14 December 2010

The Globes

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
BLACK SWAN
THE FIGHTER
INCEPTION
THE KING'S SPEECH
THE SOCIAL NETWORK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Halle Berry, FRANKIE AND ALICE
Nicole Kidman, RABBIT HOLE
Jennifer Lawrence, WINTER'S BONE
Natalie Portman, BLACK SWAN
Michelle Williams, BLUE VALENTINE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Jesse Eisenberg, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Colin Firth, THE KING'S SPEECH
James Franco, 127 HOURS
Ryan Gosling, BLUE VALENTINE
Mark Wahlberg, THE FIGHTER

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
BURLESQUE
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
RED
THE TOURIST

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Annette Bening, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Anne Hathaway, LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
Angelina Jolie, THE TOURIST
Julianne Moore, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Emma Stone, EASY A

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Johnny Depp, ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Johnny Depp, THE TOURIST
Paul Giamatti, BARNEY'S VERSION
Jake Gyllenhaal, LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
Kevin Spacey, CASINO JACK

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, BLACK SWAN
David Fincher, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Tom Hooper, THE KING'S SPEECH
Christopher Nolan, INCEPTION
David O. Russell, THE FIGHTER

BEST SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle, 127 HOURS
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Hart, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Christopher Nolan, INCEPTION
David Seidler, THE KING'S SPEECH
Aaron Sorkin, THE SOCIAL NETWORK

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexander Desplat, THE KING'S SPEECH
Danny Elfman, ALICE IN WONDERLAND
A.R. Robin, 127 HOURS
Trent Reznor, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Hans Zimmer, INCEPTION

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BIUTIFUL
THE CONCERT
THE EDGE
I AM LOVE
IN A BETTER WORLD

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Amy Adams, THE FIGHTER
Helena Bonham Carter, THE KING'S SPEECH
Mila Kunis, BLACK SWAN
Melissa Leo, THE FIGHTER
Jacki Weaver, ANIMAL KINGDOM

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Christian Bale, THE FIGHTER
Michael Douglas, WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
Andrew Garfield, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Jeremy Renner, THE TOWN
Geoffrey Rush, THE KING'S SPEECH

BEST ANIMATED FILM
DESPICABLE ME
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
THE ILLUSIONIST
TANGLED
TOY STORY

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Bound to You" - BURLESQUE
"Coming Home" - COUNTRY STRONG
"I See the Light" - TANGLED
"There's a Place for Us" - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE DAWN TREADER
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" - BURLESQUE

Broadcast Film Critics noms

BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges – “True Grit”
Robert Duvall – “Get Low”
Jesse Eisenberg – “The Social Network”
Colin Firth – “The King’s Speech”
James Franco – “127 Hours”
Ryan Gosling – “Blue Valentine”

BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening – “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman – “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman – “Black Swan”
Noomi Rapace – “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Michelle Williams – “Blue Valentine”


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale – “The Fighter”
Andrew Garfield – “The Social Network”
Jeremy Renner – “The Town”
Sam Rockwell – “Conviction”
Mark Ruffalo – “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush – “The King’s Speech”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter – “The King’s Speech”
Mila Kunis – “Black Swan”
Melissa Leo – “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver – “Animal Kingdom”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – “Somewhere”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone”
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Let Me In”
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Kick-Ass”
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “Let Me In”
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky – “Black Swan”
Danny Boyle – “127 Hours”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “True Grit”
David Fincher – “The Social Network”
Tom Hooper – “The King’s Speech”
Christopher Nolan – “Inception”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Another Year” – Mike Leigh
“Black Swan” – Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
“The Fighter” – Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson)
“Inception” – Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
“The King’s Speech” – David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“127 Hours” – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
“The Social Network” – Aaron Sorkin
“The Town” – Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner
“Toy Story 3” – Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
“True Grit” – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter’s Bone” – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“127 Hours” – Anthony Dod Mantle
“Black Swan” – Matthew Libatique
“Inception” – Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech” – Danny Cohen
“True Grit” – Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland” – Stefan Dechant
“Black Swan” – Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
“Inception” – Guy Hendrix Dyas
“The King’s Speech” – Netty Chapman
“True Grit” – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

BEST EDITING
“127 Hours” – Jon Harris
“Black Swan” – Andrew Weisblum
“Inception” – Lee Smith
“The Social Network” – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland” – Colleen Atwood
“Black Swan” – Amy Westcott
“The King’s Speech” – Jenny Beavan
“True Grit” – Mary Zophres

BEST MAKEUP
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
True Grit

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
Tron: Legacy

BEST SOUND
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Social Network
Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Inception
Kick-Ass
Red
The Town
Unstoppable

BEST COMEDY
Cyrus
Date Night
Easy A
Get Him to the Greek
I Love You Phillip Morris
The Other Guys

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
The Pacific
Temple Grandin
You Don’t Know Jack

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
I Am Love
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The Tillman Story
Waiting for Superman

BEST SONG
“I See the Light” – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater – Tangled
“If I Rise” – performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong – 127 Hours
“Shine” – performed and written by John Legend – Waiting for Superman
“We Belong Together” – performed and written by Randy Newman – Toy Story 3
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet” – performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren – Burlesque

