Oscar Nominations, Ten Chances And They Still Can’t Get It Right
Published by Seth Quillen in: Film -- Date: 2 Feb 2010 Comments: 0
I, like many people thought that the move from 5 to ten Oscar nominations for best picture would give justice to those great films that just didn’t fit into the Academy’s ideals. Oh how we were wrong. Leaving out Star Trek and Invictus for best picture was a horrible misstep. Star Trek got seriously robbed, not being nominated for best picture is the biggest mistake since Fight Club missed the nod in 1999. Actually the dis on The Dark Knight last year was pretty bad too. And where’s Sharlto Copley for District 9 for best actor, he perfectly portrayed the evolution of his character. Despite the obvious oversights, the Oscars will probably be up in the ratings a little this year because Avatar is nominated for best picture and let’s face it unless you’re these guys you’ve seen the movie. Anyway, here are the nominees.
Breakdown by the number of noms
Avatar – 9, The Hurt Locker – 9, Inglourious Basterds – 8, Precious – 6, Up in the Air – 6, Up – 5, District 9 – 4, Nine – 4, Star Trek – 4, Crazy Heart – 3, An Education – 3, The Princess and the Frog – 3, The Young Victoria – 3, The Blind Side – 2, Fantastic Mr. Fox – 2, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – 2, Invictus – 2, The Last Station – 2, The Messenger – 2, A Serious Man – 2, Sherlock Holmes – 2, The White Ribbon – 2
Best Picture:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Hit the jump to see all the nominations
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
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Foreign Language Film
Ajami, Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow, Peru
Un Prophete, France
The White Ribbon, Germany
Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, Up
Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
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
Original Song
Almost There from The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
Loin de Paname from Paris 36, Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
Take It All from Nine, Maury Yeston
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Costume
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Documentary (short subject)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Animated Short Film
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Live Action Short Film
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Source: www.oscars.org
