo
  • Sound Editing - Hugo
  • Costume Design - Hugo The Artist
  • Original Score - The Artist
  • Original Song - Man or a Muppet
  • Foreign Language Film - A Separation
  • Documentary Feature - Paradise Lost 3 Undefeated
  • Animated Feature - Rango
  • Visual Effects - Rise of the Planet of the Apes Hugo
  • Makeup - The Iron Lady
  • Live Action Short - The Shore
  • Animated Short- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
  • Doc Short - Saving Face
The score: 18/24 (75 %)

25.10.2012: some updates: I made the corrections and added the final score

01 February 2012

Oscar noms

Best Picture

  • “The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
  • “The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
  • “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
  • “The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
  • “Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
  • “Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
  • “Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
  • “The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
  • “War Horse“ Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Directing

  • “The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
  • “The Descendants” Alexander Payne
  • “Hugo” Martin Scorsese
  • “Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
  • “The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick

Actor in a Leading Role

  • Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
  • George Clooney in “The Descendants”
  • Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
  • Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
  • Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
  • Viola Davis in “The Help”
  • Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
  • Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
  • Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
  • Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
  • Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
  • Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
  • Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
  • Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
  • Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
  • Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
  • Octavia Spencer in “The Help”

Animated Feature Film

  • “A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
  • “Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
  • “Kung Fu Panda 2″ Jennifer Yuh Nelson
  • “Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
  • “Rango” Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

  • “The Artist”
    Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
    Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
  • “Hugo” 
    Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
  • “Midnight in Paris” 
    Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
  • “War Horse” 
    Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

  • “The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
  • “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
  • “Hugo” Robert Richardson
  • “The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
  • “War Horse” Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

  • “Anonymous” Lisy Christl
  • “The Artist” Mark Bridges
  • “Hugo” Sandy Powell
  • “Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
  • “W.E.” Arianne Phillips

Documentary (Feature)

  • “Hell and Back Again”
    Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
  • “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” 
    Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
  • “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” 
    Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  • “Pina” 
    Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
  • “Undefeated” 
    TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

  • “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” 
    Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
  • “God Is the Bigger Elvis” 
    Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
  • “Incident in New Baghdad”
    James Spione
  • “Saving Face” 
    Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” 
    Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

  • “The Artist” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
  • “The Descendants” Kevin Tent
  • “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
  • “Hugo” Thelma Schoonmaker
  • “Moneyball” Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

  • “Bullhead” Belgium
  • “Footnote” Israel
  • “In Darkness” Poland
  • “Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
  • “A Separation” Iran

Makeup

  • “Albert Nobbs”
    Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
  • “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
    Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  • “The Iron Lady”
    Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

  • “The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
  • “The Artist” Ludovic Bource
  • “Hugo” Howard Shore
  • “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias
  • “War Horse” John Williams

Music (Original Song)

  • “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
  • “Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)

  • “Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
  • “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
  • “La Luna” Enrico Casarosa
  • “A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
  • “Wild Life” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

  • “Pentecost” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
  • “Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
  • “The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
  • “Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
  • “Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

  • “Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
  • “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
  • “Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
  • “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
  • “War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

  • “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
    David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
  • “Hugo” 
    Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
  • “Moneyball”
    Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
  • “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” 
    Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
  • “War Horse”
    Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

  • “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ 
    Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
  • “Hugo”
    Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
  • “Real Steel” 
    Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
  • “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
    Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
  • “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
    Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • “The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
  • “Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
  • “The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
  • “Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin  Story by Stan Chervin
  • “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • “The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
  • “Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
  • “Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
  • “Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
  • “A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi

How did it do

BEST PICTURE
* The Artist
* Hugo
* The Descendants
* Moneyball
* War Horse
* The Help
* Midnight in Paris
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(* Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
(* Tree of Life)

DIRECTOR
* Martin Scorsese - Hugo
* Michel Hanazavicius - The Artist
* Alexander Payne - The Descendants
* David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life

* Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

ACTOR
* Brad Pitt - Moneyball
* George Clooney - The Descendants
* Jean Dujardin - The Artist
* Michael Fassbender - Shame Demian Bichir - A Better Life
* Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

ACTRESS
* Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
* Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
* Viola Davis - The Help
* Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About kevin Rooney Mara - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
* Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs

SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Albert Brooks - Drive Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
* Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
* Christopher Plummer - Beginners
* Nick Nolte - Warrior
* Jonah Hill - Moneyball

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
* Shailene Woodley - The Descendants Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
* Jessica Chastain - The Help
* Octavia Spencer - The Help
* Berenice Bejo - The Artist

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
* Diablo Cody - Young Adult Margin Call
* Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
* Annie Mumalo & Kristin Wiig - Bridesmaids
* Tom McCarthy - Win Win A Separation

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash - The Descendants
* Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian - Moneyball
* John Logan - Hugo
* Tate Taylor - The Help The Ides of March
* Bridget O´Connor, Peter Straughan - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

ANIMATED FEATURE
* Rango
* The Adventures of TinTin A Cat in Paris
* Kung Fu Panda 2
* Cars 2 Chico & Rita
* Puss in Boots

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
* Project Nim Hell and Back Again
* Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
* Buck If a Tree Falls
* Undefeated
* We Were Here Pina

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Iran
* Germany Belgium
* Israel
* Poland
* Canada

CINEMATOGRAPHY
* The Artist
* The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
* Hugo
* Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse
* Tree of Life

ART DIRECTION
* The Artist
* Hugo
* The Help Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
* Anonymous Midnight in Paris
* Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse

COSTUME DESIGN
* The Artist
* Hugo
* The Help Anonymous
* Jane Eyre
* Red Riding Hood W.E.

EDITING
* The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
* The Descendants
* Hugo
* Moneyball
* War Horse The Artist

VISUAL EFFECTS
* Captain America: The First Avenger Hugo
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Real Steel
* Rise of the Planet of the Apes
*Transformers: Dark of the Moon

MAKEUP
* The Artist Albert Nobbs
* Hugo The Iron Lady
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

SOUND MIXING
* Hanna The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
* Hugo
* Moneyball
* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tide Transformers: Dark of the Moon
* Super 8 War Horse

SOUND EDITING
* Drive
* Super 8 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
* War Horse
* Rise of the Planet of the Apes Hugo
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon

ORIGINAL SCORE
* The Artist
* War Horse
* Hugo
* The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo The Adventures of Tintin
* Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

ORIGINAL SONG
* The Living Proof - The Help Man or Muppet - The Muppets

* Pictures in My Head - Muppets Real in Rio - Rio
* Life's a Happy Song - Muppets
* Lay Your Head Down - Albert Nobbs
* Hello Hello - Gnomeo and Juliet

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Well, terrible. But I'm moving and I made my list 15 minutes before the announcement.

68/102 - 66,67 %

But I'm happy for Gary Oldman!