BEST SCORE
“Black Swan” – Clint Mansell
“Inception” – Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech” – Alexandre Desplat
“The Social Network” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“True Grit” – Carter Burwell


03 December 2010

National Board of Review

Awards for 2010:

Best Film
The Social Network

Best Foreign Language Film
Of Gods and Men

Top Five Foreign Films
(in alphabetical order) I Am Love, Incendies, Life, Above All, Soul Kitchen, White Material

Best Documentary
Waiting for "Superman"

Top Five Documentaries
(in alphabetical order) A Film Unfinished, Inside Job, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Restrepo, The Tillman Story,

Top Independent Films
(in alphabetical order) Animal Kingdom, Buried, Fish Tank, The Ghost Writer, Greenberg, Let Me In, Monsters, Please Give, Somewhere, Youth in Revolt

Best Actor
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Best Actress
Lesley Manville, Another Year

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Ensemble Cast
The Town

Breakthrough Performance
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

Best Director
David Fincher, The Social Network

Debut Directors
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington, Restrepo

Best Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Spotlight Award
Sylvain Chomet and Jacques Tati, The Illusionist

Best Original Screenplay
Chris Sparling, Buried

Best Animated Feature
Toy Story 3

Special Filmmaking Achievement
Sofia Coppola for writing, directing, and producing Somewhere

Production Design Award
Dante Ferretti, Shutter Island

William K. Everson Award For Film History
Leonard Maltin

Freedom of Expression
Fair Game, Conviction, Howl

26 March 2010

Oscar winners 2009

  • Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
  • Best Director: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
  • Best Actor: Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
  • Best Actress: Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
  • Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
  • Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique in “Precious”
  • Best Original Screenplay: “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
  • Best Adapted Screenplay: “Precious” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
  • Best Foreign Language: “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
  • Best Animated Film: “Up” Pete Docter
  • Best Documentary: “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
  • Best Cinematography: “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
  • Best Art Direction: Avatar” Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
  • Best Costumes: “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
  • Best Editing: “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
  • Best Score: “Up” Michael Giacchino
  • Best Song: “The Weary Kind”(Crazy Heart) Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
  • Best Makeup: “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
  • Best Visual Effects: “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
  • Best Sound Editing: “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • Best Sound Mixing: “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
  • Best Animated Short: “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
  • Best Live Action Short: “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
  • Best Documentary Short: “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor
My score: 15/24

Big six: 6/6
Big eight: 6/8

07 March 2010

Final predictions

Ok, here they are:

Actor: Jeff Bridges
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Actress: Sandra Bullock
Supporting Actress: Mo´Nique
Animated feature: Up
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: The White Ribbon
Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Directing: Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary feature: The Cove
Documentary short: China's Unnatural Disaster
Editing: The Hurt Locker
Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon
Makeup: The Young Victoria
Original Score: Up
Original Song: The Weary Kind
Short Film Animated: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Live Action Short Film: The Door
Sound Editing: Avatar
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Visual Effects: Avatar
Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Original Screenplay: Unglourious Basterds
Picture: The Hurt Locker

03 February 2010

How did I do

Surprisingly the best year ever. It never feels like it, but after counting:

The whole lot: 78/106 - 73,58 %
The big six: 33/35 - 94,28 %
The big eight: 41/45 - 91,11 %

I am pretty sure everyone else got predictions pretty much the same way. Same surprises for everyone but of course there are some who must have predicted even these correctly.

I missed:

  • The Blind Side for Best Picture (Invictus)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal for Supporting Actress (Julianne Moore)
  • In the Loop for Adapted Screenplay (Crazy Heart)
  • The Messenger for Original Screenplay (500 days of Summer)
  • The Secret of Kells for Animated Feature (Cloudy Chance of Meatballs)
  • The Most Dangerous Man in America and Which Way Home for Documentary Feature
  • Ajami and the Milk of Sorrow for Foreign Language Film
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for Cinematography
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Nine, Sherlock Holmes, The Young Victoria for Art Direction
  • Coco before Chanel and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus for Costume Design
  • Inglourious Basterds and Precious for Editing
  • Il Divo and The Young Victoria for Makeup
  • Inglourious Basterds for Sound Mixing
  • Inglourious Basterds and Up for Sound Editing
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox and the Hurt Locker for Original Score
  • Down in New Orleans, Loin de Paname and Take it all for Original Song

Oscar noms 2009

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

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
* “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
* “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

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

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

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

02 February 2010

Predictions 2009

  • BEST PICTURE
  • * Avatar
  • * District 9
  • * An Education
  • * The Hurt Locker
  • * Inglourious Basterds
  • * Invictus
  • * Precious
  • * A Serious Man
  • * Up
  • * Up in the Air
  • DIRECTOR
  • * James Cameron - Avatar
  • * Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
  • * Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
  • * Lee Daniels - Precious
  • * Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
  • ACTOR
  • * Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
  • * George Clooney - Up in the Air
  • * Colin Firth - A Single Man
  • * Morgan Freeman - Invictus
  • * Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
  • ACTRESS
  • * Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
  • * Helen Mirren - The Last Station
  • * Carey Mulligan - An Education
  • * Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
  • * Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
  • 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
  • * Penelope Cruz - Nine
  • * Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
  • * Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
  • * Mo'Nique - Precious
  • * Julianne Moore - A Single Man
  • ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • * Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber - 500 Days of Summer
  • * Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
  • * Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
  • * Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
  • * Pete Docter and Bob Peterson - Up
  • ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • * Scott Cooper - Crazy Heart
  • * Nick Hornby - An Education
  • * Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9
  • * Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious
  • * Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
  • ANIMATED FEATURE
  • * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  • * Coraline
  • * The Fantastic Mr Fox
  • * The Princess and the Frog
  • * Up
  • DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • * The Beaches of Agnes
  • * Burma VJ
  • * The Cove
  • * Food Inc.
  • * Soundtrack for a Revolution
  • FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  • * A Prophet - France
  • * El Secreto de Sus Ojos - Argentina
  • * Kelin - Kazakhstan
  • * The White Ribbon - Germany
  • * Winter in Wartime - The Netherlands
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • * Avatar
  • * The Hurt Locker
  • * Inglourious Basterds
  • * Nine
  • * The White Ribbon
  • ART DIRECTION
  • * Avatar
  • * District 9
  • * Inglourious Basterds
  • * Public Enemies
  • * A Serious Man
  • COSTUME DESIGN
  • * Bright Star
  • * Inglourious Basterds
  • * Nine
  • * Sherlock Holmes
  • * The Young Victoria
  • EDITING
  • * Avatar
  • * District 9
  • * The Hurt Locker
  • * Star Trek
  • * Up in the Air
  • VISUAL EFFECTS
  • * Avatar
  • * District 9
  • * Star Trek
  • MAKEUP
  • * District 9
  • * The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
  • * Star Trek
  • SOUND MIXING
  • * Avatar
  • * The Hurt Locker
  • * Star Trek
  • * District 9
  • * Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  • SOUND EDITING
  • * Avatar
  • * The Hurt Locker
  • * Star Trek
  • * District 9
  • * Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  • ORIGINAL SCORE
  • * James Horner - Avatar
  • * Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
  • * Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes
  • * Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
  • * Michael Giacchino - Up
  • ORIGINAL SONG
  • * Avatar - I See You
  • * Crazy Heart - The Weary Kind
  • * The Princess and the Frog - Almost There
  • * The Princess and the Frog - Ma Belle Evangeline
  • * The Princess and the Frog - Never Knew I Needed

28 January 2010

Scripter Nominees

Crazy Heart - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Scott Cooper, screenwriter
Thomas Cobb, author

District 9 - Tri-Star Pictures
Neill Blomkamp, screenwriter and author
Terri Tatchell, screenwriter

An Education - Sony Pictures Classics
Nick Hornby, screenwriter
Lynn Barber, author

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Lionsgate
Geoffrey Fletcher, screenwriter
Sapphire, author

Up in the Air - Paramount Pictures
Jason Reitman, screenwriter
Sheldon Turner, screenwriter
Walter Kirn, author

DGA Nominations

DGA Nominations

Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker

James Cameron
Avatar

Lee Daniels
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Jason Reitman
Up In The Air

Quentin Tarantino
Inglourious Basterds

Art Directors Guild Nominees

FEATURE FILM NOMINEES

Period film
"A Serious Man," production, designer, Jess Gonchor
"Inglourious Basterds," David Wasco
"Julie & Julia," Mark Ricker
"Public Enemies," Nathan Crowley
"Sherlock Holmes," Sarah Greenwood

Fantasy film
"Avatar," Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg
"District 9," Philip Ivey
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," Stuart Craig
"Star Trek," Scott Chambliss
"Where the Wild Things Are," K.K. Barrett

Contemporary film
"Angels & Demons," Allan Cameron
"The Hangover," Bill Brzeski
"The Hurt Locker," Karl Juliusson
"The Lovely Bones," Naomi Shohan
"Up in the Air," Steve Saklad

Writers Guild Nominations

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

(500) Days of Summer, Written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Fox Searchlight
Avatar, Written by James Cameron; 20th Century Fox
The Hangover, Written by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore; Warner Bros.
The Hurt Locker, Written by Mark Boal; Summit Entertainment
A Serious Man, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; Focus Features

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Crazy Heart, Screenplay by Scott Cooper; Based on the novel by Thomas Cobb; Fox Searchlight
Julie & Julia, Screenplay by Nora Ephron; Based on the books Julie & Julia by Julie Powell and My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex
Prud homme; Sony Pictures
Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher; Based on the novel Push by Sapphire; Lionsgate
Star Trek, Written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman; Based upon Star Trek, Created by Gene Roddenberry; Paramount Pictures
Up in the Air, Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner; Based upon the novel by Walter Kirn; Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Against the Tide, Screenplay by Richard Trank; Moriah Films
Capitalism: A Love Story, Written by Michael Moore; Overture Films
The Cove, Written by Mark Monroe; Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
Earth Days, Written by Robert Stone; Zeitgeist Films
Good Hair, Written by Chris Rock & Jeff Stilson and Lance Crouther and Chuck Sklar; Roadside Attractions
Soundtrack for a Revolution, Written by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman; Freedom Song Productions and Louverture Films

ASC Nominations

Barry Ackroyd, BSC for The Hurt Locker
Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS for Nine
Christian Berger, AAC for The White Ribbon
Mauro Fiore, ASC for Avatar
Robert Richardson, ASC for Inglorious Basterds

Ace Eddie Nominees

Ace Eddie Nominees for film:

Drama
Avatar-Stephen Rivkin, John Refua, James Cameron
The Hurt Locker-Bob Murawski & Chris Innis
Up in the Air-Dana Glauberman
District 9-Julian Clarke
Star Trek-Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey

Comedy:
The Hangover-Debra Neil-Fisher
Julie & Julia-Richard Marks
It's Complicated-Joe Hutshing, David Moritz
A Serious Man-Roderick Jaynes (Joel and Ethan Coen)
500 Days of Summer-Alan Edward Bell

Animated:

Coraline-Christopher Murrie & Ronald Sanders
Fantastic Mr. Fox-Andrew Weisblum
UP-Kevin Nolting

Documentary:
The Cove-Geoffrey Richman
Food, Inc.-Kim Roberts
This Is It-Don Brochu

Cinema Audio Society Nominees

Avatar
Re-recording Mixers:
Chris Boyes
Gary Summers
Andy Nelson
Production Mixer:
Tony Johnson, CAS

District 9
Re-recording Mixers:
Michael Hedges
Gilbert Lake
Production Mixer:
Ken Saville

The Hurt Locker
Re-recording Mixers:
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Production Mixer: Ray Beckett

Star Trek
Re-recording Mixers: Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Production Mixer: Peter J. Devlin, CAS

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Re-recording Mixers:
Greg P. Russell, CAS
Gary Summers
Production Mixer:
Geoffrey Patterson, CAS

PGA Awards Winners and noms

AVATAR
Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landau

DISTRICT 9
Producers: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson

AN EDUCATION
Producers: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

THE HURT LOCKER *
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Producer: Lawrence Bender

INVICTUS
Producers: Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz, Lori McCreary , Mace Neufeld

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness

STAR TREK
Producers: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof

UP
Producer: Jonas Rivera

UP IN THE AIR
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

Animated after the cut.

PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

9
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

CORALINE
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Producer: Peter Del Vecho

UP *
Producer: Jonas Rivera

PGA Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:

BURMA VJ
Producer: Lise Lense-Moller

The COVE *
Producers: Paula DuPre Pesman, Fisher Stevens

SERGIO
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television*:

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

GREY GARDENS
Producers: David Coatsworth, Lucy Donnelly, Rachael Horovitz, Michael Sucsy

LITTLE DORRIT
Producers: Lisa Osborne, Anne Pivcevic

PRAYERS FOR BOBBY
Producers: Stanley M. Brooks, Damian Ganczewski, David Permut, Daniel Sladek, Chris Taaffe

THE PRISONER
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

TAKING CHANCE
Producers: Lori Keith Douglas, Ross Katz, Brad Krevoy, Cathy Wischner-Sola

SAG Award Winners

Motion Picture:

  • Best Ensemble — Inglourious Basterds
  • Best Actress — Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
  • Best Actor — Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
  • Best Supporting Actor — Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
  • Best Supporting Actress — Mo’Nique, Precious
  • Best Stunt Ensemble — Star Trek

Critics Choice Winners

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Best Acting Ensemble: Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Best Actress: tie! Meryl Streep & Sandra Bullock
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo Nique, Precious
Best Young Actress: Saoirse Ronan
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Foreign Language Film: Broken Embraces
Best Animated Movie: Up
Best Comedy Movie: The Hangover
Best Score: Up
Best Song: The Weary Kind
Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Best Make-Up: District 9
Best Action Movie: Avatar
Best Cinematography: Avatar
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Art Direction: Avatar
Best Editing: Avatar
Best Sound: Avatar

Golden Globewinners

  • Best Picture, Drama – Avatar
  • Best Picture, Comedy/Musical — The Hangover
  • Best Director — James Cameron, Avatar
  • Best Actress, Drama — Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
  • Best Actor, Drama – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
  • Best Actress, Comedy/Musical — Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
  • Best Actor, Comedy/Musical — Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes
  • Best Supporting Actress — Mo’Nique, Precious
  • Best Supporting Actor — Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
  • Best Foreign Language Film — The White Ribbon
  • Best Animated Feature — Up
  • Best Screenplay — Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
  • Best Original Score — Michael Giacchino, Up
  • Best Original Song — The Weary Kind, Crazy Heart
  • Best TV Series, Drama – Mad Men
  • Best TV Series, Comedy — Glee
  • Best TV Miniseries — Grey Gardens
  • Best Actress, TV Miniseries — Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
  • Best Actor, TV Miniseries — Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
  • Best Actress, TV Drama — Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
  • Best Actor, TV Drama — Michael C. Hall, Dexter
  • Best Actress, TV Comedy — Toni Collette, United States of Tara
  • Best Actor, TV Comedy — Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
  • Best Supporting Actress, TV — Chloe Sevigny, Big Love
  • Best Supporting Actor, TV — John Lithgow, Dexter

17 December 2009

SAG noms

Ensemble
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Precious

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

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

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
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique, Precious

16 December 2009

Golden Globe noms

Motion Picture, Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air

Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

Actress, Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious

Actor, Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers

Actor Comedy/Musical
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joe Gordon Levitt, 500 Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Actress, Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated

Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man

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

Screenplay
Neill Blomkampt & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Up
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Krozeniowski, A Single Man
Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are

Foreign Language Film
Baaria
Broken Embraces
The Maid
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon

Original Song
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want To Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine
“I See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart
“Winter,” Brothers

BFCA noms

NOMINEES FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

Nine, Inglourious Basterds lead with ten nominations each. Avatar close behind with 9.

BEST PICTURE

  • Avatar
  • An Education
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Invictus
  • Nine
  • Precious
  • A Serious Man
  • Up
  • Up In The Air

BEST ACTOR

  • Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”
  • George Clooney – “Up In The Air”
  • Colin Firth – “A Single Man”
  • Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”
  • Viggo Mortensen – “The Road”
  • Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker”

BEST ACTRESS

  • Emily Blunt – “The Young Victoria”
  • Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”
  • Carey Mulligan – “An Education”
  • Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
  • Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious”
  • Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Matt Damon – “Invictus”
  • Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”
  • Christian McKay – “Me And Orson Welles”
  • Alfred Molina – “An Education”
  • Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”
  • Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Marion Cotillard – “Nine”
  • Vera Farmiga – “Up In The Air”
  • Anna Kendrick – “Up In The Air”
  • Mo’Nique – “Precious”
  • Julianne Moore – “A Single Man”
  • Samantha Morton – “The Messenger”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

  • Jae Head – “The Blind Side”
  • Bailee Madison – “Brothers”
  • Max Records – “Where The Wild Things Are”
  • Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Road”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Nine
  • Precious
  • Star Trek
  • Up In The Air

BEST DIRECTING

  • Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”
  • James Cameron – “Avatar”
  • Lee Daniels – “Precious”
  • Clint Eastwood – “Invictus”
  • Jason Reitman – “Up In The Air”
  • Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker”
  • Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “A Serious Man”
  • Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – “(500) Days Of Summer”
  • Bob Peterson, Peter Docter – “Up”
  • Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach – “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
  • Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – “District 9”
  • Geoffrey Fletcher – “Precious”
  • Tom Ford, David Scearce – “A Single Man”
  • Nick Hornby – “An Education”
  • Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – “Up In The Air”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Barry Ackroyd – “The Hurt Locker”
  • Dion Beebe – “Nine”
  • Mauro Fiore – “Avatar”
  • Andrew Lesnie – “The Lovely Bones”
  • Robert Richardson – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ART DIRECTION

  • Dan Bishop – “A Single Man”
  • Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg – “Avatar”
  • John Myhre, Gordon Sim – “Nine”
  • Naomi Shohan, George De Titta, Jr. – “The Lovely Bones”
  • David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST EDITING

  • Dana E. Glauberman – “Up In The Air”
  • Sally Menke – “Inglourious Basterds”
  • Bob Murawski, Chris Innis – “The Hurt Locker”
  • Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar”
  • Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith – “Nine”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • Colleen Atwood – “Nine”
  • Janet Patterson – “Bright Star”
  • Sandy Powell – “The Young Victoria”
  • Anna Sheppard – “Inglourious Basterds”
  • Casey Storm – “Where The Wild Things Are”

BEST MAKEUP

  • Avatar
  • District 9
  • Nine
  • The Road
  • Star Trek

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Avatar
  • District 9
  • The Lovely Bones
  • Star Trek
  • 2012

BEST SOUND

  • Avatar
  • District 9
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Nine
  • Star Trek

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

  • Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
  • Coraline
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Princess And The Frog
  • Up

BEST ACTION MOVIE

  • Avatar
  • District 9
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Star Trek

BEST COMEDY

  • (500) Days Of Summer
  • The Hangover
  • It’s Complicated
  • The Proposal
  • Zombieland

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Gifted Hands
  • Grey Gardens
  • Into The Storm
  • Taking Chance

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • Broken Embraces
  • Coco Before Chanel
  • Red Cliff
  • Sin Nombre
  • The White Ribbon

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • Anvil
  • Capitalism: A Love Story
  • The Cove
  • Food, Inc.
  • Michael Jackson’s This Is It

BEST SONG

  • “All Is Love” – Karen O, Nick Zinner – “Where The Wild Things Are”
  • “Almost There” – Randy Newman – “The Princess And The Frog”
  • “Cinema Italiano” – Maury Yeston – “Nine”
  • “(I Want To) Come Home” – Paul McCartney – “Everybody’s Fine”
  • “The Weary Kind” – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham – “Crazy Heart”

BEST SCORE

  • Michael Giacchino – “Up”
  • Marvin Hamlisch – “The Informant!”
  • Randy Newman – “The Princess and the Frog”
  • Karen O, Carter Burwell – “Where The Wild Things Are”
  • Hans Zimmer – “Sherlock Holmes”

03 September 2009

New season, new tricks

Toronto is getting closer and the new season really starts. Updates coming up.

05 March 2009

Oscar winners

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Results displayed by award category; sort is chronological
Win indicated by an asterisk (*)



2008 (81st)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
*
Sean Penn -- Milk {"Harvey Milk"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*
Heath Ledger -- The Dark Knight {"Joker"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
*
Kate Winslet -- The Reader {"Hanna Schmitz"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*
Penélope Cruz -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona {"Maria Elena"}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
*
WALL-E -- Andrew Stanton
ART DIRECTION
*
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
CINEMATOGRAPHY
*
Slumdog Millionaire -- Anthony Dod Mantle
COSTUME DESIGN
*
The Duchess -- Michael O’Connor
DIRECTING
*
Slumdog Millionaire -- Danny Boyle
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
*
Man on Wire -- James Marsh and Simon Chinn
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
*
Smile Pinki -- Megan Mylan
FILM EDITING
*
Slumdog Millionaire -- Chris Dickens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
*
Departures -- Japan
MAKEUP
*
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Greg Cannom
MUSIC (Original Score)
*
Slumdog Millionaire -- A.R. Rahman
MUSIC (Original Song)
*
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire -- Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
BEST PICTURE
*
Slumdog Millionaire -- Christian Colson, Producer
SHORT FILM (Animated)
*
La Maison en Petits Cubes -- Kunio Kato
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
*
Spielzeugland (Toyland) -- Jochen Alexander Freydank
SOUND EDITING
*
The Dark Knight -- Richard King
SOUND MIXING
*
Slumdog Millionaire -- Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
VISUAL EFFECTS
*
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
*
Slumdog Millionaire -- Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
*
Milk -- Written by Dustin Lance Black
JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
*
Jerry Lewis
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
*
Ed Catmull
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
*
To ERWIN MELZNER for the overall concept including the optical and cooling systems, VOLKER SCHUMACHER for the optical design, and TIMO MÜLLER for the mechanical design, of the Arrimax 18/12 lighting fixture for use in motion picture production. With its choice of vari-focus and specular reflectors, the superior optical and mechanical design of this lighting fixture allows it to operate at 18,000 watts, producing unsurpassed light quality while its innovative cooling system keeps the housing safe to touch. [Lighting]
*
To JACQUES DELACOUX for the concept and electronic design, and ALEXANDRE LEUCHTER for the software and electronic design, of the Transvideo video-assist monitors for the motion picture industry. Using color LCD screens, the Transvideo monitors provide flicker-free video assist bright enough for use in sunlight and have become a ubiquitous tool in both spherical and anamorphic cinematography. [Systems]
*
To BRUNO COUMERT and JACQUES DEBIZE for the optical design, and DOMINIQUE CHERVIN and CHRISTOPHE REBOULET for the mechanical design, of the compact and lightweight Angenieux 15-40 and 28-76 zoom lenses for handheld motion picture photography. With focus and zoom functions that can be easily controlled by either the operator or focus puller while filming handheld, these lightweight zoom lenses demonstrate a very high degree of engineering, supporting both ease of use and quick interchange. [Lenses and Filters]
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
*
To STEVE HYLÉN for the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography. When attached to a film or digital production camera, this versatile aerial image device can produce a wide variety of optical effects interactively, on set and in real time without post-production image manipulation. [Lenses and Filters]
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
*
To Mark Kimball in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

How did I do: 19/24

I thought I did ok but apparently this was my best year with predicting the winners.

It's great to move on with new films and nominees.

21 February 2009

My final predictions

My final predictions are here:

Actor: Mickey Rourke
S. Actor: Heath Ledger
Actress: Kate Winslet
S. Actress: Penelope Cruz
Animated Feature: WALL-E
Art Direction: Benjamin Button
Cinematography: Slumdog
Costume Design: The Duchess
Directing: Slumdog
Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
Documentary Short: The Witness
Editing: Slumdog
Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
Makeup: Benjamin Button
Original Score: Slumdog
Original Song: Jai Ho
Picture: Slumdog
Short Film Animated: Presto
Short Film Live Action: Toyland
Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
Sound Mixing: The Dark Knight
Visual Effects: Benjamin Button
Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog
Original Screenplay: Milk

No Guts, No Glory:

Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei
Animated Feature: Kung-Fu Panda
Original Screenplay: WALL-E

I hope Mickey Rourke wins; I have absolutely nothing against Sean Penn but I am sure he will win once again some day. And please give finally the Oscar to Kate Winslet. I cannot believe there is a chance that the supporting actor would go to anyone except Heath. In supporting actress I cannot go against the general conses (Penelope Cruz) but I still would not be surprised if Marisa Tomei wins. Picture and director will go to Slumdog. In animated feature WALL-E should absolutely win as it won so many awards in the Guilds and with the critics in so many categories - but the academy sometimes votes strangely. If this goes wrong, Kung-Fu Panda wins. The same thing is with Foreign Language Film - the winner is not usually the most expected - therefore you can expect any other win except Waltz with Bashir (my prediction anyway).

It will be Slumdog's night and it will be great!

23 January 2009

How did I do

Not so well but as I expected.

I missed:

  • Brad Pitt (Clint)
  • Melissa Leo (Sally Hawkins)
  • Kate Winslet - The Reader (Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road)
  • Michael Shannon (Dev Patel)
  • Amy Adams (Kate Winslet)
  • The Dark Knight (The Reader)
  • Stephen Daldry (Christopher Nolan)

The big six: 23/30

Missed screenplays:

  • Frozen River
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
  • In Bruges

The big eight: 30/40

The rest:

Not even counted yet...

There were things I had coming: no The Dark Knight. I knew it would'nt make it but I couldn't go against the consensus. I feel sorry for all those who had hoped for it; we all have felt it. I felt it when Fellowship of the Ring did not win the best picture. And most recently when Brokeback Mountain lost best picture for Crash - I was seriously thinking of giving up this hobby.

I had many of my misses on my alternate list or in no guts, no glory - but they do not count, do they. And Brangelina did happen.

If had to choose the winners now the list would be:

  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • Danny Boyle
  • Mickey Rourke
  • Kate Winslet
  • Heath Ledger
  • Marisa Tomei

But we will see how it goes.

Oscar nominations

Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
  • Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
  • Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
  • Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  • Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
  • Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  • Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
  • Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
  • Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  • Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  • Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
  • Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  • Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  • Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

  • “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
  • “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
  • “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

  • “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
  • “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
  • “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
  • “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

  • “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern
  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
  • “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
  • “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
  • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

  • “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
  • “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
  • “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
  • “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
  • “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard
  • “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
  • “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
  • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

  • “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
  • “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
  • “The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
  • “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
  • “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

  • “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
  • “The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
  • “Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
  • “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
  • “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
  • “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
  • “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
  • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

  • “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany
  • “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
  • “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
  • “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
  • “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
  • “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
  • “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
  • “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
  • “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
  • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
  • “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

  • “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
  • “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
  • “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best motion picture of the year

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
  • “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
  • “Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
  • “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
  • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

  • “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
  • “Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
  • “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films), A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
  • “Presto” (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
  • “This Way Up” A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

  • “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
  • “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
  • “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
  • “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
  • “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

  • “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
  • “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
  • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
  • “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
  • “Wanted” (Universal), Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
  • “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
  • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
  • “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
  • “Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
  • “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
  • “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
  • “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
  • “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
  • “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
  • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

  • “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
  • “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
  • “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
  • “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
  • “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

21 January 2009

It's never been this hard

Oh brother, it's never been this hard... I think. I don't think this will be a good year; too many categories without a clue. I think I have too many nominations for Benjamin Button and The Dark Knight but what can do I. I can't decide against them.

Best picture:

I still don't feel confident about The Dark Knight but I don't have anything to replace it with. Suddenly I don't feel too good about Milk either but I am still keeping it. Maybe WALL-E can happen, who knows.

Alt: The Reader

Best director:

Usually there is one director without best picture nominations. I think Ron Howard could be left out and Darren Aronofsky but I don't dare to go against Directors Guild.

Alt: Darren Aronofsky

Best actor:

I had to choose between Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins. I chose Jenkins as I don't see Brangelina happening and I cannot replace Angelina Jolie (she can be snubbed but she is better choice for me than Brad). If she is snubbed maybe Brad can get in.

Alt: Brad Pitt

Best actress:

From Sally Hawkins, Angelina Jolie and Melissa Leo I chose the first two. Melissa Leo can happen, even Kristin Scott Thomas. Kate Winslet can be snubbed (hope not), but this is the way I will go.

Alt: Melissa Leo

Supporting actor:

These predictions are pretty much the same as everyone else's. If there are surprises it could be Ralph Fiennes.

Alt: Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess

Supporting actress:

Pretty much the same as everyone else's.

Alt: Amy Adams

All the rest categories were hard. For some of them I had a feeling where to go (as the screenplays, editing) but some are just guesses. Too much for The Dark Knight and Benjamin Button but as I said I have no choices.

No guts, no glory:

* The Reader for Best picture
* Kate Winslet snubbed for Revolutionary Road
* Ralph Fiennes supporting actor for The Duchess

Final predictions

Final Predictions

  • BEST PICTURE
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * Frost/Nixon
  • * Milk
  • * Slumdog Millionaire
  • DIRECTOR
  • * Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
  • * David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
  • * Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
  • * Gus Van Sant - Milk
  • ACTOR
  • * Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
  • * Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
  • * Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
  • * Sean Penn - Milk
  • * Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
  • ACTRESS
  • * Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
  • * Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
  • * Angelina Jolie - Changeling
  • * Meryl Streep - Doubt
  • * Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
  • SUPPORTING ACTOR
  • * Josh Brolin - Milk
  • * Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
  • * Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
  • * Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight *
  • * Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
  • SUPPORTING ACTRESS
  • * Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • * Viola Davis - Doubt
  • * Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
  • * Kate Winslet - The Reader
  • ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • * Milk - Dustin Lance Black
  • * Rachel Getting Married - Jenny Lumet
  • * Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Woody Allen
  • * Wall-E - Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon
  • * The Wrestler - Robert D. Siegel
  • ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
  • * Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
  • * Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
  • * The Reader - David Hare
  • * Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beuafoy
  • ANIMATED FEATURE
  • * Kung Fu Panda
  • * WALL-E
  • * Waltz With Bashir
  • DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • * Encounters at the End of the World
  • * I.O.U.S.A.
  • * Man on Wire
  • * Standard Operating Procedure
  • * Trouble the Water
  • FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  • * The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
  • * The Class - France
  • * Everlasting Moments - Sweden
  • * The Necessities of Life - Canada
  • * Waltz with Bashir - Israel
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * The Reader
  • * Revolutionary Road
  • * Slumdog Millionaire
  • ART DIRECTION
  • * Australia
  • * Changeling
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * The Duchess
  • COSTUME DESIGN
  • * Australia
  • * Changeling
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Duchess
  • * Revolutionary Road
  • EDITING
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * Frost/Nixon
  • * Milk
  • * Slumdog Millionaire
  • VISUAL EFFECTS
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * Iron Man
  • MAKEUP
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * Synecdoche, New York
  • SOUND MIXING
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * Iron Man
  • * Slumdog Millionaire
  • * WALL-E
  • SOUND EDITING
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * Iron Man
  • * Slumdog Millionaire
  • * WALL-E
  • ORIGINAL SCORE
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * Revolutionary Road
  • * Slumdog Millionaire
  • * WALL-E
  • ORIGINAL SONG
  • * Bolt - I Thought I Lost You - Miley Cyrus
  • * Gran Torino - Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood, Jamie Callum
  • * Slumdog Millionaire - Jaiho - AR Rahmen
  • * WALL-E - Down to Earth - Peter Gabriel
  • * The Wrestler - The Wrestler - Bruce Springsteen
  • ANIMATED SHORT FILM
  • DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
  • LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

15 January 2009

PGA noms

The Producers Guild Nominations

Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight

Animated:
Wall-E
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda

Documentary:
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Standard Operating Procedure

Scripter nominees

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Iron Man
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Makeup finalists

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“The Reader”
“Synecdoche, New York”
“Tropic Thunder”
“The Wrestler”

Visual effects finalists

“Australia”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“Iron Man”
“Journey to the Center of the Earth”
“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”

ASC noms

Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road and The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire (PGA, SAG, ASC)
Chris Menges, The Reader
Claudio Miranda,The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (PGA, SAG, ASC)
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight (PGA, ASC)

WGA noms

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures

The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer; Based on Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics; Batman Created by Bob Kane, Warner Bros. Pictures

Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, Based on his Stage Play, Miramax Films

Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan, Based on his Stage Play, Universal Pictures

Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Cinema Audio Society noms

For Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2008 are:

Motion Pictures:
THE DARK KNIGHT
Ed Novick
Lora Hirschberg
Gary A. Rizzo

IRON MAN
Mark Ulano, CAS
Christopher Boyes
Lora Hirschberg

QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Chris Munro, CAS
Mike Prestwood Smith
Mark Taylor

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Resul Pookutty
Ian Tapp
Richard Pryke

WALL-E
Tom Myers
Michael Semanick, CAS

DGA noms

David Fincher, Benjamin Button
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk

Critics Choice winners

Best Comedy Movie: Tropic Thunder
Best Acting Ensemble: Milk
Best Young Actor/Actress: Dev Patel
Best Writer: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Action Film: The Dark Knight
Best Composer: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Song: Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
Best Documentary: Man On Wire
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
Best Animated Feature: WALL·E
Best Movie Made for TV: John Adams
Best Actress: tie!!
Meryl Streep, Doubt; Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Art Directors Guild noms

Period Films

CHANGELING
Production Designer: James J. Murakami
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
DOUBT
Production Designer: David Gropman
FROST/NIXON
Production Designer: Michael Corenblith
MILK
Production Designer: Bill Groom

More after the cut.
Fantasy Films

THE DARK KNIGHT
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas
IRON MAN
Production Designer: J. Michael Riva
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
Production Designer: James Bissell
WALL E
Production Designer: Ralph Eggleston

Contemporary Films

BURN AFTER READING
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
GRAN TORINO
Production Designer: James J. Murakami
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Production Designer: Mark Digby
THE WRESTLER
Production Designer: Timothy Grimes

Golden Globe winners

  • Best Picture, Drama: Slumdog Millionaire
  • Best Picture, Comedy Musical: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Best Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
  • Best Actress, Drama: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
  • Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
  • Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
  • Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy: Slumdog Millionaire
  • Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
  • Best Animated Feature: WALL·E
  • Best Actor, Musical/Comedy: Colin Farrell
  • Best Actress, Musical/Comedy: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Best Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millonaire
  • Best Original Song: Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
  • Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg

ACE Eddie Awards

NOMINEES FOR 59TH ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARDS

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter

The Dark Knight
Lee Smith, A.C.E.

Frost/Nixon
Mike Hill, A.C.E. & Dan Hanley, A.C.E.

Milk
Elliot Graham

Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Dickens

More after the cut.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
In Bruges
Jon Gregory, A.C.E.

Mama Mia
Leslie Walker

Tropic Thunder
Greg Hayden

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Alisa Lepselter

WALL-E
Stephen Schaffer

Foreign Language Film short list

Austria, “Revanche” (Gotz Spielmann, director)
Canada, “The Necessities of Life” (Benoit Pilon, director)
France, “The Class” (Laurent Cantet, director)
Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex” (Uli Edel, director)
Israel, “Waltz with Bashir” (Ari Folman, director)
Japan, “Departures” (Yojiro Takita, director)
Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out” (Roberto Sneider, director)
Sweden, “Everlasting Moments” (Jan Troell, director)
Turkey, “3 Monkeys” (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director)

Costume designers guild noms

Excellence in period film:

  • Deborah Hopper for “Changeling”
  • Jacqueline West for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
  • Michael O’Connor for “The Duchess”
  • Danny Glicker for “Milk”
  • Albert Wolsky for “Revolutionary Road”

Excellence in contemporary film:

  • Laura Jean Shannon and Rebecca Bentjen for “Iron Man”
  • Ann Roth for “Mamma Mia!”
  • Patricia Field for “Sex and the City”
  • Suttirat Larlarb for “Slumdog Millionaire”
  • Amy Westcott for “The Wrestler”

Excellence in fantasy film:

  • Isis Mussenden for “Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
  • Lindy Hemming for “The Dark Knight”
  • Sanja Milkovic Hays for ” The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”